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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of a novel computerized method to select automatically the similar chest radiograph for image subtraction in the patients who have no previous chest radiographs and to assist the radiologists’ interpretation by presenting the “similar subtraction image” from different patients.Materials and methods
Institutional review board approval was obtained, and the requirement for informed patient consent was waived. A large database of approximately 15,000 normal chest radiographs was used for searching similar images of different patients. One hundred images of candidates were selected according to two clinical parameters and similarity of the lung field in the target image. We used the correlation value of chest region in the 100 images for searching the most similar image. The similar subtraction images were obtained by subtracting the similar image selected from the target image. Thirty cases with lung nodules and 30 cases without lung nodules were used for an observer performance test. Four attending radiologists and four radiology residents participated in this observer performance test.Results
The AUC for all radiologists increased significantly from 0.925 to 0.974 with the CAD (P = .004). When the computer output images were available, the average AUC for the residents was more improved (0.960 vs. 0.890) than for the attending radiologists (0.987 vs. 0.960).Conclusion
The novel computerized method for lung nodule detection using similar subtraction images from different patients would be useful to detect lung nodules on digital chest radiographs, especially for less experienced readers. 相似文献2.
Hyungjin Kim Chang Min Park Yong Sub Song Sang Min Lee Jin Mo Goo 《European journal of radiology》2014
Purpose
To evaluate the influence of radiation dose settings and reconstruction algorithms on the measurement accuracy and reproducibility of semi-automated pulmonary nodule volumetry.Materials and methods
CT scans were performed on a chest phantom containing various nodules (10 and 12 mm; +100, −630 and −800 HU) at 120 kVp with tube current–time settings of 10, 20, 50, and 100 mAs. Each CT was reconstructed using filtered back projection (FBP), iDose4 and iterative model reconstruction (IMR). Semi-automated volumetry was performed by two radiologists using commercial volumetry software for nodules at each CT dataset. Noise, contrast-to-noise ratio and signal-to-noise ratio of CT images were also obtained. The absolute percentage measurement errors and differences were then calculated for volume and mass. The influence of radiation dose and reconstruction algorithm on measurement accuracy, reproducibility and objective image quality metrics was analyzed using generalized estimating equations.Results
Measurement accuracy and reproducibility of nodule volume and mass were not significantly associated with CT radiation dose settings or reconstruction algorithms (p > 0.05). Objective image quality metrics of CT images were superior in IMR than in FBP or iDose4 at all radiation dose settings (p < 0.05).Conclusion
Semi-automated nodule volumetry can be applied to low- or ultralow-dose chest CT with usage of a novel iterative reconstruction algorithm without losing measurement accuracy and reproducibility. 相似文献3.
Yuki Yano Hidetake Yabuuchi Nobukazu Tanaka Junji Morishita Tsutomu Akasaka Yoshio Matsuo Shunya Sunami Takeshi Kamitani Mikako Jinnouchi Yuzo Yamasaki Michinobu Nagao Masayuki Sasaki 《European journal of radiology》2013
Objective
To compare the detectability of simulated pulmonary nodules on chest radiographs between an irradiation side sampling indirect flat-panel detector (ISS-FPD) and computed radiography (CR).Materials and methods
This study was an observer performance study. Simulated pulmonary nodules of 8 mm in diameter were superimposed on an anthropomorphic chest phantom. Chest radiographs were acquired under 2 exposure levels (4 and 3.2 mAs) with the ISS-FPD and the CR. Six thoracic radiologists evaluated all 40 images (10 patterns × 2 different exposure doses × 2 different systems) for the presence or absence of a lesion over each of 12 defined areas on a 3-megapixel monochrome liquid-crystal display. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were obtained for observation in predefined 480 areas. A jackknife method was used for statistical analysis. Differences with a P value of <0.05 were considered significant.Results
The analysis of the observer detection of simulated pulmonary nodules showed larger areas under the ROC curve (AUC) by the ISS-FPD than by the CR. There was a statistically significant difference between the two systems at 3.2 mAs (P = 0.0330).Conclusion
The ISS-FPD was superior to the CR for the detection of simulated pulmonary nodules at 3.2 mAs. 相似文献4.
Johannes Kirchner Darius Gadek Jan-Peter Goltz Anna Doroch-Gadek Sven Stückradt Dieter Liermann Ralph Kickuth 《European journal of radiology》2013
Objective
Observer performance tests were conducted to compare the effect of presenting digital luminescence radiography (DLR) monitor images in positive mode (“bones black”) or negative mode (“bones white”) in the detectability of subtle lung nodules.Methods
Five radiologists independently reviewed digital radiographs of 55 patients with either (a) a single, small (6–12 mm), non- calcified peripheral nodule confirmed by chest CT (n = 47) or (b) normal finding (n = 8) confirmed by chest CT, respectively. Mean size of pulmonary nodules was 8.3 mm (range 6–12 mm, median 7 mm). Radiographs were displayed either in standard mode (bones white) or inverse intensity (bones black). A total of 550 observations resulted. For the evaluation ROC analysis was performed using a specialized computer algorithm.Results
The standard presentation mode showed a sensitivity of 61.7% and a specificity of 72.5%, the inverse presentation mode a sensitivity of 68.1% and a specificity of 75.0%. ROC- analysis showed that the difference between the standard mode (Az- value 0.694) and the inverse mode (Az- value 0.810) was significant in favour of the inverse presentation mode (p = 0.001). This finding was especially observed in more experienced radiologist (Az- values 0.716 vs. 0.909, P < 0.001).Conclusion
Our study demonstrates a significant advantage of the inverse mode in the detection of small pulmonary nodules compared with the commonly used negative mode when interpreted by more experienced radiologists.Advance in knowledge
Inverse intensity images (“bones black”) may have some advantages in the detection of small pulmonary nodules in experienced readers when presented on a stand-alone display. 相似文献5.
Purpose
To confirm whether or not the influence of anatomic noise on the detection of nodules in digital chest radiography can be evaluated by the fractal-feature distance.Materials and methods
We used the square images with and without a simulated nodule which were generated in our previous observer performance study; the simulated nodule was located on the upper margin of a rib, the inside of a rib, the lower margin of a rib, or the central region between two adjoining ribs. For the square chest images, fractal analysis was conducted using the virtual volume method. The fractal-feature distances between the considered and the reference images were calculated using the pseudo-fractal dimension and complexity, and the square images without the simulated nodule were employed as the reference images. We compared the fractal-feature distances with the observer's confidence level regarding the presence of a nodule in plain chest radiograph.Results
For all square chest images, the relationships between the length of the square boxes and the mean of the virtual volumes were linear on a log–log scale. For all types of the simulated nodules, the fractal-feature distance was the highest for the simulated nodules located on the central region between two adjoining ribs and was the lowest for those located in the inside of a rib. The fractal-feature distance showed a linear relation to an observer's confidence level.Conclusion
The fractal-feature distance would be useful for evaluating the influence of anatomic noise on the detection of nodules in digital chest radiography. 相似文献6.
Purpose
To provide a comparison between the image quality of electronically magnified (EM) and geometric, or true, magnification (TM) mammographic images.Materials and methods
One Computed Radiography (CR), one Digital Radiography (DR) and two screen–film (S–F) imaging systems were investigated. A Contrast-Detail Mammography (CDMAM) phantom was used as a test object. Three contact images and three sets of TM images with a magnification factor of 1.8 were taken on all systems. Software was used to zoom the contact images by a factor of 1.8 to produce EM images. Two observers evaluated all of the images. An Image Quality Figure and contrast detail curve were used to analyze the observer data and Mann–Whitney U-tests were performed to determine the statistical significance of the results.Results
No significant differences were found between soft copy and hard copy for any imaging modality. No significant difference in contrast detail detectability (CDD) was seen between EM images from the two digital systems and TM images on S–F systems. The results for the DR EM images and S–F TM images also showed no differences. The CDD of DR TM images was significantly better than both EM and S–F TM images.Conclusion
Digitally zoomed images offer the same level of CDD as S–F TM images, and so may be viably used in their place. DR systems offer greater CDD than conventional S–F images, when comparing the TM images. This implies that doses can be greatly reduced for TM views using DR systems, while maintaining acceptable image quality. 相似文献7.
Soon-A Hwang Joon Beom Seo Byeong-Kyoo Choi Kyung-Hyun Do Sung Min Ko Soo-Hyun lee Jin Seong Lee Jae-Woo Song Koun-Sik Song Tae-Hwan Lim 《Korean journal of radiology》2003,4(3):153-156
Objective
To compare observer performance using liquid-crystal display (LCD) and cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors in the interpretation of soft-copy chest radiographs for the detection of small solitary pulmonary nodules.Materials and Methods
By reviewing our Medical Center''s radiologic information system, the eight radiologists participating in this study (three board-certified and five resident) retrospectively collected 40 chest radiographs showing a solitary noncalcified pulmonary nodule approximately 1 cm in diameter, and 40 normal chest radiographs. All were obtained using a storage-phosphor system, and CT scans of the same patients served as the gold standard for the presence of a pulmonary nodule. Digital images were displayed on both high-resolution LCD and CRT monitors. The readers were requested to rank each image using a five-point scale (1 = definitely negative, 3 = equivocal or indeterminate, 5 = definitely positive), and the data were interpreted using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.Results
The mean area under the ROC curve was 0.8901±0.0259 for the LCD session, and 0.8716±0.0266 for the CRT session (p > 0.05). The reading time for the LCD session was not significantly different from that for the CRT session (37.12 and 41.46 minutes, respectively; p = 0.889).Conclusion
For detecting small solitary pulmonary nodules, an LCD monitor and a CRT monitor are comparable. 相似文献8.
Tonkopi E Daniels C Gale MJ Schofield SC Sorhaindo VA Vanlarkin JL 《Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes》2012,63(4):237-241
Purpose
To establish local diagnostic reference levels (DRL) for typical radiographic examinations in a fully digital imaging institution.Methods
The initial survey included 6 standard radiographic projections performed in 19 computed radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR) rooms. Because of the expected difference in the performance, the local reference levels were analysed separately for those 2 modalities. Data of 226 average size adult patients were included in the analysis. Entrance surface dose (ESD) was calculated from the recorded radiographic techniques and tube radiation output measurements. After observing wide variations in the results of the patient survey, the examinations were repeated by using anthropomorphic phantoms. Initial efforts to understand the reasons for dose variations were focused on CR chest, abdomen, pelvis, and lumbar spine examinations.Results
The average size patient doses for similar examinations were lower in the DR rooms than in the CR rooms by factors that ranged from 1.2 to 3, with the exception of the chest examination. Standardization of the CR exposure index value allowed us to decrease ESD by 21%-30%. Detector sensitivity had an insignificant effect (2%) on ESD; proper collimation lowered the dose by 17%. However, the major effect, up to 46% difference, was found because of antiscatter grids cutoff.Conclusion
Modality specific local diagnostic reference levels for standard examinations have been established in a large digital imaging department with hybrid modalities. Typically the local reference values were lower than those recommended in Safety Code 35, except for CR chests. Factors that affect the dose variations have been investigated and determined. 相似文献9.
Marcos Paulo Ferreira Botelho Rishi AgrawalFernanda Dias Gonzalez-Guindalini Eric M. HartSuresh K. Patel Hüseyin Gürkan TöreVahid Yaghmai 《European journal of radiology》2013
Objective
To evaluate the effect of different acquisition parameters and reconstruction algorithms in lung lesions conspicuity in chest MDCT.Methods
An anthropomorphic chest phantom containing 6 models of lung disease (ground glass opacity, bronchial polyp, solid nodule, ground glass nodule, emphysema and tree-in-bud) was scanned using 80, 100 and 120 kVp, with fixed mAs ranging from 10 to 110. The scans were reconstructed using filtered back projection (FBP) and iterative reconstruction (IR) algorithms. Three blinded thoracic radiologists reviewed the images and scored lesions conspicuity and overall image quality. Image noise and radiation dose parameters were recorded.Results
All acquisitions with 120 kVp received a score of 3 (acceptable) or higher for overall image quality. There was no significant difference between IR and FBP within each setting for overall image quality (p > 0.05), even though image noise was significantly lower using IR (p < 0.0001). When comparing specific lower radiation acquisition parameters 100 kVp/10 mAs [Effective Dose (ED): 0.238 mSv] vs 120 kVp/10 mAs (ED: 0.406 mSv) vs 80 kVp/40 mAs (ED: 0.434 mSv), we observed significant difference in lesions conspicuity (p < 0.02), as well as significant difference in overall image quality, independent of the reconstruction algorithm (p < 0.02), with higher scores on the 120 kV/10 mAs setting. Tree-in-bud pattern, ground glass nodule and ground glass opacity required lower radiation doses to get a diagnostic score using IR when compared to FBP.Conclusion
Designing protocols for specific lung pathologies using lower dose acquisition parameters is feasible, and by applying iterative reconstruction, radiologists may have better diagnostic confidence to evaluate some lesions in very low dose settings, preserving acceptable image quality. 相似文献10.
Mathieu Lederlin Grzegorz Bauman Monika Eichinger Julien Dinkel Mathilde Brault Jürgen Biederer Michael Puderbach 《European journal of radiology》2013
Purpose
To assess the reproducibility of Fourier decomposition (FD) based ventilation- and perfusion-weighted lung MRI.Methods
Sixteen healthy volunteers were examined on a 1.5 T whole-body MR-scanner with 4–6 sets of coronal slices over the chest volume with a non-contrast enhanced steady-state free precession sequence. The identical protocol was repeated after 24 h. Reconstructed perfusion- and ventilation-weighted images were obtained through non-rigid registration and FD post-processing of images. Analysis of signal in segmented regions of interest was performed for both native and post-processed data. Two blinded chest radiologists rated image quality of perfusion- and ventilation-weighted images using a 3-point scale.Results
Reproducibility of signal between the two time points was very good with intra-class correlation coefficients of 0.98, 0.94 and 0.86 for native, perfusion- and ventilation-weighted images, respectively. Perfusion- and ventilation-weighted images were of overall good quality with proportions of diagnostic images of 87–95% and 69–75%, respectively. Lung signal decreased from posterior to anterior slices with image quality of ventilation-weighted images in anterior areas rated worse than in posterior or perfusion-weighted images. Inter- and intra-observer agreement of image quality was good for perfusion and ventilation.Conclusions
The study demonstrates high reproducibility of ventilation- and perfusion-weighted FD lung MRI. 相似文献11.
Rania Refaat Amr Kamel Mahmoud Elganzory Nahla M. Awad 《The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine》2014
Background
Solitary thyroid nodule may represent a multitude of thyroid disorders; therefore, detection of whether these nodules are benign or malignant is crucial for patient’s triage.Objective
To evaluate the diagnostic performance of the latest generation of real-time ultrasound elastography (USE) in differentiation between benign and malignant solitary thyroid nodules.Materials and methods
Thirty consecutive patients who were referred for surgical treatment were prospectively examined by real-time USE. Tissue stiffness on real-time USE was determined with light compression using the standard elastography color scoring system according to Rago criteria ranging from 1 (low stiffness over the entire nodule) to 5 (high stiffness over the entire nodule and surrounding tissue). The strain ratio (normal tissue to lesion strain ratio) was calculated. The histopathological examination of these resected nodules was used as the diagnostic standard of reference.Results
Scores of 1 and 2 with Rago criteria were highly significant seen in benign nodules, whereas, scores of 4 and 5 with Rago criteria were highly significant seen in malignant nodules (p < 0.001) with a sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy of 78.6%, 78.9% and 78.8% respectively. Additionally, the best strain ratio cut-off value for discrimination between benign and malignant nodules by using receiver operating characteristic analysis was 2.20 (area under the curve of 0.861; p value <0.001) with a consequential sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy of 85.7%, 90.5% and 88.6% respectively.Conclusion
Both the color score and the strain ratio are higher in malignant solitary thyroid nodules than those in benign ones. Consequently, real-time USE can be used for the differentiation of benign and malignant solitary thyroid nodules. Eventually, this reduces the number of superfluous surgical procedures on benign thyroid nodules. 相似文献12.
Tae Jung Kim Kyoung Ho Lee Bohyoung Kim Kil Joong Kim Eun Ju Chun Vasundhara Bajpai Young Hoon Kim Seokyung Hahn Kyung Won Lee 《European journal of radiology》2009
Objective
To estimate the visually lossless threshold (VLT) for the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) 2000 compression of chest CT images and to demonstrate the variance of the VLT between the lung and mediastinum/chest wall.Subjects and methods
Eighty images were compressed reversibly (as negative control) and irreversibly to 5:1, 10:1, 15:1 and 20:1. Five radiologists determined if the compressed images were distinguishable from their originals in the lung and mediastinum/chest wall. Exact tests for paired proportions were used to compare the readers’ responses between the reversible and irreversible compressions and between the lung and mediastinum/chest wall.Results
At reversible, 5:1, 10:1, 15:1, and 20:1 compressions, 0%, 0%, 3–49% (p < .004, for three readers), 69–99% (p < .001, for all readers), and 100% of the 80 image pairs were distinguishable in the lung, respectively; and 0%, 0%, 74–100% (p < .001, for all readers), 100%, and 100% were distinguishable in the mediastinum/chest wall, respectively. The image pairs were less frequently distinguishable in the lung than in the mediastinum/chest wall at 10:1 (p < .001, for all readers) and 15:1 (p < .001, for two readers). In 321 image comparisons, the image pairs were indistinguishable in the lung but distinguishable in the mediastinum/chest wall, whereas there was no instance of the opposite.Conclusion
For JPEG2000 compression of chest CT images, the VLT is between 5:1 and 10:1. The lung is more tolerant to the compression than the mediastinum/chest wall. 相似文献13.
Steven Schalekamp Bram van Ginneken Louis Meiss Liesbeth Peters-Bax Lorentz G.B.A. Quekel Miranda M. Snoeren Audrey M. Tiehuis Rianne Wittenberg Nico Karssemeijer Cornelia M. Schaefer-Prokop 《European journal of radiology》2013
Objectives
To assess the effect of bone suppression imaging on observer performance in detecting lung nodules in chest radiographs.Materials and methods
Posteroanterior (PA) and lateral digital chest radiographs of 111 (average age 65) patients with a CT proven solitary nodule (median diameter 15 mm), and 189 (average age 63) controls were read by 5 radiologists and 3 residents. Conspicuity of nodules on the radiographs was classified in obvious (n = 32), moderate (n = 32), subtle (n = 29) and very subtle (n = 18). Observers read the PA and lateral chest radiographs without and with an additional PA bone suppressed image (BSI) (ClearRead Bone Suppression 2.4, Riverain Technologies, Ohio) within one reading session. Multi reader multi case (MRMC) receiver operating characteristics (ROC) were used for statistical analysis.Results
ROC analysis showed improved detection with use of BSI compared to chest radiographs alone (AUC = 0.883 versus 0.855; p = 0.004). Performance also increased at high specificities exceeding 80% (pAUC = 0.136 versus 0.124; p = 0.0007). Operating at a specificity of 90%, sensitivity increased with BSI from 66% to 71% (p = 0.0004). Increase of detection performance was highest for nodules with moderate and subtle conspicuity (p = 0.02; p = 0.03).Conclusion
Bone suppressed images improve radiologists’ detection performance for pulmonary nodules, especially for those of moderate and subtle conspicuity. 相似文献14.
Yoshitake Yamada Masahiro Jinzaki Takahiro Hosokawa Yutaka Tanami Hiroaki Sugiura Takayuki Abe Sachio Kuribayashi 《European journal of radiology》2012
Objectives
To assess the effectiveness of adaptive iterative dose reduction (AIDR) and AIDR 3D in improving the image quality in low-dose chest CT (LDCT).Materials and methods
Fifty patients underwent standard-dose chest CT (SDCT) and LDCT simultaneously, performed under automatic exposure control with noise index of 19 and 38 (for a 2-mm slice thickness), respectively. The SDCT images were reconstructed with filtered back projection (SDCT-FBP images), and the LDCT images with FBP, AIDR and AIDR 3D (LDCT-FBP, LDCT-AIDR and LDCT-AIDR 3D images, respectively). On all the 200 lung and 200 mediastinal image series, objective image noise and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) were measured in several regions, and two blinded radiologists independently assessed the subjective image quality. Wilcoxon's signed rank sum test with Bonferroni's correction was used for the statistical analyses.Results
The mean dose reduction in LDCT was 64.2% as compared with the dose in SDCT. LDCT-AIDR 3D images showed significantly reduced objective noise and significantly increased SNR in all regions as compared to the SDCT-FBP, LDCT-FBP and LDCT-AIDR images (all, P ≤ 0.003). In all assessments of the image quality, LDCT-AIDR 3D images were superior to LDCT-AIDR and LDCT-FBP images. The overall diagnostic acceptability of both the lung and mediastinal LDCT-AIDR 3D images was comparable to that of the lung and mediastinal SDCT-FBP images.Conclusions
AIDR 3D is superior to AIDR. Intra-individual comparisons between SDCT and LDCT suggest that AIDR 3D allows a 64.2% reduction of the radiation dose as compared to SDCT, by substantially reducing the objective image noise and increasing the SNR, while maintaining the overall diagnostic acceptability. 相似文献15.
Ahmed Fathy Abdel-Ghany Mohamed Amin Nassef Noha Mohamed Osman 《The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine》2013
Objective
To assess the role of MDCT chest with bronchial and pulmonary angiography in determining the cause, site of bleeding, and its vascular origin in patients presenting with hemoptysis.Materials and methods
Fifty patients suffering from hemoptysis were evaluated by MDCT with bronchial and pulmonary angiographic techniques.Results
MDCT chest with angiography revealed the cause in 84% of cases, the site and vascular origin in 76% of cases presenting with hemoptysis.Conclusion
MDCT of the chest with bronchial and pulmonary angiography is considered a primary noninvasive imaging modality in the evaluation of patients with hemoptysis. It also serves as a guide for other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. 相似文献16.
Objectives
To assess the impact of a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) on the diagnostic accuracy of the interpretation of chest radiology examinations in a “real life” radiology setting.Materials and methods
During a period before PACS was introduced to radiologists, when images were still interpreted on film and reported on paper, images and reports were also digitally stored in an image database. The same database was used after the PACS introduction. This provided a unique opportunity to conduct a blinded retrospective study, comparing sensitivity (the main outcome parameter) in the pre and post-PACS periods.We selected 56 digitally stored chest radiograph examinations that were originally read and reported on film, and 66 examinations that were read and reported on screen 2 years after the PACS introduction. Each examination was assigned a random number, and both reports and images were scored independently for pathological findings. The blinded retrospective score for the original reports were then compared with the score for the images (the gold standard).Results
Sensitivity was improved after the PACS introduction. When both certain and uncertain findings were included, this improvement was statistically significant. There were no other statistically significant changes.Conclusion
The result is consistent with prospective studies concluding that diagnostic accuracy is at least not reduced after PACS introduction. The sensitivity may even be improved. 相似文献17.
Fabian Rengier Matthias F. Häfner Roland Unterhinninghofen Ralph Nawrotzki Joachim Kirsch Hans-Ulrich Kauczor Frederik L. Giesel 《European journal of radiology》2013
Purpose
Integrating interactive three-dimensional post-processing software into undergraduate radiology teaching might be a promising approach to synergistically improve both visual-spatial ability and radiological skills, thereby reducing students’ deficiencies in image interpretation. The purpose of this study was to test our hypothesis that a hands-on radiology course for medical students using interactive three-dimensional image post-processing software improves radiological knowledge, diagnostic skills and visual-spatial ability.Materials and methods
A hands-on radiology course was developed using interactive three-dimensional image post-processing software. The course consisted of seven seminars held on a weekly basis. The 25 participating fourth- and fifth-year medical students learnt to systematically analyse cross-sectional imaging data and correlated the two-dimensional images with three-dimensional reconstructions. They were instructed by experienced radiologists and collegiate tutors. The improvement in radiological knowledge, diagnostic skills and visual-spatial ability was assessed immediately before and after the course by multiple-choice tests comprising 64 questions each. Wilcoxon signed rank test for paired samples was applied.Results
The total number of correctly answered questions improved from 36.9 ± 4.8 to 49.5 ± 5.4 (p < 0.001) which corresponded to a mean improvement of 12.6 (95% confidence interval 9.9–15.3) or 19.8%. Radiological knowledge improved by 36.0% (p < 0.001), diagnostic skills for cross-sectional imaging by 38.7% (p < 0.001), diagnostic skills for other imaging modalities – which were not included in the course – by 14.0% (p = 0.001), and visual-spatial ability by 11.3% (p < 0.001).Conclusion
The integration of interactive three-dimensional image post-processing software into undergraduate radiology education effectively improves radiological reasoning, diagnostic skills and visual-spatial ability, and thereby even diagnostic skills for imaging modalities not included in the course. 相似文献18.
Kyung Won Doo Eun-Young Kang Hwan Seok Yong Soo-Youn Ham Ki Yeol Lee Ji Yung Choo 《European radiology》2014,24(12):3269-3276
Objectives
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of chest radiography (CXR), chest digital tomosynthesis (DT) and low dose multidetector computed tomography (LDCT) for the detection of small pulmonary ground-glass opacity (GGO) nodules, using an anthropomorphic chest phantom.Methods
Artificial pulmonary nodules were placed in a phantom and a total of 40 samples of different nodule settings underwent CXR, DT and LDCT. The images were randomly read by three experienced chest radiologists. Free-response receiver-operating characteristics (FROC) were used.Results
The figures of merit for the FROC curves averaged for the three observers were 0.41, 0.37 and 0.76 for CXR, DT and LDCT, respectively. FROC analyses revealed significantly better performance of LDCT over CXR or DT for the detection of GGO nodules (P?0.05). The difference in detectability between CXR and DT was not statistically significant (P?=?0.73).Conclusion
The diagnostic performance of DT for the detection of pulmonary small GGO nodules was not significantly different from that of CXR, but LDCT performed significantly better than both CXR and DT. DT is not a suitable alternative to CT for small GGO nodule detection, and LDCT remains the method of choice for this purpose.Key Points
? For GGO nodule detection, DT was not significantly different from CXR. ? DT is not a suitable alternative to CT for GGO nodule detection. ? LDCT is the method of choice for GGO nodule detection. 相似文献19.
Sumiaki Matsumoto Yoshiharu Ohno Takatoshi Aoki Hitoshi Yamagata Munenobu Nogami Keiko Matsumoto Yoshiko Yamashita Kazuro Sugimura 《European journal of radiology》2013
Purpose
To compare the reading times and detection performances of radiologists in concurrent-reader and second-reader modes of computer-aided detection (CAD) for lung nodules on multidetector computed tomography (CT).Materials and Methods
Fifty clinical multidetector CT datasets containing nodules up to 20 mm in diameter were retrospectively collected. For the detection and rating of non-calcified nodules larger than 4 mm in diameter, 6 radiologists (3 experienced radiologists and 3 resident radiologists) independently interpreted these datasets twice, once with concurrent-reader CAD and once with second-reader CAD. The reference standard of nodules in the datasets was determined by the consensus of two experienced chest radiologists. The reading times and detection performances in the two modes of CAD were statistically compared, where jackknife free-response receiver operating characteristic (JAFROC) analysis was used for the comparison of detection performances.Results
Two hundreds and seven nodules constituted the reference standard. Reading time was significantly shorter in the concurrent-reader mode than in the second-reader mode, with the mean reading time for the 6 radiologists being 132 s with concurrent-reader CAD and 210 s with second-reader CAD (p < 0.01). JAFROC analysis revealed no significant difference between the detection performances in the two modes, with the average figure-of-merit value for the 6 radiologists being 0.70 with concurrent-reader CAD and 0.72 with second-reader CAD (p = 0.35).Conclusion
In CAD for lung nodules on multidetector CT, the concurrent-reader mode is more time-efficient than the second-reader mode, and there can be no significant difference between the two modes in terms of detection performance of radiologists. 相似文献20.
Colin Jacobs Eva M. van Rikxoort Keelin Murphy Mathias Prokop Cornelia M. Schaefer-Prokop Bram van Ginneken 《European radiology》2016,26(7):2139-2147