Pulmonary Nodules: Estimation of Malignancy at Thin-Section Helical CT—Effect of Computer-aided Diagnosis on Performance of Radiologists
RadiologyPublished 1 April 2006
Kazuo Awai, Kohei Murao, Akio Ozawa, Yoshiharu Nakayama, Takeshi Nakaura, Duo Liu
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Use of the CAD system significantly improved the diagnostic performance of radiology residents for assessment of the malignancy of pulmonary nodules; however, it did not improve that of board-certified radiologists.
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Use of the CAD system significantly (P = .009) improved the diagnostic performance of radiology residents for assessment of the malignancy of pulmonary nodules; however, it did not improve that of board-certified radiologists.
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