Rationale and Objectives The aim of this study was to develop a novel algorithm for segmenting lung nodules on three-dimensional (3D) computed tomographic images to improve the performance of comp...

Rationale and Objectives Cardiac computed tomographic (CT) scans for the assessment of coronary calcium scores include approximately 70% of the lung volume and may be useful for the quantitative a...

Rationale and Objectives Inhaled hyperpolarized 3 He magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has been used to measure alveolar size in patients with emphysema. The aim of this study was to test the hypot...

In a recent critique of our paper on the use of free-response receiver-operating characteristic (FROC)–type studies during technology and practice assessments, Dr Chakraborty went to great lengths ...

Three-class ROC analysis for task-based medical image quality assessment Grant Number:5K99EB007620-02PI Name:He, Xin Abstract: Description (provided by applicant): Conventional ROC analysis has b...

My telephone rang. “Is this Otto Linton?” I paused. Anyone getting my name wrong usually wants something I will not give. “Yes?” “I have been assigned to work on your mortgages and I need some in...

Two years ago, when the numbers were crunched, the American people received almost as much radiation from diagnostic imaging procedures as they did from natural background sources. Almost half of t...

Peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) remains a significant health care problem in the United States today, affecting approximately 8 million Americans, especially those aged >65 years . ...

Rationale and Objectives Existing density- and gradient-based automated centerline-extraction algorithms fail in severely diseased or occluded arterial segments for the generation of curved planar...

Rationale and Objectives The aim of this study was to systematically review the quality of papers on the clinimetric properties of magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of juvenile idiopath...