Nodule detection in digital chest radiography: summary of the RADIUS chest trial.

• As a part of the Europe-wide research project 'Unification of physical and clinical requirements for medical X-ray imaging'-governed by the Radiological Imaging Unification Strategies (RADIUS) Group-a major image quality trial was conducted by members of the group. The RADIUS chest trial aimed at thoroughly examining various aspects of nodule detection in digital chest radiography, such as the effects of nodule location, system noise, anatomical noise, and anatomical background. The main findings of the RADIUS chest trial concerning the detection of a lung nodule with a size in the order of 10 mm can be summarised as: (1) the detectability of the nodule is largely dependent on its location in the chest, (2) the system noise has a minor impact on the detectability at the dose levels used today, (3) the disturbance of the anatomical noise is larger than that of the system noise but smaller than that of the anatomical background and (4) the anatomical background acts as noise to a large extent and is the major image component affecting the detectability of the nodule.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Radiologi och bildbehandling (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging (hsv//eng)

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Artifacts

Humans

Image Processing

Computer-Assisted

Lung

pathology

radiography

Lung Neoplasms

diagnosis

radiography

Models

Anatomic

Monte Carlo Method

Observer Variation

ROC Curve

Radiographic Image Enhancement

methods

Radiographic Image Interpretation

Computer-Assisted

methods

Radiography

methods

Radiography

Thoracic

methods

Scattering

Radiation

Software

X-Rays

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