Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 10 , Pages 1254-1265 , October 2006

Evaluation of Lung MDCT Nodule Annotation Across Radiologists and Methods

  • Charles R. Meyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: C.R.M.
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  • Timothy D. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200
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  • Geoffrey McLennan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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  • Denise R. Aberle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Ella A. Kazerooni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200
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  • Heber MacMahon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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  • Brian F. Mullan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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  • David F. Yankelevitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Weill College of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Edwin J.R. van Beek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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  • Samuel G. Armato III

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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  • Michael F. McNitt-Gray

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Anthony P. Reeves

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of EECS, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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  • David Gur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Claudia I. Henschke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Weill College of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Eric A. Hoffman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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  • Peyton H. Bland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200
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  • Gary Laderach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200
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  • Richie Pais

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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  • David Qing

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Chris Piker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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  • Junfeng Guo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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  • Adam Starkey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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  • Daniel Max

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Weill College of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Barbara Y. Croft

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
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  • Laurence P. Clarke

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Received 19 June 2006 ,Accepted 19 July 2006.

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1 Funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Cancer Imaging Program by the following grants: 1U01 CA 091085, 1U01 CA 091090, 1U01 CA 091099, 1U01 CA 091100, and 1U01 CA 091103.

PII: S1076-6332(06)00382-5

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.07.012

Academic Radiology
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