Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 28-38, January 2009

Assessment of Radiologist Performance in the Detection of Lung Nodules:1

Dependence on the Definition of “Truth”

  • Samuel G. Armato III, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, MC 2026, Chicago, IL 60637
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: S.G.A.
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  • Rachael Y. Roberts, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, MC 2026, Chicago, IL 60637
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  • Masha Kocherginsky, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, MC 2026, Chicago, IL 60637
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  • Denise R. Aberle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Ella A. Kazerooni, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Heber MacMahon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, MC 2026, Chicago, IL 60637
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  • Edwin J.R. van Beek, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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  • David Yankelevitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Weill Medical College, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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  • Geoffrey McLennan, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine, Radiology, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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  • Michael F. McNitt-Gray, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Charles R. Meyer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Anthony P. Reeves, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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  • Philip Caligiuri, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, MC 2026, Chicago, IL 60637
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  • Leslie E. Quint, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Baskaran Sundaram, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Barbara Y. Croft, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD
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  • Laurence P. Clarke, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD

Received 28 February 2008; accepted 19 May 2008.

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1 Supported in part by USPHS Grants U01CA091085, U01CA091090, U01CA091099, U01CA091100, and U01CA091103.

PII: S1076-6332(08)00359-0

doi:10.1016/j.acra.2008.05.022

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 28-38, January 2009

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