Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 10 , Pages 1179-1186 , October 2009

Semi-automatic Volumetric Measurement of Lung Cancer Using Multi-detector CT: Effects of Nodule Characteristics

  • Shingo Iwano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Shouwa-ku, Nagoya 4668550, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: S.I.
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  • Tohru Okada, MD

      Affiliations

    • Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Science, Inage-ku, Japan
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  • Wataru Koike, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Shouwa-ku, Nagoya 4668550, Japan
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  • Keiji Matsuo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Shouwa-ku, Nagoya 4668550, Japan
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  • Reiko Toya, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Shouwa-ku, Nagoya 4668550, Japan
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  • Masahiro Yamazaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Shouwa-ku, Nagoya 4668550, Japan
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  • Shinya Ito, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Shouwa-ku, Nagoya 4668550, Japan
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  • Junji Ito, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Shouwa-ku, Nagoya 4668550, Japan
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  • Shinji Naganwa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Shouwa-ku, Nagoya 4668550, Japan

Received 25 February 2009 ,Accepted 2 April 2009.

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PII: S1076-6332(09)00261-X

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.04.007

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 10 , Pages 1179-1186 , October 2009

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