Open AccessComparing attenuations of malignant and benign solitary pulmonary nodule using semi-automated region of interest selection on contrast-enhanced CT
Author(s) -
Yangsean Choi,
Bo Mi Gil,
Myung Hee Chung,
Won Jong Yoo,
Na Young Jung,
Yong Hyun Kim,
Soon Seog Kwon,
Jeana Kim
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.05.56
Subject(s) - medicine , hounsfield scale , malignancy , tuberculoma , solitary pulmonary nodule , nuclear medicine , receiver operating characteristic , region of interest , radiology , computed tomography , pathology , tuberculosis
The purpose of this study was to determine whether semi-automated region of interest (ROI) measurement of CT attenuations of solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is an accurate approach in differentiating malignant from benign SPN.