Comparative evaluation of physicians' pulmonary nodule detection with reduced slice thickness at CT screening

Marodina Sinsuat; Ichiro Shimamura; Shinsuke Saita; Mitsuru Kubo; Yoshiki Kawata; Noboru Niki; Hironobu Ohmatsu; Ryutaro Kakinuma; Kenji Eguchi; Masahiro Kaneko; Keigo Tominaga; Noriyuki Moriyama

doi:10.1117/12.770405

12 March 2008 Comparative evaluation of physicians' pulmonary nodule detection with reduced slice thickness at CT screening

Marodina Sinsuat, Ichiro Shimamura, Shinsuke Saita, Mitsuru Kubo, Yoshiki Kawata, Noboru Niki, Hironobu Ohmatsu, Ryutaro Kakinuma, Kenji Eguchi, Masahiro Kaneko, Keigo Tominaga, Noriyuki Moriyama

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Proceedings Volume 6916, Medical Imaging 2008: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images; 691621 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.770405
Event: Medical Imaging, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

With thin and thick section Multi-slice CT images at lung cancer screening, we have statistically and quantitatively shown and evaluated the diagnostic capabilities of these slice thicknesses on physicians' pulmonary nodule diagnosis. To comparatively evaluate the 2 mm and 10 mm slice thicknesses, MSCT images of 360 people were read by six physicians. The reading criteria consisted of nodule for further examination (NFE), nodule for no further examination (NNFE) and no abnormality (NA) case. For reading results evaluation; firstly, cross-tabulation was carried out to roughly analyze the diagnoses based on whole lung field and each lung lobes. Secondly, from semi-automated extraction result of the nodule, detailed quantitative analysis was carried out to determine the diagnostic capabilities of two slice thicknesses. Finally, using the reading results of 2 mm thick image as the gold standard, the diagnostic capabilities were analyzed through the features and locations of pulmonary nodules. The study revealed that both slice thicknesses can depict lung cancer. Thin section may not be effective to diagnose nodules of ≤3 mm in size and nodules of ≤ 5mm in size for thick section. Though thick section is less tiring for reading physicians, it is not good at depicting nodules located at the border of lung upper lobe and which have a pixel size distance of ≤5 from the chest wall. The information presented may serve as a useful reference to determine in which particular pulmonary nodule condition the two slice thicknesses can be effectively used for early detection of lung cancer.

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Marodina Sinsuat, Ichiro Shimamura, Shinsuke Saita, Mitsuru Kubo, Yoshiki Kawata, Noboru Niki, Hironobu Ohmatsu, Ryutaro Kakinuma, Kenji Eguchi, Masahiro Kaneko, Keigo Tominaga, and Noriyuki Moriyama "Comparative evaluation of physicians' pulmonary nodule detection with reduced slice thickness at CT screening", Proc. SPIE 6916, Medical Imaging 2008: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, 691621 (12 March 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.770405

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