The lung image database consortium (LIDC) and image database resource initiative (IDRI): a completed reference database of lung nodules on CT scans

SG Armato III, G McLennan, L Bidaut… - Medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The development of computer‐aided diagnostic (CAD) methods for lung nodule
detection, classification, and quantitative assessment can be facilitated through a well …

Lung image database consortium: developing a resource for the medical imaging research community

SG Armato III, G McLennan, MF McNitt-Gray, CR Meyer… - Radiology, 2004 - pubs.rsna.org
To stimulate the advancement of computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) research for lung
nodules in thoracic computed tomography (CT), the National Cancer Institute launched a …

The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC): an evaluation of radiologist variability in the identification of lung nodules on CT scans

SG Armato III, MF McNitt-Gray, AP Reeves, CR Meyer… - Academic radiology, 2007 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to analyze the variability of
experienced thoracic radiologists in the identification of lung nodules on computed …

The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC) data collection process for nodule detection and annotation

MF McNitt-Gray, SG Armato III, CR Meyer, AP Reeves… - Academic radiology, 2007 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC) is
developing a publicly available database of thoracic computed tomography (CT) scans as a …

Computer-aided detection of pulmonary nodules: a comparative study using the public LIDC/IDRI database

C Jacobs, EM van Rikxoort, K Murphy, M Prokop… - European …, 2016 - Springer
Objectives To benchmark the performance of state-of-the-art computer-aided detection
(CAD) of pulmonary nodules using the largest publicly available annotated CT database …

Toward clinically usable CAD for lung cancer screening with computed tomography

MS Brown, P Lo, JG Goldin, E Barnoy, GHJ Kim… - European …, 2014 - Springer
Objectives The purpose of this study was to define clinically appropriate, computer-aided
lung nodule detection (CAD) requirements and protocols based on recent screening trials. In …

LUNGx Challenge for computerized lung nodule classification

SG Armato III, K Drukker, F Li… - Journal of Medical …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The purpose of this work is to describe the LUNGx Challenge for the computerized
classification of lung nodules on diagnostic computed tomography (CT) scans as benign or …

The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC): a comparison of different size metrics for pulmonary nodule measurements

AP Reeves, AM Biancardi, TV Apanasovich… - Academic radiology, 2007 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The goal was to investigate the effects of choosing
between different metrics in estimating the size of pulmonary nodules as a factor both of …

A new computationally efficient CAD system for pulmonary nodule detection in CT imagery

T Messay, RC Hardie, SK Rogers - Medical image analysis, 2010 - Elsevier
Early detection of lung nodules is extremely important for the diagnosis and clinical
management of lung cancer. In this paper, a novel computer aided detection (CAD) system …

Assessment of radiologist performance in the detection of lung nodules: dependence on the definition of “truth”

SG Armato III, RY Roberts, M Kocherginsky… - Academic radiology, 2009 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Studies that evaluate the lung nodule–detection
performance of radiologists or computerized methods depend on an initial inventory of the …