Letter to the Editor: Use of Publicly Available Image Resources

Journal Article · 11 May 2017 · Academic Radiology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2017.03.015 · OSTI ID:1407730

Armato, Samuel G. ^[1]; Drukker, Karen ^[1]; Li, Feng ^[1]; Hadjiiski, Lubomir ^[2]; Tourassi, Georgia D.  ^[3]; Engelmann, Roger M. ^[1]; Giger, Maryellen L. ^[1]; Redmond, George ^[4]; Farahani, Keyvan ^[4]; Kirby, Justin S. ^[5]; Petrick, Nicholas A. ^[6]

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1. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Radiology
2. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Radiology
3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Health Data Sciences Inst.
4. National Cancer Inst., Bethesda, MD (United States). Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
5. Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., Frederick, MD (United States). Frederick National Lab. for Cancer Research
6. U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Springs, MD (United States). Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Here we write with regard to the Academic Radiology article entitled, “Computer-aided Diagnosis for Lung Cancer: Usefulness of Nodule Heterogeneity” by Drs. Nishio and Nagashima (1). The authors also report on a computerized method to classify as benign or malignant lung nodules present in computed tomography (CT) scans.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Grant/Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1407730
• Journal Information: Academic Radiology, Vol. 24, Issue 7; ISSN 1076-6332
• Publisher: ElsevierCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English