American Lung Association

Understanding Your Lung Nodule Report

Due to electronic medical records, it is not uncommon for patients to receive their radiological reports before their physicians do. The terms on results reports are often complex and advanced, as the ...
IEEE

Evaluation of the 80 kVp Chest Protocol for a Strategy to Optimize CT Dose and Image Quality

Abstract: The rising number of chest CT scans results in patients receiving larger doses of ionizing radiation which creates an urgent requirement to improve protocols for reducing CTDIvol and ...
IEEE

Lung Nodule Detection in Low-Dose Chest CT Scan Images Using 3D Residual Convolutional Neural Network Architectures

Abstract: This work presents a high-accuracy 3D Residual Convolutional Neural Network (3D-ResCNN) model for lung nodule detection from low-dose chest CT (LDCT) scans, with volumetric residual learning ...
Frontiers

Habitat imaging radiomics of chest CT identifies noninfectious acute exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Objective: Noninfectious acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) pose significant diagnostic challenges due to the lack of reliable biomarkers. This study aims to develop ...
TCTMD

Chest X-ray Before Cath—Is There a Point?

Morton Kern, MD, often engages his colleagues via email in brief, informal dialogue on clinically relevant topics in cardiology. Morton Kern, MD, of VA Long Beach Healthcare System and University of ...