title: Improving the accuracy of CTC interpretation: computer-aided detection.
abstract: Computer-aided polyp detection aims to improve the accuracy of the colonography interpretation. The computer searches the colonic wall to look for polyplike protrusions and presents a list of suspicious areas to a physician for further analysis. Computer-aided polyp detection has developed rapidly in the past decade in the laboratory setting and has sensitivities comparable with those of experts. Computer-aided polyp detection tends to help inexperienced readers more than experienced ones and may also lead to small reductions in specificity. In its currently proposed use as an adjunct to standard image interpretation, computer-aided polyp detection serves as a spellchecker rather than an efficiency enhancer.
authors.affiliation: Imaging Biomarkers and Computer-Aided Diagnosis Laboratory, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Building 10, Room 1C368X MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892-1182, USA. rms@nih.gov
authors.forename: Ronald M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D023881:Colonography, Computed Tomographic / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
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