Peters, Alan A.
Christe, Andreas
von Stackelberg, Oyunbileg
Pohl, Moritz
Kauczor, Hans-Ulrich
Heußel, Claus Peter
Wielpütz, Mark O.
Ebner, Lukas
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Bern
Article History
Received: 12 July 2022
Revised: 17 November 2022
Accepted: 5 February 2023
First Online: 10 March 2023
Declarations
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Peters.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise (Moritz Pohl, MSc; Institute of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany).
: Written informed consent was waived by the institutional review board (phantom study).
: Institutional review board approval was not required for this phantom study.
: The study subjects (chest phantoms) have been reported in a previous publication:<i>Christe A, Szucs-Farkas Z, Huber A </i>et al <i>(2013) Optimal dose levels in screening chest CT for unimpaired detection and volumetry of lung nodules, with and without computer assisted detection at minimal patient radiation. PLoS One 8:e82919.</i>In contrast to the current work, the study by Christe et al did not compare different CAD systems and furthermore did not involve deep-learning-based systems.
: •Phantom study•diagnostic or prognostic study•performed at one institution