Spatial resolution and chest nodule detection: an interesting incidental finding

R. J. Toomey; M. F. McEntee; J. T. Ryan; M. G Evanoff; A. Hayes; P. C. Brennan

doi:10.1117/12.845254

23 February 2010 Spatial resolution and chest nodule detection: an interesting incidental finding

R. J. Toomey, M. F. McEntee, J. T. Ryan, M. G Evanoff, A. Hayes, P. C. Brennan

Proceedings Volume 7627, Medical Imaging 2010: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment; 76270Q (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.845254
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This study reports an incidental finding from a larger work. It examines the relationship between spatial resolution and nodule detection for chest radiographs. Twelve examining radiologists with the American Board of Radiology read thirty chest radiographs in two conditions - full (1500 × 1500 pixel) resolution, and 300 × 300 pixel resolution linearly interpolated to 1500 × 1500 pixels. All images were surrounded by a 10-pixel sharp grey border to aid in focussing the observer's eye when viewing the comparatively unsharp interpolated images. Fifteen of the images contained a single simulated pulmonary nodule. Observers were asked to rate their confidence that a nodule was present on each radiograph on a scale of 1 (least confidence, certain no lesion is present) to 6 (most confidence, certain a lesion was present). All other abnormalities were to be ignored. No windowing, levelling or magnification of the images was permitted and viewing distance was constrained to approximately 70cm. Images were displayed on a 3 megapixel greyscale monitor. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was applied to the results of the readings using the Dorfman-Berbaum-Metz multiplereader, multiple-case method. No statistically significant differences were found with either readers and cases treated as random or with cases treated as fixed. Low spatial frequency information appears to be sufficient for the detection of chest lesion of the type used in this study.

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R. J. Toomey, M. F. McEntee, J. T. Ryan, M. G Evanoff, A. Hayes, and P. C. Brennan "Spatial resolution and chest nodule detection: an interesting incidental finding", Proc. SPIE 7627, Medical Imaging 2010: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, 76270Q (23 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.845254

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