CT Quality Assurance in the Lung Screening Study Component of the National Lung Screening Trial: Implications for Multicenter Imaging Trials

Abstract

Our experience suggested that centralized monitoring of image quality is helpful for reducing quality defects in multicenter trials.

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MedicineLung cancer screeningQuality assuranceNational Lung Screening TrialRandomized controlled trialLung cancerLungRadiologyNuclear medicineMedical physicsInternal medicinePathology

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Year: 2009
Type: article
Volume: 193
Issue: 2
Pages: 419-424
Citations: 28
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                                    David S. Gierada, 
                                
                                    Kavita Garg, 
                                
                                    Hrudaya Nath
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2009). 
                            CT Quality Assurance in the Lung Screening Study Component of the National Lung Screening Trial: Implications for Multicenter Imaging Trials. 
                            American Journal of Roentgenology
                            , 193
                            (2)
                            , 419-424.
                            https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.08.1995
                        

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DOI: 10.2214/ajr.08.1995