In Europe, lung cancer ranks third among the most common cancers, remaining the biggest
killer. Since the publication of the first European Society of Radiology and European …

A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is a well-defined radiographic opacity up to 3 cm in
diameter that is surrounded by unaltered aerated lung. Frequently, it is an incidental finding …

Internal organs, like lungs, are very often examined by the use of screening methods. For
this purpose, we present an evaluation model based on a composition of fuzzy system …

Background and objective In medical examinations doctors use various techniques in order
to provide to the patients an accurate analysis of their actual state of health. One of the …

Screening with low-dose CT (LDCT) in a high-risk population, as defined by age and
smoking behavior, reduces lung cancer–related mortality. However, LDCT screening …

The deep learning (DL) classification technique is extensively researched and considered
for early lung cancer diagnosis. Despite the encouraging performance reported in the …

Background Pulmonary nodule features have been used to differentiate benign from
malignant nodules. Purpose To determine the frequency of solid noncalcified nodules …

Background Solid costal pleura–attached noncalcified nodules (CP-NCNs) less than 10.0
mm with lentiform, oval, or semicircular (LOS) or triangular shapes and smooth margins on …

Computed tomography (CT) increasingly is utilized, with abdominal and chest CT
accounting for approximately two-thirds of all CT examinations. 1 Similarly, the detection rate …

With the rapidly increasing number of chest computed tomography (CT) examinations, the
question of how to manage lung nodules found in asymptomatic patients has become …