DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2291030010
Road Maps for Advancement of Radiologic Computer-aided Detection in the 21st Century1
Ronald M. Summers, MD, PhD
1 From the Diagnostic Radiology Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10, Rm 1C660, 10 Center Dr, MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892-1182. Received January 3, 2003; accepted January 16. Supported by the intramural research programs of the Diagnostic Radiology Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center. Address correspondence to the author (e-mail: rms@nih.gov).

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Figure 1. Problem-solving road map for chest CT examination. Road map lists tasks now performed by radiologists but that potentially could be performed with CAD. Tasks known to the author to have been automated are indicated (*). P.E. = pulmonary embolism.
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Figure 2. Resource road map for coordinated CAD that addresses a broader spectrum of problems. Desirable goal is shown at left and is paired with potential resources to accomplish it at right. CME = continuing medical education.
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Copyright © 2003 by the Radiological Society of North America.