SynthesisThe British journal of radiology2016
Comparison of digital tomosynthesis and chest radiography for the detection of pulmonary nodules: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Artificial intelligence and radiomics enhance the positive predictive value of digital chest tomosynthesis for lung cancer detection within SOS clinical trial.European radiology · 2020Trial
- A Field Emission X-Ray Source Array for Stationary Digital Chest Tomosynthesis Applications.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comparison of stationary digital chest tomosynthesis to portable chest radiographs: A patient study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Assessing the Organ Dose in Diagnostic Imaging with Digital Tomosynthesis System Using TLD100H Dosimeters.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2025Article
- Next-generation digital chest tomosynthesis.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2024Article
- [Bronchial carcinoma: metastatic pathways with involvement of hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes].Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- Diagnostic performance of digital tomosynthesis to evaluate silicone airway stents and related complications.Journal of thoracic disease · 2021Article
- Surveillance of small, solid pulmonary nodules at digital chest tomosynthesis: data from a cohort of the pilot Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS).Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) · 2021Observational
- Emphasizing the Diagnostic Value of Digital Tomosynthesis in Detecting Hip Fractures.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the diagnostic accuracy of digital tomosynthesis (DTS) with that of chest radiography for the detection of pulmonary nodules by meta-analysis.
methodsA systematic literature search was performed to identify relevant original studies from 1 January 1 1976 to 31 August 31 2016. The quality of included studies was assessed by quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies-2. Per-patient data were used to calculate the sensitivity and specificity and per-lesion data were used to calculate the detection rate. Summary receiver-operating characteristic curves were drawn for pulmonary nodule detection.
results16 studies met the inclusion criteria. 1017 patients on a per-patient basis and 2159 lesions on a per-lesion basis from 16 eligible studies were evaluated. The pooled patient-based sensitivity of DTS was 0.85 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.83-0.88] and the specificity was 0.95 (0.93-0.96). The pooled sensitivity and specificity of chest radiography were 0.47 (0.44-0.51) and 0.37 (0.34-0.40), respectively. The per-lesion detection rate was 2.90 (95% CI 2.63-3.19).
conclusionDTS has higher diagnostic accuracy than chest radiography for detection of pulmonary nodules. Chest radiography has low sensitivity but similar specificity, comparable with that of DTS. Advances in knowledge: DTS has higher diagnostic accuracy than chest radiography for the detection of pulmonary nodules.
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