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The benefit of ultra-high resolution computed tomography: Precision of repeated volume measurements of pulmonary nodules

Completed
Conditions
Lung Mestastase - Lung cancer
10038666
10037454
Registration Number
NL-OMON45824
Lead Sponsor
Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years of age or older
* A solid primary tumour anywhere in the body and solid, noncalcified nodules in the pulmonary parenchyma on previous CT scans suspected for pulmonary metastases, according to radiological reports
* Two lung nodules that do not abut vessels or pleura with a two dimensional diameter between 5 and 10 mm within a distance of each other of 16 cm in the craniocaudal direction

Exclusion Criteria

* Immobility (not able to stand up and get off the scanner table)
* Patients who received local pulmonary treatment:
o Radiotherapy
o Excision
o Ablation
* Patients with radiologically suspected lymphangitis carcinomatosa or consolidations around the nodules.
* Patients who only have calcified pulmonary nodules or nodules that about vessels or pleura.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>The main endpoint of this study is the upper limit of the 95% confidence<br /><br>interval of repeated semi-automated nodule volume measurements of both CT<br /><br>scanners. </p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>* To assess the variability in manual calliper two-dimensional measurements of<br /><br>pulmonary nodules.<br /><br>* To assess the effect of subjective image quality, structure delineation and<br /><br>segmentation, and nodule type on the variability in volume of the nodule<br /><br>measurements.</p><br>
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