Accumetra worked with GE Healthcare to show how calibrated CT image acquisition protocols can improve small lung nodule measurement performance. This white paper demonstrates that approximately 50% improvements in volumetric bias and precision are possible. You can read the paper here:

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Avila R, Yankelevitz D, Yip R, and Henschke C, P1.03-021 Initial Results from A Novel and Low Cost Method For Measuring CT Image Quality, Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Volume 12 , Issue 1 , S554 - S555, January 2017.

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Rydzak CE, Armato SG, Avila RS, Mulshine JL, Yankelevitz DF, Gierada DS, Quality Assurance and Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers in Low Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening, Br J Radiol. 2017 Aug 22. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20170401.