Table 3. False Positive Pulmonary Nodule Detection by Five Observers on ASIR- and FBP-Driven ULDCT Scans and on SCT Images.
| False Positive Nodules | Friedman Test | Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FBP | ASIR | SCT | FBP vs. ASIR | ASIR vs. SCT | SCT vs. FBP | ||
| Observer 1 | 61 | 70 | 84 | 0.648 | 0.376 | 0.363 | 0.215 |
| Observer 2 | 35 | 37 | 64 | 0.034* | 0.510 | 0.027 | 0.015 |
| Observer 3 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 0.142 | 0.521 | 0.135 | 0.159 |
| Observer 4 | 22 | 10 | 27 | 0.014* | 0.030 | 0.012 | 0.260 |
| Observer 5 | 75 | 82 | 81 | 0.659 | 0.431 | 0.456 | 0.867 |
*Values are significant by using Friedman test (p < 0.05). ASIR = adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction, FBP = filtered back projection, SCT = standard-dose CT, ULDCT = ultra-low-dose CT