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🫁 Lung Nodule Lung-RADS Risk Classifier

Nodule type:
Lung-RADS category:
Recommended follow-up:

⚠️ Educational illustration of the published Lung-RADS framework only. This is not a diagnostic tool and does not provide medical advice — real nodule assessment requires a radiologist reviewing the actual CT images.

Drag the diameter slider, change the composition and follow-up behaviour to see how Lung-RADS categorizes the simulated nodule

🫁 Lung Nodule Lung-RADS Risk Classifier

This simulator applies the real, published Lung-RADS (Lung CT Screening Reporting & Data System) assessment categories used by radiologists to triage pulmonary nodules found on low-dose CT lung cancer screening. It classifies a simulated nodule, defined by diameter, density/composition and follow-up growth behaviour, into Category 2, 3, 4A or 4B and shows the real recommended follow-up interval for that category.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

This simulator applies the real, published Lung-RADS (Lung CT Screening Reporting & Data System) assessment categories used by radiologists to triage pulmonary nodules found on low-dose CT lung cancer screening. It classifies a simulated nodule, defined by diameter, density/composition and follow-up growth behaviour, into Category 2, 3, 4A or 4B and shows the real recommended follow-up interval for that category.

🎮 How to Use

Set the nodule diameter and composition type (solid, part-solid or ground-glass), then choose whether the nodule is stable or growing at a simulated follow-up scan. The classifier applies the published Lung-RADS v1.1 size and growth thresholds for each composition type to determine the category and its associated recommended CT interval, drawn live on the nodule diagram.

💡 Did You Know?

Did you know that the LIDC-IDRI dataset, annotated independently by four radiologists per case, was built specifically to capture how much even expert readers disagree on nodule borders and malignancy likelihood, real inter-reader variability that Lung-RADS was designed to reduce by standardizing how any radiologist reports a nodule?