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This dataset contains standardized DICOM representation of the annotations and characterizations collected by the LIDC/IDRI initiative, originally stored in XML and available in the TCIA LIDC-IDRI collection (https://wiki.cancerimagingarchive.net/display/Public/LIDC-IDRI). Only the nodules that were deemed to be greater or equal to 3 mm in the largest planar dimensions have been annotated and characterized by the expert radiologists performing the annotations. Only those nodules are included in the present dataset.
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