A study to evaluate the introduction of a pattern recognition technique for chest radiographs by radiographers

Radiography

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 263-288

  Hughes, Helen ^a   Hughes, Kenneth ^a   Hamill, Raymond ^a  

^a MONKLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Red dot; Reporting; Skill mix; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDUCATION; LUNG COLLAPSE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029823066     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-8174(96)90017-6     Document Type: Article

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