Rates of disagreement in imaging interpretation in a group of community hospitals

Academic Radiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 148-154

  Siegle, R L ^a   Baram, E M ^a   Reuter, S R ^a   Clarke, E A ^a   Lancaster, J L ^a   McMahan, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic radiology; Images; Intepretation; Observer performance; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST;

EID: 0031877046     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(98)80277-8     Document Type: Article

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