Head trauma: CT scan interpretation by radiology residents versus staff radiologists

Radiology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-128

  Wysoki, Michael G ^a   Nassar, Carlos J ^a   Koenigsberg, Robert A ^a   Novelline, Robert A ^b   Faro, Scott H ^a   Faerber, Eric N ^c  

^a ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, injuries 13.1211, 13.433; Diagnostic radiology; Education; Head, injuries, 10.1211, 10.41, 10.433; Images, interpretation, 13.1211; Observer performance 13.1211

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACE FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENT; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

EID: 0031902891     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.208.1.9646802     Document Type: Article

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