A comparison of expert and novice performance in the detection of simulated pulmonary nodules

Radiography

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-116

  Manning, D ^a   Leach, J ^b   Bunting, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Image perception; Radiography reporting; ROC; Skill mix

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SKILL; TRAINING;

EID: 0034042723     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/radi.1999.0228     Document Type: Article

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