Effect of training with the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System lexicon on mammographic interpretation skills in developing countries

Academic Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 647-650

  Lehman, Constance D ^a   Miller, Louise ^b   Rutter, Carolyn M ^c   Tsu, Vivien ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^d Program for Appropriate Technology in Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast radiography; Education; Observer performance; Quality assurance; Radiology and radiologists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UKRAINE;

EID: 0034955123     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80690-6     Document Type: Article

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