Bias in plain film reading performance studies

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 880, 2001, Pages 307-316

  Brealey, S ^a   Scally, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0034984385     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.74.880.740307     Document Type: Review

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