Conversion of teaching file cases from film to digital format: A comparison between use of a diagnostic-quality digitizer and use of a flatbed scanner with transparency adapter

Academic Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 536-542

  Bassignani, Matthew J ^a   Bubash Faust, Lori ^b   Ciambotti, Jonathan ^a   Moran, Ruth ^a   McIlhenny, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers, educational aid; Education; Images, digitization; Images, processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0038417010     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80064-8     Document Type: Article

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