Visual search of mammographic images: Influence of lesion subtlety

Academic Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 965-969

  Krupinski, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lesion subtlety; Mammography; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST LESION; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EYE FIXATION; EYE POSITION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 23644449892     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2005.03.071     Document Type: Article

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