Reader training in CT colonography: How much is enough?

Radiology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-27

  Soto, Jorge A ^a   Barish, Matthew A ^b   Yee, Judy ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 25144511465     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2371050003     Document Type: Editorial

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