Factors influencing the detection of abnormalities in barium enemas performed by junior radiologists

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 270-275

  Vehmas, Tapio ^a,b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; TUMOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; BODY MASS INDEX; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENEMA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 32544448065     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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