An appellate court ruling and potential implications for CAD technology in the courtroom

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-53

  Greenberg, Julianne S ^a  

^a Washington Radiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection; Court cases

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COURT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644845684     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.5014     Document Type: Note

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