Discrepancy rates of radiology resident interpretations of on-call neuroradiology MR imaging studies

Radiology

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 972-979

  Filippi, Christopher G ^a   Schneider, Brett ^a   Burbank, Heather N ^a   Alsofrom, Gary F ^a   Linnell, Grant ^a   Ratkovits, Bela ^a  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEURYSM; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; INFARCTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SPINE; STROKE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 58149188384     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2493071543     Document Type: Article

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