Time of day effects on mammographic film reading performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3036, Issue , 1997, Pages 212-221

  Cowley, Helen C ^a   Gale, Alastair G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast screening; Circadian variation; Observer performance; PERFORMS; Vigilance decrement

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING;

BREAST SCREENING; CIRCADIAN VARIATION; OBSERVER PERFORMANCE; PERFORMS; VIGILANCE DECREMENT;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 58749117393     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.271295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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