Is training essential for interpreting cardiac computed tomography?

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-200

  Ripsweden, J ^a,c   Mir Akbari, H ^a   Brolin, E Bacsovics ^a   Brismar, T ^a   Nilsson, T ^a   Rasmussen, E ^b   Ruck A ^a   Svensson, A ^a   Werner, C ^a   Winter, R ^a   Cederlund, K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac; CT angiography; Education; Heart; Learning; Training

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS;

CARDIAC; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART; LEARNING; TRAINING;

EDUCATION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 61449217206     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850802654407     Document Type: Article

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