Measurement of Visual Strain in Radiologists

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 947-950

  Krupinski, Elizabeth A ^a   Berbaum, Kevin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

radiologists; target distance; Visual accommodation

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; READING; VISUAL STRESS;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; AGED; ASTHENOPIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIANS; RADIOLOGY; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 67649770296     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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