Comparison of paper print and soft copy reading in plain paediatric radiographs

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 459-466

  Maydell, A T ^a,d   Andronikou, S ^b   Ackermann, C ^a   Bezuidenhout, A F ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Paper print; Radiography comparison; Screen reading

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DIAGNOSIS; PAPER; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 70349785423     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2009.02104.x     Document Type: Article

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