The usefulness of film reading to detect cancer by untrained radiographer in X-ray examination of the stomach

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 22, Issue , 2008, Pages 1603-1606

  Yatake, Hidetoshi ^a   Katsuda, T ^d   Kuroda, C ^b   Yamazaki, H ^b   Kubo, T ^b   Gotanda, R ^a   Yabunaka, K ^e   Yamamoto, K ^a   Sawai, Y ^c   Takeda, Y ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Cancer Prevention and Detection Center   (Japan)

^c Kaizuka City Hospital   (Japan)

^d HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Katsuragi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Film reading; Radiographer; Stomach; X ray examination

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE ROC CURVE; CANCER SCREENING; GASTRIC CANCERS; MEAN AGES; OSAKA , JAPAN; P-VALUES; RADIOGRAPHER; READING PERFORMANCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; ROC ANALYSIS; STOMACH; TEST SETS; X-RAY EXAMINATION;

X RAYS;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 70350627249     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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