Observer variability and the performance between faculties and residents: Us criteria for benign and malignant thyroid nodules

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-155

  Kim, Sung Hun ^a   Park, Chang Suk ^a   Jung, So Lyung ^a   Kang, Bong Joo ^a   Kim, Jee Young ^a   Choi, Jae Jung ^a   Kim, Ye Il ^a   Oh, Jin Kyung ^a   Oh, Jung Suk ^a   Kim, Hanna ^a   Jeong, Seung Hee ^a   Yim, Hyeon Woo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Faculty internship and residency; Observer variation; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77950675137     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2010.11.2.149     Document Type: Article

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