Measuring the accuracy of diagnostic imaging in symptomatic breast patients: Team and individual performance

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1012, 2012, Pages 415-422

  Britton, Peter ^a   Warwick, J ^b   Wallis, M G ^a   O'Keeffe, S ^a   Taylor, K ^a   Sinnatamby, R ^a   Barter, S ^a   Gaskarth, M ^a   Duffy, S W ^b   Wishart, G C ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84859137678     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/32906819     Document Type: Article

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