The insidious problem of fatigue in medical imaging practice

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-6

  Reiner, Bruce I ^a   Krupinski, Elizabeth ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ATTENTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84861311313     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-011-9436-4     Document Type: Article

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