Radiographers and trainee radiologists reporting accident radiographs: A comparative plain film-reading performance study

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-58

  Buskov, L ^a   Abild, A ^a   Christensen, A ^a   Holm, O ^a   Hansen, C ^a   Christensen, H ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHER; RADIOLOGIST; RANK SUM TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETON RADIOGRAPHY; TRAINEE RADIOLOGIST; VALIDITY; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871280879     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2012.06.104     Document Type: Article

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