The effect of a tuberculosis chest X-ray image reference set on non-expert reader performance

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2459-2468

  Waitt, Catriona J ^a,b   Joekes, Elizabeth C ^c,d   Jesudason, Natasha ^d   Waitt, Peter I ^e   Goodson, Patrick ^e   Likumbo, Ganizani ^e   Kampondeni, Samuel ^e   Faragher, E Brian ^d   Squire, S Bertel ^d  

^a MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Malawi; Radiography; Sensitivity and Specificity; Teaching; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEST X RAY READING AND RECORDING SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MEDICAL EXPERT; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS CHEST X RAY IMAGE REFERENCE SET;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MALAWI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84882265408     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2840-z     Document Type: Article

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