Characterizing search, recognition, and decision in the detection of lung nodules on CT scans: Elucidation with eye tracking

Radiology

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 276-286

  Rubin, Geoffrey D ^a,b   Roos, Justus E ^b   Tall, Martin ^b   Harrawood, Brian ^b   Bag, Sukantadev ^b   Ly, Donald L ^c   Seaman, Danielle M ^b   Hurwitz, Lynne M ^b   Napel, Sandy ^d   Choudhury, Kingshuk Roy ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE TRACKING; GAZE; GAZE TRACKING SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; RADIOLOGIST; REAL TIME TRACKING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84919725806     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14132918     Document Type: Article

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