The impact of radiologists’ expertise on screen results decisions in a CT lung cancer screening trial

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 792-799

  Heuvelmans, Marjolein A ^a   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a   de Jong, Pim A ^b   Mali, Willem P ^b   Groen, Harry J M ^a   Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lung neoplasms; Mass screening; Protocol compliance; Pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL EXPERTISE; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOLOGY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84925492102     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3467-4     Document Type: Article

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