Do long radiology workdays affect nodule detection in dynamic CT interpretation?

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-198

  Krupinski, Elizabeth A ^a   Berbaum, Kevin S ^b   Caldwell, Robert T ^b   Schartz, Kevin M ^b   Madsen, Mark T ^b   Kramer, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

dark vergence; dynamic CT; observer performance; Reader fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MALE; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; TIME; VELOCITY; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84926231345     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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