Legal ramifications of computer-aided detection in mammography

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 572-574

  Mezrich, Jonathan L ^a   Siegel, Eliot L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOTE; RADIOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT; TECHNOLOGY; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALPRACTICE; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930928861     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.10.025     Document Type: Note

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