Radiography
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 134-142 , May 2006

How do radiologists do it? The influence of experience and training on searching for chest nodules

  • David Manning

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging Sciences, St Martin's College, Lancaster LA1 3JD, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1524 384384; fax: +44 1524 384591.
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  • Susan Ethell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging Sciences, St Martin's College, Lancaster LA1 3JD, UK
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  • Tim Donovan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging Sciences, St Martin's College, Lancaster LA1 3JD, UK
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  • Trevor Crawford

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

Received 19 November 2004 ,Accepted 4 February 2005.

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PII: S1078-8174(05)00013-1

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2005.02.003

Radiography
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 134-142 , May 2006