Effect of directed training on reader performance for CT colonography: multicenter study

• Published in: Radiology Vol. 242; no. 1; p. 152
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2007
• Subjects: Colonic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Colonic Neoplasms - epidemiology; Colonic Polyps - diagnostic imaging; Colonic Polyps - epidemiology; Colonography, Computed Tomographic - statistics & numerical data; Female; Humans; Inservice Training - statistics & numerical data; Male; Middle Aged; Observer Variation; Professional Competence - statistics & numerical data; Radiology - education; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Task Performance and Analysis; United Kingdom
• ISSN: 0033-8419
• DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2421051000

To define the interpretative performance of radiologists experienced in computed tomographic (CT) colonography and to compare it with that of novice observers who had undergone directed training, with colonoscopy as the reference standard. Physicians at each participating center received ethical com...