Fundamentals of diagnostic error in imaging.

Jason N. Itri; Rafel R Tappouni; Rachel O McEachern; Arthur J Pesch; Sohil H Patel

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Fundamentals of diagnostic error in imaging.

October 10, 2018

Itri JN, Tappouni RR, McEachern RO, et al. RadioGraphics. 2018;38(6):1845-1865.

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Cognitive bias can result in missed or misinterpreted findings in diagnostic imaging. This article describes systemic factors influencing diagnostic errors and systemic approaches to learn from them. Multiple images and brief cases are presented to illustrate errors.

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