Clinically missed cancer: how effectively can radiologists use computer-aided detection?

Robert M Nishikawa; Robert A Schmidt; Michael N Linver; Alexandra V Edwards; John Papaioannou; Margaret A Stull

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Clinically missed cancer: how effectively can radiologists use computer-aided detection?

May 16, 2012

Nishikawa RM, Schmidt RA, Linver MN, et al. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2012;198(3).

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A computerized clinical decision support system helped radiologists reduce diagnostic errors in mammogram interpretation. However, radiologists ignored more than two-thirds of the prompts provided by the system.

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