Clinical Radiology
Volume 61, Issue 12 , Pages 1023-1028 , December 2006

Does the accuracy of single reading with CAD (computer-aided detection) compare with that of double reading?: A review of the literature

  • R.L. Bennett

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    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: R.L. Bennett, Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, SM2 5NG, Surrey, UK. Tel.: +44 020 8722 4289; fax: +44 020 8772 4136.
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  • R.G. Blanks
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  • S.M. Moss

Received 28 April 2006 ,Revised 22 August 2006 ,Accepted 11 September 2006.

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PII: S0009-9260(06)00297-2

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.09.006

Clinical Radiology
Volume 61, Issue 12 , Pages 1023-1028 , December 2006

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