Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 5 , Pages 549-556 , May 2008

Virtual colonoscopy: effect of computer-assisted detection (CAD) on radiographer performance

  • D. Burling

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: D. Burling, Intestinal Imaging Centre, St Mark's Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK. Tel.: +44 20 8235 4180; fax: +44 20 8235 4122.
    • Drs Burling, Taylor, and Pickhardt are remunerated consultants for Medicsight plc (London, UK), a CAD software development company. Miss Lesley Honeyfield is an employee of Medicsight plc. The remaining authors have no financial disclosures and had full access to and control of study data.
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  • A. Moore
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  • M. Marshall
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  • J. Weldon
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  • C. Gillen
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  • R. Baldwin
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  • K. Smith
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  • P. Pickhardt

      Affiliations

    • Drs Burling, Taylor, and Pickhardt are remunerated consultants for Medicsight plc (London, UK), a CAD software development company. Miss Lesley Honeyfield is an employee of Medicsight plc. The remaining authors have no financial disclosures and had full access to and control of study data.
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  • L. Honeyfield

      Affiliations

    • Drs Burling, Taylor, and Pickhardt are remunerated consultants for Medicsight plc (London, UK), a CAD software development company. Miss Lesley Honeyfield is an employee of Medicsight plc. The remaining authors have no financial disclosures and had full access to and control of study data.
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  • S. Taylor

      Affiliations

    • Drs Burling, Taylor, and Pickhardt are remunerated consultants for Medicsight plc (London, UK), a CAD software development company. Miss Lesley Honeyfield is an employee of Medicsight plc. The remaining authors have no financial disclosures and had full access to and control of study data.

Received 3 October 2007 ,Revised 12 November 2007 ,Accepted 16 November 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00478-3

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.11.006

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 5 , Pages 549-556 , May 2008

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