The "Laboratory" Effect: Comparing Radiologists' Performance and Variability during Prospective Clinical and Laboratory Mammography Interpretations

The "Laboratory" Effect: Comparing Radiologists' Performance and Variability during Prospective Clinical and Laboratory Mammography Interpretations
David Gur, Andriy I. Bandos, Cathy S. Cohen, Christiane M. Hakim, Lara A. Hardesty, Marie A. Ganott, Ronald L. Perrin, William R. Poller, Ratan Shah, Jules H. Sumkin, Luisa P. Wallace, and Howard E. Rockette
Radiology 2008;249 47-53

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When deciding whether to recall a woman for additional diagnostic examinations, experienced radiologists performed significantly better on average and, as important, more consistently in the clinic than in the laboratory when interpreting the same examinations