Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 9 , Pages 698-704 , September 2010

Long Radiology Workdays Reduce Detection and Accommodation Accuracy

  • Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author and reprints: Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD, University of Arizona, Department of Radiology, 1609 N Warren, Building 211, Room 112, Tucson, AZ 85724
    • ,
  • Kevin S. Berbaum, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
    • ,
  • Robert T. Caldwell, MFA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
    • ,
  • Kevin M. Schartz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
    • ,
  • John Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

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 This work was supported in part by grant R01 EB004987 from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (Bethesda, Md).

PII: S1546-1440(10)00134-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.03.004

Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 9 , Pages 698-704 , September 2010

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