title: Aspects of visual perception in radiography.
abstract: The author has presented experimental results to validate the hypothesis that visual search techniques are related to the practice of radiography. A group of radiographers raised their performance on a film-viewing task from 56%-76% as a consequence of visual search practice and it is suggested that this is important to radiographers undertaking quality control, evaluation of imaging systems and pattern recognition. The final part of the paper considers the need to match the visual abilities of prospective students with the job requirements. Two simple tools are described.
mesh_terms: D010560:Personnel Selection; D011859:Radiography; D011871:Radiology; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014796:Visual Perception; D000078329:Workforce