Pattern discrimination in matching chest radiographs. Including a role for logistic distribution of observer responses.
Tests were designed to determine how well individuals can differentiate similar chest radiographs. These tests were given to 17 persons (radiologists, x-ray technologists, medical students, and secretaries). Each test contained a number of paired, dissimilar, and/or unique radiographs which were to be distinguished from one another or matched. The results suggest, that a radiologist does not have an innate advantage over untrained observers in pattern recognition. It is not known whether pattern-recognition tests are valuable in evaluating potential radiologists. A receiver operating characteristic curve is also described.
D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011871:Radiology