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The effect of a tuberculosis chest X-ray image reference set on non-expert reader performance

OBJECTIVES: In low-resource settings, limitations in diagnostic accuracy of chest X-rays (CXR) for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) relate partly to non-expert interpretation. We piloted a TB CXR Image Reference Set (TIRS) to improve non-expert performance in an operational setting in Malawi. METHODS: N...

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Autores principales: Waitt, Catriona J., Joekes, Elizabeth C., Jesudason, Natasha, Waitt, Peter I., Goodson, Patrick, Likumbo, Ganizani, Kampondeni, Samuel, Faragher, E. Brian, Squire, S. Bertel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3738845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23652843
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-013-2840-z