PACS in sonography: accuracy of interpretation using film compared with monitor display. Picture archiving and communication systems
- PMID: 10541084
- DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.5.10541084
PACS in sonography: accuracy of interpretation using film compared with monitor display. Picture archiving and communication systems
Abstract
Objective: The goal of this study was to determine the relative accuracy of interpretation of sonography when viewed on a monitor or on film.
Materials and methods: Four radiologists twice interpreted a series of 440 sonograms using the following sequences of display formats for initial and second interpretations: film-film, film-monitor, monitor-film, and monitor-monitor. Reporting discrepancies between the initial and subsequent interpretation were reviewed by an arbitration panel unaware of the display mode. Results were analyzed for differences in error rate attributable to film versus monitor display format, chronology of interpretation, individual observer, and observer seniority.
Results: We found no statistically significant difference in the error rate for film (10.3%) versus monitor display format (14.6%) (p = .09). Likewise, we found no significant differences in the error rates attributable to chronology of interpretation (p = .13), individual observer (p = .54), or observer seniority (p = .87).
Conclusion: Interpretative accuracy is similar whether sonograms are interpreted on a monitor or on film.
Comment in
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PACS: new age radiology. Picture archiving and communication systems.AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999 Nov;173(5):1159. doi: 10.2214/ajr.173.5.10541079. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999. PMID: 10541079 No abstract available.
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Physician sonography training competency.AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2001 Mar;176(3):813-4. doi: 10.2214/ajr.176.3.1760813. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2001. PMID: 11222235 No abstract available.