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EXPERT INTERPRETATION COMPENSATES FOR REDUCED IMAGE QUALITY OF CAMERA‐DIGITIZED IMAGES REFERRED TO RADIOLOGISTS
Author(s) -
ZWINGENBERGER ALLISON L.,
BOUMA JENNIFER L.,
SAUNDERS H. MARK,
NODINE CALVIN F.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2011.01836.x
Subject(s) - medicine , interpretation (philosophy) , image quality , artificial intelligence , diagnostic accuracy , computer vision , radiography , medical physics , radiology , image (mathematics) , computer science , programming language
We compared the accuracy of five veterinary radiologists when reading 20 radiographic cases on both analog film and in camera‐digitized format. In addition, we compared the ability of five veterinary radiologists vs. 10 private practice veterinarians to interpret the analog images. Interpretation accuracy was compared using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Veterinary radiologists' accuracy did not significantly differ between analog vs. camera‐digitized images ( P =0.13) although sensitivity was higher for analog images. Radiologists' interpretation of both digital and analog images was significantly better compared with the private veterinarians ( P <0.05).