Academic Radiology
Volume 11, Issue 8 , Pages 909-918 , August 2004

Effects of incorrect computer-aided detection (CAD) output on human decision-making in mammography

  • Eugenio Alberdi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Software Reliability
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to E.A. Centre for Software Reliability, City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom
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  • Andrey Povyakalo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Software Reliability
    • ,
  • Lorenzo Strigini, MEng

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Software Reliability
    • ,
  • Peter Ayton, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, UK

Received 29 March 2004

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 The work described in this article has been partly funded by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) through DIRC (the Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration on Dependability, which studies the dependability of computer based systems; http://www.dirc.org.uk).

PII: S1076-6332(04)00326-5

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2004.05.012

Academic Radiology
Volume 11, Issue 8 , Pages 909-918 , August 2004

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