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Volume 17, Issue 9 , Pages 1168-1174 , September 2010

Comparison of Image Acquisition and Radiologist Interpretation Times in a Diagnostic Mammography Center

Cherie M. Kuzmiak, DO
- Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #5120, Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510
- Address correspondence to: C.M.K.
Elodia Cole, MS
- Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #5120, Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510
Donglin Zeng, PhD
- Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #5120, Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510
Eunhee Kim, PhD
- Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #5120, Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510
Marcia Koomen, MD
- Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #5120, Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510
Yeonhee Lee, MD, PhD
- Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #5120, Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510
Dag Pavic, MD
- Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #5120, Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510
Etta D. Pisano, MD
- Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #5120, Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510
- Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #5120, Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510

Received 31 March 2010 ,Accepted 29 April 2010.

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