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

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Published in Eur Radiol on May 08, 2013

Authors

Catriona J Waitt1, Elizabeth C Joekes, Natasha Jesudason, Peter I Waitt, Patrick Goodson, Ganizani Likumbo, Samuel Kampondeni, E Brian Faragher, S Bertel Squire

Author Affiliations

1: Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Clinical Research Programme, PO Box 30096, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi. cwaitt@liv.ac.uk

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