Trauma in CT: The Role of Severe Injury on Satisfaction of Search Revised.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The satisfaction-of-search (SOS) effect occurs when an abnormality on an image is missed because another is found. The aim of this experiment was to test whether severe distracting fractures control the magnitude of SOS on other fractures when both appear in a single CT image.

Methods

The institutional review board approved this study. The experimental (SOS) condition included 35 cervical spine CT cases, all of which contained severe cervical spine injuries. For each of these cases, a similar case was found that had no injuries. Image modification software was developed to add simulated fractures to each pair of cases, with and without a major injury. Sixteen different minor fractures were added to 16 of the 35 pairs of images. The 35 cases without native injuries co

SUBMITTER: Schartz KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4975624 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature