Current perspectives in medical image perception

Medical images constitute a core portion of the information a physician utilizes to render diagnostic and treatment decisions. At a fundamental level, this diagnostic process involves two basic processes: visually inspecting the image (visual perception) and rendering an interpretation (cognition)....

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Published in:Attention, perception & psychophysics perception & psychophysics, 2010-07, Vol.72 (5), p.1205-1217
Main Author: Krupinski, Elizabeth A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attention
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical Competence
Cognition
Cognitive Psychology
Decision Making
Diabetes
Diabetic retinopathy
Diagnostic Errors
Diagnostic Imaging - instrumentation
Diagnostic Imaging - psychology
Discrimination Learning
Engineering research
Ergonomics. Human factors
Expenditures
Fixation, Ocular
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health Care Costs
Humans
Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Mammography - instrumentation
Medicaid
Medical imaging
Medicare
Mental Fatigue - psychology
Observer Variation
Occupational psychology
Ophthalmology
Orientation
Pathology
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Perception
Physicians
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
R&D
Radiographic Image Enhancement
Radiology
Reading
Research & development
Resistance (Psychology)
ROC Curve
Saccades
Studies
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - instrumentation
Tutorial Reviews
Vision
Visual Perception
Workload - psychology
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Summary:Medical images constitute a core portion of the information a physician utilizes to render diagnostic and treatment decisions. At a fundamental level, this diagnostic process involves two basic processes: visually inspecting the image (visual perception) and rendering an interpretation (cognition). The likelihood of error in the interpretation of medical images is, unfortunately, not negligible. Errors do occur, and patients’ lives are impacted, underscoring our need to understand how physicians interact with the information in an image during the interpretation process. With improved understanding, we can develop ways to further improve decision making and, thus, to improve patient care. The science of medical image perception is dedicated to understanding and improving the clinical interpretation process.
ISSN:1943-3921
1943-393X
DOI:10.3758/APP.72.5.1205