How doctors generate diagnostic hypotheses: a study of radiological diagnosis with functional magnetic resonance imaging.
In medical practice, diagnostic hypotheses are often made by physicians in the first moments of contact with patients; sometimes even before they report their symptoms. We propose that generation of diagnostic hypotheses in this context is the result of cognitive processes subserved by brain mechani...
Main Authors: | Marcio Melo, Daniel J Scarpin, Edson Amaro, Rodrigo B D Passos, João R Sato, Karl J Friston, Cathy J Price |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3237491?pdf=render |
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