An audit of radiographers’ practice of left-right image annotation in film-screen radiography and after installation of computed radiography in a tertiary hospital in Africa

Abstract Background Errors in radiographic image annotation by radiographers could potentially lead to misdiagnoses by radiologists and wrong side surgery by surgeons. Such medical negligence has dire medico-legal consequences. It was hypothesized that newer technology of computed radiography (CR) a...

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Main Authors: Thomas Adejoh, Chukwuemeka H. Elugwu, Mohammed Sidi, Emeka E. Ezugwu, Chijioke O. Asogwa, Mark C. Okeji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-12-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43055-020-00371-3