Cancer diagnosis frequently relies on the interpretation of medical images such as chest X-
rays and mammography. This process is error prone; misdiagnoses can reach a rate of 15 …

In radiological screening, clinicians scan myriads of radiographs with the intent of
recognizing and differentiating lesions. Even though they are trained experts, radiologists' …

Recent studies have shown that the prevalence of target presentation in visual search has
an impact on target detection rates, and also that searching for two targets leads to a …

The visual environment contains predictable information-“statistical regularities”-that can be
used to aid perception and attentional allocation. Here we investigate the role of statistical …

Searching simultaneously for metal threats (guns and knives) and improvised explosive
devices (IEDs) in X-ray images is less effective than 2 independent single-target searches, 1 …

When radiologists search for a specific target (eg, lung cancer), they are also asked to report
any other clinically significant “incidental findings”(eg, pneumonia). These incidental …

Searching for targets in complex scenes like X-ray baggage screening is demanding. One
cause of impaired search performance is the superimposed objects of X-ray images. In this …

Artist Al Hirschfeld has been hiding the word NINA (his daughter's name) in line drawings of
theatrical scenes that have appeared in the New York Times for over 50 years. This paper …

Radiologists face the visually challenging task of detecting suspicious features within the
complex and noisy backgrounds characteristic of medical images. We used a search task to …

For over 50 years, the satisfaction of search effect has been studied within the field of
radiology. Defined as a decrease in detection rates for a subsequent target when an initial …