Table 2.
Number of radiological studies, overall and clinically significant discrepancies classified according to type of radiological study
| Radiological study | Overall | Overall discrepancies, n (%) |
Clinically significant discrepancies, n (%) |
| X-ray hand/wrist | 87 | 12 (13.79) | 2 (2.3) |
| X-ray thorax | 319 | 74 (23.2) | 22 (6.9) |
| X-ray spine | 48 | 11 (22.92) | 4 (8.34) |
| X-ray pelvis | 51 | 14 (27.45) | 4 (7.84) |
| X-ray knee | 56 | 4 (7.14) | 1 (1.79) |
| X-ray ankle/foot | 62 | 10 (16.13) | 5 (8.06) |
| X-ray other* | 153 | 14 (9.15) | 6 (3.92) |
| Sum X-ray | 776 | 139 (17.91) | 44 (5.67) |
| CT head/neck | 343 | 63 (18.37) | 29 (8.46) |
| CT thorax | 115 | 39 (33.91) | 17 (14.78) |
| CT abdomen | 114 | 31 (27.19) | 9 (7.9) |
| CT whole body | 57 | 27 (47.39) | 14 (24.56) |
| CT other† | 51 | 12 (23.53) | 5 (9.8) |
| Sum CT | 680 | 172 (25.29) | 74 (10.88) |
| MRI head | 329 | 55 (16.72) | 12 (3.65) |
| MRI spine | 32 | 7 (21.88) | 6 (18.75) |
| MRI other‡ | 6 | 4 (66.67) | 3 (50) |
| Sum MRI | 367 | 66 (17.98) | 21 (5.77) |
| Sum US | 49 | 4 (8.16) | 1 (2.04) |
| Sum total | 1872 | 381 (20.35) | 140 (7.48) |
*X-ray skull/Orthopantomagraphy (OPT) and body parts not otherwise specified.
†CTs of soft tissue and bone and from body parts not otherwise specified.
‡Body parts not otherwise specified.
US, ultrasound.