Table 2.
Search strategy in PubMed for image quality
| Search number | |
|---|---|
| 1 | “diagnostic” AND (“radiography” OR x ray* OR radiotherapy*) |
| 2 | mobile AND (“radiography” OR x ray* OR radiotherapy*) |
| 3 | transportable AND (“radiography” OR x ray* OR radiotherapy*) |
| 4 | portable AND (“radiography” OR x ray* OR radiotherapy*) |
| 5 | “Radiography” [Mesh] OR (#1) OR “x-rays” [Mesh] |
| 6 | Portable OR transportable OR mobile |
| 7 | #6 AND “Radiography” [Mesh] OR #1 OR “X-rays” [Mesh] |
| 8 | #1 OR #3 OR #4 AND #7 |
| 9 | “diagnostic quality” |
| 10 | #quality” |
| 11 | “image quality” |
| 12 | #10 AND #8 |
| 13 | “mammography” OR “ultrasound” OR “computered tomography” OR “Magnetic resonance” OR “Positron Emissions Tomography” |
| 14 | #12 NOT #13 |
| 15 | #14 filters from publication date 2009/01/01 |
| 16 | #15 filters English; Danish; Norwegian; Swedish |
* meaning that the database searched for all words with different grammars