Beam Craig A, Krupinski Elizabeth A, Kundel Harold L, Sickles Edward A, Wagner Robert F
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
J Am Coll Radiol. 2006 Jun;3(6):409-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2006.02.029.
An image that is not perceived and interpreted can have no positive impact on health care. In this article, the authors review publicly available data and the published literature concerning the unitary event of the perception and interpretation of medical images. Their review shows that this event occurs as frequently as do major medical, public health, and public safety events in the United States; constitutes a significant economic activity; and makes up a significant portion of hospital-based health care in the United States. Yet despite its central importance to the economy and to health care, the authors' analysis found that research in the perception and interpretation of medical images has been awarded minimal support by National Institutes of Health extramural funding: fewer than 5% of all National Institutes of Health-funded grants related to radiology during the 10-year period from 1994 to 2003 focused on human perception and interpretation. The increased funding of medical image perception and interpretation research could lead to important improvements in overall health care thanks to the pervasive and vital role imaging plays in modern medicine.
一幅未被感知和解读的图像对医疗保健不会产生积极影响。在本文中，作者回顾了关于医学图像感知与解读这一单一事件的公开可用数据及已发表文献。他们的回顾表明，这一事件在美国发生的频率与重大医疗、公共卫生及公共安全事件相当；构成一项重要的经济活动；并且在美国以医院为基础的医疗保健中占很大一部分。然而，尽管其对经济和医疗保健至关重要，但作者的分析发现，国立卫生研究院的院外资金对医学图像感知与解读研究的支持微乎其微：在1994年至2003年的10年期间，所有国立卫生研究院资助的与放射学相关的拨款中，关注人类感知与解读的不到5%。由于成像在现代医学中所起的普遍且至关重要的作用，增加对医学图像感知与解读研究的资金投入可能会给整体医疗保健带来重要改善。
