An Examination Of Perceptual Proficiency In Radiology: Present Understanding And An Innovative Approach

Abstract

The primary method used by radiologists to identify, characterize, and categorize findings in medical images is visual inspection. Future generations of radiologists must be taught to understand the path to radiologic expertise during image analysis, since the majority of interpretive errors in radiology are perceptual in nature. We examine the perceptual tasks and difficulties associated with radiologic diagnosis, talk about radiologic image perception models, explore the use of perceptual learning techniques in medical education, and propose a fresh way of looking at perceptional expertise. Raising the level of perceptual expertise among radiologists through specific, principled improvements to educational practices holds the potential to improve training and lower medical error rates.