Experts comment on the quality of the literature

"The quality of reporting in articles on diagnostic accuracy published in 2000 is disappointingly poor, even in journals with a high impact factor."

Smidt et al. Radiology 2005; 235:347

"Adherence to methodologic standards in the radiology cost-effectiveness literature is not optimal."

Blackmore and Magid: Radiology 1997; 203:87

"[R]esearch methods have long been a low priority in the training of radiologists."

Applegate and Crewson: Radiology 2002; 225:318

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