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ArticleWellcome open research2017

Impact of detecting potentially serious incidental findings during multi-modal imaging.

Lorna M Gibson, Thomas J Littlejohns, Ligia Adamska, Steve Garratt, Nicola Doherty, UK Biobank Imaging Working Group, Joanna M Wardlaw, Giles Maskell, Michael Parker, Roger Brownsword and 5 more

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. A Just Standard: The Ethical Management of Incidental Findings in Brain Imaging Research.The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Lorna M GibsonUsher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3954-0576
Thomas J LittlejohnsClinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Ligia AdamskaClinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Steve GarrattUK Biobank Coordinating Centre, Stockport, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9638-4173
Nicola DohertyUK Biobank Coordinating Centre, Stockport, UK.
UK Biobank Imaging Working Group
Joanna M WardlawCentre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9812-6642
Giles MaskellRoyal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Cornwall, UK.
Michael ParkerEthox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7054-4711
Roger BrownswordThe Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, London, UK.
Paul M MatthewsUK Biobank Coordinating Centre, Stockport, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1619-8328
Rory CollinsClinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Naomi E AllenClinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Jonathan Sellors *Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Cathie Lm Sudlow *Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
University of Oxford · GBUK Biobank · GBKing's College London · GBRoyal Cornwall Hospital Trust · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GBHammersmith Hospital · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

dual-energy X-ray absorptiometryfalse negativesfalse positivesincidental findingsmagnetic resonance imagingresearch ethics

Identifiers

PMID30009267
PMCPMC6024231
OpenAlexW2773271197

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Registered trials

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