How to... Critique a scientific article: a beginner's guide

Scientific articles are published in many fora - on line, in conference proceedings, in peer reviewed journals such as Radiography, and in publications such as Synergy, where the review prior to publication is undertaken by the members of the Editorial Board. If the work is a case study, for example, evaluating two projections, high quality annotated images should allow the reader to make a visual inspection of the images produced by the different techniques.\n However, if a change in practice is to take place as the result of knowledge that has been shared in this way, the individual practitioner has to be satisfied that the evidence is sufficient to warrant such a change.