Accuracy of diagnosis of subtle chest disease and subtle fractures with a teleradiology system

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-22

  Larson, A ^a   Lynch, D A ^a   Zeligman, B ^a   Harlow, C ^a   Vanoni, C ^a   Thieme, G ^a   Kilcoyne, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON RADIOGRAPHY; TELECOMMUNICATION; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031952121     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.1.9423590     Document Type: Article

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