Whole-body computed tomography screening

Seminars in Roentgenology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-76

  Berland, Lincoln L ^a   Berland, Nancy W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADRENAL DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEAD; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; MALPRACTICE; NECK; OVARY CARCINOMA; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX; WHOLE BODY TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037238205     PISSN: 0037198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-198X(03)00005-1     Document Type: Review

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