Contribution of the diagnostic test to the physician's diagnostic thinking: New method to evaluate the effect

Academic Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 751-755

  Tsushima, Yoshito ^a   Aoki, Jun ^b   Endo, Keigo ^b  

^a Motojima General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinical effectiveness; Computed tomography (CT)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038799746     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80120-4     Document Type: Article

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