To prepare radiology residents properly for the future, their physics education should be expanded in breadth and depth, and should be more quantitative and mathematically-based

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1955-1957

  Dennis, Michael ^a   Rzeszotarski, Mark ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSICS EDUCATION;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOLOGY; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SKILL; TECHNIQUE; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0042890351     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1589018     Document Type: Review

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