Availability, requesting practices, and barriers to referral for high-resolution CT of the lungs: Results of a survey of U.S. pulmonologists

Academic Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1370-1377

  Scatarige, John C ^a   Diette, Gregory B ^a   Haponik, Edward F ^a   Merriman, Barry ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Diseases; High resolution; Lung; Radiology and radiologists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344375085     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80663-3     Document Type: Article

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