Reinventing radiology in the digital age. Part I. The all-digital department. To be a leader in radiology, an all-digital environment must be assumed and the question must become, "What else are you going to do with it?"

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 382-385

  Thrall, James H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 22644436810     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2362050257     Document Type: Review

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