MRI diagnosis of fracture of the scaphoid bone: Impact of a new practice where the images are read by radiographers

Academic Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 724-728

  Møller, Jakob M ^a   Larsen, Lone ^a   Bovin, Jan ^a   Lausten, Gunnar S ^a   Hasselqvist, Maria ^a   Jensen, Claus Munk ^a   Ropke, Ian ^a   Thomsen, Henrik S ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

acute work up; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); radiographic reporting; scaphoid facture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST SAVINGS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOLOGY; SCAPHOID BONE;

EID: 3042799908     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2004.03.049     Document Type: Article

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