Quality assurance of neuroradiology in a District General Hospital

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-175

  McCarron, Mark Owen ^a   Sands, C ^a   McCarron, P ^b  

^a Altnagelvin Neurological Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST;

EID: 33645326853     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl012     Document Type: Article

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