Technology assessment in radiology: Putting the evidence in evidence-based radiology

Radiology

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-38

  Hollingworth, William ^a,b   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSUMER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONEY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKILL; STANDARD;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RADIOLOGY; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 33947098222     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2441051790     Document Type: Review

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