Quality of breast imaging reports falls short of recommended standards

Breast

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-279

  Houssami, Nehmat ^a   Boyages, John ^a   Stuart, Kirsty ^a   Brennan, Meagan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BI RADS; Breast imaging; Mammography; Quality assurance; Standardised reporting; Synoptic reporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SCREENING; STANDARD;

EID: 34249041592     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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