Total-Body Screening: Preliminary Results of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 604-611

  Obuchowski, Nancy A ^a   Holden, Darlene ^a   Modic, Michael T ^a   Cheah, Grace ^a   Fu, Alex Zhenghong ^a   Brant Zawadzki, Michael ^b   Seballos, Raul ^a   Mohammed, Tan Lucien ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; randomized controlled trial; reader variability; Total body screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

EID: 34548421185     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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