Radiology Resident Interpretation of On-call CT Pulmonary Angiograms

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 556-562

  Cervini, Patrick ^a   Bell, Chaim M ^b   Roberts, Heidi C ^a   Provost, Yves L ^a   Chung, Tae Bong ^a   Paul, Narinder S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; emergency radiology; pulmonary embolism; resident reporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC PULMONARY ANGIOGRAM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42049119175     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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