Incorporating Radiation Dose Assessments Into the ACR Appropriateness Criteria®

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 775-776

  Schueler, Beth A ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349100270     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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