Trends and Different Educational Pathways for Training Physicians in Nuclear Medicine

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1596-1603

  Harolds, Jay A ^a   Smith, Gary T ^b   Baker, Stephen R ^c  

^a Oklahoma Baptist Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

nuclear cardiology; nuclear medicine certification; Nuclear medicine training; PET CT; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRAINING;

CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55349146289     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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