Quantifying Radiation Safety and Quality in Medical Imaging, Part 1: Creating the Infrastructure

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 558-561

  Reiner, Bruce I ^a  

^a BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

data mining; quality; Radiation; safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT RIGHT; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651042864     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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