Quantifying Radiation Safety and Quality in Medical Imaging, Part 2: The Radiation Scorecard

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 615-619

  Reiner, Bruce I ^a  

^a BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

image quality; Patient safety; radiation dose optimization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZING RADIATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY;

EID: 69249113102     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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