Quality initiatives blind spots at brain imaging

Radiographics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1877-1896

  Bahrami, Simin ^a   Yim, Catherine M ^b  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949898130     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.297095123     Document Type: Article

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