Unexpected findings at imaging: Predicting frequency in various types of studies

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 269-274

  Lumbreras, Blanca ^a,b   González Alvárez, Isabel ^c   Lorente, M Fernanda ^c   Calbo, Jorge ^c   Aranaz, Jesús ^c   Hernández Aguado, Ildefonso ^a,b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c San Juan Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Imaging tests; Incidental findings

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL INFORMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH OUTCOMES; IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; IMAGING TESTS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; TESTING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE LESION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENITAL INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; LUNG LESION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE INJURY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHY; STOMACH LESION; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 77950026403     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.01.029     Document Type: Article

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