Followup Imaging After Urological Imaging Studies: Comparison of Radiologist Recommendation and Urologist Practice

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 254-257

  Cho, Jane S ^a   Fulgham, Pat ^a   Clark, Angela ^a   Kavoussi, Louis ^a  

^a New York   (United States)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance imaging; radiology; tomography; ultrasonography; x ray computed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 77953122840     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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