Effect of advanced imaging technology on how biopsies are done and who does them

Radiology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 751-758

  Kwan, Sharon W ^a   Bhargavan, Mythreyi ^b   Kerlan Jr , Robert K ^a   Sunshine, Jonathan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; IMAGING GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; MEDICARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956151819     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10092130     Document Type: Article

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