The American College of Radiology Strategy for Managing Incidental Findings on Abdominal Computed Tomography

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-243

  Berland, Lincoln L ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Committee; Computed tomography; Incidental findings; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INCIDENTALOMA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CONSENSUS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951564593     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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