Focal cystic pancreatic lesions: Variability in radiologists' recommendations for follow-up imaging

Radiology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-23

  Macari, Michael ^a   Megibow, Alec J ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FOCAL CYSTIC PANCREATIC LESION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREATIC CYST; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953000415     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11102437     Document Type: Editorial

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