Incidental Findings at Chest CT: A Needs Assessment Survey of Radiologists' Knowledge

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1500-1506

  Quint, Leslie Eisenbud ^a   Watcharotone, Kuanwong ^b   Myles, James D ^b   Gruppen, Larry D ^c   Mullan, Patricia B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest CT; Incidental findings; Needs assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SPECIALIZATION; STAFF TRAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID DISEASE;

DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80055121129     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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