Reducing the rate of repeat imaging: Import of outside images to PACS

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 628-634

  Lu, Michael T ^a   Tellis, Wyatt M ^a   Fidelman, Nicholas ^a   Qayyum, Aliya ^a   Avrin, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CD; DICOM; Image sharing; Integrating the healthcare enterprise; Portable media

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857862496     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6890     Document Type: Article

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