Automated data mining of exposure information for dose management and patient safety initiatives in medical imaging

Radiology

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 322-324

  McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA MINING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STANDARDIZATION;

DATA MINING; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864371553     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12121152     Document Type: Editorial

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