Understanding appropriate use criteria in nuclear medicine

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-86

  Farrell, Mary Beth ^a   Cerqueira, Manuel D ^b  

^a Intersocietal Accreditation Commission   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate use criteria; Cardiac radionuclide imaging; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNICIAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 84865998621     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.111.097451     Document Type: Article

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