Weekly dose reports: The effects of a continuous quality improvement initiative on coronary computed tomography angiography radiation doses at a tertiary medical center

Academic Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1015-1023

  Engel, Leif Christopher ^a   Lee, Ashley Mingshin ^a   Seifarth, Harald ^a   Sidhu, Manavjot S ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Ghoshhajra, Brian B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary CT angiography; Process improvement; Quality improvement; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HAWTHORNE EFFECT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RADIATION DOSE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84880001744     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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