ACR CT accreditation program and the lung cancer screening program designation

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-42

  Kazerooni, Ella A ^a   Armstrong, Mark R ^b   Amorosa, Judith K ^c   Hernandez, Dina ^d   Liebscher, Lawrence A ^e   Nath, Hrudaya ^f   McNitt Gray, Michael F ^g   Stern, Eric J ^h   Wilcox, Pamela A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Doshi Diagnostic Imaging Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^e Cedar Valley Medical Specialists   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGIST; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING PHANTOM; LUNG CANCER; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; RADIODIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920494218     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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