A Reference Standard-Based Quality Assurance Program for Radiology

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-66

  Liu, Patrick T ^a   Johnson, C Daniel ^a   Miranda, Rafael ^a   Patel, Maitray D ^a   Phillips, Carrie J ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality assurance; radiology

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; BREAST CANCER; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY PELVIS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID SCINTISCANNING; PEER REVIEW; POLYP; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGY; STANDARD; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84928096068     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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