Quality of the written radiology report: A review of the literature

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 634-643

  Pool, Felicity ^a   Goergen, Stacy ^a  

^a The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists   (Australia)

Author keywords

Literature review; quality improvement; radiology reporting

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; INCIDENT REPORT; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGY; READING;

EID: 84928096103     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.03.016     Document Type: Review

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