Geographic distribution of CT, MRI and PET devices in Japan: A longitudinal analysis based on national census data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Matsumoto, Masatoshi ^a   Koike, Soichi ^b   Kashima, Saori ^c   Awai, Kazuo ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CENSUSES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION DENSITY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84929224842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126036     Document Type: Article

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