ACR CT Accreditation Program and the Lung Cancer Screening Program Designation

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages R30-R34

  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 SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 84977546537     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2015.12.010     Document Type: Article

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