Introduction Patients referred to tertiary cancer centers often present with imaging studies
performed and interpreted at other health care institutions. Although reinterpretation of …

Background The main objective was to assess whether CT reports of radiologists
subspecialized in oncologic imaging respond better to oncological referrals than reports …

Purpose The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the quality of outside
hospital imaging and associated reports submitted to us for reinterpretation related to clinical …

Introduction To compare the clinical chest radiograph (CXR) reports provided by consultant
radiologists and reporting radiographers with expert thoracic radiologists. Methods Adult …

Objectives: Studies have found that recommendations for additional imaging (RAI)
accompany up to 31% of index computed tomography (CT) scans. In this study we assessed …

The purpose of this study is to describe a system for formally reporting second-opinion
interpretations of CT imaging exams accompanying patients transferred emergently to a …

Purpose A news article in June 2011 reported that Medicare claims showed considerable
overuse of “double” CT scans of the thorax (ie, combined scans without contrast followed by …

Are up to 30% of Canadian computed tomographies (CT)''inappropriate''[1]? This statement
has been made recently and, in this era of cost constraints, understandably causes concern …

BACKGROUND: Computed tomography (CT) scans are used extensively to investigate
chest disease because of their cross-sectional perspective and superior contrast resolution …

PURPOSE: To determine the frequency and clinical importance of discordance between the
initial interpretation of computed tomographic (CT) scans of the body and subsequent …