Overuse of computed tomography and the onslaught of incidental findings

N C Med J. 2014 Mar-Apr;75(2):127. doi: 10.18043/ncm.75.2.127.

Authors

Diane Armao¹, J Keith Smith²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC Health Care System, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Physician Assistant Studies, Elon University, Elon, NC, USA. diane_armao@med.unc.edu.
² Departments of Radiology and Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

PMID: 24663136
DOI: 10.18043/ncm.75.2.127

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Defensive Medicine
Health Services Misuse*
Humans
Incidental Findings*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / statistics & numerical data*