The sorcerer's apprentice : how medical imaging is changing health care /

Many will remember the segment of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" in the Disney film Fantasia; it is a perfect metaphor for medical imaging as it stands today. The apprentice magician tests his nascent skills at sorcery by bringing common household items to life and putting them to work....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hillman, Bruce J.
Otros Autores: Goldsmith, Jeff Charles
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Diagnostic imaging > Social aspects.
Diagnostic Imaging > trends
Diagnostic Imaging > economics
Diagnostic Imaging > statistics & numerical data
Radiography, Interventional > trends
Imagerie pour le diagnostic > Aspect social.
MEDICAL > Diagnostic Imaging.
MEDICAL > Diagnosis.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The most important physician you'll never meet
  • The rise of medical imaging
  • Imaging's leap to curative medicine
  • The risks of medical imaging examinations
  • Economic consequences of successful innovation : the imaging boom
  • Digital pioneers : globalization and corporatization
  • Red in tooth and claw : moral hazard and the struggle for control of medical imaging services
  • Imaging to screen for life-threatening diseases : its promise and its problems
  • The future of medical imaging
  • Making the best use of imaging's expansive toolbox.

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