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Diagnostic imaging: Doing the right thing.

Richard M Mendelson
Published in: Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology (2020)
Inappropriate diagnostic imaging (DI) is a burgeoning issue and embraces its overuse and its misapplication. The obverse problem is one of underuse - that is when patients who should undergo imaging fail to do so. This article attempts to define these problems, examines the causes and effects and suggests some potential solutions.
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