Evidence-Based Imaging Improving the Quality of Imaging in Patient C

Evidence-Based Imaging: Quality Imaging in Patient Care, Revised Edition presents the radiologist and clinician with a user-friendly guide to the evidence-based science and the merit behind the diagnostic imaging performed in medicine. Edited by Drs. L. S

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L. Santiago Medina, MD, MPH Co-Director, Division of Neuroradiology and Brain Imaging; Director of the Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (HOPE) Center, Department of Radiology, Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, Florida

C. Craig Blackmore, MD, MPH Scientific Director, Center for Health Care Solutions, Department of Radiology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington

Kimberly E. Applegate, MD, MS, FACR Vice Chair of Quality and Safety, Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Evidence-Based Imaging Improving the Quality of Imaging in Patient Care Revised Edition With 264 Illustrations, 20 in Full Color

Foreword by Bruce J. Hillman, MD

Editors

L. Santiago Medina, MD, MPH Co-Director, Division of Neuroradiology and Brain Imaging Director of the Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (HOPE) Center Department of Radiology Miami Children’s Hospital Miami, FL 33155, USA [email protected] Former Lecturer in Radiology Harvard Medical School Boston, MA 02114 [email protected]

C. Craig Blackmore, MD, MPH Scientific Director, Center for Health Care Solutions Department of Radiology Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA 98111, USA [email protected]

Kimberly E. Applegate, MD, MS, FACR Vice Chair of Quality and Safety Department of Radiology Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA [email protected]

ISBN 978-1-4419-7776-2 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-7777-9 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-7777-9 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011924338 © Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

To our patients, who are our best teachers, and to the researchers, who made this book possible. To our families, friends, and mentors.

Foreword

Despite our best intentions, most of what constitutes modern medical imaging practice is based on habit, anecd