Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 556-562 , May 2008

Radiology Resident Interpretation of On-call CT Pulmonary Angiograms

  • Patrick Cervini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the University Health Network, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2N2 and Toronto General Hospital, Clinical Services Building 1C 562, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2N2
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  • Chaim M. Bell, MD, PhD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8.
    • ,
  • Heidi C. Roberts, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the University Health Network, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2N2 and Toronto General Hospital, Clinical Services Building 1C 562, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2N2
    • ,
  • Yves L. Provost, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the University Health Network, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2N2 and Toronto General Hospital, Clinical Services Building 1C 562, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2N2
    • ,
  • Tae-Bong Chung, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the University Health Network, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2N2 and Toronto General Hospital, Clinical Services Building 1C 562, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2N2
    • ,
  • Narinder S. Paul, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the University Health Network, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2N2 and Toronto General Hospital, Clinical Services Building 1C 562, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2N2
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: N.S.P.

Received 29 October 2007 ,Accepted 7 December 2007.

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PII: S1076-6332(07)00710-6

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.12.007

Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 556-562 , May 2008

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