Examples of indicators in radiology include the examination volume per modality as a productivity indicator, the report turnaround time as a reporting efficiency indicator, access to an imaging modality as an access indicator and the expenditure on contrast media as a financial indicator.
However, not only are the number of CT examinations increasing, the examination volume (e.g. chest-abdomen-pelvis examination) is increasing, too [ 3].
The stomach, colon, appendix and pancreas are within the examination volume and should be inspected as potential primary cancer sites within the abdomen.
But on closer examination, the volume and tone control knobs and the shiny input jack give away its true purpose: portable guitar amplifier.
During the examination, the volume loss of the screw, tunnel enlargement, presence of osteolysis, fluid lines, edema and postoperative screw replacement by bone tissue were evaluated.
On spirometric examination, flow-volume curve displayed suggestive fixed airway obstruction.
A solid pleural-based nodule with volume 217.8 mm missed by CAD was diagnosed as lung cancer after it was found to be growing on the 3-month follow-up CT examination, with volume doubling time less than 400 days (Fig. 3).
While there, the students review the ultrasound examinations for volume status, global heart function, pericardial effusion, pulmonary embolus, pneumothorax, and pulmonary edema.
The high workload (300 microscopy slides per day) by a single technician with brief microscopic examination of small volumes of CSF in a 'real world' setting prevents reproduction of yields seen in a research setting [40].
