Long term effects of the introduction of noninvasive investigations in neuroradiology. Part 2: Effects on management of individual patients.
Review of imaging investigations undergone by cohorts of in- and outpatients of a neurological hospital at 8 year intervals over a 25 year period showed that while the pattern of investigation of the individual patient was little affected by the introduction of radionuclide studies, the subsequent availability of computed tomography had a rapid and cumulative effect on the use not only of invasive investigations, but also of plain films and other noninvasive examinations.
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Lysholm Department of Radiology, National Hospital, London, England.
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D009192:Myelography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009485:Neuroradiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*