Chest x-ray referral criteria panel draft report; availability--Food and Drug Administration.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces the availability of a draft report. "Chest X-Ray Referral Criteria Panel Draft Report No. 1: Selected Screening Uses of the Chest X-Ray Examination" developed by a panel of physicians on the utility of selected chest x-ray screening examinations. This notice also describes FDA's planned procedures to facilitate the development and testing of referral criteria for medical radiological examinations.
D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011859:Radiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration