Published in AJR Am J Roentgenol on April 01, 2010
Use of diagnostic imaging studies and associated radiation exposure for patients enrolled in large integrated health care systems, 1996-2010. JAMA (2012) 4.71
Understanding of regional variation in the use of surgery. Lancet (2013) 1.97
Rapid increase in breast magnetic resonance imaging use: trends from 2000 to 2011. JAMA Intern Med (2014) 1.85
Radiological imaging of patients with suspected urinary tract stones: national trends, diagnoses, and predictors. Acad Emerg Med (2011) 1.30
Setting a research agenda for medical overuse. BMJ (2015) 1.13
Fears, feelings, and facts: interactively communicating benefits and risks of medical radiation with patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2011) 0.99
Growth in the use of PET for six cancer types after coverage by medicare: additive or replacement? J Am Coll Radiol (2012) 0.95
Geographic and sociodemographic disparities in PET use by Medicare beneficiaries with cancer. J Am Coll Radiol (2012) 0.95
Geographic access to breast imaging for US women. J Am Coll Radiol (2014) 0.94
US health care policy and reform: implications for cardiac electrophysiology. J Interv Card Electrophysiol (2013) 0.83
Variability in imaging utilization in U.S. pediatric hospitals. Pediatr Radiol (2011) 0.78
Variable activation of the DNA damage response pathways in patients undergoing single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging (2015) 0.76
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Outsourcing to teleradiology companies: bad for radiology, bad for radiologists. J Am Coll Radiol (2011) 2.20
Turf wars in radiology: other causes of overutilization and what can be done about it. J Am Coll Radiol (2004) 2.18
Physician orders contribute to high-tech imaging slowdown. Health Aff (Millwood) (2010) 1.79
ACR white paper: Strategies for radiologists in the era of health care reform and accountable care organizations: a report from the ACR Future Trends Committee. J Am Coll Radiol (2011) 1.68
Comparison of image quality and arterial enhancement with a dedicated coronary CTA protocol versus a triple rule-out coronary CTA protocol. Acad Radiol (2009) 1.53
How widely is computer-aided detection used in screening and diagnostic mammography? J Am Coll Radiol (2010) 1.51
Percutaneous needle vs surgical breast biopsy: previous allegations of overuse of surgery are in error. J Am Coll Radiol (2012) 1.46
Nationwide trends in rates of utilization of noninvasive diagnostic imaging among the Medicare population between 1993 and 1999. Radiology (2003) 1.44
Turf wars in radiology: possible remedies for self-referral that could be taken by federal or state governments and payers. J Am Coll Radiol (2004) 1.41
The value-added services of hospital-based radiology groups. J Am Coll Radiol (2011) 1.39
The declining radiology job market: how should radiologists respond? J Am Coll Radiol (2012) 1.39
Bending the curve: the recent marked slowdown in growth of noninvasive diagnostic imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2011) 1.38
The effect of the controversial US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on the use of screening mammography. J Am Coll Radiol (2013) 1.29
The overuse of diagnostic imaging and the Choosing Wisely initiative. Ann Intern Med (2012) 1.28
Recent trends in utilization rates of abdominal imaging: the relative roles of radiologists and nonradiologist physicians. J Am Coll Radiol (2008) 1.25
Trends in utilization rates of the various imaging modalities in emergency departments: nationwide Medicare data from 2000 to 2008. J Am Coll Radiol (2011) 1.23
Spinal injection procedures: volume, provider distribution, and reimbursement in the U.S. medicare population from 1993 to 1999. Radiology (2002) 1.22
Characterization of maxillofacial soft tissue vascular anomalies by ultrasound and color Doppler imaging: an adjuvant to computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. J Oral Maxillofac Surg (2003) 1.13
Turf wars in radiology: the overutilization of imaging resulting from self-referral. J Am Coll Radiol (2004) 1.08
Body MR imaging and CT volume: variations and trends based on an analysis of medicare and fee-for-service health insurance databases. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2002) 1.07
Accuracy of MDCT in assessing the degree of stenosis caused by calcified coronary artery plaques. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2008) 1.03
The recent downturn in utilization of CT: the start of a new trend? J Am Coll Radiol (2012) 1.03
Musculoskeletal imaging: medicare use, costs, and potential for cost substitution. J Am Coll Radiol (2008) 1.00
Recent trends in utilization of cardiovascular imaging: how important are they for radiology? J Am Coll Radiol (2005) 1.00
Comparison of recent utilization trends in radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging among radiologists and cardiologists. J Am Coll Radiol (2005) 1.00
A prior authorization program of a radiology benefits management company and how it has affected utilization of advanced diagnostic imaging. J Am Coll Radiol (2010) 0.99
Practice patterns of radiologists and nonradiologists in utilization of noninvasive diagnostic imaging among the Medicare population 1993-1999. Radiology (2003) 0.98
Ownership or leasing of CT scanners by nonradiologist physicians: a rapidly growing trend that raises concern about self-referral. J Am Coll Radiol (2008) 0.97
Dramatically increased musculoskeletal ultrasound utilization from 2000 to 2009, especially by podiatrists in private offices. J Am Coll Radiol (2012) 0.96
Turf wars in radiology: the battle for peripheral vascular interventions. J Am Coll Radiol (2005) 0.96
Noncardiac point-of-care ultrasound by nonradiologist physicians: how widespread is it? J Am Coll Radiol (2011) 0.96
Recent trends in mammography utilization in the Medicare population: is there a cause for concern? J Am Coll Radiol (2008) 0.95
Placement and removal of inferior vena cava filters: national trends in the medicare population. J Am Coll Radiol (2011) 0.95
Radiation dose in a "triple rule-out" coronary CT angiography protocol of emergency department patients using 64-MDCT: the impact of ECG-based tube current modulation on age, sex, and body mass index. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2009) 0.94
The changing roles of radiologists, cardiologists, and vascular surgeons in percutaneous peripheral arterial interventions during a recent five-year interval. J Am Coll Radiol (2005) 0.93
Radiology Report Comparator: a novel method to augment resident education. J Digit Imaging (2012) 0.92
Turf wars in radiology: updated evidence on the relationship between self-referral and the overutilization of imaging. J Am Coll Radiol (2008) 0.91
Endovascular repair vs open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: comparative utilization trends from 2001 to 2006. J Am Coll Radiol (2009) 0.90
Side-branch embolization before 90Y radioembolization: rate of recanalization and new collateral development. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2011) 0.90
Ownership or leasing of MRI facilities by nonradiologist physicians is a rapidly growing trend. J Am Coll Radiol (2008) 0.89
Medicare payments for noninvasive diagnostic imaging are now higher to nonradiologist physicians than to radiologists. J Am Coll Radiol (2011) 0.88
Cost-effectiveness of coronary CT angiography in evaluation of patients without symptoms who have positive stress test results. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2010) 0.86
The effect of self-referral on utilization of advanced diagnostic imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2011) 0.85
Comparative increases in utilization rates of ultrasound examinations among radiologists, cardiologists, and other physicians from 1993 to 2001. J Am Coll Radiol (2004) 0.84
Turf wars in radiology: should it be radiologists or cardiologists who do cardiac imaging? J Am Coll Radiol (2005) 0.84
Trends in the utilization of outpatient advanced imaging after the deficit reduction act. J Am Coll Radiol (2012) 0.84
The recent reversal of the growth trend in MRI: a harbinger of the future? J Am Coll Radiol (2013) 0.83
Differences in sonographic conspicuity according to papillary thyroid cancer subtype: results of the Ukrainian-American cohort study after the Chornobyl accident. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2008) 0.83
Compensated hepatitis C: unenhanced MR imaging correlated with pathologic grading and staging. Abdom Imaging (2007) 0.82
Radiology: radiology quiz case 2. Atypical lipomatous tumor, a variant of well-differentiated liposarcoma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2003) 0.81
The sharp reductions in medicare payments for noninvasive diagnostic imaging in recent years: will they satisfy the federal policymakers? J Am Coll Radiol (2012) 0.81
Recent payment and utilization trends in radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging: comparison between self-referral and referral to radiologists. J Am Coll Radiol (2009) 0.81
Trends in the utilization of MR angiography and body MR imaging in the US Medicare population: 1993-1998. Radiology (2002) 0.81
Turf wars in radiology: recent actions against self-referral by state governments, commercial payers, and medicare--hope is on the horizon. J Am Coll Radiol (2008) 0.80
Why the in-office ancillary services exception to the Stark laws needs to be changed--and why most physicians (not just radiologists) should support that change. J Am Coll Radiol (2009) 0.80
The disproportionate effects of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 on radiologists' private office MRI and CT practices compared with those of other physicians. J Am Coll Radiol (2009) 0.80
Trends in PET scanner ownership and leasing by nonradiologist physicians. J Am Coll Radiol (2010) 0.79
Recent shifts in place of service for noninvasive diagnostic imaging: have hospitals missed an opportunity? J Am Coll Radiol (2009) 0.78
Decision analytic model for evaluation of suspected coronary disease with stress testing and coronary CT angiography. Acad Radiol (2010) 0.78
Cardiac risk factors and risk scores vs cardiac computed tomography angiography: a prospective cohort study for triage of ED patients with acute chest pain. Am J Emerg Med (2013) 0.78
Recent trends in utilization rates of noncardiac thoracic imaging: an example of how imaging growth might be controlled. J Am Coll Radiol (2007) 0.78
Turf wars in radiology: emergency department ultrasound and radiography. J Am Coll Radiol (2005) 0.78
Do emergency medicine physicians perform ultrasound and conventional radiography in the emergency department? Recent trends from 1993 to 2001. J Am Coll Radiol (2005) 0.78
Who gets paid for diagnostic imaging, and how much? J Am Coll Radiol (2004) 0.78
Experience of an academic neuroradiology division participating in a utilization management program. J Am Coll Radiol (2009) 0.78
Financial impact of Medicare code bundling of CT of the abdomen and pelvis. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2014) 0.78
Turf wars in radiology: the future of radiology depends on research--and on your support of it! J Am Coll Radiol (2007) 0.77
Trends in the utilization of CT angiography and MR angiography of the head and neck in the Medicare population. J Am Coll Radiol (2010) 0.77
Changes in procedure volume and service provider distribution among radiologists and nonradiologists in dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry between 1996 and 2002. J Am Coll Radiol (2005) 0.77
The increasing role of nonradiologists in performing ultrasound-guided invasive procedures. J Am Coll Radiol (2013) 0.77
Evolving roles of radiologists, nephrologists, and surgeons in endovascular hemodialysis access maintenance procedures. J Am Coll Radiol (2010) 0.77
Recent trends in utilization of vascular ultrasound among radiologists, surgeons, cardiologists, and other physicians. J Am Coll Radiol (2007) 0.77
The effect of the introduction of MR and CT angiography on the utilization of catheter angiography for peripheral arterial disease. J Am Coll Radiol (2007) 0.77
Turf wars in radiology: introduction. J Am Coll Radiol (2004) 0.76
Optimal resources for the examination and endovascular treatment of the peripheral and visceral vascular systems. AHA Intercouncil Report on Peripheral and Visceral Angiographic and Interventional Laboratories. J Vasc Interv Radiol (2003) 0.76
Analysis of radiologists' imaging workload trends by place of service. J Am Coll Radiol (2013) 0.75
Same-specialty referrals for imaging compared with referrals to radiologists: are the data correct? Radiology (2008) 0.75
QRSE: a novel metric for the evaluation of trainee radiologist reporting skills. J Digit Imaging (2013) 0.75
Putting the light (not the heat) back into radiology morbidity and mortality conferences. J Am Coll Radiol (2011) 0.75
A surgical safety checklist. N Engl J Med (2009) 0.75
Evaluation of a Program for Improving Advanced Imaging Interpretation. J Patient Saf (2016) 0.75
Volume of neuroradiology studies read by neurologists: implications for fellowship training. J Am Coll Radiol (2011) 0.75
Radiology's image problem: ponder the words of some thought leaders in the field. J Am Coll Radiol (2008) 0.75
Reflections on principles of good leadership. J Am Coll Radiol (2014) 0.75
The lack of growth in use of coronary CT angiography: is it being appropriately used? AJR Am J Roentgenol (2011) 0.75
25-on-25: twenty-five perspectives on twenty-five years of cardiopulmonary imaging. Part III. J Thorac Imaging (2010) 0.75