Radiography
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 201-205 , August 2008

A survey to assess audit mechanisms practised by skeletal reporting radiographers

  • H.C. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Directorate of Radiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital Trust, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7 8XP, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 (0)1925 828445.
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  • D. Manning

      Affiliations

    • School of Medical Imaging Sciences, St. Martin's College, Lancaster LA1 3JD, UK

Received 30 May 2006 ,Accepted 8 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2007.03.004

Radiography
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 201-205 , August 2008