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Author Hillman, Bruce J

Title The sorcerer's apprentice : how medical imaging is changing health care / Bruce J. Hillman, Jeff C. Goldsmith
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 250 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents The most important physician you'll never meet -- The rise of medical imaging -- Imaging's leap to curative medicine -- The risks of medical imaging examinations -- Economic consequences of successful innovation : the imaging boom -- Digital pioneers : globalization and corporatization -- Red in tooth and claw : moral hazard and the struggle for control of medical imaging services -- Imaging to screen for life-threatening diseases : its promise and its problems -- The future of medical imaging -- Making the best use of imaging's expansive toolbox
Summary Many will remember the segment of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" in the Disney film Fantasia; it is a perfect metaphor for medical imaging as it stands today. The apprentice magician tests his nascent skills at sorcery by bringing common household items to life and putting them to work. At first, things go well, but eventually he loses control, and chaos ensues. Medical imaging, too, could spin out of control. The benefits of imaging are undeniable
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Diagnostic imaging -- Social aspects
Diagnostic Imaging -- trends
Diagnostic Imaging -- economics
Diagnostic Imaging -- statistics & numerical data
Radiography, Interventional -- trends
MEDICAL -- Diagnostic Imaging.
MEDICAL -- Diagnosis.
Form Electronic book
Author Goldsmith, Jeff Charles
ISBN 9780199780709
0199780706