Beyond the : Clinician Educational Interventions May Not Be Enough to Decrease Rates of Low-Value Spinal Imaging.

AJR Am J Roentgenol

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences Center.

Published: January 2025

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