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Structured Reporting for Pediatric Appendiceal US: Can It Reduce CT Utilization Rate and Decrease the Negative Appendectomy Rate?

소아 충수 초음파에서 구조화 판독문: CT 사용과 음성 충수 절제술을 줄일 수 있을까?

  • Dal Mo Yang (Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
  • Received : 2023.05.19
  • Accepted : 2023.05.19
  • Published : 2023.05.01

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