Levon N Nazarian, Jon A Jacobson, Carol B Benson, Laura W Bancroft, Asheesh Bedi, John M McShane, Theodore T Miller, Laurence Parker, Jay Smith, Lynne S Steinbach, Sharlene A Teefey, Ralf G Thiele, Michael J Tuite, James N Wise, Ken Yamaguchi
The Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound convened a panel of specialists from a variety of medical disciplines to reach a consensus about the recommended imaging evaluation of painful shoulders with clinically suspected rotator cuff disease. The panel met in Chicago, Ill, on October 18 and 19, 2011, and created this consensus statement regarding the roles of radiography, ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT), CT arthrography, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and MR arthrography. The consensus panel consisted of two co-moderators, a facilitator, a statistician and health care economist, and 10 physicians who have specialty expertise in shoulder pain evaluation and/or treatment...
May 2013: Radiology