Table 3.
High-level scanning indications (n) by modality, body part, and imaging site
| Body part/modality | Hospital-Adult | Hospital-Pediatric | Community | Total scans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body – CT | Cancer follow-up (70) Acute abdomen (32) Trauma (21) Others (50) |
Acute abdomen (4) Cancer follow-up (4) Trauma (4) Others (3) |
Cancer follow-up (23) Acute abdomen (19) Others (28) |
258 |
| Body – MRI | Cirrhosis/HCC surveillance (2) Inflamatory bowel disease (2) Others (2) |
n/a | Evaluate mass (1) | 7 |
| Breast – CT | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Breast – MRI | n/a | n/a | Cancer follow-up (3) High risk for breast cancer (1) |
4 |
| Cardiac – CT | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Cardiac – MRI | Arrhythmia (2) Cardiac valvular disease (2) Cardiomyopathy (2) Other (2) |
n/a | n/a | 8 |
| MSK – CT | Postoperative (3) Joint pain (2) Trauma (1) |
n/a | Postoperative (2) Trauma (2) Cancer follow-up (1) |
11 |
| MSK – MRI | Trauma (15) Joint pain (9) Other (10) |
Scoliosis (2) Others (4) |
Joint pain (21) Trauma (8) Others (5) |
74 |
| Neuro – CT | Trauma (43) Sinusitis (19) Altered mental status (12) Others (62) |
Trauma (12) Evaluate mass (5) Others (22) |
Spondylosis/back pain (9) Cancer follow-up (8) Others (23) |
215 |
| Neuro – MRI | Evaluate mass (20) Cancer follow-up (17) Others (41) |
Evaluate mass (4) Neurodevelopmental disease (3) Seizures (3) Others (13) |
Spondylosis/back pain (13) Demyelinating disease (12) Headache (7) Others (22) |
155 |
| Vascular – CT | Acute chest (14) Evaluate mass (3) Peripheral vascular disease (3) Others (5) |
Visceral vascular disease (1) | Acute chest (1) | 27 |
| Vascular - MRI | Congenital heart diease (1) Evaluate mass (1) |
n/a | n/a | 2 |
| All scans | 468 | 84 | 209 | 761 |