Table 2.
Viewing rates of radiologic imaging reports by emergency department patients.
| Radiologic imaging category or test | Imaging reports viewed | ||
| N | n (%) | ||
| Broad category | |||
| Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) | 2796 | 329 (11.77) | |
| Computed tomography (CT) scan | 8957 | 859 (9.59) | |
| X-ray study | 11,750 | 911 (7.75) | |
| Specific radiologic imaging study (at least 50 studies for all patients) | |||
| MRI cervical spine with contrast | 136 | 27 (19.9) | |
| CT abdomen and pelvis without contrast | 837 | 131 (15.7) | |
| MRI brain—axial T2 | 188 | 27 (14.4) | |
| CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast | 2106 | 299 (14.19) | |
| CT chest with contrast | 175 | 22 (12.6) | |
| MRI brain with contrast | 1774 | 215 (12.12) | |
| X-ray chest—anteroposterior and lateral | 6418 | 644 (10.03) | |
| MRI cervical spine without contrast | 240 | 21 (8.8) | |
| X-ray C-spine—anteroposterior and lateral | 186 | 15 (8.1) | |
| MRI brain without contrast | 274 | 21 (7.7) | |
| X-Ray abdomen— anteroposterior supine | 468 | 35 (7.5) | |
| CT brain without contrast | 5137 | 360 (7.01) | |
| X-ray chest anteroposterior/posteroanterior | 3441 | 164 (4.77) | |
| X-ray pelvis—anteroposterior | 1109 | 46 (4.14) | |