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Chapter 29 - Imaging of Elders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2020

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Amma N. Maurer ,
Anousheh Sayah ,
Juan M. Coca Guzman  and
Angela D. Levy
Edited by
Kim A. Collins  and
Roger W. Byard
Kim A. Collins
Affiliation:
LifePoint Inc, South Carolina
Roger W. Byard
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide
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Summary

Partly as a consequence of an aging global population, radiology departments have seen an increase in imaging in patients older than 65 years of age [1]. One department in the United Kingdom found a 51% increase in radiological studies performed in patients over 90 years of age over a recent 7-year period [2].

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Geriatric Forensic Medicine and Pathology , pp. 507 - 535
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Print publication year: 2020

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