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Self-referred Whole-Body CT Imaging: Current Implications for Health Care Consumers¹

¹ From the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Department of Medicine (J.I., B.A.K., T.A.R., D.K.) and Department of Radiology (J.I., E.F., S.W.A.), Stanford University Medical Center, 701 Welch Rd, Stanford, CA 94304-5748; and the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Calif (S.W.A.). Received August 28, 2002; revision requested October 25; final revision received February 26, 2003; accepted March 18. Supported by The Greenwall Foundation. Supported in part by the Stanford Medical Student Scholars Program. Address correspondence to J.I. (e-mail: illes@stanford.edu).

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Geographic distribution of radiologic screening centers in the United States.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Services offered by radiologic screening centers.

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Imaging modalities used for whole-body CT examination.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 4. Procedures for reporting screening results. Gray bar shows the number of centers not identifying procedures for reporting results on their Web sites.