 Initial Imaging Definition Imaging is considered at the beginning of the care episode for the medical condition defined by the variant. More than one procedure can be considered usually appropriate in the initial imaging evaluation when: aRadiology Imaging Associates, Englewood, Colorado. bResearch Author, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, California. cPanel Chair, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. dPanel Vice-Chair, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. eStanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California; The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. fSchmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. gUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. hBeaumont Health System, Royal Oak, Michigan: American College of Emergency Physicians. iNaval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia. jUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. kVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; American College of Chest Physicians. lUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. mMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Saint Louis, Missouri. nJohn H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois; American College of Physicians. oDuke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. pThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. qSpecialty Chair, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. The American College of Radiology seeks and encourages collaboration with other organizations on the development of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria through society representation on expert panels. Participation by representatives from collaborating societies on the expert panel does not necessarily imply individual or society endorsement of the final document. Reprint requests to: publications@acr.org All elements are essential: 1) timing, 2) reconstructions/reformats, and 3) 3-D renderings.
Hemoptysis.  Initial Imaging Definition Imaging is considered at the beginning of the care episode for the medical condition defined by the variant. More than one procedure can be considered usually appropriate in the initial imaging evaluation when: aRadiology Imaging Associates, Englewood, Colorado. bResearch Author, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, California. cPanel Chair, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. dPanel Vice-Chair, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. eStanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California; The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. fSchmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. gUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. hBeaumont Health System, Royal Oak, Michigan: American College of Emergency Physicians. iNaval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia. jUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. kVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; American College of Chest Physicians. lUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. mMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Saint Louis, Missouri. nJohn H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois; American College of Physicians. oDuke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. pThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. qSpecialty Chair, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. The American College of Radiology seeks and encourages collaboration with other organizations on the development of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria through society representation on expert panels. Participation by representatives from collaborating societies on the expert panel does not necessarily imply individual or society endorsement of the final document. Reprint requests to: publications@acr.org All elements are essential: 1) timing, 2) reconstructions/reformats, and 3) 3-D renderings.