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Application of failure mode and effect analysis in a radiology department.
Thornton E, Brook OR, Mendiratta-Lala M, Hallett DT, Kruskal JB. Radiographics. 2011;31:281-293.

This commentary introduces the failure mode and effects analysis process developed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Patient Safety and reviews its usefulness in the context of clinical magnetic resonance imaging.
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