Acta Radiologica is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

 medical journal

Medical journal

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 covering the field of radiology

Radiology

Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases...

, including diagnostic and interventional radiology

Interventional radiology

Interventional radiology is a specialty of radiology, in which image-guided procedures are used to diagnose and treat a multitude of diseases across all body systems...

, clinical radiology, experimental investigations in animals, and all other research related to imaging

Medical imaging

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 procedures. Acta Radiologica is published by the Royal Society of Medicine Press on behalf of the Scandinavian Societies of Radiology, an association of the radiological societies of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The journal is edited by Arnulf Skjennald (Ullevål University Hospital

Ullevål University Hospital

Ullevaal, Oslo University Hospital was opened in 1887. From January 1, 2009, the hospital is part of the Oslo University Hospital.Ullevål has more than 8,600 employees. 940 of them are doctors and 2,400 nurses. With a total of 1,200 beds Ullevål, admits some 45,000 patients per year and its...

, Oslo, Norway).

Acta Radiologica was established in 1963. According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, it has a 2010 impact factor

Impact factor

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of 1.483.

Article types

Examples of published items include:

• Review articles
• Short communications
• Technical and instrumental notes.