Special Communications:

David H. Hussey and Brian C. Lentle

RSNA Board Restructures Cabinet to Strengthen Support of Radiologic Science and Research
Radiology 2003 226: 302-303 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262022591); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Perspectives:

Richard M. Friedenberg

Patient-Doctor Relationships
Radiology 2003 226: 306-308 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262021300); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Statistical Concepts Series:

L. Santiago Medina and David Zurakowski

Measurement Variability and Confidence Intervals in Medicine: Why Should Radiologists Care?
Radiology 2003 226: 297-301 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262011537); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

Douglas S. Katz, Hans-Joachim Wagner, Stephan Grampp, Theodore T. Miller, Donald P. Frush, Wilfred C. G. Peh, and Kimberly Applegate

The RSNA Editorial Fellowship: Editorial Fellows’ Perspective
Radiology 2003 226: 309-311 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262021234); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hugh D. Curtin

Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence Syndrome and Multi–Detector Row CT
Radiology 2003 226: 312-314 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262021327); [Full Text] [PDF]  

State of the Art:

Jeffrey R. Petrella, R. Edward Coleman, and P. Murali Doraiswamy

Neuroimaging and Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease: A Look to the Future
Radiology 2003 226: 315-336 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262011600); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Breast Imaging:

Debra M. Ikeda, Robyn L. Birdwell, Kathryn F. O’Shaughnessy, R. James Brenner, and Edward A. Sickles

Analysis of 172 Subtle Findings on Prior Normal Mammograms in Women with Breast Cancer Detected at Follow-up Screening
Radiology 2003 226: 494-503. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262011634 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chung-Ming Chen, Yi-Hong Chou, Ko-Chung Han, Guo-Shian Hung, Chui-Mei Tiu, Hong-Jen Chiou, and See-Ying Chiou

Breast Lesions on Sonograms: Computer-aided Diagnosis with Nearly Setting-Independent Features and Artificial Neural Networks
Radiology 2003 226: 504-514 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262011843); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac Imaging:

Joseph Shemesh, Sara Apter, Yacov Itzchak, and Michael Motro

Coronary Calcification Compared in Patients with Acute versus in Those with Chronic Coronary Events by Using Dual-Sector Spiral CT
Radiology 2003 226: 483-488. Published online before print February 2003 26 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262011903 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diagnosis Please:

Susan P. Weinstein, Emily F. Conant, and Geza Acs

Case 59
Radiology 2003 226: 515-516 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262011417); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Varanelli, Syed A. Jamal Bokhari, Freddy M. Katai, and Leslie Scoutt

Case 55: Fetus in Fetu
Radiology 2003 226: 517-520 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262010624); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Frank K. Wacker, Klaus Reither, Wolfgang Ebert, Michael Wendt, Jonathan S. Lewin, and Karl-Juergen Wolf

MR Image–guided Endovascular Procedures with the Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide SH U 555 C as an Intravascular Contrast Agent: Study in Pigs
Radiology 2003 226: 459-464. Published online before print February 2003 26 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262011815 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David J. Yang, Chang-Guhn Kim, Naomi R. Schechter, Ali Azhdarinia, Dong-Fang Yu, Chang-Sok Oh, Jerry L. Bryant, Jong-Jin Won, E. Edmund Kim, and Donald A. Podoloff

Imaging with ^99mTc ECDG Targeted at the Multifunctional Glucose Transport System: Feasibility Study with Rodents
Radiology 2003 226: 465-473 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262011811); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Titus Kuehne, Maythem Saeed, Charles B. Higgins, Kelly Gleason, Gabriele A. Krombach, Oliver M. Weber, Alastair J. Martin, Daniel Turner, David Teitel, and Phillip Moore

Endovascular Stents in Pulmonary Valve and Artery in Swine: Feasibility Study of MR Imaging–guided Deployment and Postinterventional Assessment
Radiology 2003 226: 475-481. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262011639 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gastrointestinal Imaging:

Vassilios Raptopoulos, Georgia Katsou, Max P. Rosen, Bettina Siewert, S. Nahum Goldberg, and Jonathan B. Kruskal

Acute Appendicitis: Effect of Increased Use of CT on Selecting Patients Earlier
Radiology 2003 226: 521-526. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262012097 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guy J. C. Burkill, Mohammed Badran, Omar Al-Muderis, J. Meirion Thomas, Ian R. Judson, Cyril Fisher, and Eleanor C. Moskovic

Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: Distribution, Imaging Features, and Pattern of Metastatic Spread
Radiology 2003 226: 527-532 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262011880); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sharlene A. Teefey, Charles C. Hildeboldt, Farrokh Dehdashti, Barry A. Siegel, Marion G. Peters, Jay P. Heiken, Jeffrey J. Brown, Elizabeth G. McFarland, William D. Middleton, Dennis M. Balfe, and Jon H. Ritter

Detection of Primary Hepatic Malignancy in Liver Transplant Candidates: Prospective Comparison of CT, MR Imaging, US, and PET
Radiology 2003 226: 533-542 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262011980); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea Laghi, Riccardo Iannaccone, Plinio Rossi, Iacopo Carbone, Riccardo Ferrari, Filippo Mangiapane, Italo Nofroni, and Roberto Passariello

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Detection with Triple-Phase Multi–Detector Row Helical CT in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis
Radiology 2003 226: 543-549. Published online before print February 2003 26 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262012043 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ayame Shimizu, Katsuyoshi Ito, Shinji Koike, Takeshi Fujita, Kensaku Shimizu, and Naofumi Matsunaga

Cirrhosis or Chronic Hepatitis: Evaluation of Small (2-cm) Early-Enhancing Hepatic Lesions with Serial Contrast-enhanced Dynamic MR Imaging
Radiology 2003 226: 550-555. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262011967 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genitourinary Imaging:

Maija-Riitta Ordén, Jukka S. Jurvelin, and Pertti P. Kirkinen

Kinetics of a US Contrast Agent in Benign and Malignant Adnexal Tumors
Radiology 2003 226: 405-410. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262011450 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronald O. Bude, Andrew R. Forauer, Elaine M. Caoili, and Hanh V. Nghiem

Is It Necessary to Study Accessory Arteries When Screening the Renal Arteries for Renovascular Hypertension?
Radiology 2003 226: 411-416 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2263011576); [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Head and Neck Imaging:

Clifford J. Belden, Noah Weg, Lloyd B. Minor, and S. James Zinreich

CT Evaluation of Bone Dehiscence of the Superior Semicircular Canal as a Cause of Sound- and/or Pressure-induced Vertigo
Radiology 2003 226: 337-343. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262010897 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hidetake Yabuuchi, Tatsuro Fukuya, Tsuyoshi Tajima, Yoichi Hachitanda, Kichinobu Tomita, and Mitsuru Koga

Salivary Gland Tumors: Diagnostic Value of Gadolinium-enhanced Dynamic MR Imaging with Histopathologic Correlation
Radiology 2003 226: 345-354. Published online before print February 2003 26 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262011486 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Musculoskeletal Imaging:

Thomas M. Link, Lynne S. Steinbach, Srinka Ghosh, Michael Ries, Ying Lu, Nancy Lane, and Sharmila Majumdar

Osteoarthritis: MR Imaging Findings in Different Stages of Disease and Correlation with Clinical Findings
Radiology 2003 226: 373-381. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262012190 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marius R. Schmid, Hubert P. Nötzli, Marco Zanetti, Tobias F. Wyss, and Juerg Hodler

Cartilage Lesions in the Hip: Diagnostic Effectiveness of MR Arthrography
Radiology 2003 226: 382-386. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262020019 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Ah Choi, Jung Eun Kim, Sung Hye Koh, Hye Won Chung, and Heung Sik Kang

Arthropathy in Behçet Disease: MR Imaging Findings in Two Cases
Radiology 2003 226: 387-389. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262011982 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neuroradiology:

Kamil Karaali, Utku Senol, Hülya Aydin, Can Çevikol, Ali Apaydin, and Ersin Lüleci

Optic Neuritis: Evaluation with Orbital Doppler Sonography
Radiology 2003 226: 355-358. Published online before print February 2003 11 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262011915 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naokatsu Saeki, Michihiro Hayasaka, Hisayuki Murai, Motoo Kubota, Ichiro Tatsuno, Jun-ichi Takanashi, Takashi Uno, Toshihiko Iuchi, and Akira Yamaura

Posterior Pituitary Bright Spot in Large Adenomas: MR Assessment of Its Disappearance or Relocation along the Stalk
Radiology 2003 226: 359-365. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262011616 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Avery J. Evans, Mary E. Jensen, Kevin E. Kip, Andrew J. DeNardo, Gregory J. Lawler, Geoffrey A. Negin, Kent B. Remley, Selene M. Boutin, and Steven A. Dunnagan

Vertebral Compression Fractures: Pain Reduction and Improvement in Functional Mobility after Percutaneous Polymethylmethacrylate Vertebroplasty—Retrospective Report of 245 Cases
Radiology 2003 226: 366-372. Published online before print February 2003 26 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262010906 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nuclear Medicine:

Marc Schiesser, Katrin D. M. Stumpe, Otmar Trentz, Thomas Kossmann, and Gustav K. von Schulthess

Detection of Metallic Implant–associated Infections with FDG PET in Patients with Trauma: Correlation with Microbiologic Results
Radiology 2003 226: 391-398. Published online before print February 2003 11 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262011939 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pediatric Imaging:

Ann E. Haight, Sue C. Kaste, Olga G. Goloubeva, Xiaoping P. Xiong, and Laura C. Bowman

Nephrotoxicity of Iopamidol in Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients Who Have Undergone Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation
Radiology 2003 226: 399-404 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262011471); [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Signs in Imaging:

Adriaan C. van Breda Vriesman

The Hyperattenuating Ring Sign
Radiology 2003 226: 556-557 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262011992); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thoracic Imaging:

Matthew S. Benjamin, Elizabeth A. Drucker, Theresa C. McLoud, and Jo-Anne O. Shepard

Small Pulmonary Nodules: Detection at Chest CT and Outcome
Radiology 2003 226: 489-493. Published online before print February 2003 26 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262010556 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vascular and Interventional Radiology:

Debra A. Gervais, Francis J. McGovern, Ronald S. Arellano, W. Scott McDougal, and Peter R. Mueller

Renal Cell Carcinoma: Clinical Experience and Technical Success with Radio-frequency Ablation of 42 Tumors
Radiology 2003 226: 417-424 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262012062); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabel Pinto, Paloma Chimeno, Alicia Romo, Laura Paúl, Javier Haya, Miguel A. de la Cal, and José Bajo

Uterine Fibroids: Uterine Artery Embolization versus Abdominal Hysterectomy for Treatment—A Prospective, Randomized, and Controlled Clinical Trial
Radiology 2003 226: 425-431. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262011716 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ho-Young Song, Hyungkeun Park, Tae-Suk Suh, Gi-Young Ko, Tae-Hyung Kim, Eun-Sang Kim, and Taehan Park

Recurrent Traumatic Urethral Strictures near the External Sphincter: Treatment with a Covered, Retrievable, Expandable Nitinol Stent—Initial Results
Radiology 2003 226: 433-440. Published online before print February 2003 11 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262012160 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tito Livraghi, Luigi Solbiati, M. Franca Meloni, G. Scott Gazelle, Elkan F. Halpern, and S. Nahum Goldberg

Treatment of Focal Liver Tumors with Percutaneous Radio-frequency Ablation: Complications Encountered in a Multicenter Study
Radiology 2003 226: 441-451. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262012198 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karsten Krüger, Markus Zähringer, Franz-Dietmar Söhngen, Axel Gossmann, Oliver Schulte, Christoph Feldmann, David Strohe, and Klaus Lackner

Femoral Pseudoaneurysms: Management with Percutaneous Thrombin Injections—Success Rates and Effects on Systemic Coagulation
Radiology 2003 226: 452-458 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262012107); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Technical Developments:

Hero K. Hussain, Frank J. Londy, Isaac R. Francis, Hanh V. Nghiem, William J. Weadock, Achamyeleh Gebremariam, and Thomas L. Chenevert

Hepatic Arterial Phase MR Imaging with Automated Bolus-Detection Three-dimensional Fast Gradient-Recalled-Echo Sequence: Comparison with Test-Bolus Method
Radiology 2003 226: 558-566 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262011593); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naoto Hayashi, Tomohiko Masumoto, Toshiyuki Okubo, Osamu Abe, Nobuyuki Kaji, Kazuyuki Tokioka, Shigeki Aoki, and Kuni Ohtomo

Hemangiomas in the Face and Extremities: MR–guided Sclerotherapy—Optimization with Monitoring of Signal Intensity Changes in Vivo
Radiology 2003 226: 567-572 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262012157); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seung Hyup Kim, Min Whan Moon, Hak Jong Lee, Jung Suk Sim, Sun Ho Kim, and Curie Ahn

Renal Cyst Ablation with n-Butyl Cyanoacrylate and Iodized Oil in Symptomatic Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Preliminary Report
Radiology 2003 226: 573-576. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262011574 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerhard W. Goerres, Sibylle I. Ziegler, Cyrill Burger, Thomas Berthold, Gustav K. von Schulthess, and Alfred Buck

Artifacts at PET and PET/CT Caused by Metallic Hip Prosthetic Material
Radiology 2003 226: 577-584. Published online before print February 2003 20 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2262012141 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tong Xu, Huy Quang Le, and Sabee Molloi

Patient-specific Region-of-Interest Fluoroscopy Device for X-ray Dose Reduction
Radiology 2003 226: 585-592 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262011812); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Michael E. Spieth and Richard B. Gunderman

Radiologic Research and Residency • Dr Gunderman responds:
Radiology 2003 226: 593 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262020618); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerbail T. Krishnamurthy, Shakuntala Krishnamurthy, Harvey A. Ziessman, and Larry R. Muenz

What Value Is Normal for Gallbladder Ejection Fraction, and How Is It Established? • Drs Ziessman and Muenz respond:
Radiology 2003 226: 593-595 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262020595); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Tello, Wolfgang Huber, Wolfgang Weiss, and Kathrin Ilgmann

Intrarenal Kinetics: Effect of Adenosine and Theophylline • Dr Huber and colleagues respond:
Radiology 2003 226: 596-597 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262020724); [Full Text] [PDF]  

William M. Sacks, Linda J. Warren Burhenne, Susan A. Wood, Carl J. D’Orsi, Stephen A. Feig, Kathryn F. O’Shaughnessy, Edward A. Sickles, Carl J. Vyborny, and Ronald A. Castellino

Estimating the Effect of Computer-aided Detection on the Sensitivity of Screening Mammography • Dr Warren Burhenne and colleagues respond:
Radiology 2003 226: 597-599 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262020688); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert I. White, Jr, Jeffrey S. Pollak, Daniel Picus, Hans-Peter Dinkel, and Jürgen Triller

Are Guglielmi Detachable Coils Necessary for Treating Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations? • Drs Dinkel and Triller respond:
Radiology 2003 226: 599-600 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262020840); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

Douglas S. Katz, Hans-Joachim Wagner, Stephan Grampp, Theodore T. Miller, Donald P. Frush, Wilfred C. G. Peh, and Kimberly Applegate

The RSNA Editorial Fellowship: Editorial Fellows’ Perspective
Radiology 2003 226: 309-311 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262021234); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hugh D. Curtin

Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence Syndrome and Multi–Detector Row CT
Radiology 2003 226: 312-314 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262021327); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

MRI of the Head and Neck. 2nd ed. [book review]
Radiology 2003 226: 344 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2261022570); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Applications of Sonography in Head and Neck Pathology [book review]
Radiology 2003 226: 474 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2261022569); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nuclear Medicine Self-Study Program III: Nuclear Medicine Cardiology [book review]
Radiology 2003 226: 482 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262022586); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Departments:

2003 RSNA Leadership
Radiology 2003 226: 304-305 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262022592); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abstracts of Current Literature
Radiology 2003 226: 601-608 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262022573); [Full Text] [PDF]  

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