Science to Practice:

Peter Reimer

Tumor-targeted MR Contrast Agents: Hype or Future Hope?
The study concept of Luciani et al combines the unsurpassed spatial and contrast resolution of MR imaging with the cellular and molecular information obtained by using fluorodeoxyglucose PET.
Radiology 2004 231: 1-2 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311031897); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Perspectives:

Richard M. Friedenberg

Malpractice Reform
There is a growing consensus that we need to change the current system, which is inadequate both as a deterrent to substandard practice and as a fair method for patient compensation.
Radiology 2004 231: 3-6 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311032125); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

Elizabeth A. Krupinski

Computer-aided Detection in Clinical Environment: Benefits and Challenges for Radiologists
The study of Helvie et al demonstrates that there are approaches to computer-aided detection development and implementation, other than those that have been commercialized and approved by the Food and Drug Administration, that can be used to achieve performance that is at least as good as that achieved with commercial systems.
Radiology 2004 231: 7-9 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311031864); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review:

Edgardo J. C. Angtuaco, Athanasios B. T. Fassas, Ronald Walker, Rajesh Sethi, and Bart Barlogie

Multiple Myeloma: Clinical Review and Diagnostic Imaging
MR imaging bone marrow surveys in patients with multiple myeloma demonstrate the broad spectrum of involvement, the results of treatment, the areas of potential complications, and the sites of focal disease for safe bone biopsies.
Radiology 2004 231: 11-23. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311020452 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Breast Imaging:

Mark A. Helvie, Lubomir Hadjiiski, Erini Makariou, Heang-Ping Chan, Nicholas Petrick, Berkman Sahiner, Shih-Chung B. Lo, Matthew Freedman, Dorit Adler, Janet Bailey, Caroline Blane, Donna Hoff, Karen Hunt, Lynn Joynt, Katherine Klein, Chintana Paramagul, Stephanie K. Patterson, and Marilyn A. Roubidoux

Sensitivity of Noncommercial Computer-aided Detection System for Mammographic Breast Cancer Detection: Pilot Clinical Trial
We evaluated a noncommercial computer-aided detection program with a very high sensitivity of 91% for cancer detection in a pilot clinical trial.
Radiology 2004 231: 208-214. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030429 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruno D. Fornage, Nour Sneige, Merrick I. Ross, Attiqa N. Mirza, Henry M. Kuerer, Beth S. Edeiken, Frederick C. Ames, Lisa A. Newman, Gildy V. Babiera, and S. Eva Singletary

Small (2-cm) Breast Cancer Treated with US-guided Radiofrequency Ablation: Feasibility Study
US-guided percutaneous ablation of small invasive breast cancers performed by using commercially available radiofrequency equipment is feasible and safe.
Radiology 2004 231: 215-224. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030651 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac Imaging:

Harald P. Kühl, Elmar Spuentrup, Alexander Wall, Andreas Franke, Jörg Schröder, Nicole Heussen, Peter Hanrath, Rolf W. Günther, and Arno Buecker

Assessment of Myocardial Function with Interactive Non–Breath-hold Real-time MR Imaging: Comparison with Echocardiography and Breath-hold Cine MR Imaging
Interactive radial steady-state free precession cardiac MR imaging enables online assessment of regional myocardial function in real time in only 5 minutes, with results that are in high agreement with those of conventional breath-hold cine cardiac MR imaging.
Radiology 2004 231: 198-207 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311021237); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] [Movies]  

Diagnosis Please:

Bernadette L. Koch

Case 73
Radiology 2004 231: 50-51 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311011863); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haesun Choi, Cynthia L. David, Ruth L. Katz, and Donald A. Podoloff

Case 69: Extramedullary Hematopoiesis
Summary statement: In the right clinical setting, CT scans can indicate a diagnosis of extramedullary hematopoiesis.
Radiology 2004 231: 52-56 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311020673); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emergency Radiology:

Humberto Wong, Michael B. Gotway, A. Daniel Sasson, and R. Brooke Jeffrey

Periaortic Hematoma at Diaphragmatic Crura at Helical CT: Sign of Blunt Aortic Injury in Patients with Mediastinal Hematoma
Periaortic hematoma near the level of the diaphragmatic crura at abdominal CT should prompt consideration of acute traumatic aortic injury, even in the presence of coexisting injuries near this level that could account for the presence of periaortic hematoma.
Radiology 2004 231: 185-189 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311021776); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel D. Saketkhoo, Mythreyi Bhargavan, Jonathan H. Sunshine, and Howard P. Forman

Emergency Department Image Interpretation Services at Private Community Hospitals
Our study results show great variation in the current provision of image interpretation services and very high levels of teleradiology usage among emergency departments in private community hospitals.
Radiology 2004 231: 190-197. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030307 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evidence-based Practice:

Meenal B. Patwardhan, Douglas C. McCrory, David B. Matchar, Gregory P. Samsa, and Olivier T. Rutschmann

Alzheimer Disease: Operating Characteristics of PET— A Meta-Analysis
This study provides a preliminary estimate of the operating characteristics of fluorodeoxyglucose PET in Alzheimer disease, as well as guidance for future research.
Radiology 2004 231: 73-80. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311021620 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Alain Luciani, Jean-Christophe Olivier, Olivier Clement, Nathalie Siauve, Pierre-Yves Brillet, Bertrand Bessoud, Florence Gazeau, Ijeoma F. Uchegbu, Edmond Kahn, Guy Frija, and Charles A. Cuenod

Glucose-Receptor MR Imaging of Tumors: Study in Mice with PEGylated Paramagnetic Niosomes
Because of a simultaneous passive and active targeting, the combination of polyethylene glycol radicals and glucose conjugates on the surface of niosomes ensured the tumor accumulation of an entrapped lipophilic paramagnetic agent that can be detected with MR imaging.
Radiology 2004 231: 135-142. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311021559 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarah A. Shock, Kenneth Meredith, Thomas F. Warner, Lisa A. Sampson, Andrew S. Wright, Thomas C. Winter, III, David M. Mahvi, Jason P. Fine, and Fred T. Lee, Jr

Microwave Ablation with Loop Antenna: In Vivo Porcine Liver Model
Loop microwave antennas can be used in a thermal ablation method that creates high intratumoral temperatures that reproducibly and precisely ablate all targeted tissue when deployed in an orthogonal configuration.
Radiology 2004 231: 143-149 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311021342); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Se Hyung Kim, Joon Koo Han, Kyoung Ho Lee, Chang Jin Yoon, Young Il Kim, Hye Seung Lee, and Byung Ihn Choi

Experimentally Induced Small-Bowel Tumor in Rabbits: US-guided Percutaneous 18-gauge Core Biopsy
A US-guided 18-gauge core biopsy in a small-bowel tumor model establishes a definite diagnosis and is a safe procedure.
Radiology 2004 231: 150-155. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030420 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucia J. M. Kroft, Jacob Geleijns, Bart J. A. Mertens, Wouter J. H. Veldkamp, Harmine M. Zonderland, and Albert de Roos

Digital Slot-Scan Charge-coupled Device Radiography versus AMBER and Bucky Screen-Film Radiography for Detection of Simulated Nodules and Interstitial Disease in a Chest Phantom
Results of this experimental study show that the differences we observed between charge-coupled device digital radiography and advanced multiple beam equalization and Bucky screen-film radiography in the detection of simulated lesions are in favor of the use of charge-coupled device digital radiography for chest imaging.
Radiology 2004 231: 156-163 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311030206); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gastrointestinal Imaging:

Antonella Filippone, Roberta Ambrosini, Maurizio Fuschi, Tiziana Marinelli, Domenico Genovesi, and Lorenzo Bonomo

Preoperative T and N Staging of Colorectal Cancer: Accuracy of Contrast-enhanced Multi–Detector Row CT Colonography—Initial Experience
Contrast-enhanced multi–detector row CT colonography enables accurate preoperative assessment of T, N, and abdominal M staging in patients with colorectal cancer.
Radiology 2004 231: 83-90. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311021152 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dow-Mu Koh, Gina Brown, Louis Temple, Asraf Raja, Paul Toomey, Nicholas Bett, Andrew R. Norman, and Janet E. Husband

Rectal Cancer: Mesorectal Lymph Nodes at MR Imaging with USPIO versus Histopathologic Findings—Initial Observations
Four distinct patterns of ultrasmall particles of iron oxide uptake at T2*-weighted MR imaging were observed in mesorectal lymph nodes, and these patterns could be applied in future studies with regard to the evaluation of diagnostic accuracy in nodal staging of rectal carcinoma.
Radiology 2004 231: 91-99. Published online before print April 2004 19 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030142 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janice Ward, Maria B. Sheridan, J. Ashley Guthrie, Mervyn H. Davies, Charles E. Millson, J. Peter A. Lodge, Stephen G. Pollard, Kondragunta R. Prasad, Giles J. Toogood, and Philip J. Robinson

Bile Duct Strictures after Hepatobiliary Surgery: Assessment with MR Cholangiography
Our results have confirmed MR cholangiography to be an accurate and noninvasive alternative to direct cholangiography, and we now regard it as the primary imaging modality in patients suspected of having bile duct strictures.
Radiology 2004 231: 101-108. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030017 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Delphine Zeitoun, Giuseppe Brancatelli, Magali Colombat, Michael P. Federle, Dominique Valla, Tong Wu, Claude Degott, and Valérie Vilgrain

Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis: CT Findings in 18 Adults
In this study, we found that some distinct CT features were frequent in congenital hepatic fibrosis, namely, liver morphologic findings, (ie, hypertrophy of left lateral segment, normal size or hypertrophy of left medial segment, and atrophy of the right lobe), varices, splenomegaly, associated ductal plate malformations, and renal abnormalities.
Radiology 2004 231: 109-116. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030108 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genitourinary Imaging:

Soendersing Dwarkasing, Shahid M. Hussain, Wim C. J. Hop, and Gabriel P. Krestin

Anovaginal Fistulas: Evaluation with Endoanal MR Imaging
Endoanal MR imaging can depict anovaginal fistulas, as well as a number of associated abnormalities that are important for surgical management.
Radiology 2004 231: 123-128 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311021190); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Head and Neck Imaging:

Lucia J. M. Kroft, Monique Reijnierse, Margreet Kloppenburg, Berit M. Verbist, Johan L. Bloem, and Mark A. van Buchem

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Epidural Enhancement as an Underestimated Cause of Subaxial Cervical Spinal Stenosis
Our study results suggest that, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, subaxial spinal canal stenosis with enhancement may represent a focus of active inflammation.
Radiology 2004 231: 57-63. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311021657 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Musculoskeletal Imaging:

Tiffany Ting-Fang Shih, Chee-Jen Chang, Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng, Jong-Kai Hsiao, Ling-Chun Shen, Tsang-Wu Liu, and Pan-Chyr Yang

Effect of Calcium Channel Blockers on Vertebral Bone Marrow Perfusion of the Lumbar Spine
Our results showed that the peak enhancement ratio of vertebral bone marrow decreased after a single dose of sublingual nifedipine.
Radiology 2004 231: 24-30. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030382 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Yoshioka, Kathryn Stevens, Mark Genovese, Michael F. Dillingham, and Philipp Lang

Articular Cartilage of Knee: Normal Patterns at MR Imaging That Mimic Disease in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Osteoarthritis
In this article, we report several normal MR imaging appearances of articular cartilage that were seen on both fat-suppressed fast spin-echo images and fat-suppressed three-dimensional spoiled gradient-echo images.
Radiology 2004 231: 31-38 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311020453); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neuroradiology:

Chi-Jen Chen, Hui-Ling Hsu, Ying-Chi Tseng, Rong-Kuo Lyu, Chiung-Mei Chen, Ying-Chih Huang, Li-Jen Wang, Yon-Cheong Wong, and Lai-Chu See

Hirayama Flexion Myelopathy: Neutral-Position MR Imaging Findings—Importance of Loss of Attachment
In patients with adolescent onset of distal upper limb weakness, the loss of attachment between the posterior dural sac and subjacent lamina sign on neutral-position MR images should raise suspicion for Hirayama disease.
Radiology 2004 231: 39-44 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311030004); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard du Mesnil de Rochemont, Bernd Turowski, Martin Buchkremer, Matthias Sitzer, Friedhelm E. Zanella, and Joachim Berkefeld

Recurrent Symptomatic High-Grade Intracranial Stenoses: Safety and Efficacy of Undersized Stents— Initial Experience
In selected patients with recurrent ischemic events due to high-grade intracranial stenosis, placement of undersized stents holds promise as an effective and safe procedure for the prevention of stroke.
Radiology 2004 231: 45-49 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311030183); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nuclear Medicine:

Heiko Schöder, Henry W. D. Yeung, Mithat Gonen, Dennis Kraus, and Steven M. Larson

Head and Neck Cancer: Clinical Usefulness and Accuracy of PET/CT Image Fusion
In comparison with standard PET, the use of combined PET/CT improved diagnostic accuracy and reduced the number of equivocal imaging findings in patients with head and neck cancer, leading to a change in patient care in 18% of cases.
Radiology 2004 231: 65-72. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030271 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pediatric Imaging:

Stylianos D. Megremis, Ioannis G. Vlachonikolis, and Amalia M. Tsilimigaki

Spleen Length in Childhood with US: Normal Values Based on Age, Sex, and Somatometric Parameters
We chose the spleen length 90% upper confidence limits so as to distinguish and thus better assess individuals with markedly long spleens outside the normal range but whose body parameters are within the normal range.
Radiology 2004 231: 129-134. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311020963 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Signs in Imaging:

John W. Rampton

The Football Sign
The football sign, seen at supine abdominal radiography, refers to a large oval radiolucency that represents a large amount of pneumoperitoneum in the shape of an American football.
Radiology 2004 231: 81-82 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311011290); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thoracic Imaging:

Claudia I. Henschke, David F. Yankelevitz, David P. Naidich, Dorothy I. McCauley, Georgeann McGuinness, Daniel M. Libby, James P. Smith, Mark W. Pasmantier, and Olli S. Miettinen

CT Screening for Lung Cancer: Suspiciousness of Nodules according to Size on Baseline Scans
Had these nodules [<5.0-mm] been ignored until the first annual repeat screening, the frequency of recommended further work-up within the baseline cycle of screening would have been decreased by 54% (from 28% to 13%) without any malignancies being missed that could have been diagnosed before the first repeat screening.
Radiology 2004 231: 164-168. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030634 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne B. Sigal-Cinqualbre, Remi Hennequin, Hicham T. Abada, Xiaoyan Chen, and Jean-François Paul

Low-Kilovoltage Multi–Detector Row Chest CT in Adults: Feasibility and Effect on Image Quality and Iodine Dose
The use of weight-adapted low-kilovoltage CT results in substantial enhancement of the iodine-induced contrast, even with a markedly reduced radiation dose, which facilitates the added patient benefit of decreased contrast material use.
Radiology 2004 231: 169-174. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030191 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Fink, Michael Puderbach, Michael Bock, Klaus-Peter Lodemann, Ivan Zuna, Astrid Schmähl, Stefan Delorme, and Hans-Ulrich Kauczor

Regional Lung Perfusion: Assessment with Partially Parallel Three-dimensional MR Imaging
Our results indicate that perfusion MR imaging has high diagnostic accuracy for the detection of perfusion abnormalities.
Radiology 2004 231: 175-184 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311030193); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ultrasonography:

Sooah Kim, Hyo K. Lim, Soon Jin Lee, Dongil Choi, Won Jae Lee, Seong Hyun Kim, Min Ju Kim, and Jae Hoon Lim

Depiction and Local Staging of Rectal Tumors: Comparison of Transrectal US before and after Water Instillation
Our results indicate that transrectal US after water instillation can improve the depiction and accuracy in local staging of rectal tumors.
Radiology 2004 231: 117-122. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030036 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vascular and Interventional Radiology:

William W. Mayo-Smith and Damian E. Dupuy

Adrenal Neoplasms: CT-guided Radiofrequency Ablation—Preliminary Results
Our preliminary results suggest that CT-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation is effective for local control of adrenal neoplasms.
Radiology 2004 231: 225-230. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311031007 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hector Ferral, Pablo Gamboa, Darren W. Postoak, Vanessa S. Albernaz, Carmen R. Young, Kermitt V. Speeg, and C. Alex McMahan

Survival after Elective Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation: Prediction with Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score
Results of analysis of patient survival rates confirmed that patients with model of end-stage liver disease scores of 18 or more have a significantly lower survival rate than do patients with model of end-stage liver disease scores of 17 or less.
Radiology 2004 231: 231-236. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030967 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth L. Coenegrachts, Romhild M. Hoogeveen, Johan A. Vaninbroukx, Hilde T. Bosmans, Didier J. Bielen, Geert Maleux, Frederik Maes, Pascal Hamaekers, Raymond H. Oyen, and Guy J. Marchal

High-Spatial-Resolution 3D Balanced Turbo Field-Echo Technique for MR Angiography of the Renal Arteries: Initial Experience
The balanced turbo field-echo technique presented holds promise for accurate differentiation between normal arteries and arteries with atherosclerotic disease.
Radiology 2004 231: 237-242. Published online before print April 2004 27 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030044 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy P. Murphy, Nikki S. Ariaratnam, Wilfred I. Carney, Jr, Edward J. Marcaccio, Jeffrey M. Slaiby, Gregory M. Soares, and H. Myra Kim

Aortoiliac Insufficiency: Long-term Experience with Stent Placement for Treatment
Our patency results indicate—contrary to what was previously assumed—that the long-term patency of aortoiliac arteries treated with stents is comparable to that resulting from bypass surgery.
Radiology 2004 231: 243-249. Published online before print April 2004 19 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030408 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thanila A. Macedo, Anthony W. Stanson, Gustavo S. Oderich, C. Michael Johnson, Jean M. Panneton, and Mark L. Tie

Infected Aortic Aneurysms: Imaging Findings
Saccular aneurysm (especially lobulated), rapid expansion or development, and adjacent soft-tissue mass, stranding, and/or fluid in an unusual location are imaging findings that are highly suspicious for infected aortic aneurysm.
Radiology 2004 231: 250-257 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311021700); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Technical Developments:

Scott O. Trerotola, S. William Stavropoulos, Richard Shlansky-Goldberg, Catherine M. Tuite, Sidney Kobrin, and Michael R. Rudnick

Hemodialysis-related Venous Stenosis: Treatment with Ultrahigh-Pressure Angioplasty Balloons
We described ultrahigh-pressure balloon angioplasty in the treatment of hemodialysis access–related stenoses with excellent results.
Radiology 2004 231: 259-262 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311030949); [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roland Bezooijen, Harrie C. M. van den Bosch, Alexander V. Tielbeek, Guilaume R. P. Thelissen, Karen Visser, M. G. Myriam Hunink, Lucien E. M. Duijm, Johannus Wondergem, Jaap Buth, and Philip W. M. Cuypers

Peripheral Arterial Disease: Sensitivity-encoded Multiposition MR Angiography Compared with Intraarterial Angiography and Conventional Multiposition MR Angiography
The application of sensitivity encoding and random central–k-space segmentation in a centric filling order and the acquisition of submillimeter isotropic voxels in the lower legs in a single-injection multiposition contrast-enhanced MR angiography protocol improve diagnostic performance and increase the number of open infragenual arterial segments that are detected.
Radiology 2004 231: 263-271 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311020845); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen Rudin, Zhou Wang, Iacovos Kyprianou, Kenneth R. Hoffmann, Ye Wu, Hui Meng, Lee R. Guterman, Balazs Nemes, Daniel R. Bednarek, Jacek Dmochowski, and L. Nelson Hopkins

Measurement of Flow Modification in Phantom Aneurysm Model: Comparison of Coils and a Longitudinally and Axially Asymmetric Stent—Initial Findings
Optical flow examination results indicate that potentially favorable flow modification features can be created by using the described asymmetric stent design.
Radiology 2004 231: 272-276 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311021741); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei Tse Yang, Gary J. Whitman, Marcella M. Johnson, Mercedes Bolanos-Clark, Anne C. Kushwaha, Kelly K. Hunt, and Peter J. Dempsey

Needle Localization for Excisional Biopsy of Breast Lesions: Comparison of Effect of Use of Full-Field Digital versus Screen-Film Mammographic Guidance on Procedure Time
Performing needle localization with digital imaging allows the total procedure time to be shortened by reducing the time between acquiring the images and viewing the images to check needle positioning.
Radiology 2004 231: 277-281 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311030081); [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

John F. Bruzzi, Helen M. Fenlon, Steve Halligan, Stuart Taylor, Paul Bassett, and Clive Bartram

Colonic Distention in Multi–Detector Row CT Colonography [letter] • Dr Halligan and colleagues respond:
Radiology 2004 231: 282-283 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311031514); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ivan Pilate and Yo Won Choi

Tuberculous Pleural Effusion [letter] • Dr Choi responds:
Radiology 2004 231: 283-284 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311031555); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Taher El Gammal and Betty Sue Brooks

Trigeminal Neuralgia [letter]
Radiology 2004 231: 284 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311031388); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

Elizabeth A. Krupinski

Computer-aided Detection in Clinical Environment: Benefits and Challenges for Radiologists
The study of Helvie et al demonstrates that there are approaches to computer-aided detection development and implementation, other than those that have been commercialized and approved by the Food and Drug Administration, that can be used to achieve performance that is at least as good as that achieved with commercial systems.
Radiology 2004 231: 7-9 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311031864); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

Radiology of Osteoporosis [book review]
Radiology 2004 231: 10 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311042502); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review of Radiologic Physics, 2nd ed. [book review]
Radiology 2004 231: 64 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311042503); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gastrointestinal Radiology: A Pattern Approach, 4th ed. [book review]
Radiology 2004 231: 100 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311042501); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virtual Endoscopy and Related 3D Techniques [book review]
Radiology 2004 231: 258 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311042504); [Full Text] [PDF]  

Departments:

Abstracts of Current Literature
Radiology 2004 231: 285-292 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2311032546); [Full Text] [PDF]  

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