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SCIENCE TO PRACTICE:

Lewis Wexler: What Is the Value of Measuring Coronary Artery Calcification?
Rutten et al (1) have demonstrated that an important factor affecting measurement variability is the partial volume effect that operates when contiguous, rather than overlapping, scans are reconstructed.
Radiology 2008 246: 1-2 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461071333); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

COMMUNICATIONS:

From the Editor:

Herbert Y. Kressel: Past Experience: A Guide to the Future
Radiology 2008 246: 3-5 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461071877); [Full Text] [PDF]

Herbert Y. Kressel: Radiology Editorial Board
Radiology 2008 246: 6 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461071830); [Full Text] [PDF]

Herbert Y. Kressel: Editor's Recognition Awards
Radiology 2008 246: 7-8 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461071829); [Full Text] [PDF]

Special Communications:

James H. Thrall: Theresa C. McLoud, MD, President, Radiological Society of North America, 2008
Radiology 2008 246: 9-10 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461071699); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Lionel Arrivé and Alberto Miguel-Dasit: Declining Number of Publications by American Authors in Radiology
Radiology 2008 246: 330-331 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461070821); [Full Text] [PDF]

Mikolaj A. Pawlak, Jaroslaw Krejza, Alberto Miguel-Dasit, and Luís Martí-Bonmatí: Scientific Presentations at Radiologic Meetings, Subsequent Full-Text Publications, and Authors' Country of Origin
Radiology 2008 246: 331-332 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461070532); [Full Text] [PDF]

David F. Yankelevitz, Rebecca M. Lindell, David E. Midthun, James R. Jett, Thomas E. Hartman, and Stephen J. Swensen: Quantifying "Overdiagnosis" in Lung Cancer Screening
Radiology 2008 246: 332-333 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461070485); [Full Text] [PDF]

Anthony P. Reeves: Measurement Methods for Small Pulmonary Nodules
Radiology 2008 246: 333-334 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461070633); [Full Text] [PDF]

Cornelis J. A. Haasbeek, Suresh Senan, Egbert F. Smit, Frank J. Lagerwaard, Damian E. Dupuy, Caroline J. Simon, Thomas A. DiPetrillo, Thomas Ng, and William W. Mayo-Smith: CT-guided Pulmonary Radiofrequency Ablation
Radiology 2008 246: 334-335 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461070629); [Full Text] [PDF]

Robbert M. Maes, Elizabeth Krupinski, and Maria Kallergi: Concerns: Choosing a Radiology Workstation
Radiology 2008 246: 335-336 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461070734); [Full Text] [PDF]

Shuvro H. Roy-Choudhury and Sharad Karandikar: Multidetector CT of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Radiology 2008 246: 336 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461070434); [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshito Tsushima, Ayako Taketomi-Takahashi, Keigo Endo, Elena Daghini, and Lilach O. Lerman: Patlak Plot Analysis for Assessment of Single-Kidney Glomerular Filtration Rate with Dynamic CT
Radiology 2008 246: 336-338 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461070454); [Full Text] [PDF]

Erratum:

: Erratum
Radiology 2008 246: 338 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461072563); [Full Text] [PDF]

: Erratum
Radiology 2008 246: 338 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461072564); [Full Text] [PDF]

REVIEWS AND COMMENTARY:

Editorials:

Lisa R. Delaney and Richard B. Gunderman: Hand Hygiene
If we radiologists and other radiology department staff make a concerted effort to understand and apply these hand hygiene lessons, we can play an important role in reducing nosocomial infection and help to promote the health of both patients and health professionals throughout our institutions.
Radiology 2008 246: 15-19 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461061676); [Full Text] [PDF]

Review for Residents:

Stephen E. Rubesin, Marc S. Levine, and Igor Laufer: Double-Contrast Upper Gastrointestinal Radiography: A Pattern Approach for Diseases of the Stomach
This article presents a pattern approach for the diagnosis of diseases of the stomach at double-contrast upper gastrointestinal radiography.
Radiology 2008 246: 33-48 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461061245); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Review:

Jeffrey R. Petrella, Venkata S. Mattay, and P. Murali Doraiswamy: Imaging Genetics of Brain Longevity and Mental Wellness: The Next Frontier?
In this article, we review the basic principles of imaging genetics (how imaging has been used to study the effects of genes), summarize selected genetic polymorphisms that may potentially affect brain aging, and, by using three selected genetic polymorphisms as models, illustrate how genetic-imaging findings are evolving and how they may affect radiology in the near future.
Radiology 2008 246: 20-32 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461061994); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Special Review:

Paul H. Ellenbogen and Joseph H. Tashjian: RadiologyInfo: Reaching out to Touch Patients
In 1999, leaders of the Radiological Society of North America and the American College of Radiology jointly agreed to create and fund a Web site to inform and educate the public about the profession of radiology (diagnostic as well as radiation oncology).
Radiology 2008 246: 49-55 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461072565); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Opinion:

Emanuel Kanal, Dale R. Broome, Diego R. Martin, and Henrik S. Thomsen: Response to the FDA's May 23, 2007, Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Update
It is our collective opinion that the risk of a patient with renal disease developing nephrogenic systemic fibrosis appears to not be the same among the various gadolinium-based MR contrast agents available in the United States and abroad today.
Radiology 2008 246: 11-14. Published online before print September 12 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2461071267 [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Reviews:

: The Core Curriculum: Pediatric Imaging
Radiology 2008 246: 56 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461072552); [Full Text] [PDF]

: MRI of the Musculoskeletal System, 5th ed
Radiology 2008 246: 56-57 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461072553); [Full Text] [PDF]

: Atlas of Clinical Positron Emission Tomography, 2nd ed
Radiology 2008 246: 57 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461072554); [Full Text] [PDF]

ORIGINAL RESEARCH:

Breast Imaging:

Simone Schrading and Christiane K. Kuhl: Mammographic, US, and MR Imaging Phenotypes of Familial Breast Cancer
Based on the results obtained in our cohort, we propose that this relatively low sensitivity of MR imaging in women at increased familial risk is due to the fact that these cancers may exhibit unusual imaging features also in breast MR imaging.
Radiology 2008 246: 58-70 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461062173); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables]

Seung Ja Kim, Woo Kyung Moon, Nariya Cho, Joo Hee Cha, Sun Mi Kim, and Jung-Gi Im: Computer-aided Detection in Full-Field Digital Mammography: Sensitivity and Reproducibility in Serial Examinations
When a computer-aided detection system was applied to initial and short-term follow-up digital mammograms, sensitivities were, respectively, 91% and 89% for masses and 100% and 100% for microcalcifications; overall false-positive mark rates were 0.29 mark per image and 0.27 mark per image at initial and follow-up digital mammography, respectively.
Radiology 2008 246: 71-80 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461062072); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables]

Susan L. Koelliker, Maureen A. Chung, Martha B. Mainiero, Margaret M. Steinhoff, and Blake Cady: Axillary Lymph Nodes: US-guided Fine-Needle Aspiration for Initial Staging of Breast Cancer—Correlation with Primary Tumor Size
US-guided fine-needle aspiration is useful in the initial axillary staging of breast cancer; the sensitivity of the technique increases with increasing tumor size.
Radiology 2008 246: 81-89. Published online before print November 8 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2463061463 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiac Imaging:

Annemarieke Rutten, Ivana Isgum, and Mathias Prokop: Coronary Calcification: Effect of Small Variation of Scan Starting Position on Agatston, Volume, and Mass Scores
In our study, we identified minor variation in scan starting position as another important contributor to variability on sequential calcium scoring scans with 3-mm sections.
Radiology 2008 246: 90-98. Published online before print November 16 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2461070006 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Farhood Saremi, Amir Abolhoda, Oganes Ashikyan, Jeffrey C. Milliken, Jagat Narula, Swaminatha V. Gurudevan, Khushboo Kaushal, and Aidan Raney: Arterial Supply to Sinuatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes: Imaging with Multidetector CT
Cardiac multidetector CT provides excellent anatomic characterization of the origin, course, and variability of the vessels supplying blood to myocardial conduction tissue, including the sinuatrial node and the atrioventricular node.
Radiology 2008 246: 99-107. Published online before print November 16 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2461070030 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables]

Tristram D. Bahnson: Clinician's Commentary on Saremi et al
Radiology 2008 246: 108-109 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461071406); [Full Text] [PDF]

Dae Jung Kim, Tae Hoon Kim, Sang Jin Kim, Dong Phil Kim, Chi Suk Oh, Young Hoon Ryu, Young Jin Kim, and Byoung Wook Choi: Saline Flush Effect for Enhancement of Aorta and Coronary Arteries at Multidetector CT Coronary Angiography
By using 60 mL of iodinated contrast material at a rate of 4 mL/sec, the injection rate of 4–5 mL/sec as a saline solution chaser is optimal for achieving maximum attenuation values at the aorta or coronary arteries with 64-section CT.
Radiology 2008 246: 110-115 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2453061953); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evidence-based Practice:

Nicky H. G. M. Peters, Inne H. M. Borel Rinkes, Nicolaas P. A. Zuithoff, Willem P. T. M. Mali, Karel G. M. Moons, and Petra H. M. Peeters: Meta-Analysis of MR Imaging in the Diagnosis of Breast Lesions
All currently available evidence indicates that MR imaging has high sensitivity (0.90) and lower specificity (0.72) in patients referred for biopsy of a breast lesion.
Radiology 2008 246: 116-124. Published online before print November 16 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2461061298 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Table]

Experimental Studies:

Sebastian T. Schindera, Rendon C. Nelson, Srinivasan Mukundan, Jr, Erik K. Paulson, Tracy A. Jaffe, Chad M. Miller, David M. DeLong, Keigo Kawaji, Terry T. Yoshizumi, and Ehsan Samei: Hypervascular Liver Tumors: Low Tube Voltage, High Tube Current Multi–Detector Row CT for Enhanced Detection—Phantom Study
Our figure-of-merit results clearly indicated that the contrast-to-noise ratio of simulated hypervascular liver lesions can be significantly enhanced at lower tube voltages without increasing the radiation dose to the patient.
Radiology 2008 246: 125-132 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461070307); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew E. Anderson, Benjamin J. Ellis, Christopher L. Peters, and Jeffrey A. Weiss: Cartilage Thickness: Factors Influencing Multidetector CT Measurements in a Phantom Study
The ability to reconstruct simulated cartilage by using a phantom and multidetector CT with and without arthrography is dependent on several factors, including contrast agent concentration, joint spacing, scanning direction, and spatial resolution.
Radiology 2008 246: 133-141 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461062192); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gastrointestinal Imaging:

Masahiro Tsuboi, Kei Takase, Iwao Kaneda, Tadashi Ishibashi, Takayuki Yamada, Masahiro Kitami, Shuichi Higano, and Shoki Takahashi: Perforated and Nonperforated Appendicitis: Defect in Enhancing Appendiceal Wall—Depiction with Multi–Detector Row CT
Detecting a defect in the enhancing appendiceal wall by using cine mode display of transverse thin-section CT images allowed 96.1% accuracy for diagnosing appendiceal perforation.
Radiology 2008 246: 142-147 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461051760); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicholas Petrick, Maruf Haider, Ronald M. Summers, Srinath C. Yeshwant, Linda Brown, Edward M. Iuliano, Adeline Louie, J. Richard Choi, and Perry J. Pickhardt: CT Colonography with Computer-aided Detection as a Second Reader: Observer Performance Study
When compared with the initial 2D read, the reading with computer-aided detection improved the sensitivity of all four radiologists in identifying patients with at least one adenomatous polyp 6 mm or larger.
Radiology 2008 246: 148-156 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2453062161); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Seong Ho Park, Eugene K. Choi, Seung Soo Lee, Ji Young Woo, Soo Young Chung, Young Jun Kim, Joon Koo Han, and Hyun Kwon Ha: Linear Polyp Measurement at CT Colonography: 3D Endoluminal Measurement with Optimized Surface-rendering Threshold Value and Automated Measurement
According to the results from simulated polyps, polyp measurement obtained with –500 HU was shown to be the most accurate of the four surface-rendering threshold values for the specific CT colonographic system tested.
Radiology 2008 246: 157-167. Published online before print November 21 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2453061930 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genitourinary Imaging:

Liang Wang, Yousef Mazaheri, Jingbo Zhang, Nicole M. Ishill, Kentaro Kuroiwa, and Hedvig Hricak: Assessment of Biologic Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer: Correlation of MR Signal Intensity with Gleason Grade after Radical Prostatectomy
Lower tumor-muscle signal intensity (SI) ratios were associated with higher Gleason grades, although there was some overlap between the SI ratios for tumors of different grades, perhaps because of tissue heterogeneity.
Radiology 2008 246: 168-176. Published online before print November 16 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2461070057 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Antonio C. Westphalen, Fergus V. Coakley, Aliya Qayyum, Mark Swanson, Jeffry P. Simko, Ying Lu, Shoujun Zhao, Peter R. Carroll, Benjamin M. Yeh, and John Kurhanewicz: Peripheral Zone Prostate Cancer: Accuracy of Different Interpretative Approaches with MR and MR Spectroscopic Imaging
On the basis of the results of our study, we conclude that the addition of MR spectroscopic imaging to MR imaging significantly improves the characterization of peripheral zone prostate tissue as benign or malignant; improved performance is obtained when both data sets are interpreted in an integrated fashion.
Radiology 2008 246: 177-184. Published online before print November 16 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2453062042 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Molecular Imaging:

Jean-François Deux, Jiangping Dai, Charlotte Rivière, Florence Gazeau, Philippe Méric, Brigitte Gillet, Jacky Roger, Jean-Noel Pons, Didier Letourneur, Frank P. Boudghène, and Eric Allaire: Aortic Aneurysms in a Rat Model: In Vivo MR Imaging of Endovascular Cell Therapy
Our study findings show that magnetically labeled vascular smooth muscle cells seeded into already formed abdominal aortic aneurysms in rats can be tracked in vivo by means of clinical MR imaging.
Radiology 2008 246: 185-192. Published online before print November 21 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2461070032 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Musculoskeletal Imaging:

Thomas Moser, Akli Moussaoui, Michel Dupuis, Valérie Douzal, and Jean-Claude Dosch: Anterior Approach for Knee Arthrography: Tolerance Evaluation and Comparison of Two Routes
Our study findings demonstrate that the anterior approach for knee arthrography is well tolerated and technically successful, whether a paramedian or an anterolateral route is used.
Radiology 2008 246: 193-197. Published online before print November 16 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2461070045 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Neuroradiology:

Peter Jan van Laar, Yolanda van der Graaf, Willem P. T. M. Mali, Jeroen van der Grond, and Jeroen Hendrikse: Effect of Cerebrovascular Risk Factors on Regional Cerebral Blood Flow
The most important findings of our study were that in patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic disease, hypertension was associated with higher regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and hyperhomocysteinemia was associated with lower rCBF.
Radiology 2008 246: 198-204. Published online before print November 21 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2453061932 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dariusch R. Hadizadeh, Marcus von Falkenhausen, Jürgen Gieseke, Bernhard Meyer, Horst Urbach, Romhild Hoogeveen, Hans H. Schild, and Winfried A. Willinek: Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation: Spetzler-Martin Classification at Subsecond-Temporal-Resolution Four-dimensional MR Angiography Compared with That at DSA
Subsecond-temporal-resolution four-dimensional contrast-enhanced MR angiography at 3.0 T is a promising noninvasive technique in the diagnostic work-up of patients with cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and enabled the same Spetzler-Martin classification of cerebral AVM as that at digital subtraction angiography.
Radiology 2008 246: 205-213. Published online before print October 19 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2453061684 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables]

Aldo Quattrone, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Demetrio Messina, Francesco Fera, Francesca Condino, Pierfrancesco Pugliese, Pierluigi Lanza, Paolo Barone, Letterio Morgante, Mario Zappia, Umberto Aguglia, and Olivier Gallo: MR Imaging Index for Differentiation of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy from Parkinson Disease and the Parkinson Variant of Multiple System Atrophy
Our findings indicate that the combined assessment at routine MR imaging of brain structures involved in atypical parkinsonian syndromes is useful for distinguishing patients with progressive supranuclear palsy from patients with Parkinson disease, patients with Parkinson variant of multiple system atrophy, and control participants on an individual basis.
Radiology 2008 246: 214-221. Published online before print November 8 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2453061703 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chunshui Yu, Fuchun Lin, Kuncheng Li, Tianzi Jiang, Wen Qin, Hong Sun, and Piu Chan: Pathogenesis of Normal-appearing White Matter Damage in Neuromyelitis Optica: Diffusion-Tensor MR Imaging
Our study results suggest that axonal degeneration secondary to lesions in the spinal cord and optic nerves might be a cause of the abnormal diffusion in normal-appearing white matter in patients with neuromyelitis optica.
Radiology 2008 246: 222-228. Published online before print November 21 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2461062075 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables]

Technical Developments:

Han Wen, Keith A. Marsolo, Eric E. Bennett, Kwame S. Kutten, Ryan P. Lewis, David B. Lipps, Neal D. Epstein, Jonathan F. Plehn, and Pierre Croisille: Adaptive Postprocessing Techniques for Myocardial Tissue Tracking with Displacement-encoded MR Imaging
Use of the adaptive techniques applied in this study improves the quality of semiautomated postprocessing of displacement-encoded cardiac images and increases the sensitivity of detection of abnormal wall motion in patients.
Radiology 2008 246: 229-240 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461070053); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix E1]

Diego R. Martin, Puneet Sharma, Khalil Salman, Richard A. Jones, J. Damien Grattan-Smith, Hui Mao, Thomas C. Lauenstein, Bobbie K. Burrow, Dana L. Tudorascu, and John R. Votaw: Individual Kidney Blood Flow Measured with Contrast-enhanced First-Pass Perfusion MR Imaging
This study's technique allows quantitative assessment of the perfusion to each kidney in terms of blood volume per unit of time per unit of renal volume.
Radiology 2008 246: 241-248 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461062129); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix E1]

Christof Baltes, Michael S. Hansen, Jeffrey Tsao, Sebastian Kozerke, Reza Rezavi, Erik M. Pedersen, and Peter Boesiger: Determination of Peak Velocity in Stenotic Areas: Echocardiography versus k-t SENSE Accelerated MR Fourier Velocity Encoding
k-Space and time sensitivity encoding accelerated MR Fourier velocity encoding holds promise for accurate peak velocity detection in patients with severe vascular or valvular stenoses, even in cases where echocardiography fails because of poor acoustic window conditions.
Radiology 2008 246: 249-257. Published online before print October 19 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2453061366 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Aziz H. Poonawalla, Ping Hou, Flavia A. Nelson, Jerry S. Wolinsky, and Ponnada A. Narayana: Cervical Spinal Cord Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis: T1-weighted Inversion-Recovery MR Imaging with Phase-Sensitive Reconstruction
The T1-weighted inversion-recovery method provides higher normalized signal contrast between lesions and normal-appearing spinal cord than short inversion time inversion-recovery or dual fast spin-echo method and provides excellent delineation of lesion boundaries.
Radiology 2008 246: 258-264 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2463061900); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thoracic Imaging:

David S. Gierada, Thomas K. Pilgram, Melissa Ford, Richard M. Fagerstrom, Timothy R. Church, Hrudaya Nath, Kavita Garg, and Diane C. Strollo: Lung Cancer: Interobserver Agreement on Interpretation of Pulmonary Findings at Low-Dose CT Screening
According to criteria commonly used for the interpretation of ${kappa}$ values, interobserver agreement for the classification of screening findings in our study was moderate to substantial and was similar for positive and negative interpretations.
Radiology 2008 246: 265-272. Published online before print November 16 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2461062097 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Feng Li, Roger Engelmann, Charles E. Metz, Kunio Doi, and Heber MacMahon: Lung Cancers Missed on Chest Radiographs: Results Obtained with a Commercial Computer-aided Detection Program
We conclude that a currently available computer-aided detection system can mark many visually subtle lung cancers that may be missed by radiologists.
Radiology 2008 246: 273-280 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461061848); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael T. Lu, Tianxi Cai, Hale Ersoy, Amanda G. Whitmore, Rene Quiroz, Samuel Z. Goldhaber, and Frank J. Rybicki: Interval Increase in Right-Left Ventricular Diameter Ratios at CT as a Predictor of 30-day Mortality after Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Initial Experience
The interval increase in four-chamber right ventricular–left ventricular diameter ratio from a prior CT examination negative for pulmonary embolism (PE) indications to a current one positive for PE indications is more accurate than the diameter ratio from the current positive examination alone for predicting 30-day mortality after acute PE.
Radiology 2008 246: 281-287 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461062004); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

C. Isabela S. Silva, Nestor L. Müller, David A. Lynch, Douglas Curran-Everett, Kevin K. Brown, Kyung Soo Lee, Man Pyo Chung, and Andrew Churg: Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Differentiation from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia by Using Thin-Section CT
In approximately 70% (92 of 132) readings of patients the characteristic pattern and distribution of findings at thin-section CT allow distinction between chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia.
Radiology 2008 246: 288-297 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2453061881); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ultrasonography:

Prabhleen Singh, Michelle L. Robbin, Mark E. Lockhart, and Michael Allon: Clinically Immature Arteriovenous Hemodialysis Fistulas: Effect of US on Salvage
Our findings indicate that most immature fistulas have one or more remediable anatomic problems that are demonstrable at postoperative US.
Radiology 2008 246: 299-305. Published online before print November 8 2007, 10.1148/radiol.2463061942 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vascular and Interventional Radiology:

Hanno Hoppe, Stephen L. Wang, and Bryan D. Petersen: Intravascular US-guided Direct Intrahepatic Portocaval Shunt with an Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene-covered Stent-Graft
In a series of 19 patients treated with the direct intrahepatic portocaval shunt procedure by using commercially available polytetrafluoroethylene–covered stent-grafts, a primary patency rate of 100% lasting for as long as 30 months was achieved.
Radiology 2008 246: 306-314 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461062191); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

SIGNS IN IMAGING:

Ehsan A. Haider: The Boot-shaped Heart Sign
The boot-shaped heart sign is a conventional radiographic finding in patients with tetralogy of Fallot.
Radiology 2008 246: 328-329 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461041673); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSIS PLEASE:

Ashok Srinivasan, Mayank Goyal, and Michael Kingstone: Case 133
Radiology 2008 246: 315-317 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461050100); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ricardo B. Fonseca and Ewa F. Grzeszczak: Case 128: Bilateral Ovarian Fibromas in Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome
Women with nevoid basal cell carcinoma (NBCC) syndrome have a substantially increased risk (14%–24%) for developing ovarian fibromas; these benign neoplasms are the most likely diagnosis when women with NBCC syndrome present with solid ovarian masses.
Radiology 2008 246: 318-321 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461041824); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Erik S. Rhodes, Joseph S. Pekala, John M. Gemery, and Kevin W. Dickey: Case 129: Polyarteritis Nodosa
Polyarteritis nodosa is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis of medium-sized arteries.
Radiology 2008 246: 322-326 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461040002); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

DEPARTMENTS:

: This Month in Radiology
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