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Science to Practice:

Ronald O. Bude: Does Contrast-enhanced US Have Potential for Sentinel Lymph Node Detection?
In this issue of Radiology, Goldberg et al show that US performed after a subcutaneous injection of a microbubble contrast agent also depicts sentinel lymph nodes.
Radiology 2004 230: 603-604 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303031683); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jonathan M. Rubin: Do Microbubbles Interact Differently with Leukocytes?
Future modifications in microbubble shell design should permit broader and more sophisticated applications in diagnosis and therapy.
Radiology 2004 230: 604-605 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303031749); [Figures Only] [Full Text]

Statistical Concepts Series:

John Eng: Sample Size Estimation: A Glimpse beyond Simple Formulas
The availability of fast computers makes the iterative process of simulation a viable general method for performing sample size and power analysis for complex study designs.
Radiology 2004 230: 606-612 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303030297); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kimberly E. Applegate and Philip E. Crewson: Statistical Literacy
Statistics allow us to organize and objectively evaluate empiric evidence that can ultimately lead to improved patient care.
Radiology 2004 230: 613-614 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303031661); [Full Text] [PDF]

Editorials:

Michael H. Buonocore: Latest Pulse Sequence for Displacement-encoded MR Imaging Incorporates Essential Technical Improvements for Multiphase Measurement of Intramyocardial Strain
The article by Kim et presents a significant step forward in the evolution of MR imaging techniques to measure two-dimensional intramyocardial displacement and strain.
Radiology 2004 230: 615-617 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303031989); [Full Text] [PDF]

Breast Imaging:

Debra M. Ikeda, Robyn L. Birdwell, Kathryn F. O’Shaughnessy, Edward A. Sickles, and R. James Brenner: Computer-aided Detection Output on 172 Subtle Findings on Normal Mammograms Previously Obtained in Women with Breast Cancer Detected at Follow-Up Screening Mammography
We believe failure to act on the nonspecific findings marked by a computer-aided detection program does not necessarily constitute mammographic interpretation below a reasonable standard of care.
Radiology 2004 230: 811-819. Published online before print March 2004 5 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303030254 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shalom S. Buchbinder, Isaac S. Leichter, Richard B. Lederman, Boris Novak, Philippe N. Bamberger, Miryam Sklair-Levy, Gail Yarmish, and Scott I. Fields: Computer-aided Classification of BI-RADS Category 3 Breast Lesions
Our study results indicate that a documented assessment of lesion benignity based on computer-aided classification methods may help mammographers to appropriately limit their use of the "probably benign" category.
Radiology 2004 230: 820-823. Published online before print March 2004 22 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303030089 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiac Imaging:

Edith M. Marom, James E. Herndon, Yun Hyeon Kim, and H. Page McAdams: Variations in Pulmonary Venous Drainage to the Left Atrium: Implications for Radiofrequency Ablation
Our results confirm that there is substantial variation in pulmonary venous anatomy.
Radiology 2004 230: 824-829. Published online before print March 2004 22 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303030315 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Diagnosis Please:

Juan Carlos Pernas and Jordi Catala: Case 72
Radiology 2004 230: 690-691 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303011975); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dheeraj Gandhi, Mayank Goyal, Pierre R. Bourque, and Rajan Jain: Case 68: Hirayama Disease
In a young patient with clinical evidence of hand and/or forearm muscle atrophy and asymmetric thinning of the cervical spinal cord, a diagnosis of Hirayama disease (juvenile muscular atrophy of the distal upper extremity) should always be considered.
Radiology 2004 230: 692-696 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303021089); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Emergency Radiology:

Claude B. Sirlin, Michèle A. Brown, Olga A. Andrade-Barreto, Reena Deutsch, Dale A. Fortlage, David B. Hoyt, and Giovanna Casola: Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Clinical Value of Negative Screening US Scans
The combination of negative findings at screening US and a negative clinical course during routine inpatient observation virtually excludes abdominal injury, and confirmation with other tests is unnecessary.
Radiology 2004 230: 661-668 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303021707); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Atif I. Rana, Philip J. Kenney, Mark E. Lockhart, Gerald McGwin, Jr, Desiree E. Morgan, Samuel T. Windham, III, and J. Kevin Smith: Adrenal Gland Hematomas in Trauma Patients
Despite changes in the patterns of CT use, the prevalence of adrenal hemorrhage in trauma patients who undergo CT remains approximately 2%, but the frequency of detecting these lesions increases with increasing severity of trauma.
Radiology 2004 230: 669-675 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303021345); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

Barry B. Goldberg, Daniel A. Merton, Ji-Bin Liu, Mathew Thakur, George F. Murphy, Larry Needleman, Audun Tornes, and Flemming Forsberg: Sentinel Lymph Nodes in a Swine Model with Melanoma: Contrast-enhanced Lymphatic US
It was possible with real-time lymphatic US to noninvasively follow the lymphatics from the primary tumor to the sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs), to determine the location of the lymphatics and lymph nodes, and to detect metastases within the SLNs.
Radiology 2004 230: 727-734 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303021440); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hiroto Takeuchi, Koji Ohmori, Isao Kondo, Kaori Shinomiya, Akira Oshita, Yuichiro Takagi, Junji Yoshida, Katsufumi Mizushige, and Masakazu Kohno: Interaction with Leukocytes: Phospholipid-stabilized versus Albumin-Shell Microbubbles
The phospholipid-stabilized microbubble agent BR14 is stable within the neutrophils and allows a wider range of acoustic pressure that selectively induces apoptosis and preserves the cell membrane integrity of neutrophils, which may be an advantage in US leukocyte imaging, in terms of safety.
Radiology 2004 230: 735-742. Published online before print March 2004 22 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303020897 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nathan McDannold, Sigrid L. Fossheim, Henrik Rasmussen, Heather Martin, Natalia Vykhodtseva, and Kullervo Hynynen: Heat-activated Liposomal MR Contrast Agent: Initial in Vivo Results in Rabbit Liver and Kidney
The Gd-DTPA-BMA–bearing liposomes were designed to release their gadolinium content at the threshold temperature of thermally induced necrosis (approximately 57°C) and to remain in the tissue in areas in which the temperature had increased to this level.
Radiology 2004 230: 743-752. Published online before print March 2004 5 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303021713 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gerald Antoch, Gernot M. Kaiser, Andrea B. Mueller, Klaus A. Metz, Hongwei Zhang, Hilmar Kuehl, Stephanie Westermann, Christoph E. Broelsch, Stefan P. Mueller, Andreas Bockisch, and Jörg F. Debatin: Intraoperative Radiation Therapy in Liver Tissue in a Pig Model: Monitoring with Dual-Modality PET/CT
By enabling the integration of functional and morphologic information, PET/CT may have an important role in monitoring the effect of radiation therapy.
Radiology 2004 230: 753-760. Published online before print March 2004 5 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303021183 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Muneeb Ahmed, Zhengjun Liu, Karim S. Afzal, Dawn Weeks, S. Melvyn Lobo, Jonathan B. Kruskal, Robert E. Lenkinski, and S. Nahum Goldberg: Radiofrequency Ablation: Effect of Surrounding Tissue Composition on Coagulation Necrosis in a Canine Tumor Model
The characteristics of normal tissue that surrounds tumor, including blood flow and conductivity, significantly influence radiofrequency ablation outcome and will achieve greater importance as radiofrequency therapy is increasingly applied to sites beyond the liver.
Radiology 2004 230: 761-767 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303021801); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Klaus Woertler, Horst Buerger, Jens Moeller, and Ernst J. Rummeny: Patellar Articular Cartilage Lesions: In Vitro MR Imaging Evaluation after Placement in Gadopentetate Dimeglumine Solution
T1-weighted MR imaging enhanced with gadopentetate dimeglumine by means of diffusion appears to have the potential to provide demonstration of articular cartilage surface defects and earlier stages of chondromalacia.
Radiology 2004 230: 768-773. Published online before print March 2004 22 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303021388 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gastrointestinal Imaging:

Michael Macari, Edmund J. Bini, Stacy L. Jacobs, Sanjay Naik, Yvonne W. Lui, Andrew Milano, Roshini Rajapaksa, Alec J. Megibow, and James Babb: Colorectal Polyps and Cancers in Asymptomatic Average-Risk Patients: Evaluation with CT Colonography
The results of this study suggest that screening CT colonography is a sensitive and specific test for detecting colorectal polyps 10 mm and larger.
Radiology 2004 230: 629-636. Published online before print March 2004 22 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303021624 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hero K. Hussain, Ibrahim Syed, Hanh V. Nghiem, Timothy D. Johnson, Ruth C. Carlos, William J. Weadock, and Isaac R. Francis: T2-weighted MR Imaging in the Assessment of Cirrhotic Liver
Our study showed that T2-weighted MR imaging has limited value in the detection and characterization of nodular lesions in cirrhotic liver because of reduced lesion conspicuity and the overlap in signal intensity characteristics of benign and malignant nodules.
Radiology 2004 230: 637-644. Published online before print March 2004 22 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303020921 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Benjamin M. Yeh, Richard S. Breiman, Bachir Taouli, Aliya Qayyum, John P. Roberts, and Fergus V. Coakley: Biliary Tract Depiction in Living Potential Liver Donors: Comparison of Conventional MR, Mangafodipir Trisodium–enhanced Excretory MR, and Multi–Detector Row CT Cholangiography—Initial Experience
In the evaluation of living potential liver donors, multi–detector row CT cholangiography enables significantly better biliary tract visualization than conventional or mangafodipir trisodium–enhanced excretory MR cholangiography either alone or in combination.
Radiology 2004 230: 645-651 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303021775); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cedric M. J. de Bazelaire, Guillaume D. Duhamel, Neil M. Rofsky, and David C. Alsop: MR Imaging Relaxation Times of Abdominal and Pelvic Tissues Measured in Vivo at 3.0 T: Preliminary Results
The measurements reported here may help to guide the selection of those body applications that are most likely to benefit from 3.0-T MR imaging.
Radiology 2004 230: 652-659 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303021331); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genitourinary Imaging:

Jeong Kon Kim, Soo-Youn Park, Jeong-Hee Shon, and Kyoung-Sik Cho: Angiomyolipoma with Minimal Fat: Differentiation from Renal Cell Carcinoma at Biphasic Helical CT
Homogeneity of tumor enhancement and a prolonged enhancement pattern are the most valuable CT findings for differentiating betwen angiomyolipoma with minimal fat and renal cell carcinoma.
Radiology 2004 230: 677-684 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303030003); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Head and Neck Imaging:

Ann D. King, Gary M. K. Tse, Anil T. Ahuja, Edmund H. Y. Yuen, Alexander C. Vlantis, Edward W. H. To, and Andrew C. van Hasselt: Necrosis in Metastatic Neck Nodes: Diagnostic Accuracy of CT, MR Imaging, and US
Areas of necrosis may be readily depicted on CT scans and MR images, but because they are isoechoic on US images they are rendered inconspicuous, unless there is movement within the necrotic area caused by compression with the probe.
Radiology 2004 230: 720-726 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303030157); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Health Policy and Practice:

Christopher Hogan and Jonathan H. Sunshine: Financial Ratios in Diagnostic Radiology Practices: Variability and Trends
Not only do our data indicate that radiology practices’ gross collections rate (revenue as a percentage of billed charges) decreased by a large amount—from 71% to 55%—between 1992 and 1999, they also show that payment per service (for a fixed mix of services) decreased approximately 4% in dollar terms and 19% in inflation-adjusted terms.
Radiology 2004 230: 774-782 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303030473); [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Musculoskeletal Imaging:

Hakan Ilaslan, Murali Sundaram, K. Krishnan Unni, and Thomas C. Shives: Primary Vertebral Osteosarcoma: Imaging Findings
In this study, we provide demographics, lesion distribution, and range of imaging appearances of primary vertebral osteosarcoma that have been compared with histologic subtypes from what we believe is the largest series about the subject that is based on a search of the world literature.
Radiology 2004 230: 697-702. Published online before print March 2004 28 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303030226 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Neuroradiology:

Kim Vuori, Leena Kankaanranta, Anna-Maija Häkkinen, Eija Gaily, Leena Valanne, Marja-Liisa Granström, Heikki Joensuu, Göran Blomstedt, Anders Paetau, and Nina Lundbom: Low-Grade Gliomas and Focal Cortical Developmental Malformations: Differentiation with Proton MR Spectroscopy
The changes in N-acetylaspartate, choline-containing compounds, and creatine-phosphocreatine allowed differentiation of focal cortical developmental malformations from low-grade gliomas and provided useful information for differential diagnosis between histologic types of gliomas.
Radiology 2004 230: 703-708. Published online before print March 2004 22 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303021804 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Maarten J. van Gorp, Yolanda van der Graaf, Bas A. J. M. de Mol, Chris J. G. Bakker, Theo D. Witkamp, Lino M. P. Ramos, and Willem P. T. M. Mali: Björk-Shiley Convexoconcave Valves: Susceptibility Artifacts at Brain MR Imaging and Mechanical Valve Fractures
We conclude that susceptibility artifacts can be seen at MR imaging of the brain in patients with prosthetic heart valves and may, to some extent, reflect valve damage.
Radiology 2004 230: 709-714. Published online before print March 2004 22 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303021619 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clemens Fitzek, Jens Haueisen, Ralf Huonker, Jürgen R. Reichenbach, Stefan O. R. Pfleiderer, Hans-Joachim Mentzel, Dieter Sauner, Ulrich Brandl, and Werner A. Kaiser: Effect of Routine MR Imaging of the Brain at 1.5 T on Subsequent Magnetoencephalography: Results in Nine Volunteers
No measurable influences of MR imaging were observed on subsequent magnetoencephalographic signals in our nine human volunteers.
Radiology 2004 230: 715-719. Published online before print March 2004 28 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303021529 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pediatric Imaging:

Matthias H. Schmidt, Lillian Sung, and Bruce M. Shuckett: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Children: Abdominal US Findings within 1 Week of Presentation
Although the individual findings are nonspecific, the combination of US findings of hepatosplenomegaly, ascites, gallbladder wall thickening, increased periportal echogenicity, lymphadenopathy, and/or pleural effusion should raise the suspicion of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in the appropriate clinical setting.
Radiology 2004 230: 685-689 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303030223); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Signs in Imaging:

António J. Madureira: The Comb Sign
It has recently been reported that the presence of prominent perienteric vasculature seen at CT in patients with Crohn disease suggests that the disease is clinically active, advanced, and extensive.
Radiology 2004 230: 783-784 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303020645); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Special Reviews:

Mannudeep K. Kalra, Michael M. Maher, Thomas L. Toth, Leena M. Hamberg, Michael A. Blake, Jo-Anne Shepard, and Sanjay Saini: Strategies for CT Radiation Dose Optimization
Radiologists, in conjunction with medical physicists, should adopt consistent strategies for limiting patient radiation dose, while manufacturers should focus their efforts toward improving CT technology to provide the necessary diagnostic image quality with reduced radiation dose.
Radiology 2004 230: 619-628. Published online before print March 2004 22 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303021726 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thoracic Imaging:

Andrew S. Wu, John A. Pezzullo, John J. Cronan, David D. Hou, and William W. Mayo-Smith: CT Pulmonary Angiography: Quantification of Pulmonary Embolus as a Predictor of Patient Outcome—Initial Experience
We sought to determine the predictive value of quantified CT pulmonary angiographic clot burden on the clinical outcome of patients with pulmonary embolus, and we found that the pulmonary embolus index is a significant predictor of patient mortality.
Radiology 2004 230: 831-835. Published online before print March 2004 22 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303030083 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gaik C. Ooi, Pek L. Khong, Nestor L. Müller, Wai C. Yiu, Lin J. Zhou, James C. M. Ho, Bing Lam, Savvas Nicolaou, and Kenneth W. T. Tsang: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Temporal Lung Changes at Thin-Section CT in 30 Patients
There is a temporal pattern of lung abnormalities in SARS, and the abnormalities increased considerably at the 2nd week of illness and were observed at thin-section CT; these abnormalities resulted in substantial residual disease in 50% (12 of 24) of patients at 4 weeks or longer after disease onset.
Radiology 2004 230: 836-844 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303030853); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vascular and Interventional Radiology:

Jacob Sosna, Jonathan B. Kruskal, Laurian Copel, S. Nahum Goldberg, and Robert A. Kane: US-guided Percutaneous Cholecystostomy: Features Predicting Culture-Positive Bile and Clinical Outcome
US variables can be used to predict culture-positive bile but not necessarily to predict final patient outcome.
Radiology 2004 230: 785-791 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303030121); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Takuji Yamagami, Takeharu Kato, Shigeharu Iida, Osamu Tanaka, and Tsunehiko Nishimura: Value of Transcatheter Arterial Embolization with Coils and n-Butyl Cyanoacrylate for Long-term Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy
Efficient performance of long-term hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy requires not only a technique to implant the port catheter system precisely but also careful planning to maintain good distribution of anticancer drugs in the entire tumor-bearing region of the liver through a single route without distribution into adjacent organs, with the assistance of transcatheter arterial embolization performed in various splanchnic arterial branches.
Radiology 2004 230: 792-802. Published online before print March 2004 22 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303021564 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jean-Pierre Pelage, Noureddine Guaou Guaou, Reena C. Jha, Susan M. Ascher, and James B. Spies: Uterine Fibroid Tumors: Long-term MR Imaging Outcome after Embolization
The data from this small-population study suggest that the appearance of complete infarction at contrast-enhanced MR imaging after embolization is indicative of favorable long-term imaging and clinical outcomes.
Radiology 2004 230: 803-809 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303030111); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Technical Developments:

Thomas K. F. Foo, David W. Stanley, Ernesto Castillo, Carlos E. Rochitte, Yi Wang, João A. C. Lima, David A. Bluemke, and Katherine C. Wu: Myocardial Viability: Breath-hold 3D MR Imaging of Delayed Hyperenhancement with Variable Sampling in Time
Equivalent diagnostic information was obtained with the proposed three-dimensional approach for myocardial delayed enhancement MR imaging compared with the conventional two-dimensional acquisition techniques, at a substantial reduction in overall imaging times.
Radiology 2004 230: 845-851 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303021411); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael Markl, Scott B. Reeder, Frandics P. Chan, Marcus T. Alley, Robert J. Herfkens, and Norbert J. Pelc: Steady-State Free Precession MR Imaging: Improved Myocardial Tag Persistence and Signal-to-Noise Ratio for Analysis of Myocardial Motion
The combination of steady-state free-precession imaging and spatial modulation of magnetization tagging is promising for the study of myocardial function because it offers a substantial improvement in tag-tissue contrast, tag persistence, and overall signal-to-noise ratio when compared with conventional spoiled gradient-echo tagging methods.
Radiology 2004 230: 852-861 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303030181); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel Kim, Wesley D. Gilson, Christopher M. Kramer, and Frederick H. Epstein: Myocardial Tissue Tracking with Two-dimensional Cine Displacement-encoded MR Imaging: Development and Initial Evaluation
We developed a cine DENSE MR imaging pulse sequence where, in a 19-heartbeat acquisition, 2D myocardial displacement imaging can be performed with 60-msec temporal resolution and 2.7 x 2.7-mm spatial resolution.
Radiology 2004 230: 862-871. Published online before print March 2004 22 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303021213 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christoph U. Herborn, Waleed Ajaj, Mathias Goyen, Sandra Massing, Stefan G. Ruehm, and Jörg F. Debatin: Peripheral Vasculature: Whole-Body MR Angiography with Midfemoral Venous Compression—Initial Experience
The presented data suggest that midfemoral venous compression should be incorporated into multistation protocols of the lower extremities for improved delineation of calf arteries without disturbing venous overlap.
Radiology 2004 230: 872-878 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303021527); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gerald Antoch, Hilmar Kuehl, Jörg Kanja, Thomas C. Lauenstein, Hubert Schneemann, Elke Hauth, Walter Jentzen, Thomas Beyer, Susanne C. Goehde, and Jörg F. Debatin: Dual-Modality PET/CT Scanning with Negative Oral Contrast Agent to Avoid Artifacts: Introduction and Evaluation
A solution containing 0.2% locust bean gum and 2.5% mannitol can be used as an oral contrast agent in PET/CT scanning because it provides excellent bowel distention while avoiding contrast material–induced PET artifacts.
Radiology 2004 230: 879-885. Published online before print March 2004 5 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2303021287 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Antonio Giorgio, Giovanna Ferraioli, and Riccardo A. Lencioni: Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation versus Percutaneous Ethanol Injection for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma [letter] • Dr Lencioni and colleagues respond:
Radiology 2004 230: 886-887 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303031235); [Full Text] [PDF]

David G. Parr, Robert A. Stockley, Alan Best, and David Lynch: Standardization of CT Densitometry [letter] • Drs Best and Lynch respond:
Radiology 2004 230: 887 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303031314); [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter Karamoskos and Richard Gunderman: Knowledge Work, Motivation, and Why Karl Marx Would Be Happy [letter] • Dr Gunderman responds:
Radiology 2004 230: 888 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303031274); [Full Text] [PDF]

Editorials:

Michael H. Buonocore: Latest Pulse Sequence for Displacement-encoded MR Imaging Incorporates Essential Technical Improvements for Multiphase Measurement of Intramyocardial Strain
The article by Kim et presents a significant step forward in the evolution of MR imaging techniques to measure two-dimensional intramyocardial displacement and strain.
Radiology 2004 230: 615-617 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303031989); [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Reviews:

: Atlas of Virtual Colonoscopy [book review]
Radiology 2004 230: 618 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303032588); [Full Text] [PDF]

: Radiology of the Postoperative GI Tract [book review]
Radiology 2004 230: 660 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303032587); [Full Text] [PDF]

: Abdominal-Pelvic MRI [book review]
Radiology 2004 230: 676 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2302032584); [Full Text] [PDF]

: Radiologic Imaging of the Small Intestine [book review]
Radiology 2004 230: 810 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303032586); [Full Text] [PDF]

: CT Angiography of the Chest [book review]
Radiology 2004 230: 830 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303032589); [Full Text] [PDF]

Errata:

: Erratum
Radiology 2004 230: 888 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303042505); [Full Text] [PDF]

Departments:

: Abstracts of Current Literature
Radiology 2004 230: 889-892 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303032545); [Full Text] [PDF]

Author Information:

: Publication Information for Authors
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