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Science to Practice:

Cynthia H. McCollough: Automatic Exposure Control in CT: Are We Done Yet?
Clearly, the radiology community is not done with dose reduction in CT until radiologists adopt the principles of scanning with low tube voltage for small patients into clinical practice.
Radiology 2005 237: 755-756 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373051151); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Special Series:

Matthew S. Johnson, Marcia N. Gonzales, and Shelley Bizila: Responsible Conduct of Radiology Research Part V. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Research
Although compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act presents additional hurdles to those performing clinical research, there have been benefits resulting from the protection that compliance affords to research subjects.
Radiology 2005 237: 757-764 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041148); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Special Communications:

David H. Hussey and Anthony V. Proto: Manuscript Reviewers: A Note of Thanks
Radiology 2005 237: 765-769 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373052534); [Full Text] [PDF]

David H. Hussey, Robert A. Halvorsen, and Anthony V. Proto: Book Reviewers: A Note of Thanks
Radiology 2005 237: 770 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373052535); [Full Text] [PDF]

David H. Hussey and Anthony V. Proto: Abstractors of Current Literature: A Note of Thanks
Radiology 2005 237: 771 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373052536); [Full Text] [PDF]

: Trainee Research Prizes from the 2005 RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting
Radiology 2005 237: 772-773 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373052537); [Full Text] [PDF]

Perspectives:

James H. Thrall: Reinventing Radiology in the Digital Age Part III. Facilities, Work Processes, and Job Responsibilities
The rapidity of change in the digital age of radiology has overtaken the ability of some—probably many—institutions and practitioners to keep pace, thereby leading to a widening gap between those who readily adopt new digital technology, new practice models, and new methods of operation and those who do not.
Radiology 2005 237: 790-793 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373051296); [Full Text] [PDF]

Special Reports:

Michael W. Itagaki and John Pile-Spellman: Factors Associated with Academic Radiology Research Productivity
National Institutes of Health funding, residency program size, and, to a lesser extent, the number of fellows and the ratio of fellows to faculty, accounted for between 75% and 88% of all variation in research output between departments, depending on the productivity measure used.
Radiology 2005 237: 774-780 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041508); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kelly H. Zou, Douglas N. Greve, Meng Wang, Steven D. Pieper, Simon K. Warfield, Nathan S. White, Sanjay Manandhar, Gregory G. Brown, Mark G. Vangel, Ron Kikinis, William M. Wells, III For the FIRST BIRN Research Group: Reproducibility of Functional MR Imaging: Preliminary Results of Prospective Multi-institutional Study Performed by Biomedical Informatics Research Network
In a multi-institutional prospective functional MR imaging study, we observed higher reproducibility across study sites with 3.0- and 4.0-T imaging than with 1.5-T imaging, as well as significant effects due to subject and k-space.
Radiology 2005 237: 781-789 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041630); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Editorials:

Mary C. Frates, Carol B. Benson, J. William Charboneau, Edmund S. Cibas, Orlo H. Clark, Beverly G. Coleman, John J. Cronan, Peter M. Doubilet, Douglas B. Evans, John R. Goellner, Ian D. Hay, Barbara S. Hertzberg, Charles M. Intenzo, R. Brooke Jeffrey, Jill E. Langer, P. Reed Larsen, Susan J. Mandel, William D. Middleton, Carl C. Reading, Steven I. Sherman, and Franklin N. Tessler: Management of Thyroid Nodules Detected at US: Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conference Statement
This consensus panel attempted to define recommendations based on nodule size and US characteristics for those thyroid nodules that should undergo US-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and for those nodules that need not undergo FNA.
Radiology 2005 237: 794-800 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373050220); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard B. Gunderman: Education and the Art of Uncertainty
By training learners to be intolerant of uncertainty, we are rendering them unfit to learn and discover.
Radiology 2005 237: 801-802 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373050278); [Full Text] [PDF]

What the Clinician Wants to Know:

Reginald F. Munden, Stephen S. Swisher, Craig W. Stevens, and David J. Stewart: Imaging of the Patient with Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
While there are many similarities in the evaluation of lung cancer patients who are referred by surgeons, radiation oncologists, or medical oncologists, understanding the imaging needs specific to each specialty can add value to the component of care provided by the radiologists, especially in the multidisciplinary care of patients with non–small cell lung cancer.
Radiology 2005 237: 803-818. Published online before print December 2005 26 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373040966 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Special Review:

Michael Macari and Edmund J. Bini: CT Colonography: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?
Numerous clinical and technical advances have allowed CT colonography to advance slowly from a research tool to a viable option for colorectal cancer screening.
Radiology 2005 237: 819-833. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041717 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Breast Imaging:

Karen Drukker, Maryellen L. Giger, and Charles E. Metz: Robustness of Computerized Lesion Detection and Classification Scheme across Different Breast US Platforms
We have shown that our scheme performed consistently and well in the detection and classification of breast lesions in the US data sets used in this study—data sets that were acquired not only at different institutions but also by several different operators, with equipment from two vendors, and in different patient populations.
Radiology 2005 237: 834-840 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041418); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joo Hee Cha, Woo Kyung Moon, Nariya Cho, Sun Yang Chung, Seong Ho Park, Jeong Mi Park, Boo Kyung Han, Yeon Hyun Choe, Gyunggoo Cho, and Jung-Gi Im: Differentiation of Benign from Malignant Solid Breast Masses: Conventional US versus Spatial Compound Imaging
For the three readers, diagnostic performance (ie, the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves [A_z], partial area index at 90% sensitivity [_0.90 A'_z], sensitivity, and specificity) was not significantly different between conventional US and spatial compound imaging.
Radiology 2005 237: 841-846 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041480); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher C. Riedl, Georg Pfarl, Mazda Memarsadeghi, Teresa Wagner, Florian Fitzal, Margarete Rudas, and Thomas H. Helbich: Lesion Miss Rates and False-Negative Rates for 1115 Consecutive Cases of Stereotactically Guided Needle-localized Open Breast Biopsy with Long-term Follow-up
Needle-localized open breast biopsy with stereotactic guidance is an accurate and reliable method with a low lesion miss rate and false-negative rate in the diagnosis of nonpalpable breast lesions.
Radiology 2005 237: 847-853. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041391 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiac Imaging:

Armin M. Huber, Stefan O. Schoenberg, Carmel Hayes, Benedikt Spannagl, Markus G. Engelmann, Wolfgang M. Franz, and Maximilian F. Reiser: Phase-Sensitive Inversion-Recovery MR Imaging in the Detection of Myocardial Infarction
Phase-sensitive image reconstruction results in reduced need for precise choice of inversion time and more consistent image quality.
Radiology 2005 237: 854-860 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041483); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Laurens F. Tops, Arno A. W. Roest, Hildo J. Lamb, Hubert W. Vliegen, Willem A. Helbing, Ernst E. van Der Wall, and Albert de Roos: Intraatrial Repair of Transposition of the Great Arteries: Use of MR Imaging after Exercise to Evaluate Regional Systemic Right Ventricular Function
The abnormal end-systolic wall thickness and wall thickening found in our patients with transposition of the great arteries may reflect diffuse injury of the systemic right ventricle.
Radiology 2005 237: 861-867. Published online before print December 2005 26 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041347 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas Oosterhof, Barbara J. M. Mulder, Hubert W. Vliegen, and Albert de Roos: Corrected Tetralogy of Fallot: Delayed Enhancement in Right Ventricular Outflow Tract
The presence of fibrosis in the right ventricular outflow tract had the most hemodynamic consequences and was most likely the result of initial surgical intervention.
Radiology 2005 237: 868-871 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041324); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Computer Applications:

Anthony J. Doyle, James Le Fevre, and Graeme D. Anderson: Personal Computer versus Workstation Display: Observer Performance in Detection of Wrist Fractures on Digital Radiographs
We showed that there is no difference in the accuracy of observer performance in the detection of wrist fractures on digital radiographs with a standard personal computer compared with that with a high-quality workstation.
Radiology 2005 237: 872-877. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041439 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Diagnosis Please:

Amy H. Huang and Kitt Shaffer: Case 93
Radiology 2005 237: 878-879 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373040055); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mustafa Secil, Ugur Mungan, Kutsal Yorukoglu, and Oguz Dicle: Case 89: Retroperitoneal Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma
The firm nature of the tumor at palpation, elevated serum alkaline phosphatase level, and imaging findings should have led to the most likely diagnosis of retroperitoneal extraskeletal osteosarcoma.
Radiology 2005 237: 880-883 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373031389); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Emergency Radiology:

Sven Mutze, Grit Rademacher, Gerrit Matthes, Norbert Hosten, and Dirk Stengel: Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury in Patients with Blunt Multiple Trauma: Diagnostic Accuracy of Duplex Doppler US and Early CT Angiography
Our data underline the diagnostic accuracy of CT angiography and support its use as a screening tool to disclose blunt cerebrovascular injury in patients with blunt multiple trauma.
Radiology 2005 237: 884-892. Published online before print December 2005 26 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373042189 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evidence-based Practice:

Steve Halligan, Douglas G. Altman, Stuart A. Taylor, Susan Mallett, Jonathan J. Deeks, Clive I. Bartram, and Wendy Atkin: CT Colonography in the Detection of Colorectal Polyps and Cancer: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Proposed Minimum Data Set for Study Level Reporting
Methods were markedly heterogeneous, with the result being that important data from the original article frequently were unavailable.
Radiology 2005 237: 893-904 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373050176); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Experimental Studies:

Yoshinori Funama, Kazuo Awai, Yoshiharu Nakayama, Kiyotaka Kakei, Nozomu Nagasue, Masamichi Shimamura, Natsuko Sato, Shamima Sultana, Shoji Morishita, and Yasuyuki Yamashita: Radiation Dose Reduction without Degradation of Low-Contrast Detectability at Abdominal Multisection CT with a Low–Tube Voltage Technique: Phantom Study
In CT studies with the scanning technique with low tube voltage (90 kV) rather than standard tube voltage (120 kV), the radiation dose at the center and the periphery of the phantom can be reduced by 35% and 13%, respectively, without sacrificing low-contrast detectability.
Radiology 2005 237: 905-910. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041643 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

John R. Haaga, Agata A. Exner, Yadong Wang, Nicholas T. Stowe, and Peter J. Tarcha: Combined Tumor Therapy by Using Radiofrequency Ablation and 5-FU–Laden Polymer Implants: Evaluation in Rats and Rabbits
Findings showed that the use of combined treatment in the VX2 tumor was statistically superior to standard RF treatment alone and to control conditions.
Radiology 2005 237: 911-918. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041950 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ulrike Wedegärtner, Mikhail Tchirikov, Sebastian Schäfer, Andrew N. Priest, Michael Walther, Gerhard Adam, and Hobe J. Schröder: Fetal Sheep Brains: Findings at Functional Blood Oxygen Level–Dependent 3-T MR Imaging—Relationship to Maternal Oxygen Saturation during Hypoxia
A reduction in the fetal blood oxygen level–dependent signal intensity with maternal hypoxia was observed in all experiments, but there was a large variation among the regression coefficients, with a difference between the cerebrum and cerebellum.
Radiology 2005 237: 919-926 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041625); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gastrointestinal Imaging:

Riccardo Iannaccone, Carlo Catalano, Filippo Mangiapane, Takamichi Murakami, Antonietta Lamazza, Enrico Fiori, Alberto Schillaci, Daniele Marin, Italo Nofroni, Masatoshi Hori, and Roberto Passariello: Colorectal Polyps: Detection with Low-Dose Multi–Detector Row Helical CT Colonography versus Two Sequential Colonoscopies
Our study results show that the performance of low-dose multi–detector row helical CT colonography compares favorably with that of conventional colonoscopy in the detection of colorectal polyps 6 mm in diameter or larger and has markedly decreased performance in the detection of polyps 5 mm in diameter or smaller.
Radiology 2005 237: 927-937 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041747); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Agnes E. Holland, Elizabeth M. Hecht, Winnie Y. Hahn, Danny C. Kim, James S. Babb, Vivian S. Lee, A. Brian West, and Glenn A. Krinsky: Importance of Small ( $≤$ 20-mm) Enhancing Lesions Seen Only during the Hepatic Arterial Phase at MR Imaging of the Cirrhotic Liver: Evaluation and Comparison with Whole Explanted Liver
The majority (93%) of hepatic arterial phase enhancing-only lesions were nonneoplastic, even in patients with pathologically proved hepatocellular carcinoma.
Radiology 2005 237: 938-944 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041364); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshiharu Nakayama, Kazuo Awai, Yoshinori Funama, Masahiro Hatemura, Masanori Imuta, Takeshi Nakaura, Da Ryu, Shoji Morishita, Shamima Sultana, Natsuko Sato, and Yasuyuki Yamashita: Abdominal CT with Low Tube Voltage: Preliminary Observations about Radiation Dose, Contrast Enhancement, Image Quality, and Noise
Decreasing the tube voltage and the iodine concentration of the contrast material particularly would benefit patients who may need to undergo multiple CT examinations and young patients who are at increased risk for developing cancer from medical radiation exposure.
Radiology 2005 237: 945-951. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041655 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kazuyoshi Suga, Kensaku Shimizu, Yasuhiko Kawakami, Akira Tangoku, Mohammed Zaki, Naofumi Matsunaga, and Masaaki Oka: Lymphatic Drainage from Esophagogastric Tract: Feasibility of Endoscopic CT Lymphography for Direct Visualization of Pathways
Although these results are preliminary, this technique has the potential to enable direct visualization of lymphatic drainage pathways in the esophagogastric tract and sentinel lymph node mapping and biopsy of esophagogastric cancers.
Radiology 2005 237: 952-960 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041578); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Seishi Kumano, Takamichi Murakami, Tonsok Kim, Masatoshi Hori, Riccardo Iannaccone, Saki Nakata, Hiromitsu Onishi, Keigo Osuga, Kaname Tomoda, Carlo Catalano, and Hironobu Nakamura: T Staging of Gastric Cancer: Role of Multi–Detector Row CT
Multi–detector row CT in patients with gastric cancer is a valid method for preoperative staging, especially given the high accuracy of CT for the assessment of serosal invasion in gastric cancer.
Radiology 2005 237: 961-966. Published online before print December 2005 26 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041380 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Angela D. Levy, Leland D. Taylor, Robert M. Abbott, and Leslie H. Sobin: Duodenal Carcinoids: Imaging Features with Clinical-Pathologic Comparison
Duodenal carcinoids are neuroendocrine tumors that encompass a wide clinical-pathologic spectrum of hormonally functioning and nonfunctioning tumors that differ from jejunal and ileal carcinoids.
Radiology 2005 237: 967-972. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041863 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genitourinary Imaging:

Andrew Holden, Andrew Smith, Paul Dukes, Helen Pilmore, and Motohiko Yasutomi: Assessment of 100 Live Potential Renal Donors for Laparoscopic Nephrectomy with Multi–Detector Row Helical CT
Multi–detector row CT enables highly accurate assessment of the renal anatomy in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy candidates.
Radiology 2005 237: 973-980 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041303); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lawrence S. Taylor, Deborah J. Rubens, Brian C. Porter, Zhe Wu, Raymond B. Baggs, P. Anthony di Sant'Agnese, Gyongyi Nadasdy, David Pasternack, Edward M. Messing, Priya Nigwekar, and Kevin J. Parker: Prostate Cancer: Three-dimensional Sonoelastography for in Vitro Detection
Three-dimensional sonoelastographic imaging of prostate cancer currently shows promise for the in vitro evaluation of lesions larger than 1 cm³ and an improvement over gray-scale US.
Radiology 2005 237: 981-985. Published online before print December 2005 26 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041573 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Laurian Copel, Ran Katz, Arye Blachar, Jacob Sosna, and Robert G. Sheiman: Clinical and Duplex US Assessment of Effects of Sildenafil on Cavernosal Arteries of the Penis: Comparison with Intracavernosal Injection of Vasoactive Agents—Initial Experience
We were able to show that hemodynamic and the resultant clinical effects of intracavernosal injection of the combination of papaverine, prostaglandin E1, and phentolamine on the cavernosal arteries appear to be superior to those of sildenafil regardless of the risk factors for erectile dysfunction.
Radiology 2005 237: 986-991. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041529 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Musculoskeletal Imaging:

Marco Zanetti, Christian W. A. Pfirrmann, Marius R. Schmid, José Romero, Burkhardt Seifert, and Juerg Hodler: Clinical Course of Knees with Asymptomatic Meniscal Abnormalities: Findings at 2-year Follow-up after MR Imaging–based Diagnosis
The present study results confirm previous assumptions that there may be preexisting abnormalities of the menisci that predispose individuals to symptomatic tears.
Radiology 2005 237: 993-997. Published online before print December 2005 26 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041465 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Curtis W. Hayes, David A. Jamadar, Gavin W. Welch, Mary L. Jannausch, Laurie L. Lachance, Diana C. Capul, and MaryFran R. Sowers: Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Comparison of MR Imaging Findings with Radiographic Severity Measurements and Pain in Middle-aged Women
Findings of this study of 232 knees in 117 middle-aged women showed that the MR imaging parameters of defects of cartilage, bone marrow edema, osteophytes, subchondral sclerosis, meniscal abnormalities, joint effusion, and synovitis have a strong correlation with radiographic severity measurements of osteoarthritis of the knee and pain.
Radiology 2005 237: 998-1007. Published online before print December 2005 26 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041989 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marius R. Schmid, Thomas Schertler, Christian W. Pfirrmann, Nadja Saupe, Mirjana Manestar, Simon Wildermuth, and Dominik Weishaupt: Interosseous Ligament Tears of the Wrist: Comparison of Multi–Detector Row CT Arthrography and MR Imaging
CT arthrography seems to be superior to standard MR imaging in the detection of tears involving the dorsal segment of the scapholunate and lunotriquetral ligaments.
Radiology 2005 237: 1008-1013 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041450); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Neuroradiology:

Carsten Krautmacher, Winfried A. Willinek, Henriette J. Tschampa, Mark Born, Frank Träber, Jürgen Gieseke, Hans J. Textor, Hans H. Schild, and Christiane K. Kuhl: Brain Tumors: Full- and Half-Dose Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging at 3.0 T Compared with 1.5 T—Initial Experience
In patients with brain tumors, standard contrast-enhanced MR imaging at 3.0 T compared with that at 1.5 T yielded a more than twofold higher lesion-to-brain contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR); even with half the standard contrast agent dose, lesion-to-brain CNR was higher at 3.0 T compared with that at 1.5 T with the full dose of contrast agent.
Radiology 2005 237: 1014-1019. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041672 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rüdiger J. Seitz, Stefanie Meisel, Patrick Weller, Ulrich Junghans, Hans-Jörg Wittsack, and Mario Siebler: Initial Ischemic Event: Perfusion-weighted MR Imaging and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient for Stroke Evolution
We found that the most important factor in determining stroke evolution in the first 3 hours after symptom onset is the volume of severe ischemia, which was assessed on time-to-peak maps.
Radiology 2005 237: 1020-1028. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041435 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Krassen Nedeltchev, Caspar Brekenfeld, Luca Remonda, Christoph Ozdoba, Dai-Do Do, Marcel Arnold, Heinrich P. Mattle, and Gerhard Schroth: Internal Carotid Artery Stent Implantation in 25 Patients with Acute Stroke: Preliminary Results
Endovascular treatment that combines thrombolysis and stent implantation seems to improve outcome in patients with acute stroke caused by occlusions of the middle cerebral artery that result from internal carotid artery occlusion.
Radiology 2005 237: 1029-1037. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041537 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nuclear Medicine:

Mitsuaki Tatsumi, Christian Cohade, Yuji Nakamoto, Elliot K. Fishman, and Richard L. Wahl: Direct Comparison of FDG PET and CT Findings in Patients with Lymphoma: Initial Experience
A main finding in our study was that PET provided accurate results in 40 (83%) of the 48 sites with discordant findings between PET and CT, and that the 40 sites included 31 sites (78%) with PET-positive and CT-negative findings.
Radiology 2005 237: 1038-1045 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373040555); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Signs in Imaging:

Udo Rudloff: The Spoke Wheel Sign: Bowel
Stretched and engorged mesenteric vessels that reach the concentrically arranged bowel loops and that converge toward the center of mesenteric torsion create folds of soft-tissue attenuation that resemble spokes connected to the hub of a wheel.
Radiology 2005 237: 1046-1047 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373040304); [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thoracic Imaging:

Gregory E. Antonio, Clara G. C. Ooi, Ka Tak Wong, Eva L. H. Tsui, Joyce S. W. Wong, Alan N. L. Sy, Joyce Y. H. Hui, Cho Yin Chan, Henry Y. H. Huang, Yip Fai Chan, Tai Pang Wong, Lilian L. Y. Leong, Jane C. K. Chan, and Anil T. Ahuja: Radiographic-Clinical Correlation in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Study of 1373 Patients in Hong Kong
It appears that the final outcome of severe acute respiratory syndrome may be predicted by the initial extent of radiographic lung opacification.
Radiology 2005 237: 1081-1090 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041919); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Naomi A. Sibtain, Masuo Ujita, Robert Wilson, Athol U. Wells, and David M. Hansell: Interlobular Septal Thickening in Idiopathic Bronchiectasis: A Thin-Section CT Study of 94 Patients
Interlobular septal thickening is a frequent feature of thin-section CT in patients with idiopathic bronchiectasis, and the extent of bronchiectasis is the cardinal determinant of interlobular septal thickening.
Radiology 2005 237: 1091-1096. Published online before print December 2005 26 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041141 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vascular and Interventional Radiology:

Tze M. Wah, Ronald S. Arellano, Debra A. Gervais, Catherine A. Saltalamacchia, Joanne Martino, Elken F. Halpern, Michael Maher, and Peter R. Mueller: Image-guided Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation and Incidence of Post–Radiofrequency Ablation Syndrome: Prospective Survey
Complete post–radiofrequency ablation syndrome occurs in approximately one-third of patients, but many more patients experience at least one of the components of the syndrome (fever or flulike symptoms).
Radiology 2005 237: 1097-1102 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373042008); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figure E1]

Janine Dörffler-Melly, Felix Mahler, Dai-Do Do, Jürgen Triller, and Iris Baumgartner: Adjunctive Abciximab Improves Patency and Functional Outcome in Endovascular Treatment of Femoropopliteal Occlusions: Initial Experience
The results of our trial demonstrate the safety and statistically significant effectiveness of abciximab for the improved primary patency and clinical outcome among patients with endovascular revascularization of long-segment femoropopliteal occlusions.
Radiology 2005 237: 1103-1109 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041524); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shiro Miyayama, Osamu Matsui, Keiichi Taki, Tetsuya Minami, Yasuji Ryu, Chiharu Ito, Koichi Nakamura, Dai Inoue, and Shigeyuki Takamatsu: Arterial Blood Supply to the Posterior Aspect of Segment IV of the Liver from the Caudate Branch: Demonstration at CT after Iodized Oil Injection
Distribution of the iodized oil in the posterior aspect of segment IV after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization of the caudate arterial branch was observed in 16 of 24 patients (67%), including 13 (54%) in whom all caudate arterial branches were derived from the right hepatic artery.
Radiology 2005 237: 1110-1114. Published online before print December 2005 26 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041660 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Akio Hiwatashi, Ravinder Sidhu, Ryan K. Lee, Ramon R. deGuzman, Diane T. Piekut, and Per-Lennart A. Westesson: Kyphoplasty versus Vertebroplasty to Increase Vertebral Body Height: A Cadaveric Study
Kyphoplasty increased vertebral body height more than vertebroplasty in our experimental model of fresh cadavers with created compression fractures.
Radiology 2005 237: 1115-1119 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041654); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Technical Developments:

Hero K. Hussain, Thomas L. Chenevert, Frank J. Londy, Vikas Gulani, Scott D. Swanson, Barbara J. McKenna, Henry D. Appelman, Saroja Adusumilli, Joel K. Greenson, and Hari S. Conjeevaram: Hepatic Fat Fraction: MR Imaging for Quantitative Measurement and Display—Early Experience
Our data derived with the phantom and initial clinical results indicate that the proposed dual-echo dual–flip angle algorithm is an effective method for detection and quantification of the fat fraction in the liver.
Radiology 2005 237: 1048-1055. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041639 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix]

Bernd B. Frericks, Jörg P. Ritz, Andre Roggan, Karl-Jürgen Wolf, and Thomas Albrecht: Multipolar Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatic Tumors: Initial Experience
Our data indicate that this multipolar radiofrequency ablation device has the potential to achieve larger maximum ablation sizes than standard monopolar radiofrequency ablation devices and offers more flexible tumor treatment by allowing the use of one, two, or three bipolar probes.
Radiology 2005 237: 1056-1062. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041104 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masahiro Okada, Christian W. Hoffmann, Karl J. Wolf, and Thomas Albrecht: Bolus versus Continuous Infusion of Microbubble Contrast Agent for Liver US: Initial Experience
Continuous infusion of galactose-palmitic acid markedly prolongs but slightly diminishes hepatic enhancement; liver-to-lesion contrast remains unchanged.
Radiology 2005 237: 1063-1067 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041619); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Takao Hiraki, Kotaro Yasui, Hidefumi Mimura, Hideo Gobara, Takashi Mukai, Soichiro Hase, Hiroyasu Fujiwara, Nobuhisa Tajiri, Yoshio Naomoto, Tomoki Yamatsuji, Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Shinya Asami, Hideki Nakatsuka, Motohiko Hanazaki, Kiyoshi Morita, Noriaki Tanaka, and Susumu Kanazawa: Radiofrequency Ablation of Metastatic Mediastinal Lymph Nodes during Cooling and Temperature Monitoring of the Tracheal Mucosa to Prevent Thermal Tracheal Damage: Initial Experience
We have demonstrated that radiofrequency ablation may hold promise for local control of small metastatic mediastinal lymph nodes from esophageal carcinoma and that cooling and temperature monitoring of the tracheal mucosa in the proper position may prevent thermal tracheal damage.
Radiology 2005 237: 1068-1074. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373050234 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Heang-Ping Chan, Jun Wei, Berkman Sahiner, Elizabeth A. Rafferty, Tao Wu, Marilyn A. Roubidoux, Richard H. Moore, Daniel B. Kopans, Lubomir M. Hadjiiski, and Mark A. Helvie: Computer-aided Detection System for Breast Masses on Digital Tomosynthesis Mammograms: Preliminary Experience
The results of this study demonstrate the feasibility of our approach to the development of a computer-aided detection system for assisting radiologists in detecting masses on digital breast tomosynthesis mammograms.
Radiology 2005 237: 1075-1080. Published online before print December 2005 19 2005, 10.1148/radiol.2373041657 [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Michael L. Censullo: The "I" Word in Chest Radiography...Why Is It Such a Dirty Word?
Radiology 2005 237: 1121 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373050555); [Full Text] [PDF]

John M. Barkley: Failure to Define the True Problem: Poor Communication by Radiologists
Radiology 2005 237: 1121-1122 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373050623); [Full Text] [PDF]

Ferris M. Hall: Infiltrate: A Controversy without End
Radiology 2005 237: 1122 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373050765); [Full Text] [PDF]

Gerald A. L. Irwin, Betty Motroni, and Burton Gold: The Term Infiltrate Can be Used in Reports, If...
Radiology 2005 237: 1122-1123 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373050799); [Full Text] [PDF]

Margarita Asenjo and Basilio J. Anía: On Using the Term Infiltrate in Radiography Reports
Radiology 2005 237: 1123-1124 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373051169); [Full Text] [PDF]

Harlan S. Patterson and Dale N. Sponaugle: Drs Patterson and Sponaugle respond:
Radiology 2005 237: 1124 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373051267); [Full Text] [PDF]

Editorials:

Mary C. Frates, Carol B. Benson, J. William Charboneau, Edmund S. Cibas, Orlo H. Clark, Beverly G. Coleman, John J. Cronan, Peter M. Doubilet, Douglas B. Evans, John R. Goellner, Ian D. Hay, Barbara S. Hertzberg, Charles M. Intenzo, R. Brooke Jeffrey, Jill E. Langer, P. Reed Larsen, Susan J. Mandel, William D. Middleton, Carl C. Reading, Steven I. Sherman, and Franklin N. Tessler: Management of Thyroid Nodules Detected at US: Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conference Statement
This consensus panel attempted to define recommendations based on nodule size and US characteristics for those thyroid nodules that should undergo US-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and for those nodules that need not undergo FNA.
Radiology 2005 237: 794-800 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373050220); [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard B. Gunderman: Education and the Art of Uncertainty
By training learners to be intolerant of uncertainty, we are rendering them unfit to learn and discover.
Radiology 2005 237: 801-802 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373050278); [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Reviews:

: The Cranial Nerves
Radiology 2005 237: 992 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373052532); [Full Text] [PDF]

: Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology, and Pathology
Radiology 2005 237: 1120 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373052533); [Full Text] [PDF]

Abstracts of Current Literature:

: Abstracts of Current Literature
Radiology 2005 237: 1125-1126 (DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373042572); [Full Text] [PDF]

Author Information:

: Publication Information for Authors
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