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Automated Assessment of Renal Cortical Surface Roughness From Computerized Tomography Images and Its Association with Age

Rationale and Objectives Nephrosclerosis occurs with aging and is characterized by increased kidney subcapsular surface irregularities at autopsy. Assessments of cortical roughness in vivo could p...

A Retrospective Study of Chest Tomosynthesis as a Tool for Optimizing the use of Computed Tomography Resources and Reducing Patient Radiation Exposure

Rationale and Objectives To investigate potential benefits and drawbacks of the clinical use of chest tomosynthesis (CTS), to what extent CTS obviates the need for chest computed tomography (CT), ...

Faculty Scheduling

In this issue, you will find a thought-provoking, somewhat formal, mathematical article about scheduling of radiologists’ time . It is very well done, and brings up many of the issues that those of...

The Real Sources of Educational Excellence

In medicine today, the superstars are widely known. They are the researchers who have garnered major prizes, great clinicians whose names have become household words, and personalities who grace na...

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Radiology

The creation of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 present...

Novel Data Sources for Women's Health Research

Rationale and Objectives Millions of people use online search engines everyday to find health-related information and voluntarily share their personal health status and behaviors in various Web si...

Left Atrial Function and Maximum Volume as Determined by MDCT Are Independently Associated with Atrial Fibrillation

Rationale and Objectives To assess whether left atrial (LA) volume, function, and diameter as determined by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) are associated with the presence and chronicity...

Including Patient-Reported Outcomes and Patient-Reported Resource-Use Questionnaires in Studies

Rationale More efficient and better informed healthcare systems are expected to have improved knowledge of the impact of interventions on patient outcomes and resources used by patients and provid...

IMpact of Platelet Rich Plasma OVer Alternative Therapies in Patients with Lateral Epicondylitis (IMPROVE) Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study

Introduction Lateral epicondylitis, commonly known as tennis elbow, is the most common cause of lateral elbow pain and the second most frequently diagnosed musculoskeletal disorder in the neck and...

How to Report a Research Study

Incomplete reporting hampers the evaluation of results and bias in clinical research studies. Guidelines for reporting study design and methods have been developed to encourage authors and journals...