Rationale and Objectives To address the risk of radiation injury during interventional procedures, the Joint Commission has defined prolonged fluoroscopy resulting in a cumulative skin dose of 15 ...

Rationale and Objectives To determine possible differences between the left and right hepatic lobes in apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of benign and malignant focal liver lesions (FLLs...

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Rationale and Objectives The objective of the study was to evaluate the performance of a non–contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging protocol for preoperative screening of living related...

Rationale and Objectives The ability to perform cerebral perfusion imaging (CPI) in the angiography suite has provided a new tool for diagnosis and treatment of neurovascular patients but requires...

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Rationale and Objectives There is potential for x-ray dose reduction in computed tomography colonography (CTC) relative to body mass index (BMI). We evaluated the association between BMI and three...

Rationale and Objectives 23 Na magnetic resonance imaging is a promising technique for the noninvasive imaging of renal function. Past investigations of the renal corticomedullary [ 23 Na] gradie...

Rationale and Objectives Diagnostic measures that can be used for sliding hiatal hernia are barium swallow radiography, endoscopy, manometry, and computed tomography. The aim of this study was to ...

Rationale and Objectives Radiology has been an increasingly important component of preclinical anatomy instruction since the 1960s. The global status of medical imaging pedagogies and radiologists...