Improving health care quality while simultaneously reducing cost has become a high priority of health care reform. Informatics is crucial in tackling this challenge. The American Recovery and Reinv...

We read with great interest the article by Dhopeshwarkar et al on screen-detected lung cancer. In their discussion, the authors stated that not a small percentage of screen-detected lung cancers on...

We thank Dr. Satoh and colleagues for their interest in our article and their comments about our study. Our article presents a retrospective analysis of our cohort of screen-detected lung cancers, ...

Rationale and Objectives The purpose is to perform outcomes-based assessment of a new reference standard for delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) related to vasospasm. Materials and Methods Retrospec...

Rationale and Objectives Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) can noninvasively measure the stiffness of liver tissue and display this information in anatomic maps. Magnetic resonance imaging (MR...

To be an effective mentor at any level is always a challenge and requires a dedication to teaching and mentorship and being prepared to devote a significant proportion of one’s time. But if you are...

Objective To systematically review and summarize the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) national coverage determination (NCDs) pertaining diagnostic imaging technologies from 1999 thr...

Drs. Cronin and Rawson would like to welcome you to the 2012 edition of the annual Radiology Alliance for Health Services Research (RAHSR) issue. This is the first RAHSR edition for these co-editor...

Rationale and Objectives Liver lesions incidentally discovered on ultrasound (US) are often further evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the ad...

As stated in the title of this book, this text is a collection of interesting musculoskeletal cases gathered by the authors, who are participants in a weekly web-based teleconference. This collabor...