Rationale and Objectives Postnatal lung growth and development have primarily been evaluated from a very limited number of autopsied lungs, but it remains unclear whether alveolarization of the lu...

Rationale and Objectives The aim of this study was to explore different computerized models (the “machine”) as a means to achieve optimal use of computer-aided detection (CAD) systems and to inves...

Rationale and Objectives To review US health care trends related to medical imaging utilization and costs as well as to present standard methods for conducting economic evaluation for health care ...

Direct Diagnosis in Radiology: Gastrointestinal Imaging is a good source of information for medical professionals who gravitate toward review books written in bullet point format. A large amount of...

Rationale and Objectives A gold standard is often an imperfect diagnostic test, falling short of achieving 100% accuracy in clinical practice. Using an imperfect gold standard without fully compre...

Rationale and Objectives With continued increase in imaging utilization and remote access image viewing technology, many academic radiology departments are presented with the suggestion to supplem...

Rationale and Objectives The purpose of this study was to determine the acquisition and interpretation times of screen-film mammography and soft-copy digital mammography in a diagnostic mammograph...

The US Department of Health and Human Services has defined comparative effectiveness research (CER) as “the conduct and synthesis of systematic research comparing different interventions and strate...

Broken Bones: The X-Ray Atlas of Fractures is a unique and affordable eBook atlas of fractures, as demonstrated by radiographs and computed tomography. This eBook was created specifically for the A...

Rationale and Objectives The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate an automated global scoring system for evaluating the extent and severity of disease in a known cohort of patients wi...