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Severe Contrast Reaction Emergencies

Rationale and Objectives Severe reactions to radiographic contrast agents can be life threatening, and although they are rare, effective recognition and management are essential to improving outco...

Semiautomated Segmentation of Pleural Effusions in MDCT Datasets

Rationale and Objectives To develop and evaluate a novel algorithm for semiautomated segmentation and volumetry of pleural effusions in multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) datasets. Material...

Radiology Residents as Teachers

Rationale and Objectives Radiology residents often teach medical students and other residents. Workshops developed with the goal of improving resident teaching skills are becoming increasingly com...

Pulmonary Nodules

Rationale and Objectives To evaluate the performance of custom-made software designed to quantify volume and weight of focal portions of lung tumors in regions of interest (ROI) and volume of inte...

MRI of Right Atrial Function after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Flutter

Rationale and Objectives Catheter ablation of the cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) is an effective treatment of right atrial flutter. The objective of this study was to evaluate the changes in CTI leng...

Microwave Ablation

Rational and Objectives Microwave ablation is an alternative therapy with high cost-effectiveness for liver malignancy. The authors designed this experiment to compare the effect of microwave abla...

Influence of Using Manual or Automatic Breast Density Information in a Mass Detection CAD System

Rationale and Objectives The goal of this article is to analyze and compare the performance of a developed mass computer-aided detection (CAD) system that takes breast density information into acc...

Has the Time Come for Bibliometrics and the H-Index in Academic Radiology?

Appearing in this issue of Academic Radiology is an article by Rad and colleagues entitled “The H-index in Academic Radiology” . In this work, authors from the Mayo Clinic have produced what is, to...

Expert Differential Diagnosis Musculoskeletal Book Review

EXPERTddx: Musculoskeletal is part of the brand-new EXPERTddx series, a unique print and electronic reference that guides radiologists toward logical, on-target differential diagnoses on the basis ...

Effect of Work Hours, Caseload, Shift Type, and Experience on Resident Call Performance

Rationale and Objectives To analyze the independent effects of multiple variables on resident call performance. Materials and Methods Independent radiology resident “on call” cross-sectional ima...