Rationale and Objectives Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging is a clinical imaging modality for the detection and diagnosis of breast lesions. Analytic methods were compared for d...

Rationale and Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between age and spinal cord metabolic activity in children using positron emission tomography–computed tomography. Mat...

Rationale and Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of reduced tube current (dose) on lung nodule detection in pediatric multidetector array computed tomography (MDCT). ...

The purpose of this work is to provide current information on the rapidly evolving subject of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), to establish the radiologic approach to the management of high-ris...

The following abstracts of diagnostic radiology research and training grants funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were awarded to principal investigators (PIs) whose primary appointmen...

Rationale and Objectives To investigate the effect of a computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) system on radiologists’ performance in discriminating malignant and benign masses on mammograms and three-di...

Rationale and Objectives The aim of this study was to determine if patients who underwent partial-breast irradiation followed by segmental mastectomies had fewer mammographic changes on the first ...

Rationale and Objectives 1 H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy ( 1 H-MRS) has proved to be the sole in vivo technique able to measure intramyocellular lipids (IMCL) in both humans and animals. Mous...

Rationale and Objectives To compare B-mode ultrasonography (US) alone with the combination of B-mode and contrast-enhanced (Sonazoid) late-phase pulse-inversion US for the detection of hepatic met...

This is written late in March, shortly after President Obama convened a White House conference to discuss what can and must be done about the nation’s health care policy and finance. In his closing...