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 compare the utility of a search engine, Google, with other medical and non-medical, web-based resources for identifying specific medical information. Materials and Met...

Rationale and Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a 3-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system with a phased-array coil (3T MRI) in the local staging of prostatic cancer. Materials...

Rationale and Objectives We sought to compare coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores, the variability and radiation doses on 64- and 16-slice computed tomography (CT) scanners by both prospective el...

Computed tomographic (CT) imaging for coronary artery calcium (CAC) began in the late 1980s with electron beam computed tomography (EBCT), the first computed tomography with sufficient temporal res...

Rationale and Objectives Traditionally, maximum gallbladder wall thickness is measured at a single point on ultrasonography. The purpose of this work was to develop an automated technique to measu...

It seems to me as I brood on matters affecting radiology for which I am neither responsible nor to blame that as medical imaging plunges into the electronic era, a significant dichotomy is affectin...

With the explosion of information both in print and online, I am always looking for a resource that will maximize the efficiency with which I can acquire and review pertinent information. This book...

Rationale and Objectives Registration enables quantitative spatial correlation of features from different imaging modalities. Our objective is to register in vivo imaging with histologic sections ...

Rationale and Objectives Treatment of brain neoplasms can greatly benefit from better delineation of bulk neoplasm boundary and the extent and degree of more subtle neoplastic infiltration. Magnet...