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Make a stink

“Gee, Judge, we didn’t mean to make such a stink.” That was the lead sentence in one of my favorite stories during my time as courthouse reporter on the Columbia Daily Missourian . It also involved...

Independent Predictors of Acute Appendicitis on CT with Pathologic Correlation

Rationale and Objectives To assess computed tomographic (CT) signs that have been described in published studies for the diagnosis of appendicitis to identify independent findings that predict app...

Diagnostic Radiology Resident Compliance with Recommended Health Guidelines

Rationale and Objectives To determine diagnostic radiology resident compliance with recommended health guidelines for physical activity, body weight, diet, related health indicators, and the effec...

Development of Variable Pitch Factor Scanning for Multislice Computed Tomography

Rationale and Objectives The latest multislice computed tomography (MSCT) scanners permit the chest and abdomen to be scanned continuously. However, conventionally, it has been necessary to perfor...

Development and Implementation of a Systems-based Practice Project Requirement for Radiology Residents

Rationale and Objectives Radiology residents must now participate in a learning activity that involves identification and analysis of system errors and implementation of potential solutions. Evide...

Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted Fluid-attenuated Inversion-recovery BLADE Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain

Rationale and Objectives We compared contrast-enhanced T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the brain using different types of data acquisition techniques: periodically rotated overlappi...

Computer-aided Detection of Ischemic Lesions Related to Subcortical Vascular Dementia on Magnetic Resonance Images

Rationale and Objectives The purpose of this study was to develop an automated method for detection of the hyperintense ischemic lesions related to subcortical vascular dementia based on conventio...

Computed Tomography–Navigated Transthoracic Core Biopsy of Pulmonary Lesions

Rationale and Objectives Only a few studies have systematically evaluated risk factors for pneumothorax and pulmonary hemorrhage in computed tomographically (CT)-guided transthoracic lung biopsy (...

Classification of Parenchymal Abnormality in Scleroderma Lung Using a Novel Approach to Denoise Images Collected via a Multicenter Study

Rationale and Objectives Computerized classification techniques have been developed to offer accurate and robust pattern recognition in interstitial lung disease using texture features. However, t...

Assessment of Pancreatic Tumor Resectability with Multidetector Computed Tomography

Rationale and Objectives The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare the maximum intensity projection (MIP) images generated at a multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) scanner consol...