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Automated Detection of Small Pulmonary Nodules in Whole Lung CT Scans

Rationale and Objectives The objective of this work was to develop and evaluate a robust algorithm that automatically detects small solid pulmonary nodules in whole lung helical CT scans from a lu...

Academic Radiology and the Emergency Department

Rational and Objectives The increasing importance of imaging for both diagnosis and management in patient care has resulted in a demand for radiology services 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, especi...

Abstracts of Funded National Institutes of Health Grants

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...

Why teach radiology to anyone else?

As I have written the history of radiology at now a dozen leading academic departments, I have noted several common challenges that never seemed to get solved or stay that way. One is the chronic u...

Volumetric Assessment of Tumor Infiltration of Adjacent White Matter Based on Anatomic MRI and Diffusion Tensor Tractography

Rationale and Objectives To perform a retrospective, quantitative assessment of the anatomic relationship between intra-axial, supratentorial, primary brain tumors, and adjacent white matter fiber...

Ultrasonographic diagnosis of cardiac tamponade in trauma patients using collapsibility index of inferior vena cava

Focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) is the most common application of sonography for the initial evaluation of trauma patients ( ). The purpose for using FAST is to search for any ...

The Process of Evidence-Based Practice in Radiology An Introduction

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the process of systematically finding, appraising, and using contemporary research findings as a basis for clinical and policy decisions ( ). This involves the “bot...

The Effect of Lung Volume on Nodule Size on CT

Rationale and Objectives We sought to determine how measures of nodule diameter and volume on computed tomography (CT) vary with changes in inspiratory level. Materials and Methods CT scans were...

The bookshelf

This third edition of Fundamentals of Body CT by Webb, Brant, and Major has been released nearly 10 years after the second edition first primed residents for (CT) rotations in chest, abdomen, and m...

Sailing away

I was sitting in a fancy French restaurant listening to the waiter explain that black caviar is better than red, when the restaurant began to roll gently. We all ignored the motion because the rest...