Rationale and Objectives To evaluate the interobserver agreement of readers in evaluating pulmonary venous anatomy and in measuring pulmonary vein ostial diameters and distance to first bifurcatio...

Rationale and Objectives Stereology is a simple, fast method for object segmentation that involves counting the number of intersections of a randomly positioned grid over an object. The objectives...

Individualized cancer therapy A recent trend in cancer treatment has been termed individualized or targeted therapy and has the goal of matching cancer treatment to the characteristics of the pati...

Rationale and Objectives Retention of academic faculty is a pressing issue for many radiology departments. The departure of junior faculty members to private practice may be driven in part by econ...

Memoirs have gotten a bad name recently. Nonetheless, that is exactly what this article represents. My writing this piece was motivated by a session of the 2006 meeting of the Radiology Alliance fo...

The number of radiological studies performed annually, including ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), has been increasing dramatically. This trend is inf...

In today’s environment of progressively evolving and expensive imaging modalities, radiologists are asked to justify the use of resources to patients, referring physicians, hospital management, and...

Rationale and Objectives This short report provides a non-technical overview of one emerging modeling technique, discrete event simulation (DES). Methods A selective review of the literature tha...

Rationale and Objectives As liquid crystal displays (LCDs) age, the whitepoint shifts toward a yellow hue, changing the appearance of the displayed images. This study examined whether this shift i...

Rationale and Objectives Although elevation of the diaphragm can be appreciated on conventional PA and lateral chest radiography, the modality is commonly viewed as inadequate to differentiate dia...