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From Strength to Strength

Open full size image In July 2017, the Association of University Radiologists and its journal, Academic Radiology , will be blessed by the appointment of Reed Dunnick, MD, as the journal’s new Edi...

Estimation of Observer Performance for Reduced Radiation Dose Levels in CT

Rationale and Objectives This study aims to estimate observer performance for a range of dose levels for common computed tomography (CT) examinations (detection of liver metastases or pulmonary no...

Diagnosis of Spinal Lesions Using Heuristic and Pharmacokinetic Parameters Measured by Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI

Rationale and Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) in differentiation of four spinal lesions by usin...

CT for Acute Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain—Is Oral Contrast Really Required?

Rationale and Objectives This study aims to compare the diagnostic performance of abdominal computed tomography (CT) performed with and without oral contrast in patients presenting to the emergenc...

Comparative Evaluation of Three Software Packages for Liver and Spleen Segmentation and Volumetry

Rationale and Objectives This study aims to compare the speed and accuracy of three different software packages in segmenting the liver and the spleen. Materials and Methods The three software p...

Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Findings after Pneumonectomy

Rationale and Objectives To identify and compare cardiovascular findings on computed tomography (CT) scans after pneumonectomy (PNX) with those after lobectomy (LOBX). Materials and Methods Pre-...

Automated Breast Density Computation in Digital Mammography and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis

Rationale and Objectives The study aimed to compare the breast density estimates from two algorithms on full-field digital mammography (FFDM) and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and to analyze ...

Artifacts Caused by Breast Tissue Markers in a Dedicated Cone-beam Breast CT in Comparison to Full-field Digital Mammography

Rationale and Objectives The purpose of this ex vivo study was to investigate artifacts in a cone-beam breast computed tomography (CBBCT) caused by breast tissue markers. Materials and Methods B...

Alternative Metrics (“Altmetrics”) for Assessing Article Impact in Popular General Radiology Journals

Rationale and Objectives Emerging alternative metrics leverage social media and other online platforms to provide immediate measures of biomedical articles’ reach among diverse public audiences. W...

3D MRI for Quantitative Analysis of Quadrant Percent Breast Density

Rationale and Objectives Breast cancer occurs more frequently in the upper outer (UO) quadrant, but whether this higher cancer incidence is related to the greater amount of dense tissue is not kno...