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Evaluation of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient to Predict Grade, Microinvasion, and Invasion in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast

Rationale and Objectives To evaluate the role of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in distinguishing ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) grades and identifying microinvasive and/or invasive disease...

Education in Professionalism

Pageants teach the exact same skills as sports do: goal setting, “can do” attitude, and performance under pressure. But in pageants you wear much better shoes! Valerie Hayes On May 3, 2014 in...

Comparison Between Dual-Energy Computed Tomography and Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Gout of Various Joints

Rationale and Objectives Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) and ultrasound are both used to assess gouty arthritis. The present study was designed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of DECT an...

Clinical and Imaging Follow-up Practices after Transarterial Therapy for Primary and Secondary Hepatic Malignancies

Rationale and Objectives To characterize practices and quantify variation in longitudinal follow-up approaches among interventional radiologists (IRs) after liver transarterial locoregional therap...

Association Between Confidence Level of Acute Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis on CTPA images and Clinical Outcomes

Rationale and Objectives The purpose was to evaluate clinical characteristics associated with low confidence in diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) as expressed in computed tomography pulmo...

A Survey of Academic Radiology Department Chairs on Hiring Recent Graduates as New Attending Physicians

Rationale and Objectives To determine hiring preferences among academic radiology department chairs with emphasis on recent residency and fellowship graduates. Materials and Methods With the ass...

70-kVp High-pitch Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography with 40 mL Contrast Agent

Rationale and Objectives To assess image quality, radiation dose, and diagnostic accuracy of 70-kVp high-pitch computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) using 40 mL contrast agent and sinog...

The Treachery of Images

One of the most iconic paintings of the 20th century was created by the Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte when he was aged 30 years. Titled The Treachery of Images (1928), it features a prof...

The Diagnostic Value of Micropure Imaging in Breast Suspicious Microcalcificaion

Rationale and Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of Micropure Imaging (MI) in breast lesions differentiation by comparison with B-mode ultrasonography (B-US)...

Screening Breast MRI in Patients Previously Treated for Breast Cancer

Rationale and Objectives To determine the cancer detection rate and abnormal interpretation rate of screening breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in previously treated breast cancer patients. ...