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The Value of Supine Chest X-Ray in the Diagnosis of Pneumonia in the Basal Lung Zones

Rationale and Objectives Basal lung opacities are frequently observed on supine chest x-ray (SCXR) of intensive care patients, causing insecurity among clinicians and radiologists. We sought to de...

Sep 30, 2018 Academic Radiology, Volume 25, Issue 10

The Problems with the Kappa Statistic as a Metric of Interobserver Agreement on Lesion Detection Using a Third-reader Approach When Locations Are Not Prespecified

Rationale and Objectives To point out the problems with Cohen kappa statistic and to explore alternative metrics to determine interobserver agreement on lesion detection when locations are not pre...

Sep 30, 2018 Academic Radiology, Volume 25, Issue 10

Radiology Education in Medical School and Residency

Rationale and Objectives The authors of this study used the perspectives of residency program directors (PDs) nationally to explore whether trainees are adequately prepared to utilize and interpre...

Sep 30, 2018 Academic Radiology, Volume 25, Issue 10

Radiation Dose Reduction at Low Tube Voltage CCTA Based on the CNR Index

Rationale and Objectives We compared the radiation dose and diagnostic accuracy on 120- and 100-kVp coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) scans whose contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) was th...

Sep 30, 2018 Academic Radiology, Volume 25, Issue 10

Prevalence and Reporting Rates of Incidental Dental Disease on Head CT Examinations

Rationale and Objectives Routine head computed tomography (CT) examinations often inadvertently include dental pathology which is often overlooked. The purpose of this study is to examine the prev...

Sep 30, 2018 Academic Radiology, Volume 25, Issue 10

Modified Lung-RADS Improves Performance of Screening LDCT in a Population with High Prevalence of Non–smoking-related Lung Cancer

Objectives We proposed a modification of the ACR Lung Imaging Reporting and Data System (Lung-RADS) to clarify the characteristics of subsolid nodules with categories 1–11, and to compare the diag...

Sep 30, 2018 Academic Radiology, Volume 25, Issue 10

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Parameters in Predicting the Treatment Outcome of High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Uterine Fibroids With an Immediate Nonperfused Volume Ratio of at Least 90%

Rationale and Objectives We aimed to investigate the role of magnetic resonance imaging parameters in predicting the treatment outcome of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation of uteri...

Sep 30, 2018 Academic Radiology, Volume 25, Issue 10

Low Dose Lung CT Screening in an Asian Population

In the current edition of Academic Radiology, Hsu et al. ( ) evaluate potential improvement in the detection of lesions in the spectrum of adenocarcinoma (LSAs) by first proposing modifications of ...

Sep 30, 2018 Academic Radiology, Volume 25, Issue 10

Investigation of fMRI Analysis Method to Visualize the Difference in the Brain Activation Timing

Rationale and Objectives In general functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis, the task onset time of the statistical model is typically set according to the timing of stimulation. In ...

Sep 30, 2018 Academic Radiology, Volume 25, Issue 10

Impact of a New Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction (ASIR)-V Algorithm on Image Quality in Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

Rationale and objectives A new postprocessing algorithm named adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR)-V has been recently introduced. The aim of this article was to analyze the impact...

Sep 30, 2018 Academic Radiology, Volume 25, Issue 10
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