Diagnostic Imaging Staff

The first choice for imaging adult patients with suspected appendicitis varies according to patient demographics and resource availability.

Different standard radiographs reveal a low fracture rate among children with traumatic injuries.

Mastering words in radiology.

Computed tomography angiography helps physicians determine if patients with penetrating vascular trauma require surgery.

Informed decision making for this older women regarding breast cancer screening should be a public health priority.

MRI may help physicians monitor Parkinson’s disease progression.

Many radiology residents do not feel a sense of personal accomplishment and experience increasing burnout rates as they move through their residency program.

The combination of CT angiography and CT perfusion versus the combination of invasive coronary angiography plus single photo emission CT in predicting two-year MACE.

CAD-measured peak enhancement at preoperative MRI of women with primary operable breast cancer and outcomes.

Rates of colorectal cancer screening via CT colonography are higher when patients have health insurance policies that cover the screening.

Synthetic vs digital 2D mammograms in assessing breast tissue density.

Review of MRI in the emergency department compared rates of MS as differential diagnosis and final diagnosis.

Using CT perfusion to track ovarian cancer treatment may help physicians determine prognosis.

Effect of breast density on mammography radiation dose.

Including contrast MR imaging can help physicians differentiate between perforated and non-perforated appendicitis.

Annual MRI screening and cancer detection among women under 50 who had breast conservation therapy following breast cancer.

Traces of gadolinium used for MR imaging can be found years later, even in pathologically normal brain tissue.

MRI without contrast or sedation for diagnosing appendicitis in children.

Using PET or CSF assay to detect amyloid plaques in asymptomatic adults may help detect future cognitive decline.

Given the proper resources, radiologists would like to be more directly involved in patient care.

Using ultrasound as part of the FAST assessment for children with blunt abdominal trauma does not appear to improve quality of care.

The value of screening mammography when added to screening MRI in women who are at high risk for breast cancer.

Mammography screening women regularly at age 50 results in many women in their 40s not being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Combining tomosynthesis plus digital mammography screening’s effect on cancer detection and recall rates.

MRI shows changes in the hip following arthroscopic hip surgery, in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients.

Digital mammography breast density estimates compared with standard-dose mammography.

Subsequent ultrasounds are more likely to occur when non-radiologists read initial ultrasounds in the emergency department than when radiologists read.

Breast density legislation is still causing confusion and controversy among radiologists.

An abbreviated MRI protocol is effective in detecting breast cancer and saving resources.

Radiologists who use simplified language in their reports help their patients understand their results.