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Imaging confirms or excludes the presence of gangrenous appendicitis with high sensitivity and specificity.

The contrast-enhanced CT also improves lesion conspicuity over standard care of monophasic portovenous CT.

Moving to a fully automated protocol would allow for more widespread implementation of the assessment.

D-dimer tests and prediction rules should be incorporated into a decision support tool to curb overordering of CTPA for suspected pulmonary embolism.

Clinical and imaging biomarkers were associated with intracranial thrombus recanalization among patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Etiology of liver disease and CT technique did not affect staging accuracy.

FDG PET-CT imaging could be of additional value when disease recurrence is suspected despite negative or equivocal CT findings.

Findings are due to higher spatial resolution and comparable equivalent doses.

The retroperitoneal space planes count was not useful for the diagnosis of complicated appendicitis.

Older age, multiple traumas lead to missed injuries on whole-body CT.

Clarity in recommendations leads to a malignant diagnosis in a substantial number of cases.

Cardiac training among radiologists should be encouraged.

There is no clinical variable that can be used as sole indication for WBCT in pediatric polytrauma patients.

The pattern of excess cancer risk may be partly due to confounding by indication.

Using MR imaging after CT for cervical spine trauma resulted in few changes in patient management decisions.

Researchers say smoking and diabetes likely have link to brain calcifications.

Combined CT/MRI provides a more precise determination of LI-RADS category of hepatic observations.

CT colonography detects cancer among seniors with no colorectal cancer symptoms.

The number of adverse events related to contrast-enhanced CT are not statistically different between patients who fasted or who ate beforehand.

Single-contrast CT is as accurate as triple-contrast CT in showing bowel injuries following abdominopelvic trauma.

Incidental splenic masses found during abdominal CT scan are rarely malignant, may not need follow-up.

Imaging with FDG PET/CT may identify children and young adult osteosarcoma patients who may experience good outcomes.

Imaging with F-FDG PET/CT at three months after initial treatment demonstrates effectiveness of anti-PD1 treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma.

Patients who are at low risk for pulmonary embolism can be safely assessed with clinical criteria.

Radiologic interpretation of CT scans can improve when requisitions contain clinical information.