AJR February 2009 Vol. 192 No. 2

URL: http://www.ajronline.org/content/vol192/issue2/
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Editor's Notebook
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Manuscript Categories: New Refinements
Thomas H. Berquist
AJR 2009;192:319-320
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/2/319
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From the Section Editor's Notebook
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Declining Utilization of Screening Mammography: The Gathering Storm
Marcia C. Javitt
AJR 2009;192:326
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/2/326
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Centennial Article
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Mechanical Devices for Arterial Occlusion and Therapeutic Vascular
Occlusion Utilizing Steel Coil Technique: Clinical Applications
Steven C. Rose
AJR 2009;192:321-324
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/2/321
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Cardiopulmonary Imaging
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CT Detection of Subendocardial Fat in Myocardial Infarction
Sung Soo Ahn, Young-Jin Kim, Jin Hur, Hye-Jeong Lee, Tae Hoon Kim, Kyu
Ok Choe, and Byoung Wook Choi
AJR 2009;192:532-537
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/532
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Gastrointestinal Imaging
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CT Diagnosis of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia from Various Causes
Akira Furukawa, Shuzo Kanasaki, Naoaki Kono, Makoto Wakamiya, Toyohiko
Tanaka, Masashi Takahashi, and Kiyoshi Murata
AJR 2009;192:408-416
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/408

Mural Attenuation in Normal Small Bowel and Active Inflammatory Crohn's
Disease on CT Enterography: Location, Absolute Attenuation, Relative
Attenuation, and the Effect of Wall Thickness
Mark E. Baker, James Walter, Nancy A. Obuchowski et al
AJR 2009;192:417-423
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/417

Contrast-Enhanced Sonography of Nonfunctioning Pancreatic Neuroendocrine
Tumors
Roberto Malago, Mirko D'Onofrio, Giulia A. Zamboni, Niccolo Faccioli,
Massimo Falconi, Letizia Boninsegna, and Roberto Pozzi Mucelli
AJR 2009;192:424-430
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/424

Autoimmune Pancreatitis: Pancreatic and Extrapancreatic Imaging Findings
Kale D. Bodily, Naoki Takahashi, Joel G. Fletcher, Jeff L. Fidler,
David M. Hough, Akira Kawashima, and Suresh T. Chari
AJR 2009;192:431-437
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/431
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Genitourinary Imaging
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Angiomyolipoma with Minimal Fat on MDCT: Can Counts of Negative-Attenuation
Pixels Aid Diagnosis?
Claus Simpfendorfer, Brian R. Herts, Gaspar A. Motta-Ramirez, Daniel
S. Lockwood, Ming Zhou, Michael Leiber, and Erick M. Remer
AJR 2009;192:438-443
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/438

Interobserver Variability of Transrectal Ultrasound for Prostate Volume
Measurement According to Volume and Observer Experience
Young Jun Choi, Jeong Kon Kim, Hyun Jin Kim, and Kyoung-Sik Cho
AJR 2009;192:444-449
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/444

Characterization of Adrenal Pheochromocytoma Using Respiratory-Triggered
Proton MR Spectroscopy: Initial Experience
Sooah Kim, Nouha Salibi, Andrew D. Hardie, Jian Xu, Ruth P. Lim et al
AJR 2009;192:450-454
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/450

Use of IV Epinephrine for Treatment of Patients with Contrast Reactions:
Lessons Learned from a 5-Year Experience
Mark S. Collins, Christopher H. Hunt, and Robert P. Hartman
AJR 2009;192:455-461
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/455

Multitechnique Evaluation of Renal Hydatid Disease
Ahmet Tuncay Turgut, Kemal Odev, Adnan Kabaalioglu, Shweta Bhatt, and
Vikram S. Dogra
AJR 2009;192:462-467
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/462
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Women's Imaging
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Predictors of Radiologists' Perceived Risk of Malpractice Lawsuits in
Breast Imaging
John F. Dick, III, Thomas H. Gallagher, R. James Brenner, Joyce P. Yi et al
AJR 2009;192:327-333
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/327

Malpractice and Breast Cancer: Perceptions Versus Reality
Leonard Berlin
AJR 2009;192:334-336
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/2/334

Detection of Breast Cancer with Full-Field Digital Mammography and
Computer-Aided Detection
Juliette S. The, Kathy J. Schilling, Jeffrey W. Hoffmeister et al
AJR 2009;192:337-340
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/337

False-Negative Diagnoses at Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Needle Breast
Biopsy: Long-Term Follow-Up of 1,280 Lesions and Review of the Literature
Roger J. Jackman, Francis A. Marzoni, Jr., and Jarrett Rosenberg
AJR 2009;192:341-351
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/341

Mammography Use from 2000 to 2006: State-Level Trends with Corresponding
Breast Cancer Incidence Rates
Jacqueline W. Miller, Jessica B. King, A. Blythe Ryerson, Christie R.
Eheman, and Mary C. White
AJR 2009;192:352-360
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/352

Radiologists' Performance and Their Enjoyment of Interpreting Screening
Mammograms
Berta M. Geller, Erin J. A. Bowles, Hee Yon Sohng, R. James Brenner,
Diana L. Miglioretti, Patricia A. Carney, and Joann G. Elmore
AJR 2009;192:361-369
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/361

Workforce Shortages in Breast Imaging: Impact on Mammography Utilization
Paul Wing and Margaret H. Langelier
AJR 2009;192:370-378
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/370

Invasive Lobular Carcinoma: Detection with Mammography, Sonography, MRI,
and Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging
Rachel F. Brem, Marina Ioffe, Jocelyn A. Rapelyea, Kristen G. Yost et al
AJR 2009;192:379-383
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/379

Image Registration for Detection and Quantification of Change on Digital
Tomosynthesis Mammographic Volumes
Sumedha P. Sinha, Ramkrishnan Narayanan, Bing Ma, Marilyn A.
Roubidoux, He Liu, and Paul L. Carson
AJR 2009;192:384-387
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/384

Declining Screening Mammography Rates: A Multigenerational Loss of
Opportunity?
Ruth C. Carlos
AJR 2009;192:388-389
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/2/388

Tailored Supplemental Screening for Breast Cancer: What Now and What Next?
Wendie A. Berg
AJR 2009;192:390-399
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/390

Decreased Mammography Utilization in the United States: Why and How Can We
Reverse the Trend?
Andrea B. Wolf and Rachel F. Brem
AJR 2009;192:400-402
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/400

Breast Imaging Fellowships in the United States: Who, What, and Where?
Shrujal S. Baxi, Laura Liberman, Carol Lee, and Elena B. Elkin
AJR 2009;192:403-407
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/403
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Musculoskeletal Imaging
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Sonography of Patients with Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain After Stroke:
Correlation with Motor Recovery Stage
In Sook Lee, Yong Beom Shin, Tae-Yong Moon, Yeon Joo Jeong, Jong Woon
Song, and Dong Hyun Kim
AJR 2009;192:40-44
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/W40

Distal Attachment of the Brachialis Muscle: Anatomic and MRI Study in
Cadavers
Hatice Tuba Sanal, Lina Chen, Pedro Negrao, Parviz Haghighi, Debra J.
Trudell, and Donald L. Resnick
AJR 2009;192:468-472
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/468

Comparison of Indirect Isotropic MR Arthrography and Conventional MR
Arthrography of Labral Lesions and Rotator Cuff Tears: A Prospective Study
Dae Kun Oh, Young Cheol Yoon, Jong Won Kwon, Sang-Hee Choi et al
AJR 2009;192:473-479
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/473

MR Diagnosis of Posterior Root Tears of the Lateral Meniscus Using
Arthroscopy as the Reference Standard
Arthur A. De Smet, Donna G. Blankenbaker, Richard Kijowski, Ben K.
Graf, and Kazuhiko Shinki
AJR 2009;192:480-486
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/480

Sonography of the Normal Ankle: A Target Approach Using Skeletal Reference
Points
Michel De Maeseneer, Stefaan Marcelis, Tjeerd Jager, Maryam
Shahabpour, Peter Van Roy, Jennifer Weaver, and Jon A. Jacobson
AJR 2009;192:487-495
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/487

Correlation of Arthrodesis Stability with Degree of Joint Fusion on MDCT
Michelle L. Dorsey, Patrick T. Liu, Catherine C. Roberts, and Todd A.
Kile
AJR 2009;192:496-499
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/496
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Pediatric Imaging
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Idiopathic Chondrolysis of the Hip in Children: Early MRI Findings
Tal Laor and Alvin H. Crawford
AJR 2009;192:526-531
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/526
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Vascular and Interventional Radiology
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Carotid Artery Abnormalities and Leukoaraiosis in Elderly Patients:
Evaluation with MDCT
Luca Saba, Roberto Sanfilippo, Luigi Pascalis, Roberto Montisci, and
Giorgio Mallarini
AJR 2009;192:63-70
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/W63

Comparison of Ablation Zone Between 915- and 2,450-MHz Cooled-Shaft
Microwave Antenna: Results in In Vivo Porcine Livers
Yuanyuan Sun, Yang Wang, Xiaoxia Ni, Yongyan Gao, Qiujie Shao, Lanfen
Liu, and Ping Liang
AJR 2009;192:511-514
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/511

MDCT Angiography of Thoracic Aorta Endovascular Stent-Grafts: Pearls and
Pitfalls
Jenny K. Hoang, Santiago Martinez, and Lynne M. Hurwitz
AJR 2009;192:515-524
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/515
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Medical Physics and Informatics
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PACStacker: An Enhancement of the Scientific and Educational Capabilities
of PowerPoint
Paritosh C. Khanna, Mahesh M. Thapa, David de Regt, and Edward
Weinberger
AJR 2009;192:71-74
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/W71
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Health Care Policy and Quality
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Preparing First-Year Radiology Residents and Assessing Their Readiness for
On-Call Responsibilities: Results Over 5 Years
Suvranu Ganguli, Marc Camacho, Chun-Shan Yam, and Ivan Pedrosa
AJR 2009;192:539-544
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/539
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Letters
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Penumbra Imaging as a Prognostic Indicator for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Using MDCT
I-Chen Tsai, Kae-Woei Liang, and Wen-Lieng Lee
AJR 2009;192:75-76
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/2/W75

Role of MDCT in the Evaluation of Prosthetic Heart Valves
Murat Biteker, Sabahattin Gunduz, and Mehmet Ozkan
AJR 2009;192:77
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/2/W77

Reply
Eli Konen
AJR 2009;192:78
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/2/W78

Achilles Wiiitis
Peter Beddy, Ruth Dunne, and Catherine de Blacam
AJR 2009;192:79
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/2/W79

Nonionic Iodinated Contrast Media Reactions
Elliott C. Lasser
AJR 2009;192:80
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/2/W80

Reply
Richard H. Cohan, James H. Ellis, and Carolyn L. Wang
AJR 2009;192:81
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/2/W81
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Book Reviews
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Musculoskeletal Imaging: Case Review Series, 2nd ed.
Michael G. Fox
AJR 2009;192:82
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/2/W82

Pediatric Body CT, 2nd ed.
Kristen B. Thomas
AJR 2009;192:83
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/2/W83
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Neuroradiology/Head and Neck Imaging
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Developing a Clinical Decision Model: MR Spectroscopy to Differentiate
Between Recurrent Tumor and Radiation Change in Patients with New
Contrast-Enhancing Lesions
Ethan A. Smith, Ruth C. Carlos, Larry R. Junck, Christina I. Tsien,
Augusto Elias, and Pia C. Sundgren
AJR 2009;192:45-52
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/W45

Bilateral Thalamic Lesions
Alice B. Smith, James G. Smirniotopoulos, Elisabeth J. Rushing, and
Steven J. Goldstein
AJR 2009;192:53-62
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/W53

Neuroimaging Findings in Acute Wernicke's Encephalopathy: Review of the
Literature
Giulio Zuccoli and Nicolo Pipitone
AJR 2009;192:501-508
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/501