AJR 1 June 2009; Vol. 192, No. 6

URL: http://www.ajronline.org/content/vol192/issue6/
Editor's Notebook
The AJR Education Mission: How Are We Doing?
Thomas H. Berquist
AJR 2009;192:1453
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/1453
The Practice of Radiology
Vision and Quality in the Digital Imaging Environment: How Much Does the Visual Acuity of Radiologists Vary at an Intermediate Distance?
Nabile M. Safdar, Khan M. Siddiqui, Farah Qureshi et al
AJR 2009;192:335-340
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/W335
Cardiopulmonary Imaging
Free-Breathing MRI for the Assessment of Myocardial Infarction: Clinical
Validation
Harrie C. M. van den Bosch, Jos J. M. Westenberg, Johannes C. Post et al
AJR 2009;192:277-281
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/W277
Assessment of Myocardial Viability with 3D MRI at 3 T
Kerstin U. Bauner, Olaf Muehling, Daniel Theisen, Carmel Hayes et al
AJR 2009;192:1645-1650
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1645
Vascular Enhancement and Image Quality of MDCT Pulmonary Angiography in 400 Cases: Comparison of Standard and Low Kilovoltage Settings
Shin Matsuoka, Andetta R. Hunsaker, Ritu R. Gill, Isabel B. Oliva et al
AJR 2009;192:1651-1656
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1651
In Vivo Repeatability of Automated Volume Calculations of Small Pulmonary
Nodules With CT
Cristiano Rampinelli, Elvio De Fiori, Sara Raimondi, Giulia Veronesi,
and Massimo Bellomi
AJR 2009;192:1657-1661
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1657
Whole-Chest 64-MDCT of Emergency Department Patients with Nonspecific Chest
Pain: Radiation Dose and Coronary Artery Image Quality with Prospective ECG
Triggering Versus Retrospective ECG Gating
William P. Shuman, Kelley R. Branch, Janet M. May, Lee M. Mitsumori et al
AJR 2009;192:1662-1667
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1662
Differences in Aortic Valve Area Measured with CT Planimetry and
Echocardiography (Continuity Equation) Are Related to Divergent Estimates
of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Area
Ethan J. Halpern, Raghuram Mallya, Matthew Sewell, Matisyahu Shulman,
and Donna R. Zwas
AJR 2009;192:1668-1673
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1668
Gastrointestinal Imaging
Gadoxetic Acid-Enhanced MRI Versus Triple-Phase MDCT for the Preoperative
Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Seong Hyun Kim, Seung Hoon Kim, Jongmee Lee, Min Ju Kim et al
AJR 2009;192:1675-1681
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1675
Influence of Computer-Aided Detection False-Positives on Reader Performance
and Diagnostic Confidence for CT Colonography
Stuart A. Taylor, John Brittenden, James Lenton, Hannah Lambie et al
AJR 2009;192:1682-1689
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1682
Genitourinary Imaging
Detection of Urinary Stones at Reduced Radiation Exposure: A Phantom Study
Comparing Computed Radiography and a Low-Dose Digital Radiography Linear
Slit Scanning System
Zsolt Szucs-Farkas, Dev P. Chakraborty, Harriet C. Thoeny et al
AJR 2009;192:271-274
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/W271
Renal Angiomyolipoma With Nontraumatic Pulmonary Fat Embolus
Claire K. Sandstrom, Jeffrey Pugsley, and Lee M. Mitsumori
AJR 2009;192:275-276
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/W275
Challenges in Clinical Prostate Cancer: Role of Imaging
Gary J. Kelloff, Peter Choyke, Donald S. Coffey for The Prostate
Cancer Imaging Working Group
AJR 2009;192:1455-1470
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1455
Imaging Localized Prostate Cancer: Current Approaches and New Developments
Baris Turkbey, Paul S. Albert, Karen Kurdziel, and Peter L. Choyke
AJR 2009;192:1471-1480
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1471
Imaging and Staging of Transitional Cell Carcinoma: Part 1, Lower Urinary
Tract
Raghunandan Vikram, Carl M. Sandler, and Chaan S. Ng
AJR 2009;192:1481-1487
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1481
Imaging and Staging of Transitional Cell Carcinoma: Part 2, Upper Urinary
Tract
Raghunandan Vikram, Carl M. Sandler, and Chaan S. Ng
AJR 2009;192:1488-1493
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1488
Imaging Appearance of Granulomatous Disease After Intravesical Bacille
Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Treatment of Bladder Carcinoma
Weining Ma, Stella K. Kang, Hedvig Hricak, Scott R. Gerst, and Jingbo
Zhang
AJR 2009;192:1494-1500
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1494
MDCT Urography: Exploring a New Paradigm for Imaging of Bladder Cancer
Richard H. Cohan, Elaine M. Caoili, Nigel C. Cowan et al
AJR 2009;192:1501-1508
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1501
Assessment of Urinary Tract Calculi With 64-MDCT: The Axial Versus Coronal
Plane
Ur Metser, Sangeet Ghai, Yang Yi Ong, Gina Lockwood, and Sidney B.
Radomski
AJR 2009;192:1509-1513
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1509
Imaging of Genitourinary Trauma
Parvati Ramchandani and Philip Michael Buckler
AJR 2009;192:1514-1523
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1514
Renal Cell Carcinoma: T1 and T2 Signal Intensity Characteristics of
Papillary and Clear Cell Types Correlated with Pathology
M. Raquel Oliva, Jonathan N. Glickman, Kelly H. Zou, Sze Y. Teo et al
AJR 2009;192:1524-1530
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1524
Free-Breathing Accelerated Gadolinium-Enhanced MR Angiography in the
Diagnosis of Renovascular Disease
Alain Nchimi, Denis Brisbois, Roland Materne, Thomas K. Y. Broussaud et al
AJR 2009;192:1531-1537
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1531
High-Dose Gadodiamide for Catheter Angiography and CT in Patients With
Varying Degrees of Renal Insufficiency: Prevalence of Subsequent
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis and Decline in Renal Function
Mellena D. Bridges, Brandon S. St. Amant, Rebecca B. McNeil et al
AJR 2009;192:1538-1543
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1538
Reducing the Risk of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: A Perspective on the
Controversies
James H. Ellis and Richard H. Cohan
AJR 2009;192:1544-1549
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1544
Renal Functional MRI: Are We Ready for Clinical Application?
Hersh Chandarana and Vivian S. Lee
AJR 2009;192:1550-1557
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1550
Imaging-Guided Percutaneous Ablation of Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Primer of
How We Do It
Raul N. Uppot, Stuart G. Silverman, Ronald J. Zagoria, Kemal Tuncali et al
AJR 2009;192:1558-1570
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1558
MRI and CT Characteristics of Successfully Ablated Renal Masses: Imaging
Surveillance After Radiofrequency Ablation
Matthew S. Davenport, Elaine M. Caoili, Richard H. Cohan et al
AJR 2009;192:1571-1578
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1571
Women's Imaging
Pregnancy After Uterine Artery Embolization for Symptomatic Fibroids: A
Series of 15 Pregnancies
Kavous Firouznia, Hossein Ghanaati, Mina Sanaati, Amir H. Jalali, and
Madjid Shakiba
AJR 2009;192:1588-1592
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1588
History of Uterine Artery Occlusion and Subsequent Pregnancy
Fred Burbank
AJR 2009;192:1593-1600
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1593
Uterine Artery Embolization Along With the Administration of Methotrexate
for Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy: Technical and Clinical Outcomes
Masakazu Hirakawa, Tsuyoshi Tajima, Kengo Yoshimitsu, Hiroyuki Irie et al
AJR 2009;192:1601-1607
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1601
In Vivo Proton MR Spectroscopy of the Breast Using the Total Choline Peak
Integral as a Marker of Malignancy
Francesco Sardanelli, Alfonso Fausto, Giovanni Di Leo, Robin de Nijs et al
AJR 2009;192:1608-1617
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1608
Endometriosis of the Posterior Cul-De-Sac: Clinical Presentation and
Findings at Transvaginal Ultrasound
Jan-Hein J. Hensen and Julien B. C. M. Puylaert
AJR 2009;192:1618-1624
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1618
Anatomic Distribution of Posterior Deeply Infiltrating Endometriosis on MRI
After Vaginal and Rectal Gel Opacification
Pierre Loubeyre, Patrick Petignat, Sandrine Jacob, Jean-Francois
Egger et al
AJR 2009;192:1625-1631
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1625
Unusual Imaging Appearances of Endometriosis
Shaile Choudhary, Najla Fasih, Demetri Papadatos, and Venkateswar R.
Surabhi
AJR 2009;192:1632-1644
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1632
Musculoskeletal Imaging
Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Fiber Tractography of Skeletal Muscle:
Optimization of b Value for Imaging at 1.5 T
Nadja Saupe, Lawrence M. White, Jeffrey Stainsby, George Tomlinson,
and Marshall S. Sussman
AJR 2009;192:282-290
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/W282
Angioleiomyoma in Soft Tissue of Extremities: MRI Findings
Hye Jin Yoo, Jung-Ah Choi, Jin-Haeng Chung, Joo Han Oh, Gyung-Kyu Lee et al
AJR 2009;192:291-294
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/W291
Functional Joint Imaging Using 256-MDCT: Technical Feasibility
Vivek Kalia, Rick W. Obray, Ross Filice, Laura M. Fayad et al
AJR 2009;192:295-299
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/W295
Assessment of Capsular Laxity in Patients With Recurrent Anterior Shoulder
Dislocation Using MRI
Alex Wing Hung Ng, C. M. Chu, W. N. Lo, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Kam
AJR 2009;192:1690-1695
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1690
Hoffa's Fat Pad: Evaluation on Unenhanced MR Images as a Measure of
Patellofemoral Synovitis in Osteoarthritis
Frank W. Roemer, Ali Guermazi, Yuqing Zhang, Mei Yang, David J.
Hunter et al
AJR 2009;192:1696-1700
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1696
Accuracy of MRI, MR Arthrography, and Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of
Rotator Cuff Tears: A Meta-Analysis
Joseph O. de Jesus, Laurence Parker, Andrea J. Frangos, and Levon N.
Nazarian
AJR 2009;192:1701-1707
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1701
MRI Findings in Inflammatory Muscle Diseases and Their Noninflammatory
Mimics
Maximilian Schulze, Ina Kotter, Ulrike Ernemann, Michael Fenchel et al
AJR 2009;192:1708-1716
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1708
Pediatric Imaging
CT in Children With Suspected Residual Foreign Body in Airway After
Bronchoscopy
Su-Mi Shin, Woo Sun Kim, Jung-Eun Cheon, Ah Young Jung, Byung Jae
Youn et al
AJR 2009;192:1744-1751
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1744
Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Adrenal Metastasis From Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Radiofrequency Ablation
Combined With Adrenal Arterial Chemoembolization in Six Patients
Koichiro Yamakado, Hiroshi Anai, Haruyuki Takaki, Hiroshi Sakaguchi et al
AJR 2009;192:300-305
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/W300
Vascular Regeneration by Repeated Infusions of Basic Fibroblast Growth
Factor in a Rabbit Model of Hind-Limb Ischemia
Ayumi Seko, Norihisa Nitta, Akinaga Sonoda, Shinichi Ohta et al
AJR 2009;192:306-310
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/W306
Direct CT Venography for Evaluation of the Lower Extremity Venous Anomalies
of Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome
Ertugrul Mavili, Mehmet Ozturk, Yigit Akcali, Halil Donmez, Ali
Yikilmaz et al
AJR 2009;192:311-316
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/W311
MRI of TIPS with Covered Stent-Grafts: In Vitro Analysis Using a Flow
Phantom and Initial Clinical Experience
Maxim Itkin, Aalpen Patel, Scott O. Trerotola, and Harold I. Litt
AJR 2009;192:317-320
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/W317
Freehand Versus Guided Breast Biopsy: Comparison of Accuracy, Needle
Motion, and Biopsy Time in a Tissue Model
Nathan Bluvol, Anat Kornecki, Allison Shaikh, David Del Rey Fernandez et al
AJR 2009;192:1720-1725
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1720
Kerma Area Product Method for Effective Dose Estimation During Lumbar
Epidural Steroid Injection Procedures: Phantom Study
Sangroh Kim, Greta Toncheva, Colin Anderson-Evans, Billy K. Huh et al
AJR 2009;192:1726-1730
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1726
Time-Resolved MR Angiography in the Evaluation of Central Thoracic Venous
Occlusive Disease
Kambiz Nael, Mayil Krishnam, Stefan G. Ruehm, Henrik J. Michaely et al
AJR 2009;192:1731-1738
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1731
Medical Physics and Informatics
Free and Open Source Software for the Manipulation of Digital Images
Robert W. Solomon
AJR 2009;192:330-334
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/W330
Health Care Policy and Quality
Do Clinicians Use the American College of Radiology Appropriateness
Criteria in the Management of Their Patients?
Andre B. Bautista, Anthony Burgos, Barbara J. Nickel, John J. Yoon et al
AJR 2009;192:1581-1585
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/1581
Letters
Dual-Energy CT Pulmonary Angiography: A New Horizon in the Imaging of Acute
Pulmonary Thromboembolism
Edward T. D. Hoey, Deepa Gopalan, and Nicholas J. Screaton
AJR 2009;192:341-342
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/W341
Reply
Sudhakar N. J. Pipavath and J. David Godwin
AJR 2009;192:343
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/W343
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Resulting in Osseous Venous Congestion
Simulating Sclerotic Bone Lesions
Robert A. Jesinger, Bang Huynh, and David Gover
AJR 2009;192:344-345
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/W344
Setting the Record Straight Concerning the ABR's Future Core and Certifying
Examinations in Diagnostic Radiology
Gary J. Becker, N. Reed Dunnick, Jennifer Bosma, and Anthony M.
Gerdeman
AJR 2009;192:346-347
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/W346
Reply
Jonathan H. Sunshine, Rebecca S. Lewis, and Mythreyi Bhargavan
AJR 2009;192:348
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/W348
Metastatic Intramammary Lymph Node as a Synchronous Benign-Appearing Breast
Nodule Detected in a Patient with Breast Cancer
Silma Solorzano, Michael Seidler, and Benoit Mesurolle
AJR 2009;192:349
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/W349
MR Hysterosalpingography Compared With Conventional Hysterosalpingography
James E. Silberzweig
AJR 2009;192:350
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/W350
Intrascrotal Arteriovenous Malformation Simulating Varicocele
Cengiz Yilmaz, Muhammed Arslan, and Murat Arslan
AJR 2009;192:351
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/W351
Book Reviews
Breast Cancer Imaging: A Multidisciplinary, Multimodality Approach.
Michelle D. McDonough
AJR 2009;192:352
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/W352
Growth of the Pediatric Skeleton: A Primer for Radiologists.
Edem F. Chen
AJR 2009;192:353
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/W353
Neuroradiology/Head and Neck Imaging
Feasibility of Superficial Temporal Artery as the Input Artery for Cerebral
Perfusion CT
Kiran Sheikh, Matthew J. Schipper, and Ellen G. Hoeffner
AJR 2009;192:321-329
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/6/W321
Other Content
Correction for Volume 191, p. 1436
Fergus Coakley
AJR 2009;192:1454
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/1454
Correction for Volume 192, p. 1407
Bethany U. Casagranda
AJR 2009;192:1454
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/1454-a
Edward Vincent Staab
C. Douglas Maynard
AJR 2009;192:1754-1755
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/192/6/1754