Showing papers in "Radiologic Clinics of North America in 2002"

TL;DR: The Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) lexicon was developed by the American College of Radiology to standardize mammographic reporting and is clinically useful and facilitates communication and research.

TL;DR: Use of percutaneous core biopsy spares the need for surgery in most women with benign disease and expedites treatment in women with breast cancer.

TL;DR: Although stress fractures can occur throughout the body, they are common in the lower extremities, especially the femoral neck, tibia, and metatarsals [8,9].

TL;DR: The early detection and objective evaluation of potentially lethal complications by clinical and imaging methods leads to specific treatment options in the continuous attempt to decrease mortality rates in acute pancreatitis.

TL;DR: MRI examinations should be interpreted with an awareness of the pitfalls and artifacts that can affect on image evaluation, and development of an MRI lexicon will assist by providing standardized terminology that may improve the understanding of the positive predictive value of different MRI features.

TL;DR: Clinical findings and imaging features using ultrasound, CT, and MR for the detection and evaluation of gallstones, acute cholecystitis, xanthogranulomatous chole Cystic fibrosis, adenomyomatosis, and carcinoma of the gallbladder among other disorders are discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the Ranson's, APACHE II, and the CT severity index as indicators of severity of acute pancreatitis and developed an excellent correlation with the risk of death and the development of local and systemic complications in this population.

TL;DR: A wide spectrum of abnormalities may be identified at HRCT in patients with airway disease, including various distinctive patterns of bronchiectasis in specific clinical settings, such as ABPA, MAC infection, AIDS, and CF.

TL;DR: The radiologist's approach to the evaluation of the SPN is reviewed, with a particular focus on the role of thin-section CT for morphologic and density analysis and the relative use of contrast-enhanced CT and nuclear medicine in detecting nodule enhancement.

TL;DR: MR imaging of the most common causes of muscle pain and disability in athletes, including myotendinous strain, delayed onset muscle soreness, muscle contusion, myositis ossificans, muscle laceration, muscle herniation, and compartment syndrome are focused on.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of double reading and computer-aided detection in the interpretation of screening mammograms warrants further evaluation in terms of efficacy and cost-effectiveness, and a certain level of observer variability and of false-negative and false-positive readings are inherent in the process.

TL;DR: More recently developed techniques including gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging, MR cholangiopancreatography, and endoscopic ultrasound are discussed, which discuss variations of chronic pancreatitis and difficulties in differentiating pancreatic neoplasms from inflammatory pancreatic masses.

TL;DR: Dynamic imaging under sonography visualization allows diagnoses that cannot be made with routine MR imaging, and direct imaging correlation with patient symptoms provides important information to the referring clinicians.

TL;DR: The normal appearance of the Pancreas on different imaging sequences, as well as inflammatory diseases, congenital abnormalities, and neoplasms of the pancreas, are discussed.

TL;DR: The results of contrast-enhanced MRI help distinguish patients who need more aggressive therapy and referral to a gynecologic oncologist from those who will do well treated by a community gynecologist.

TL;DR: MRI is useful for evaluation of complications affecting the foot and ankle of diabetes, and assists the clinician in medical or surgical planning.

TL;DR: This article reviews the current practical MRI techniques in assessment of the pancreas and concludes that CT remains the main imaging method for the assessment of acute pancreatic diseases, due largely to its wide availability.

TL;DR: A consensus view about postprocedural management after aortic stent-graft implantation is lacking and there is evidence that MR imaging is superior to CT angiography in detecting small type 2 endoleaks or for excluding retrograde perfusion in patients with suspected endotension.

TL;DR: Continued advancements in computers, scanner technology, and 3D software have improved CT detection of smaller masses and staging, and the introduction of MDCT and real-time 3D volume-rendering software have greatly improved the visualization of the pancreas and adjacent vasculature.

TL;DR: Although HRCT findings are frequently nonspecific, diagnosis can be facilitated by an understanding of the most common histopathologic and radiologic manifestations of drug-induced lung injury and knowledge of the drugs usually involved.

TL;DR: Kolb's cancer detection rate using US was comparable to a mammographic incidence screen, so the cancer diagnoses of these fortunate women were advanced by 1 year as mentioned in this paper, and they would normally be told to have repeat screening mammography 1 year later.

TL;DR: Current applications of renal MRA range from detection of renal artery stenosis to evaluation for renal transplant donors and the availability and reliability of MRA extend renal artery screening to a wider spectrum of patients.

TL;DR: An understanding of underlying biliary pathology and the corresponding subtle changes reflected at imaging can greatly improve imaging accuracy in evaluating the biliary tract.

TL;DR: Although HRCT findings of other pneumoconioses are variable and nonspecific, there are predominant and characteristic findings for each type of pneumoconiosis.

TL;DR: The role of imaging is to detect and characterize adnexal masses as likely malignant, recognize unusual findings that may suggest atypical pathology, demonstrate metastases in order to prevent under-staging, and detect specific sites of disease that may be unresectable.

TL;DR: The characteristic CT findings of various forms of pulmonary tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial infection according to immune status of the patients are described, and the role of CT in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary TB is assessed.

TL;DR: QIA offers a technique to assess both structure and function on a regional and global basis and is finding application in clinical practice and in clinical studies of new treatment alternatives for diffuse lung disease.

TL;DR: MRI offers multifactorial assessment once the diagnosis of endometrial cancer has been established, and alters the likelihood ratios for myometrial invasion, which in turn affects type and extent of surgery performed.

TL;DR: The use of conventional radiography and MR imaging in recreational and professional athletes with painful hip joints is focused on, and where possible it will compare MR imaging with other diagnostic modalities such as bone scan and CT.

TL;DR: In the postoperative shoulder, muitislice CT arthrography may be the modality of choice, but further investigation is needed, and other imaging strategies may also find an increasing central role in evaluating shoulder instability lesions.