Radiology

Kiessling, Fabian

doi: 10.1148/radiol.14140548pmid: 24956043

The article by Bu and colleagues introduces N-[2-(diethylamino)ethyl]-18F-5-fluoropicolinamide as a promising PET radiotracer to target transplanted porcine retinal pigment epithelial cells in the striatum.

Baron, Richard L.

doi: 10.1148/radiol.14140613pmid: 24956044

In this issue of Radiology, Davenport et al report a published assessment of the reproducibility of three assessment and reporting systems in two different physician study groups (experienced academic subspecialty abdominal imagers and 2nd- and 3rd-year radiology residents).

Prabhakar, Anand M.; Harvey, H. Benjamin; Platt, Judy T.; Brink, James A.; Oklu, Rahmi

doi: 10.1148/radiol.14131909pmid: 24956045

Patient-centered care is the new mantra of U.S. health care in the Affordable Care Act era.

Berg, Wendie A.; Mendelson, Ellen B.

doi: 10.1148/radiol.14132628pmid: 24956046

If a facility chooses to offer handheld screening breast US imaging performed by technologists, it is incumbent on the facility to establish standard experience and documentation requirements and to audit its outcomes.

Barkhof, Frederik; Haller, Sven; Rombouts, Serge A. R. B.

doi: 10.1148/radiol.14132388pmid: 24956047

Resting-state functional MR imaging proves to be a very rich source of brain connectivity data, which can be obtained within 10 minutes of imaging and offer an unprecedented new window into the brain.

doi: 10.1148/radiol.14144016pmid: N/A

doi: 10.1148/radiol.14144017pmid: N/A

Hofvind, Solveig; Skaane, Per; Elmore, Joann G.; Sebuødegård, Sofie; Hoff, Solveig Roth; Lee, Christoph I.

doi: 10.1148/radiol.14131502pmid: 24689858

Improvements in recall rate and positive predictive value for full-field digital mammography (FFDM) were noted after the initial transitional phase from screen-film to FFDM; screening with FFDM was associated with lower recall and biopsy rates, which are known limitations associated with screening for breast cancer.

Zhou, JianQiao; Zhan, WeiWei; Chang, Cai; Zhang, XiaoXiao; Jia, Yi; Dong, YiJie; Zhou, Chun; Sun, Jing; Grant, Edward G.

doi: 10.1148/radiol.14130818pmid: 24661245

Combining shear wave elastography with conventional US could improve accuracy in the diagnosis of breast lesions.

Allen, Steven D.; Wallis, Matthew G.; Cooke, Rosie; Swerdlow, Anthony J.

doi: 10.1148/radiol.14131789pmid: 24666474

Our study suggests that breast cancers in patients who previously underwent mantle radiation therapy for Hodgkin disease are more commonly seen within the upper outer quadrants than are cancers in the general population.