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Journal Club ❯ May 2008

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Acute Chest Pain With Normal Coronary Angiogram: Role of Contrast-Enhanced Multidetector Computed Tomography in the Differential Diagnosis Between Myocarditis and Myocardial Infarction
Loic Boussel, MD, Delphine Gamondes, MD, Patrick Staat, MD, Brett M. Elicker, MD, Didier Revel, MD, and Philippe Douek, MD, PhD
Assessment of Global Right Ventricular Function on 64-MDCT Compared with MRI
Cedric Plumhans,1 Georg Muhlenbruch, Annuar Rapaee, Kui-Hian Sim, Tobias Seyfarth, Rolf W. Gunther, Andreas H. Mahnken
Autoimmune Pancreatitis: CT Patterns and Their Changes after Steroid Treatment
Riccardo Manfredi, MD, MBA Rossella Graziani, MD Calogero Cicero, MD LucaFrulloni, MD Giovanni Carbognin, MD William Mantovani, MD Roberto Pozzi Mucelli, MD
Coronary Artery Kinking With Poststenotic Ectasia: Multislice Computed Tomography Completes Diagnosis A Review of the Literature
Christoph hanger, MD, Karin Franzke, MD, Thomas Butz, MD, Cornelia Piper, MD, Dieter Horstkotte, MD, and Marcus Wiemer, MD
Cost-Effectiveness and Patient Tolerance of Low-Attenuation Oral Contrast Material: Milk Versus VoLumene
Chi Wan Koo, Lisa R.Shah-Patel, Jeanne W. Baer, David H. Frager
CT Laparoscopy for Detecting Small Superficial Metastatic Lesions of the Liver Surface: Initial Experience
Yoji S. Maetani, Hiroyoshi Isoda, Akinori Nomura, Shigeki Arizono, Yuusuke Hirokawa, Toshiya Shibata, Togashi Kaori
CT of Pediatric Vascular Stents Used to Treat Congenital Heart Disease
Joachim G. Eichhorn, Claudia Jourdan,Sharon L Hill, Subha V. Raman, John P. Cheatham, Frederick R. Long
Current status and future directions in technical developments of cardiac computed tomography
Mannudeep K. Kalra, MD, DNB, Thomas J. Brady, MD
Detection of Biliary Duct Narrowing and Choledocholithiasis: Accuracy of Portal Venous Phase Multidetector CT
Stephan W. Anderson, MD EunjinRho, MD Jorge A. Soto, MD
Detection of In-Stent Restenosis of Coronary Stents Using 40-Detector Row Computed Tomography In Vitro
Shigeru Suzuki, MD, Shigeru Furui, MD,Sadatoshi Kuwahara, RT, Tatsuro Kaminaga, MD, Ryoji Takei, MD, Takaaki Isshiki, MD,Ken Kozuma, MD,and Tadanori Aizawa, MD
Detection of Smuggled Cocaine in Cargo Using MDCT
Silke Grabherr, Steffen Ross1 Priska Regenscheit, Bernhard Werner, Lars Oesterhelweg, Stephan Bolliger, Michael J. Thali
Diagnosing Acute Appendicitis in Adults: Accuracy of Color Doppler Sonography and MDCT Compared with Surgery and Clinical Follow-Up
Diana Gaitini, Nira Beck-Razi, David Mor-Yosef, Doron Fischer, Ofer Ben ltzhak,Michael M. Krausz, Ahuva Engel
Differential Diagnosis of Benign or Malignant Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas by Multidetector Row Helical Computed Tomography: Evaluation of Predictive Factors by Logistic Regression Analysis
Koji Takeshita, MD, Kimiko Kutomi, MD, Koichi Takada, MD, Takahiro Haruyama, MD, Junichi Fukushima, MD, Rei Aida,Tadahiro Takada, MD,and Shigeru Furui, MD
Dual-Energy CT Iodine-Subtraction Virtual Unenhanced Technique to Detect Urinary Stones in an Iodine-Filled Collecting System: A Phantom Study
Naoki Takahashi, Robert P. Hartman, Terri J. Vrtiska, Akira Kawashima, Andrew N. Primak, Oleksandr P. Dzyubak, Jayawant N. Mandrekar, Joel G.Fletcher, Cynthia H. McCollough
Dual-Source CT: Effect of Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability, and Calcification on Image Quality and Diagnostic Accuracy
Harald Brodoefel, MD Christof Burgstahler, MD IliasTsiflikas, MD Anja Reimann, MD Stephen Schroeder, MD ClausD.CIaussen, MD Martin Heuschmid, MD Andreas F. Kopp, MD
Dynamic Computed Tomography In Solitary Pulmonary Nodules
Selen Bayraktaroglu, MD, Recep Savas, MD, Ozen Kacmaz Basoglu, MD, Alparslan Cakan, MD, Nesrin Mogulkoc, MD, Ufuk Cagirici, MD, and Hudaver Alper, MD
Evaluation of Efficacy of 64-Slice Multidetector Computed Tomography in Patients With Congenital Coronary Fistulas
Jonathan D. Dodd, MD, MSc, Maros Ferencik, MD, PhD,Richard R. Liberthson, MD, Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, Thomas J. Brady, MD, Udo Hoffmann, MD, MPH, Ricardo C. Cury, MD, and Suhny Abbara, MD
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Oral Beta-Blockade in Patients for Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography
Harpreet K. Pannu, MD, Charlotte Sullivan, RN,Shenghan Lai, MD, MPH, and Elliot K. Fishman, MD
Ground-Glass Opacities on Thin-Section Helical CT: Differentiation Between Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma and Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
Seitaro Oda, Kazuo Awai, Duo Liu, Takeshi Nakaura, Yumi Yanaga, Hiroaki Nomori, Yasuyuki Yamashita
Image quality and artifacts in coronary CT angiography with dual-source CT: Initial clinical experience
Damini Dey, PhD,, Cynthia J. Lee, D0,, Muneo Ohba, MD,, Ariel Gutstein, MD,, Piotr J. Slomka, PhD, FCCPM,, Victor Cheng, MD,, Yasuyuki Suzuki, MD,, Shoji Suzuki, MD,, Arik Wolak, MD,, Ludovic Le Meunier, PhD,, Louise E.J. Thomson, MD, MBChB FRACP, Ishac Cohen, PhD, John D. Friedman, MD, FACC, Guido Germano, PhD, FACC, Daniel S. Berman, MD, FACC
Jejunal Diverticulosis: Findings on CT in 28 Patients
Florian Fintelmann, Marc S. Levine Stephen E. Rubesin
Myocardial Bridging: Evaluation Using Single- and Dual-Source Multidetector Cardiac Computed Tomographic Angiography
Jill E. Jacobs, MD, Jessica Bod, BA, Danny C. Kim, MD, Elizabeth M. Hecht, MD, and Monvadi B. Srichai, MD
Pediatric Cardiovascular CT Angiography: Radiation Dose Reduction Using Automatic Anatomic Tube Current Modulation
Christopher Herzog,Denise M. Mulvihill, Shaun A. Nguyen, Giancarlo Savino, Bernhard Schmidt, Philip Costello, Thomas J. Vogl, U.Joseph Schoepf
Predicting success of prospective and retrospective gating with dual-source coronary computed tomography angiography: Development of selection criteria and initial experience
Ariel Gutstein, MD, Arik Wolak, MD, Cynthia Lee, MD, Damini Dey, PhD, Muneo Ohba, MD, Yasuyuki Suzuki, MD, Victor Cheng, MD, Heidi Gransar, MS, Shoji Suzuki, MD, John Friedman, MD, Louise E. Thomson, MD, MBchB, FRACP, Sean Hayes, MD, Raymond Pimentel, (RT)(R)(CT), William Paza, Piotr Slomka PhD, Daniel S. Berman, MD
Prevalence of Incidental Findings in Computed Tomographic Screening of the Chest: A Systematic Review
Peter C.A. Jacobs, MD,Willem P.Th.M. Mali, MD, PhD Diederick E. Grobbee, MD, PhD,and Yolanda van der Graaf, MD, PhD
Prognosis by coronary computed tomographic angiography: Matched comparison with myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography
Leslee J. Shaw, PhD, Daniel S. Berman, MD, Robert C. Hendel, MD, Salvador Borges Neto, MD, James K. Min, MD, Tracy Q. Callister, MD
Prognostic Importance of Superior Diaphragmatic Adenopathy at Computed Tomography in Patients With Resectable Hepatic Metastases From Colorectal Carcinoma
Rizwan Aslam, MB, ChB, Fergus V. Coakley, MD, Gethin Williams, PhD, Benjamin M. Yeh, MD, Bonnie N. Joe, MD, PhD, Marlene B. Zuraek, MD, and Robert S. Warren, MD
Protrusion Method for Automated Estimation of Polyp Size on CT Colonography
C. van Wijk, J. Florie, C.Y. Nio, E. Dekker, A. H.deVries, H.W.Venema, L. J. van Vliet, J. Stoker, F. M.Vos
Radiation Dose Reduction Strategy for CT Protocols: Successful Implementation in Neuroradiology Section
Alice B. Smith, MD William P. Dillon, MD BenisonC. Lau Robert Gould, ScD Francis R. Verdun, PhD Edward B. Lopez Max Wintermark, MD
Simplified Imaging Approach for Evaluation of the Solid Renal Mass in Adults
Ray Dyer, MD David J. DiSantis, MD Bruce L. McClennan, MD
The Incidental Adrenal Mass on CT: Prevalence of Adrenal Disease in 1,049 Consecutive Adrenal Masses in Patients with No Known Malignancy
Julie H. Song, Fakhra S. Chaudhry, William W. Mayo-Smith
Vascular Malformation and Hemangiomatosis Syndromes: Spectrum of Imaging Manifestations
Khaled M. Elsayes, Christine 0. Menias, Jonathan R. Dillman, Joel F Piatt, Jonathon M Willatt, Jay P. Heiken