AJR Jan 2010 Vol. 194 No. 1

URL: http://www.ajronline.org/content/vol194/issue1/
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Editor's Notebook
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Health Care Reform: Radiology in the Next Decade
Thomas H. Berquist
AJR 2010;194:1-2
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/194/1/1
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Special Article
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Evaluation of Response in Malignant Tumors Treated With the Multitargeted
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Sorafenib: A Multitechnique Imaging Assessment
Olga Maksimovic, Christina Schraml, Joerg T. Hartmann et al
AJR 2010;194:5-14
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/5

Imaging Manifestations of Niemann-Pick Disease Type B
William L. Simpson, Jr., David Mendelson, Melissa P. Wasserstein, and
Margaret M. McGovern
AJR 2010;194:12-19
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W12
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Cardiopulmonary Imaging
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Uncommon Occupational Lung Diseases: High-Resolution CT Findings
Lucia Flors, Maria L. Domingo, Carlos Leiva-Salinas et al
AJR 2010;194:20-26
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W20

Clinical Utility of Multiplanar Reformation in Pulmonary CT Angiography
Leandro A. Espinosa, Aine M. Kelly, Colleen Hawley, Radha Inampudi et al
AJR 2010;194:70-75
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/70

Pyothorax-Associated Lymphoma: Imaging Findings
Takuya Ueda, Christe Andreas, Jun Itami, Kunihisa Miyakawa et al
AJR 2010;194:76-84
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/76

Assessment of In-Stent Restenosis Using 64-MDCT: Analysis of the CORE-64
Multicenter International Trial
Joanna J. Wykrzykowska, Armin Arbab-Zadeh, Gustavo Godoy et al
AJR 2010;194:85-92
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/85

Patient Characteristics as Predictors of Image Quality and Diagnostic
Accuracy of MDCT Compared With Conventional Coronary Angiography for
Detecting Coronary Artery Stenoses: CORE-64 Multicenter International Trial
Marc Dewey, Andrea L. Vavere, Armin Arbab-Zadeh, Julie M. Miller et al
AJR 2010;194:93-102
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/93

Lipoid Pneumonia: Spectrum of Clinical and Radiologic Manifestations
Sonia L. Betancourt, Santiago Martinez-Jimenez, Santiago E. Rossi,
Mylene T. Truong, Jorge Carrillo, and Jeremy J. Erasmus
AJR 2010;194:103-109
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/103

Role of 64-MDCT in Evaluation of Pulmonary Atresia With Ventricular Septal
Defect
Ramiah Rajeshkannan, Srikanth Moorthy, Karumathil Pullara Sreekumar et al
AJR 2010;194:110-118
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/110
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Gastrointestinal Imaging
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Dual-Source Dual-Energy MDCT of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Initial
Observations With Data Generated at 80 kVp and at Simulated
Weighted-Average 120 kVp
Michael Macari, Bradley Spieler, Danny Kim, Anno Graser, Alec Jeffrey
Megibow, James Babb, and Hersh Chandarana
AJR 2010;194:27-32
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W27

Taxonomy and Imaging Spectrum of Small Bowel Obstruction After Roux-en-Y
Gastric Bypass Surgery
Abhijit Sunnapwar, Kumaresan Sandrasegaran, Christine O. Menias, Mark
Lockhart, Kedar N. Chintapalli, and Srinivasa R. Prasad
AJR 2010;194:120-128
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/120

Utility of Routine Barium Studies After Adjustments of Laparoscopically
Inserted Gastric Bands
David W. Swenson, Marc S. Levine, Stephen E. Rubesin, Noel N.
Williams, and Kristoffel Dumon
AJR 2010;194:129-135
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/129

CT Findings of Sigmoid Volvulus
Jeffrey M. Levsky, Elana I. Den, Ronelle A. DuBrow, Ellen L. Wolf, and
Alla M. Rozenblit
AJR 2010;194:136-143
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/136
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Genitourinary Imaging
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High-b-Value Diffusion-Weighted Imaging at 3 T to Detect Prostate Cancer:
Comparisons Between b Values of 1,000 and 2,000 s/mm2
Chan Kyo Kim, Byung Kwan Park, and Bohyun Kim
AJR 2010;194:33-37
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W33

Combined Vascular-Excretory Phase MDCT Angiography in the Preoperative
Evaluation of Renal Donors
Giulia A. Zamboni, Janneth Y. Romero, and Vassilios D. Raptopoulos
AJR 2010;194:145-150
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/145

Bladder Tumor Staging: Comparison of Contrast-Enhanced and Gray-Scale
Ultrasound
Giuseppe Caruso, Giuseppe Salvaggio, Antonella Campisi, Darwin
Melloni, Massimo Midiri, Michele Bertolotto, and Roberto Lagalla
AJR 2010;194:151-156
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/151

Assessing Tumor Response and Detecting Recurrence in Metastatic Renal Cell
Carcinoma on Targeted Therapy: Importance of Size and Attenuation on
Contrast-Enhanced CT
Andrew Dennis Smith, Michael L. Lieber, and Shetal N. Shah
AJR 2010;194:157-165
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/157

Perfusion CT in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated With
Interferon
Chaan S. Ng, Xiaohong Wang, Silvana C. Faria, E. Lin, Chusilp
Charnsangavej, and Nizar M. Tannir
AJR 2010;194:166-171
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/166
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Women's Imaging
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Lesion Size Inaccuracies in Digital Mammography
Jean R. Paquelet and R. Edward Hendrick
AJR 2010;194:115-118
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W115

Leiomyoma Shrinkage After MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment: Report
of 80 Patients
Suzanne D. LeBlang, Katherine Hoctor, and Fred L. Steinberg
AJR 2010;194:274-280
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/274
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Musculoskeletal Imaging
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Imaging of Soft Tissues Adjacent to Orthopedic Hardware: Comparison of 3-T
and 1.5-T MRI
Cormac Farrelly, Amir Davarpanah, Stephen Brennan, Mathew Sampson, and
Stephen J. Eustace
AJR 2010;194:60-64
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W60

Evaluation of Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Fiber Tractography of the Median
Nerve: Preliminary Results on Intrasubject Variability and Precision of
Measurements
Gustav Andreisek, Lawrence M. White, Andrea Kassner, and Marshall S.
Sussman
AJR 2010;194:65-72
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W65

Quantification of Muscle Choline Concentrations by Proton MR Spectroscopy
at 3 T: Technical Feasibility
Laura M. Fayad, Nouha Salibi, Xin Wang, Antonio J. Machado et al
AJR 2010;194:73-79
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W73

Accessory Head of Biceps Brachii Muscle: Anatomy, Histology, and MRI in
Cadavers
Ramon Gheno, Cristiane S. Zoner, Florian M. Buck, Marcelo A. C. Nico,
Parviz Haghighi, Debra J. Trudell, and Donald Resnick
AJR 2010;194:80-83
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W80

Percutaneous Radionuclide Ablation of Axial Aneurysmal Bone Cysts
Charles H. Bush, Zachary Adler, Walter E. Drane, Robert Tamurian, Mark
T. Scarborough, and Charles P. Gibbs
AJR 2010;194:84-90
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W84

Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Corticosteroid Injection for the
Treatment of Gluteus Medius Tendinopathy
Julie M. Labrosse, Etienne Cardinal, Bernard E. Leduc et al
AJR 2010;194:202-206
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/202

Unilateral Lumbar Spondylolysis on Radiography and MRI: Emphasis on
Morphologic Differences According to Involved Segment
Ji Seon Park, Sung Kyoung Moon, Wook Jin, and Kyung Nam Ryu
AJR 2010;194:207-215
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/207

Musculoskeletal Sonography: Important Imaging Pitfalls
David A. Jamadar, Brian L. Robertson, Jon A. Jacobson, Gandikota
Girish, Brian J. Sabb, Yebin Jiang, and Yoav Morag
AJR 2010;194:216-225
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/216
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Pediatric Imaging
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Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia of Infancy: Diagnosis With High-Resolution
CT
Alan S. Brody, R. Paul Guillerman, Thomas C. Hay, Brandie D. Wagner,
Lisa R. Young, Gail H. Deutsch, Leland L. Fan, and Robin R. Deterding
AJR 2010;194:238-244
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/238

Estimation of Potential Excess Cancer Incidence in Pediatric 201Tl Imaging
Sue C. Kaste, George L. Waszilycsak, M. Beth McCarville, and Najat C.
Daw
AJR 2010;194:245-249
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/245

MRI of Surgical Repair of Transposition of the Great Vessels
Mervyn D. Cohen, Tiffanie Johnson, and Sabeena Ramrakhiani
AJR 2010;194:250-260
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/250
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Vascular and Interventional Radiology
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Systemic Arterial Embolization in Patients With Hemoptysis: Initial
Experience With Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer in 15 Cases
Antoine Khalil, Muriel Fartoukh, Marc Bazot, Antoine Parrot, Claude
Marsault, and Marie-France Carette
AJR 2010;194:104-110
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W104

Prospective ECG-Triggered CT Angiography of the Thoracic Aorta in Patients
With Atrial Fibrillation or Accelerated Heart Rates: Feasibility and Image
Quality
Philipp Blanke, Tobias Baumann, Stefan Bulla, Oliver Schaefer, Elmar
Kotter, Mathias Langer, and Gregor Pache
AJR 2010;194:111-114
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W111

Early Infectious Complications of Percutaneous Metallic Stent Insertion for
Malignant Biliary Obstruction
Yu Li Sol, Chang Won Kim, Ung Bae Jeon, Nam Kyung Lee, Suk Kim, Dae
Hwan Kang, and Gwang Ha Kim
AJR 2010;194:261-265
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/261

Core Needle Lung Biopsy Specimens: Adequacy for EGFR and KRAS Mutational
Analysis
Stephen B. Solomon, Maureen F. Zakowski, William Pao et al
AJR 2010;194:266-269
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/266
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Medical Physics and Informatics
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Dose Reduction in Helical CT: Dynamically Adjustable z-Axis X-Ray Beam
Collimation
Jodie A. Christner, Vanessa A. Zavaletta, Christian D. Eusemann et al
AJR 2010;194:49-55
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W49

Web-Based Teaching Tool Incorporating Peer Assessment and Self-Assessment:
Example of Aligned Teaching
Fintan J. McEvoy, Peter M. McEvoy, and Eiliv L. Svalastoga
AJR 2010;194:56-59
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W56

Radiation Dose From Cone Beam CT in a Pediatric Phantom: Risk Estimation of
Cancer Incidence
Sangroh Kim, Terry T. Yoshizumi, Donald P. Frush, Greta Toncheva, and
Fang-Fang Yin
AJR 2010;194:186-190
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/186

Innovations in CT Dose Reduction Strategy: Application of the Adaptive
Statistical Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm
Alvin C. Silva, Holly J. Lawder, Amy Hara, Jennifer Kujak, and William
Pavlicek
AJR 2010;194:191-199
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/191
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Health Care Policy and Quality
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Imaging Evaluation for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism: What Do Emergency
Physicians and Radiologists Say?
Saurabh Jha, Alex Ho, Mythreyi Bhargavan, Jean B. Owen, and Jonathan
H. Sunshine
AJR 2010;194:38-48
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W38

Masters of Radiology Panel Discussion: Responding to Health Care Reform and
Other Market Pressures
Howard P. Forman, John K. Crowe, Neil Messinger, Marcia C. Javitt et al
AJR 2010;194:173-177
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/194/1/173

Demographic Changes in Radiology Residency Positions 1980-2007: The
Divergence Between California and the Rest of the United States
Stephen R. Baker, Jason J. Tholany, and Yin-Hann Howard Hsieh
AJR 2010;194:178-184
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/178
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Letters
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Scar Endometrioma: Too Unusual to Be Remembered?
Giampiero Francica
AJR 2010;194:119
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/194/1/W119

Reply
Shaile Choudhary and Najla Fasih
AJR 2010;194:120
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/194/1/W120

Digital Mammography Leads to More Short-Term Follow-Up
Michelle McDonough, Annamaria Wilhelm, and Elizabeth DePeri
AJR 2010;194:121
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/194/1/W121
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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Clinical Utility of PET/CT in Lymphoma
Carmel G. Cronin, Ronan Swords, Mylene T. Truong, Chitra Viswanathan,
Eric Rohren, Francis J. Giles, Michael O'Dwyer, and John F. Bruzzi
AJR 2010;194:91-103
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/W91

FDG PET/CT in Assessment of Pulmonary Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis
Priyanka Prakash, Mannudeep K. Kalra, Amita Sharma, Jo-Anne O.
Shepard, and Subba R. Digumarthy
AJR 2010;194:231-236
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/231
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Neuroradiology/Head and Neck Imaging
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Imaging of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review of the Recent Medical
Literature
James M. Provenzale
AJR 2010;194:16-19
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/16

Is Progesterone Worth Consideration as a Treatment for Brain Injury?
Donald G. Stein and Iqbal Sayeed
AJR 2010;194:20-22
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/194/1/20

Dual-Energy CT Angiography in the Evaluation of Intracranial Aneurysms:
Image Quality, Radiation Dose, and Comparison With 3D Rotational Digital
Subtraction Angiography
Long-Jiang Zhang, Sheng-Yong Wu, Jing-Bo Niu, Zhuo-Li Zhang et al
AJR 2010;194:23-30
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/23

Biopsy of Thyroid Nodules: Comparison of Three Sets of Guidelines
Sung Soo Ahn, Eun-Kyung Kim, Dae Ryong Kang, Sung-Kil Lim, Jin Young
Kwak, and Min Jung Kim
AJR 2010;194:31-37
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/31

Diagnostic Approach for Evaluation of Lymph Node Metastasis From Thyroid
Cancer Using Ultrasound and Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy
Yu-Mee Sohn, Jin Young Kwak, Eun-Kyung Kim, Hee Jung Moon et al
AJR 2010;194:38-43
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/38

Thyroid Follicular Carcinoma: Sonographic Features of 50 Cases
John C. Sillery, Carl C. Reading, J. William Charboneau, Tara L.
Henrichsen, Ian D. Hay, and Jayawant N. Mandrekar
AJR 2010;194:44-54
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/44

Accuracy of Contrast-Enhanced MDCT and MRI for Identifying the Severity and
Cause of Neural Foraminal Stenosis in Cervical Radiculopathy: A Prospective
Study
Annette C. Douglas-Akinwande, Jonas Rydberg, Mitesh V. Shah et al
AJR 2010;194:55-61
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/55

CT Perfusion of Head and Neck Tumors: How We Do It
Lorenzo Faggioni, Emanuele Neri, and Carlo Bartolozzi
AJR 2010;194:62-69
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/194/1/62
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Residents' Section
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Multiple Cystlike Lung Lesions in the Adult
Luce Cantin, Alexander A. Bankier, and Ronald L. Eisenberg
AJR 2010;194:1-11
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/194/1/W1

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