Annals ofImage & Radiology

Volume: 6 - Number: 56 - December 15, 2006

Outstanding

Acute Appendicitis: Added Diagnostic Value of Coronal Reformations from Isotropic Voxels at Multi–Detector Row CT

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: New Nodule-within-a-Mass Pattern of Recurrence after Partial Response to Imatinib Mesylate

Subclavian Steal Syndrome: Diagnosis with Perfusion Metrics from Contrast-enhanced MR Angiographic Bolus-timing Examination—Initial Experience

Multi–Detector Row CT in Evaluation of 94 Living Renal Donors by Readers with Varied Experience

Experimental Study

Digital Slot-Scan Charge-coupled Device Radiography versus AMBER and Bucky Screen-Film Radiography: Comparison of Image Quality in a Phantom Study

Bile Leakage during Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation: In Vitro Effect of Bile on Growth and Function of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelium

Gastrointestinal Image

Hepatic Lesions Deemed Too Small to Characterize at CT: Prevalence and Importance in Women with Breast Cancer

Acute Appendicitis: Added Diagnostic Value of Coronal Reformations from Isotropic Voxels at Multi–Detector Row CT

Achalasia with Complete Relaxation of Lower Esophageal Sphincter: Radiographic-Manometric Correlation

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: New Nodule-within-a-Mass Pattern of Recurrence after Partial Response to Imatinib Mesylate

Living Donor Candidates for Right Hepatic Lobe Transplantation: Evaluation at CT Cholangiography—Initial Experience

Genitourinary imaging

Multi–Detector Row CT in Evaluation of 94 Living Renal Donors by Readers with Varied Experience

Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging of Kidneys in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with Parenchymal Diseases: Initial Experience

Treated Ovarian Cancer: MR Imaging, Laparotomy Reassessment, and Serum CA-125 Values Compared with Clinical Outcome at 1 Year

Head and Neck Images

Subclavian Steal Syndrome: Diagnosis with Perfusion Metrics from Contrast-enhanced MR Angiographic Bolus-timing Examination—Initial Experience

Health policy and practice

Diagnostic Imaging Costs: Are They Driving Up the Costs of Hospital Care?

Medical Physics

Comparative Scatter and Dose Performance of Slot-Scan and Full-Field Digital Chest Radiography Systems

Molecular Imaging

Exogenous Gene Expression in Tumors: Noninvasive Quantification with Functional and Anatomic Imaging in a Mouse Model

Iron Oxide Nanoparticle–labeled Rat Smooth Muscle Cells: Cardiac MR Imaging for Cell Graft Monitoring and Quantitation

Muscle-Skeleton Image

Abductor Tendons and Muscles Assessed at MR Imaging after Total Hip Arthroplasty in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Patients

Anterior Tibial Tendon Abnormalities: MR Imaging Findings

Neuroradiology

Apparent Diffusion Coefficient of Human Brain Tumors at MR Imaging

CT Sign of Brain Swelling without Concomitant Parenchymal Hypoattenuation: Comparison with Diffusion- and Perfusion-weighted MR Imaging

The Pituitary Gland: Changes on MR Images During the 1st Year after Delivery