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Journal article Eur J Radiol · November 2009 Featured Work Digital tomosynthesis is a radiographic technique that can produce an arbitrary number of section images of a patient from a single pass of the X-ray tube. It utilizes a conventional X-ray tube, a flat-panel detector, a computer-controlled tube mover, and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Digital tomosynthesis of the chest for lung nodule detection: interim sensitivity results from an ongoing NIH-sponsored trial.

Journal article Med Phys · June 2008 Featured Work The authors report interim clinical results from an ongoing NIH-sponsored trial to evaluate digital chest tomosynthesis for improving detectability of small lung nodules. Twenty-one patients undergoing computed tomography (CT) to follow up lung nodules wer ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mucoid impactions: finger-in-glove sign and other CT and radiographic features.

Journal article Radiographics · 2008 Featured Work Mucoid impaction is a relatively common finding at chest radiography and computed tomography (CT). Both congenital and acquired abnormalities may cause mucoid impaction of the large airways that often manifests as tubular opacities known as the finger-in-g ... Full text Link to item Cite

The many faces of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infection.

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · July 2007 Featured Work OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to review clinical and radiologic manifestations of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. CONCLUSION: Common and well-recognized patterns of infection include cavitary and bronchiectatic disease and inf ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multiprojection correlation imaging for improved detection of pulmonary nodules.

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · May 2007 Featured Work OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was the development and preliminary evaluation of multiprojection correlation imaging with 3D computer-aided detection (CAD) on chest radiographs for cost- and dose-effective improvement of early detection of pulmonary ... Full text Link to item Cite

Recent advances in chest radiography.

Journal article Radiology · December 2006 Featured Work There have been many remarkable advances in conventional thoracic imaging over the past decade. Perhaps the most remarkable is the rapid conversion from film-based to digital radiographic systems. Computed radiography is now the preferred imaging modality ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparative scatter and dose performance of slot-scan and full-field digital chest radiography systems.

Journal article Radiology · June 2005 Featured Work PURPOSE: To evaluate the scatter, dose, and effective detective quantum efficiency (DQE) performance of a slot-scan digital chest radiography system compared with that of a full-field digital radiography system. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Scatter fraction of a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multiplanar and three-dimensional imaging of the thorax.

Journal article Radiol Clin North Am · May 2003 Featured Work Although axial images are sufficient for diagnosis in most instances, knowledge of multiplanar imaging techniques is essential to apply them in appropriate circumstances. In particular, appropriately applied multiplanar imaging adds confidence to interpret ... Full text Link to item Cite

Drug-induced lung injury.

Journal article Semin Roentgenol · January 2002 Featured Work Lung injury is an increasing cause of morbidity and mortality in patients treated with cytotoxic and noncytotoxic drugs. Prompt diagnosis is important because early drug-induced lung injury will often regress with the cessation of therapy. Diagnosis requir ... Full text Link to item Cite

High-resolution CT of drug-induced lung disease.

Journal article Radiol Clin North Am · January 2002 Featured Work Drug-induced pulmonary toxicity is increasing and early diagnosis is important because of the associated morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is often difficult and is usually based on a history of drug therapy and exclusion of infection, radiation pneumonit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Novel techniques for MR imaging of pulmonary airspaces.

Journal article Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am · February 2000 Featured Work Hyperpolarized gas- and molecular oxygen-enhanced MR imaging are two new techniques for high-resolution MR imaging of pulmonary airspaces. Both techniques produce excellent images in a safe, reproducible, and technically feasible manner. Because morphologi ... Link to item Cite

Hyperpolarized 3He-enhanced MR imaging of lung transplant recipients: preliminary results.

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · October 1999 Featured Work OBJECTIVE: Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome is the major cause of long-term graft failure in lung transplant recipients and may be partially reversible if diagnosed early and treated. Diagnosis is difficult because findings of transbronchial biopsy are of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cystic fibrosis: combined hyperpolarized 3He-enhanced and conventional proton MR imaging in the lung--preliminary observations.

Journal article Radiology · September 1999 Featured Work Four patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) were examined with combined hyperpolarized helium 3-enhanced and conventional proton magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. After inhalation of the polarized 3He gas, single breath-hold, gradient-echo images (resonant freq ... Full text Link to item Cite