Published in AJR Am J Roentgenol on February 01, 2011
Systematic unenhanced CT for acute abdominal symptoms in the elderly patients improves both emergency department diagnosis and prompt clinical management. Eur Radiol (2016) 0.82
Negative predictive value of intravenous contrast-enhanced CT of the abdomen for patients presenting to the emergency department with undifferentiated upper abdominal pain. Emerg Radiol (2011) 0.78
A report on the Academic Emergency Medicine 2015 consensus conference "Diagnostic imaging in the emergency department: a research agenda to optimize utilization". Emerg Radiol (2016) 0.77
Utility of repeated abdominal CT scans after prior negative CT scans in patients presenting to ER with nontraumatic abdominal pain. Dig Dis Sci (2012) 0.77
Do we really need additional contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography for differential diagnosis in triage of middle-aged subjects with suspected biliary pain. Medicine (Baltimore) (2015) 0.75
Diagnostic emergency imaging utilization at an academic trauma center from 1996 to 2012. J Am Coll Radiol (2015) 0.75
Imaging: Multidetector CT in the diagnosis of suspected appendicitis. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol (2011) 0.75
Renal stones on portal venous phase contrast-enhanced CT: does intravenous contrast interfere with detection? Abdom Imaging (2014) 0.75
Diagnosis of acute abdomen. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2011) 0.75
Concurrent presentation of appendicitis and acute cholecystitis: diagnosis of rare occurrence. BMJ Case Rep (2015) 0.75
Active surveillance compared with initial treatment for men with low-risk prostate cancer: a decision analysis. JAMA (2010) 5.78
Treatment of focal liver tumors with percutaneous radio-frequency ablation: complications encountered in a multicenter study. Radiology (2003) 5.42
Coronary CT angiography versus standard evaluation in acute chest pain. N Engl J Med (2012) 4.72
Trends in the risks and benefits to patients with cancer participating in phase 1 clinical trials. JAMA (2004) 4.36
American Cancer Society lung cancer screening guidelines. CA Cancer J Clin (2013) 3.16
Observation versus initial treatment for men with localized, low-risk prostate cancer: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Ann Intern Med (2013) 2.96
Risks and benefits of infliximab for the treatment of Crohn's disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2006) 2.88
Cost-effectiveness of computed tomography screening for lung cancer in the United States. J Thorac Oncol (2011) 2.83
Benefits and harms of computed tomography lung cancer screening strategies: a comparative modeling study for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med (2013) 2.77
Paraesophageal hernias: operation or observation? Ann Surg (2002) 2.71
Cost-effectiveness of aspirin chemoprevention for Barrett's esophagus. J Natl Cancer Inst (2004) 2.53
Acute epiploic appendagitis and its mimics. Radiographics (2005) 2.46
Managing radiation use in medical imaging: a multifaceted challenge. Radiology (2010) 2.40
Estimating long-term effectiveness of lung cancer screening in the Mayo CT screening study. Radiology (2008) 2.37
Application of recently developed computer algorithm for automatic classification of unstructured radiology reports: validation study. Radiology (2004) 2.36
Impact of reduced tobacco smoking on lung cancer mortality in the United States during 1975-2000. J Natl Cancer Inst (2012) 2.30
Implications and cost of pancreatic leak following distal pancreatic resection. Arch Surg (2006) 2.25
Recommendations for additional imaging in radiology reports: multifactorial analysis of 5.9 million examinations. Radiology (2009) 2.24
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases in potential candidates for resection: the "test-of-time approach". Cancer (2003) 2.22
Important imaging finding e-mail alert system: experience after 3 years of implementation. Radiology (2009) 2.20
Outpatient falls prevention program outcome: an increase, a plateau, and a decrease in incident reports. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2014) 2.02
Effect of computerized order entry with integrated decision support on the growth of outpatient procedure volumes: seven-year time series analysis. Radiology (2009) 1.90
Incidence of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis after adoption of restrictive gadolinium-based contrast agent guidelines. Radiology (2011) 1.87
Addressing overutilization in medical imaging. Radiology (2010) 1.79
Imaging angiogenesis: applications and potential for drug development. J Natl Cancer Inst (2005) 1.76
Diagnosis of necrotizing soft tissue infections by computed tomography. Arch Surg (2010) 1.68
Fournier gangrene: role of imaging. Radiographics (2008) 1.68
The status of appendiceal CT in an urban medical center 5 years after its introduction: experience with 753 patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2005) 1.66
Computed tomography pulmonary angiography: an assessment of the radiology report. Acad Radiol (2009) 1.63
Quality initiatives: Key performance indicators for measuring and improving radiology department performance. Radiographics (2010) 1.60
Patient preferences for the chemoprevention of esophageal adenocarcinoma in Barrett's esophagus. Am J Gastroenterol (2008) 1.57
Biomarkers in imaging: realizing radiology's future. Radiology (2003) 1.54
Epiploic appendagitis: the emergency department presentation. J Emerg Med (2002) 1.52
Rescreening of persons with a negative colonoscopy result: results from a microsimulation model. Ann Intern Med (2012) 1.52
Reorganizing the system of care surrounding laparoscopic surgery: a cost-effectiveness analysis using discrete-event simulation. Med Decis Making (2004) 1.51
Suspected aortic dissection and other aortic disorders: multi-detector row CT in 373 cases in the emergency setting. Radiology (2006) 1.49
Calibration methods used in cancer simulation models and suggested reporting guidelines. Pharmacoeconomics (2009) 1.48
Enhancing research in academic radiology departments: recommendations of the 2003 Consensus Conference. J Am Coll Radiol (2004) 1.47
Strategies for managing imaging utilization. J Am Coll Radiol (2009) 1.46
Radiology order entry with decision support: initial clinical experience. J Am Coll Radiol (2006) 1.44
Report of the ACR task force on international teleradiology. J Am Coll Radiol (2005) 1.44
Staging MR lymphangiography of the axilla for early breast cancer: cost-effectiveness analysis. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2008) 1.42
Cost-effectiveness analysis in the assessment of diagnostic imaging technologies. Radiology (2005) 1.39
Urgent findings on portable chest radiography: what the radiologist should know--review. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2011) 1.39
Who should read and interpret 18F-FDG PET studies? J Nucl Med (2003) 1.38
Jobs and new initiatives in nuclear medicine education. J Nucl Med (2011) 1.38
Multidetector CT of blunt thoracic trauma. Radiographics (2008) 1.38
Cost-effectiveness of coronary MDCT in the triage of patients with acute chest pain. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2008) 1.37
A systematic meta-analysis of the efficacy and heterogeneity of disease management programs in congestive heart failure. J Card Fail (2006) 1.36
Clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of coronary computed tomography angiography in the evaluation of patients with chest pain. J Am Coll Cardiol (2009) 1.34
Multidetector CT of carpal injuries: anatomy, fractures, and fracture-dislocations. Radiographics (2008) 1.31
Chapter 3: Cohort life tables by smoking status, removing lung cancer as a cause of death. Risk Anal (2012) 1.31
Computed tomography screening for lung cancer. BMJ (2007) 1.30
Calibration of disease simulation model using an engineering approach. Value Health (2009) 1.27
CT manifestations of adrenal trauma: experience with 73 cases. Emerg Radiol (2007) 1.27
Adopting helical CT screening for lung cancer: potential health consequences during a 15-year period. Cancer (2008) 1.26
Cost-effectiveness of whole-body CT screening. Radiology (2005) 1.25
CT cystography with multiplanar reformation for suspected bladder rupture: experience in 234 cases. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2006) 1.25
Utility estimates for decision-analytic modeling in chronic heart failure--health states based on New York Heart Association classes and number of rehospitalizations. Value Health (2008) 1.24
Lung cancer treatment costs, including patient responsibility, by disease stage and treatment modality, 1992 to 2003. Value Health (2011) 1.22
MR imaging of the acute abdomen and pelvis: acute appendicitis and beyond. Radiographics (2007) 1.20
Radiation dose reduction with hybrid iterative reconstruction for pediatric CT. Radiology (2012) 1.19
Frequency, sensitivity, and specificity of individual signs of diverticulitis on thin-section helical CT with colonic contrast material: experience with 312 cases. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2002) 1.19
Acute adverse reactions to gadopentetate dimeglumine and gadobenate dimeglumine: experience with 32,659 injections. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2010) 1.17
Comparison of image quality between conventional and low-dose nonenhanced head CT. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol (2004) 1.16
Multidetector and three-dimensional CT evaluation of the patient with maxillofacial injury. Radiol Clin North Am (2011) 1.15
Percutaneous tumor ablation: increased necrosis with combined radio-frequency ablation and intravenous liposomal doxorubicin in a rat breast tumor model. Radiology (2002) 1.14
Estimation of mortality rates for disease simulation models using Bayesian evidence synthesis. Med Decis Making (2006) 1.14
Annual financial impact of well-differentiated thyroid cancer care in the United States. Cancer (2014) 1.13
Breast cancer screening in BRCA1 mutation carriers: effectiveness of MR imaging--Markov Monte Carlo decision analysis. Radiology (2008) 1.13
Trends in thoracic radiology over a decade at a large academic medical center. J Thorac Imaging (2004) 1.12
Diagnostic imaging costs: are they driving up the costs of hospital care? Radiology (2005) 1.11
Long-term acceptance of renal allografts following prenatal inoculation with adult bone marrow. Transplantation (2005) 1.11
Radio-frequency ablation increases intratumoral liposomal doxorubicin accumulation in a rat breast tumor model. Radiology (2002) 1.11
Multi-detector row CT: radiation dose characteristics. Radiology (2003) 1.10
MDCT for automated detection and measurement of pneumothoraces in trauma patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2009) 1.10
Cost-effectiveness of breast MR imaging and screen-film mammography for screening BRCA1 gene mutation carriers. Radiology (2010) 1.09
Cerebral fractional anisotropy score in trauma patients: a new indicator of white matter injury after trauma. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2003) 1.09
Use of modeling to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of cancer screening programs. J Clin Oncol (2007) 1.09
Comparative analysis of 5 lung cancer natural history and screening models that reproduce outcomes of the NLST and PLCO trials. Cancer (2014) 1.08
Increasing the appropriateness of outpatient imaging: effects of a barrier to ordering low-yield examinations. Radiology (2010) 1.08
Renal mass biopsy to guide treatment decisions for small incidental renal tumors: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Radiology (2010) 1.07
Radiology practice models: the 2008 ACR Forum. J Am Coll Radiol (2008) 1.07
Cost-effectiveness of photodynamic therapy for treatment of Barrett's esophagus with high grade dysplasia. Dig Dis Sci (2003) 1.07
Radiation dose is reduced with a single-pass whole-body multi-detector row CT trauma protocol compared with a conventional segmented method: initial experience. Radiology (2003) 1.07
Does radiologist recommendation for follow-up with the same imaging modality contribute substantially to high-cost imaging volume? Radiology (2007) 1.05
Chapter 9: The MGH-HMS lung cancer policy model: tobacco control versus screening. Risk Anal (2012) 1.05
Physical activity assessment: validation of a clinical assessment tool. Am J Prev Med (2006) 1.05
Radiofrequency ablation versus nephron-sparing surgery for small unilateral renal cell carcinoma: cost-effectiveness analysis. Radiology (2008) 1.04
Clinical comparison of standard-dose and 50% reduced-dose abdominal CT: effect on image quality. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2002) 1.04
Elective endovascular versus open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: systematic review of short-term results. Radiology (2002) 1.03