Mar 7, 2022
Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.21.27129
Xiaochen D. Liu, MD discusses an article that assesses the utility of preoperative shear wave elastography measurements of the supraspinatus muscle to predict successful rotator cuff repair, including comparison with MRI-based...
Mar 7, 2022
Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.21.27062 Hyunjoong William Kim, MD discusses Liver Surface Nodularity score, which as the name suggests, looks at the nodularity along the anterior aspect of the left lobe of the liver preferentially. Using a semi-automated software, liver nodularity can be...
Mar 7, 2022
Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.21.26935
Ragheed Al-Dulaimi, MD discusses an AJR article that assesses utility of second-largest lesion size on parathyroid CT for differentiating single-gland disease from multigland disease.
Mar 7, 2022
Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.21.26806
Post-embolization syndrome (abdominal pain, nausea, emesis, and fever) is the most common adverse effect of liver embolotherapy and is the primary reason for post-procedure hospitalization. Liwei Jiang, MD, discusses a new study that links cirrhosis with...
Mar 7, 2022
Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.21.26674
Viet Le, MD discusses the utility of additional whole-spine MRI in children with suspected abusive head trauma. Clinical providers, including radiologists, may find diagnostic value to consider incorporating whole-spine MRI in cases of possible...