background x-ray, is one of the oldest, and yet the most widely used form of medical photographing. x-ray is a valuable tool to diagnose and examine many diseases such as arthritis, spinal injuries, pneumonia, bronchitis and even cancer. running a quality control program of the radiology devices can reduce the absorbed dose in the patients. the aim of this study is to take the quality control t...

Transperineal in-bore 3T MRI guided prostate biopsy in active surveillance patients: Higher prevalence of anteriorly located positive prostate cancer targets Tobias Penzkofer, Kemal Tuncali, Fiona M Fennessy, Junichi Tokuda, Andriy Fedorov, Sang-Eun Song, Nobuhiko Hata, and Clare M Tempany Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiolog...

Introduction: Radiation exposure during radiological examination is a health concern, of which radiology professionals should be cognizant. We sought to evaluate the radiation protection knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) amongst radiology staff of hospitals across 10 provinces of Iran. Materials and Methods: For evaluating the level of radiation protection KAP, 553 radiology staff were e...

Introduction Lead-based shields are the most widely used attenuators in X-ray and gamma ray fields. The heavy weight, toxicity and corrosion of lead have led researchers towards the development of non-lead shields. Materials and Methods The purpose of this study was to design multi-layered shields for protection against X-rays and gamma rays in diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine. In this...

From Utah Valley Interventional Associates and Intermountain Vein Center (C.M.B., K.T.), Provo, Utah; Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (A.V.), George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC; Department of Radiology (H.S.K., L.G.M.), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Radiology (S.F.M.), University of Western Ontario, London; Depart...

Johns Hopkins UniVersity School of Medicine Department of Radiology, 217 Traylor Building 720 Rutland AVenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center Laboratory of Diagnostic Radiology Research National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging Bethesda, Maryland 20892 F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Br...

1 Mechanical Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara-TURKEY [email protected] 2 Radiology Image Analysis Lab., Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA [email protected] 3,∗ Control and Intelligent Processing Center of Excellence, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Tehran...

P. A. Wielopolski, P. Ciet, G. P. Krestin, M. H. Lequin, H. Tiddens, and R. Manniesing Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Department of Medical-Diagnostic Sciences and Therapies, Policlinico Universitario di Padova, Padova, Italy, Department of Pulmonology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Department of Informatics and Radiology...

From Virginia Interventional and Vascular Associates (J.D.S.), Fredericksburg; Department of Radiology (W.E.A.S.), University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia; Department of Radiology (J.D.S.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Center for Devices and Radiological Health (D.L.M.), Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring; Department of Interventional Ra...