A Special Thank You
The College wishes to thank the following ACR members who participated in a Council Steering Committee Subcommittee to review and reconcile drafts with comments submitted during the field review cycle. Documents that resulted from that activity have been submitted as resolutions for consideration at the 2005 AMCLC Meeting:
Member/CSC Subcommittee
Mark J. Adams, MD – MRI of the Shoulder
Kimberly E. Applegate, MD, MS – Adult Sedation/Analgesia; Communication Diagnostic Findings; CT Pulmonary; Cystography and Urethrography; HRCT of the Lungs; MRI of the Abdomen; MRI of the Liver; MRI of the Pelvis; Pediatric Sedation/Analgesia; Prostate Ultrasound; Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
John D. Barr, MD – IVC; Vertebroplasty
Lawrence W. Bassett, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Lincoln Berland, MD – CT Angiography; CT Pulmonary; HRCT of the Lungs
Mark O. Bernardy, MD – IVC; Vertebroplasty
Raymond E. Bertino, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
David C. Beyer, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
David A. Bluemke, MD, PhD – MRI of the Abdomen; MRI of the Liver; MRI of the Pelvis
Edward I. Bluth, MD – Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Jay Bosworth, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
William G. Bradley, Jr, MD, PhD – Cervicocerebral Angiography; IVC; MRA; MRI of the Abdomen; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; MRI of the Liver; MRI of the Pelvis; MRI of the Shoulder; Vertebroplasty
David R. Brill, MD – Unsealed Sources
Jeffrey J. Brown, MD – Cervicocerebral Angiography; IVC; MRA; MRI of the Abdomen; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; MRI of the Liver; MRI of the Pelvis; MRI of the Shoulder; Vertebroplasty
John F. Cardella, MD – Adult Sedation/Analgesia; Cervicocerebral Angiography; IVC; Pediatric Sedation/Analgesia; Vertebroplasty
Thomas S. Chang, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Craig E. Clark, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
John J. Connors, III, MD – Cervicocerebral Angiography
Ronald E. Cordell, MD – CT Colonography
D. Jeffrey Demanes, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
G. David Dixon, MD – Cervicocerebral Angiography; CT Pulmonary; Cystography and Urethrography; IVC; Vertebroplasty
James S. Donaldson, MD – Adult Sedation/Analgesia; Pediatric Sedation/Analgesia
Nancy A. Ellerbroek, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
W. Phil Evans, III, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Chieh-Min Fan, MD – CT Angiography
Elliot K. Fishman, MD – CT Angiography
James W. Fletcher, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
Rita I. Freimanis, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Irwin Freundlich, MD – HRCT of the Lungs
Laurie E. Gaspar, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
Spencer B. Gay, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
Gretchen A. Gooding, MD – Prostate Ultrasound; Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Edward G. Grant, MD – Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Milton J. Guiberteau, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
David B. Haseman, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
Robert R. Hattery, Jr, MD – Cystography and Urethrography
J. Bruce Hauser, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings; CT Angiography; CT Colonography; CT Pulmonary; HRCT of the Lungs; Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Jay P. Heiken, MD – CT Colonography
Valerie P. Jackson, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Valerie L. Jewells, DO – Prostate Ultrasound
John A. Kaufman, MD – CT Angiography
Alan D. Kaye, MD – CT Angiography
Ella A. Kazerooni, MD – HRCT of the Lungs
Stephen A. Kieffer, MD – Cervicocerebral Angiography
Jeffrey Klein, MD – CT Pulmonary
W. Robert Lee, MD, MS – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
Steven A. Leibel, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
Curtis A. Lewis, MD, MBA – Cervicocerebral Angiography
Lawrence A. Liebscher, MD – Adult Sedation/Analgesia; CT Colonography; CT Pulmonary; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; MRI of the Pelvis; Pediatric Sedation/ Analgesia
Michael L. Lipton, MD – MRI of the Pelvis
Philip L. Lund, MD – Cystography and Urethrography
Katarzyna J. Macura, MD, PhD – MRI of the Pelvis
Beatrice L. Madrazo, MD – Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Bruce M. Markle, MD – CT Angiography
John M. Mathis, MD – IVC; Vertebroplasty
Matthew A. Mauro, MD – Adult Sedation/Analgesia; Cervicocerebral Angiography; IVC; Pediatric Sedation/ Analgesia; Vertebroplasty
Ellen B. Mendelson, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Kathryn A. Morton, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
Suresh K. Mukherji, MD – Cervicocerebral Angiography; IVC; MRA; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; MRI of the Shoulder; Vertebroplasty
Subir Nag, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
Laurence Needleman, MD – Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Sara M. O'Hara, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
Steve H. Parker, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
John S. Pellerito, MD – Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Colin S. Poon, MD, PhD – MRI of the Pelvis
Louis Potters, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer; Unsealed Sources
Donald L. Resnick, MD – MRI of the Shoulder
Seth A. Rosenthal, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
David A. Rubin, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors
Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD – MRA
Carol M. Rumack, MD – Prostate Ultrasound; Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Eric J. Russell, MD – Cervicocerebral Angiography
David Sacks, MD – Cervicocerebral Angiography
Michael A. Savin, MD – IVC; Vertebroplasty
Alice M. Scheff, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
Ellen S. Shaw de Paredes, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Cynthia Sherry, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
Sheila Sheth, MD – Prostate Ultrasound
Frank J. Simone, MD – Prostate Ultrasound
Barry Stein, MD – MRA; MRI of the Liver
David W. Stoller, MD – MRI of the Shoulder
Julie K. Timins, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy; Stereotactically Guided Breast; Unsealed Sources
Susan L. Voci, MD – CT Pulmonary; MRI of the Abdomen; MRI of the Liver; Prostate Ultrasound
Per-Lennart Westesson, MD, PhD, DDS – IVC; Vertebroplasty
Gerald A. White, Jr, MS – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
James M. Woolfenden, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
E. Kent Yucel, MD – MRA
Harvey Ziessman, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
The list below acknowledges the following ACR members who commented on the Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards during the 2005 field review:
Guidelines/Standards Member/Commentor Commented On
Mark Adams, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings; CT Pulmonary Cystography and Urethrography; HRCT of the Lungs; MRI of the Abdomen; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; MRI of the Knee; MRI of the Liver; MRI of the Pelvis; Prostate Ultrasound; Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Roger Anderson, Jr, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
Kimberly E. Applegate, MD, MS – Cervicocerebral Angiography; CT Angiography; IVC
M. Julie Armada, MD – CT Pulmonary
David A. Bluemke, MD, PhD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
M. Ines Boechat, MD – Pediatric Sedation/Analgesia
R. James Brenner, MD, JD – Communication Diagnostic Findings; Stereotactically Guided Breast
Errol Candy, MD – Vertebroplasty
Ronald E. Cordell, MD – Adult Sedation/Analgesia; Cervicocerebral Angiography; Communication Diagnostic Findings; CT Angiography; Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy; IVC; MRA; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; MRI of the Knee; MRI of the Shoulder; Pediatric Sedation/Analgesia; Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast; Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta; Vertebroplasty
Barbara Y. Croft, PhD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy; Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Jeanne A. Cullinan, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
G. David Dixon, MD – Adult Sedation/Analgesia; CT Angiography; HRCT of the Lungs; Pediatric Sedation/Analgesia
Sarah S. Donaldson, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings; CT Colonography; CT Pulmonary; Cystography and Urethrography; Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy; HRCT of the Lungs; MRA; MRI of the Abdomen; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; MRI of the Knee; MRI of the Liver; MRI of the Pelvis; MRI of the Shoulder; Prostate Ultrasound; Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast; Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta; Vertebroplasty
Edward A. Eikman, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
Nancy A. Ellerbroek, MD – Prostate Ultrasound
Beth A. Erickson, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer; Unsealed Sources
Frank A. Erickson, MD – CT Angiography
Laura M. Fayad, MD – MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; MRI of the Knee; MRI of the Shoulder
Kate A. Feinstein, MD – MRI of the Liver
Melanie A. Fidler, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast
James K. Fisher, MD – CT Colonography
Cassandra S. Foens, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer; Prostate Ultrasound
Geoffrey A. Gardiner, Jr, MD – CT Angiography
Laurie E. Gaspar, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
Spencer B. Gay, MD – MRI of the Abdomen
Bob W. Gayler, MD – CT Colonography; CT Pulmonary; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Per Granstrom, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Frank R. Graybeal, Jr, MD – Adult Sedation/Analgesia; Communication Diagnostic Findings; CT Angiography; CT Colonography; CT Pulmonary Cystography and Urethrography; Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy; HRCT of the Lungs; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; MRI of the Knee; MRI of the Liver; MRI of the Pelvis; MRI of the Shoulder; Prostate Ultrasound; Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast; Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta; Vertebroplasty
Roma V. Gumbs, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; Stereotactically Guided Breast
Eric M. Hart, MD – CT Pulmonary; HRCT of the Lungs
Mark D. Herbst, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
Barbara S. Hertzberg, MD – Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Valerie P. Jackson, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
Valerie L. Jewells, DO – CT Pulmonary
Sheldon A. Johnson, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
Keith M. Jones, PhD – Unsealed Sources
Linda O. Judge, MD – CT Pulmonary; MRI of the Abdomen
James A. Junker, MD – Adult Sedation/Analgesia; Cervicocerebral Angiography; Communication Diagnostic Findings; CT Angiography; CT Pulmonary Cystography and Urethrography; Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy; HRCT of the Lungs; IVC; MRA; MRI of the Abdomen; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; MRI of the Knee; MRI of the Liver; MRI of the Pelvis; MRI of the Shoulder; Ultrasound-Guided Breast; Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta; Unsealed Sources
Ella A. Kazerooni, MD – CT Pulmonary
David C. Kushner, MD – MRA; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; MRI of the Knee; MRI of the Shoulder; Pediatric Sedation/Analgesia; Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta; Vertebroplasty
David F. Lackner, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
Lawrence A. Liebscher, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer; Cervicocerebral Angiography; Communication Diagnostic Findings; CT Angiography; Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy; HRCT of the Lungs; IVC; MRA; MRI of the Abdomen; MRI of the Knee; MRI of the Liver; MRI of the Shoulder; Prostate Ultrasound; Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast; Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta; Unsealed Sources; Vertebroplasty
Philip L. Lund, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings; CT Pulmonary
Mahadevappa Mahesh, PhD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Catherine Metzger Rose, MD – Prostate Ultrasound
Scott R. Miller, MD – CT Pulmonary; Cystography and Urethrography
Kieran Murphy, MD – Vertebroplasty
Ian R. Peterkin, MD – MRI of the Abdomen
Michael L. Puckett, MD – CT Colonography
Bernard Schneider, MD, PhD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
Joel M. Schwartz, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
Gregory J. Schwartzman, MD – CT Pulmonary; HRCT of the Lungs; MRI of the Abdomen; MRI of the Liver; MRI of the Pelvis
Arlene E. Segal, MD – Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Frank G. Shellock, PhD – MRI of the Abdomen; MRI of the Liver; MRI of the Pelvis
Alan Siegel, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
John Simmons, MD – Cervicocerebral Angiography
Stefan M. Skalina, MD – MRA; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; MRI of the Knee; MRI of the Shoulder
John J. Smith, MD, JD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
Stephen H. Smyth, MD – CT Pulmonary
Jeanne N. Stryker, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
Joseph H. Tashjian, MD – HRCT of the Lungs
Richard N. Taxin, MD – Cystography and Urethrography; Prostate Ultrasound
Julie K. Timins, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings; CT Pulmonary; Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Mitchell E. F. Travis, MD – Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Amy Tsang, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound- Guided Breast
Susan L. Voci, MD – Adult Sedation/Analgesia; Communication Diagnostic Findings; CT Angiography; Cystography and Urethrography; HRCT of the Lungs; MRA; MRI of the Pelvis; Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Henry Z. Wang, MD, PhD – Cervicocerebral Angiography
Kathleen A. Ward, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast
Dana H. Whaley, MD – Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Robert K. Zeman, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
H. Jay Zeskind, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
The College wishes to thank the following ACR members who were the principal drafters of new proposed 2005 Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards:
Raymond E. Bertino, MD – Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Julia R. Fielding, MD – MRI of the Pelvis
Seth N. Glick, MD – CT Colonography
James S. Jelinek, MD – MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors
C. Daniel Johnson, MD – CT Colonography
John R. Leyendecker, MD – MRA; MRI of the Abdomen
Michael Macari, MD – CT Colonography
Vamsidhar R. Narra, MD – MRI of the Liver
Neil M. Rofsky, MD – MRA
David A. Rubin, MD – MRI of the Knee; MRI of the Shoulder
Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD – CT Angiography
Judy Yee, MD – CT Colonography
The list below acknowledges the principal reviewers for revision of existing guidelines/standards:
Suzanne L. Aquino, MD – HRCT of the Lungs
Gary L. Dillehay, MD – Unsealed Sources
Carl J. D'Orsi, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound-Guided Breast
Nancy A. Ellerbroek, MD – Unsealed Sources
Clement J. Grassi, MD – IVC
Philip J. Kenney, MD – Cystography and Urethrography
Stephen A. Kieffer, MD – Cervicocerebral Angiography
Jeffrey Klein, MD – CT Pulmonary
Curtis A. Lewis, MD, MBA – Cervicocerebral Angiography; Vertebroplasty
Kathryn A. Morton, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
Sara M. O'Hara, MD – Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
Richard B. Towbin, MD – Adult Sedation/Analgesia; Pediatric Sedation/Analgesias
The list below acknowledges those who participated in all conference calls:
Paul H. Ellenbogen, MD –, ACR Speaker
Albert L. Blumberg, MD –, ACR Vice Speaker
Jeffrey C. Weinreb, MD –, Chair, Commission on Quality and Safety
Paul A. Larson, MD –, Vice Chair, Commission on Quality and Safety
The list below acknowledges the sponsoring committee chairs:
Kimberly E. Applegate, MD, MS – General and Pediatric Radiology
Jeffrey J. Brown, MD – Body MRI
John F. Cardella, MD – Interventional and Cardiovascular Radiology
Nicholas A. Detorie, PhD – Medical Physics
James W. Fletcher, MD – Nuclear Medicine
Laurie E. Gaspar, MD, MBA – Radiation Oncology
Gretchen A. Gooding, MD – Ultrasound
Lawrence A. Liebscher, MD – Small and/or Rural Practices
Suresh K. Mukherji, MD – Neuroradiology
Alice M. Scheff, MD – Nuclear Medicine
The list below acknowledges the CSC subcommittee chairs and co-chairs:
Marcela Bohm-Velez, MD – Stereotactically Guided Breast; Ultrasound Guided Breast; Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta
Jesse A. Davila, MD – MRI of the Shoulder
Thomas B. Fletcher, MD – CT Angiography; CT Colonography; CT Pulmonary; MRI of the Shoulder
Cassandra S. Foens, MD – Unsealed Sources
Roma V. Gumbs, MD – HRCT of the Lungs; MRI of the Liver; Prostate Ultrasound
Geoffrey S. Ibbott, PhD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
Alan D. Kaye, MD – MRI of the Knee
David C. Kushner, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings
Paul A. Larson, MD – Communication Diagnostic Findings; Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy
Peter H. B. McCreight, MD – Cervicocerebral Angiography
Charles E. Mueller, MD – Adult Sedation/Analgesia; MRI of the Pelvis; Pediatric Sedation/Analgesia
Theron W. Ovitt, MD – MRI of the Abdomen
Anne C. Roberts, MD – MRA
Jon D. Shanser, MD – Cervicocerebral Angiography; Cystography and Urethrography; Prostate Ultrasound
Geoffrey G. Smith, MD – IVC; MRI of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors; Vertebroplasty
Julie K. Timins, MD – CT Colonography; Cystography and Urethrography; HRCT of the Lungs
Timothy R. Williams, MD – Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer