• Downstream Imaging Utilization Following Emergency Department Ultrasound Interpreted by Radiologists vs. Non-Radiologists: A Medicare Claims-Based Study
  
  Authors: Lee Carroll¹, Danny Hughes², Jennifer Hemingway³, Richard Duszak⁴, Andrew Rosenkrantz⁵, Bibb Allen⁶

Institutions: ¹Brookwood Baptist Health, Birmingham, AL, ²Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, Reston Virginia and George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, ³Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, Reston, VA, ⁴Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁵MPA Department of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Department of Radiology, Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham, AL

 

• Temporal Trends in Emergency Department Diagnostic Imaging: Insights from Surveys Reflecting Patients’ Perspectives

Authors: Andrew Rosenkrantz¹, Tarek Hanna², Richard Duszak³

Institutions: ¹NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Atlanta, GA

 

• A Relative Value Unit Based Model for Quantifying Non-Billable Work Performed by Non-Physician Providers in Interventional Radiology Practices

Authors:  C. Matthew Hawkins¹, Michael Bowen¹, Deborah Walls¹, Erin O'Connell¹, Richard Duszak¹

Institutions:  ¹Emory University Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Atlanta, GA

 

• Community Outreach and Awareness and Its Potential for Mortality Reduction in an Undeserved Population, With a Focus on Breast Education

 Authors: Gita Patel¹, Yayone Rivaud², Magdalena Salvador¹

Institutions: ¹Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, ²Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

 

• Contextualizing Oncologic Imaging Utilization Through End-of-Life Spending Patterns
  
  Authors: Benjamin Franc¹, Timothy Copeland¹

Institutions: ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

 

• Evaluation of Race in the Initial Implementation of a Low Dose CT Screening Program for Lung Cancer to Identify Potential Racial Disparities

Authors: Matthew Manning¹, Jalaal Khan¹, Jennifer Richmond², Olive Mbah², Sofia Dard², Lauren Jordan², Katherine Cools², Cleo Samuel²

Institutions: ¹Cone Health, Greensboro, NC, ²UNC Gillings School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC

 

• Variations and Deficiencies in Shared Decision Making Discussions and Documentation for CT Lung Cancer Screening: A Survey of Patient Perspectives and Electronic Medical Records
  
  Authors: Paul Hill¹

Institutions: ¹Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

 

• Predictors of Screening Mammography in Patients with Early vs. Advanced Stage Colorectal and Lung Cancer: A Population-Based Study
  
  Authors: Gelareh Sadigh¹, Ruth Carlos², Renjian Jiang³, Kevin Ward⁴, Jeffrey Switchenko⁴, Kimberly Applegate⁵, Richard Duszak⁶

Institutions: ¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, ⁵University of Kentucky, Zionsville, IN, ⁶Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Atlanta, GA

 

• ICD-0 and its Impact on a Large Multi-Hospital Radiology Practice After Year and 673,600 Claims

Authors: Aryan Jalilvand¹, Richard Duszak¹, Dan MacFarlane¹, Margaret Fleming¹

Institutions: ¹Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

 

• Diagnostic Imaging Ordering Patterns by Physician Specialty

Authors: Abimbola Ayoola¹, Andrew Rosenkrantz¹, Richard Duszak²

Institutions: ¹NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Atlanta, GA

 

• A Review of the Recent Online U.S. News Coverage of Mammography Based on a Google News Search

Authors: Leng Leng Young Lin¹, Andrew Rosenkrantz²

Institutions: ¹NYU Langone Medical Center, NEW YORK, NY, ²NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY

 

• Making Sense of MACRA: What the Upcoming Changes Will Mean to the Field of Radiology and Its Practitioners

Authors: Tianyang Li¹, Usama Hasan², Christopher Harnain³, Perry Gerard⁴

Institutions: ¹Westchester Medical Center, New Rochelle, NY, ²New York Medical College / Westchester Medical Center, New York, NY, ³New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, ⁴Westchester Medical Center, Woodmere, NY

 

• Model to Evaluate the Professional Component Imaging Cost per Stage/Breast Cancers Diagnosed: Case Study for Future Outcomes Cost-Effectiveness Comparison

Authors: Samir Patel^1,2

Institutions: ¹Radiology, Inc., Mishawaka, IN, ²Elkhart General Hospital, Elkhart, IN

 

• Revealed Preference Theory and U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations

Authors: Anand Narayan¹, Elizabeth Morris¹, Elena Elkin¹

Institutions: ¹Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

 

• Geographic Patterns of Radiology Referrals in the U.S.

Authors: Geraldine Liao¹, Joshua Liao², Tessa Cook²

Institutions: ¹Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

 

• MSK MRI Protocol Standardization: Impact on Patient Care and Finances Across a Large Health Care System

Authors: Manickam Kumaravel¹

Institutions: ¹Univ of TX Health Sci Ctr, Houston, TX

 

• Can an Interventional Radiologist Survive in Today’s Turf War?

Authors: Paul Yi¹, Nathan Kim², John Swietlik², Jie Nguyen1

Institutions: ¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Univ of Wisconsin Hosp & Clinics, Madison, WI

 

• Where Young Radiologists Choose to Practice: Associations between Medical School, Residency, and Fellowship Sites and Future Practice Location

Authors: Matthew Nitz¹, Marc Benayoun¹, Stephanie Yeung², Richard Duszak¹

Institutions: ¹Emory University Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Atlanta, GA, ²HD Supply, Atlanta, GA

 

• Resident Professional Development: Creation of a Leadership and Advocacy Pathway

Authors: My-Linh Nguyen¹, Greg Minwell¹, Parvinder Sujlana¹, Katarzyna Macura¹, Pamela Johnson¹

Institutions: ¹Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Radiology, Baltimore, MD

 

• Decreasing Equipment Cost through Improvement of Computed Tomography Machine Utilization

Authors: Ryan Cobb¹, Mariya Grygorenko², Stephen Verdi³, Ronald Zink⁴, Rosaleen Parsons⁵, Clifford Belden¹, Tejas Patel¹

Institutions: ¹Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²GE Healthcare, Keller, TX, ³GE Healthcare, Falls Church, VA, ⁴Temple University School of Medicine Radiology, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA

 

• Radiologists Serve More CMS Beneficiaries Each Year Than Any Other Medical Specialty

Authors: Kristina Hoque¹, Jennifer Hemingway², Danny Hughes³, Richard Duszak⁴

Institutions: ¹University of Southern California, Studio City, CA, ²American College of Radiology, Reston, VA, ³Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, Reston, VA, ⁴Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Atlanta, GA

 

• The Costs of a Diagnostic Radiology Residency: Comparison of a Small and Large Program

Authors: Paul Cofnas¹, Dina Nashed², Richard Ruchman³

Institutions: ¹Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, ²Monmouth Medical center, Old Bridge, NJ, ³Monmouth Med Ctr, Long Branch, NJ

 

• Not All Medicare Advantage Plans are Created Equal: An Analysis of Variation in Screening Mammography Rates among 385 Plans

Authors: Margaret Fleming¹, Richard Duszak², Andrew Rosenkrantz³

Institutions: ¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Atlanta, GA, ³NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY

 

• Evaluating the Impact of Breast Density Legislation on the Use of Supplemental Screening

Authors: Louise Henderson¹, Thad Benefield¹, Sheila Lee¹, Sarah Nyante¹

Institutions: ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

 

• Lung Cancer Screening Facility Distribution Across the United States

Authors: Paniz Charkhchi¹, Ruth Carlos²

Institutions: ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

 

• Radiologists as Consultants in Providing Imaging Decision Support for Appropriate Utilization of Inpatient MRIs

Authors: Ghasan Ahmad¹, Soniya Pinto^1,1, David Bader², Priyanka Prakash³

Institutions: ¹St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA, ²St. Vincent Hospital, Wayland, MA, ³St. Vincent Hospital, Templeton, MA

 

• Don’t Step On My Turf:  Highly Reimbursed Non-Radiologists’ Utilization of Imaging Studies and Imaging-Guided Interventions

Authors: Paul Yi¹, John Swietlik², Nathan Kim², Jie Nguyen¹

Institutions: ¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Univ of Wisconsin Hosp. & Clinics, Madison, WI

 

• Financial Analysis of Transitioning Interventional Procedures From Computed Tomography Rooms to a Contemporary Angio-Interventional Suite

Authors: Charles Martin¹

Institutions: ¹The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Pepper Pike, OH

• Team Teaching: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Breast Imaging Education for Medical Students

Authors: Robert Gray¹, Maria Castaldi², Miriam David²

Institutions: ¹Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine ―Georgia campus, Suwanee, GA, ²Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY

 

• Imaging & the Graduating Medical Student: Perceptions and Knowledge of ACR Appropriateness Criteria

Authors: Michele Retrouvey¹, Anthony Trace², Sarah Shaves²

Institutions: ¹EVMS, Norfolk, VA, ²EVMS, Virginia Beach, VA

 

• The Visual Hearing Aid! Using an Interactive Method to Teach Complicated Temporal Bone Anatomy

Authors: Vivek Yedavalli¹, Kathan Amin, Alexander Ree

Institutions: ¹Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL, Aurora, CO

 

• Fluoroscopic Safety and Patient and Operator Radiation Dose Reduction: Creating a Focused Fluoroscopic Curriculum for Radiology Residents

Authors: Shivam Shah¹, Anupriya Barot¹, Anthony Yudd¹, Jeffrey Kempf¹

Institutions: ¹Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

 

• Avoiding Peripheral Nerve Injury in Arterial Interventions

Authors: Matthew Walsworth¹, Jonathan Park¹, Alice Chen¹, Kira Chow¹, Elizabeth Levin

Institutions: ¹West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

 

• Reconciling the NRC and ABR Requirements: Demystifying Authorized User Status in the New Boards Era

Authors: Scott Abedi¹, Kelly Hastings¹, Sheryl Jordan¹, Marija Ivanovic¹, Terence Wong¹

Institutions: ¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

 

• Improving the Geographic Disparity Between ACR Designated Lung Cancer Screening Centers and County Smoking Rates by Establishing Satellite Sites of an Existing Program

Authors: Michael Hanley¹, Melissa Stanley¹, Hannah Fitzhugh¹, Juan Olazagasti¹, Lucia Flors¹, Arun Krishnaraj¹

Institutions: ¹University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA

 

• From Business Intelligence to Radiology Education: Putting Pivot Tables to Daily Use

Authors: Joshua Wallace¹, Sheryl Jordan¹, Paul Molina²

Institutions: ¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Univ of NC School of Med CB7510, Chapel Hill, NC

 

• Physician Knowledge of Choosing Wisely: a Multi-Specialty Look at Current Perception and Imaging Practices

Authors: Jessica Forbus¹, Kristin Taylor²

Institutions: ¹University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ²Kristin Johnson Taylor, MD, Jacksonville, FL

 

• Forging a New Residency Training Pathway in Interventional Radiology: Historical Perspective From the Radiation Oncology Precedent

Authors: Anna Moreland¹, Ankur Doshi², Brian Holly¹, Kelvin Hong¹, Douglas Yim¹

Institutions: ¹Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

 

• Radiology-Neurology Multidisciplinary Resident Teaching Conference: Design, Residents’ Perspective, and Satisfaction

Authors: Gelareh Sadigh¹, Bruno Soares², Drew Streicher¹, Katie St Germain¹, David Pearce¹, Paige Sharp¹, Christopher Ho¹, Angie Graves¹, Ashley Aiken¹

Institutions: ¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

 

• The Diagnostic Utility of the Sonographic Murphy’s Sign for Suspected Acute Cholecystitis: Our Experience

Authors: Suhare Khalil¹, Abdul Zafar¹, Jeffrey Shibata¹, Rajeev Suri¹, Vijayanadh Ojili¹, Amol Katkar¹

Institutions: ¹University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

 

• Breast Care Problems on Call: Training Residents to Manage Effectively

Authors: Lin Bailey¹, Katherine Klein¹, Jason Bailey¹, Janet Bailey¹, Deborah Jeffries¹

Institutions: ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

 

• Ideal Measurements of Pediatric Pulmonary Artery and Branch Pulmonary Arteries in the Era of Personalized Medicine

Authors: Sumera Ali¹, Sean Lang¹, Karen Lyons², Shelly Lensing¹, C. Heath Gauss¹, S Greenberg³

Institutions: ¹University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ²Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, ³UAMS, Little Rock, AR

 

• A Comprehensive Simulation-Based Curriculum for Teaching Non-Interpretive ACGME Skills and Evidence Based Concepts Relevant to Radiology Resident Training

Authors: Dan Shilo¹, Gregory Emmanuel¹, Brian Folan¹, Natalya Kusheleva¹, Jerel Chacko¹, Josh Greenstein¹, Heidi Baer¹, David Sarkany¹

Institutions: ¹Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY

 

• Medical Student Views of Radiology, Participation in Interest Groups, and Interest in a State Society Medical Student Mentorship Program

Authors: Alysha Vartevan¹, Bradley White¹, Cody O'Dell², Aaron Kline³, Jeffrey Stone⁴, Lori Deitte⁵

Institutions: ¹Larkin Community Hospital, Miami, FL, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁵Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

 

• Physician Trainee Knowledge of Appropriate Use of Diagnostic Imaging: a Survey of ACGME Accredited Residents and Fellows at a Large Academic Medical Center

Authors: Thaddeus Hollingsworth¹, Richard Duszak¹, Arvind Vijayasarathi¹, Rondi Gelbard², Mark Mullins¹

Institutions: ¹Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

 

• Allow Me to Introduce You: Facilitating Medical Student Exploration of the Field of Diagnostic Radiology through an Interactive, Multi-Format Expo

Authors: Andrea Magee¹, Alixandra Purakal¹, kirti kulkarni¹, Ingrid Reiser¹, Zheng Feng Lu¹, Adrian Sanchez¹, Christopher Straus¹, Carina Yang¹

Institutions: ¹The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

 

• Electives After the Core Exam: Transitioning to Independent Practice

Authors: Thomas Reher¹, Lindsey Shea², Bilal Tahir², Darel Heitkamp¹

Institutions: ¹Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

 

• When the Reading Room Meets the Team Room: Resident Perspectives From Radiology and Internal Medicine on the Impact of Personal Communication After Implementing a Resident-led Radiology Rounds

Authors: Andrew Klobuka¹, John Lee², Matthew Heller¹

Institutions: ¹University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

 

• Is Support Waning for the ABR Core Exam? A Survey of the Association of Program Directors in Radiology

Authors: Carrie Norris¹, John Donatelli¹, Sonal Majmundar¹, Robert Tarver¹, Darel Heitkamp¹

Institutions: ¹Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

 

• A Shift in Anatomy Education for Medical Students: Novel Uses of Ultrasound for Musculoskeletal Anatomy

Authors: Atul Kumar¹, Rafael Pacheco¹

Institutions: ¹University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT

 

• Integrated Ultrasound Curriculum in Undergraduate Medical Education:  An Opportunity for Global Health Engagement and Early Faculty Development

Authors: Elizabeth Polston¹, Jessica Wilder¹, Donald Campbell¹, Nicholas Carter¹, Hannah Ceen¹, Johanna Meyer¹, Alexander Galifianakis¹

Institutions: ¹Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD

 

• Comparative Phantom Lipid Study Utilizing Various MRI sequences

Authors: Venkateswaran Ramakrishnan¹, Daniel Karolyi²

Institutions: ¹Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, ²Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke , VA

 

• Experience in the Use of ACR Appropriateness Criteria for Pulmonary Embolism CT Utilization by the Emergency Room in a Community Teaching Hospital

Authors: Husameddin El Khudari¹, Shams Jubouri¹, David Bader¹

Institutions: ¹Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA

 

• Dedicated Bi-Monthly Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Conferences and Hands-On Training Improve Exam Timeliness

Authors: Jadranka Stojanovska¹, Richard Brown², Nancy Dudek³, Ashley Nettles³, Glenn Houck³, Ella Kazerooni⁴

Institutions: ¹Univ of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of Michigan Health System, Northville, MI

 

• Do-it-Yourself Guide to Creating a Low Cost, Web-Based PACS for Radiology Education, Research or Quality Assurance Radiology Simulation

Authors: Sean Lisse¹, Justin Shi², William Zucconi³, Jitendra Bhawnani⁴

Institutions: ¹Yale, Woodbridge, CT, ²Yale University, New Haven, CT, ³Yale School of Medicine, New Haven , CT, ⁴Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
 

• Radiology Simulation

Authors: Andrew D. Sherrick¹

Institutions: ¹Southern Illinois School of Medicine, Springfield IL

• Streamlining the Radiology Consultation Service in the Digital Era

Authors: Michele Retrouvey¹, Anthony Trace¹, Lester Johnson¹, Sarah Shaves¹

Institutions: ¹Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA

 

• Improved Breast Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) With Use of Advanced Analytics Including Deep Learning

Authors: Alyssa Watanabe¹, William Bradley², William Daughton³, Hoanh Vu³, Eric Weise³

Institutions: ¹University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Manhattan Beach, CA, ²UCSD Medical Center, La Jolla, CA, ³Curemetrix, La Jolla, CA

 

• Physician at Triage Results in an Increase in Radiology Requests

Authors: Nadine Thompson¹, Michelle Moscova², Amith Shetty¹, Poppy Sindhusake³, Noel Young¹

Institutions: ¹Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, ²University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, ³Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW

 

• Prevalence of Adrenal Incidentaloma: a Methodologic Comparison of EMR Query Strategies

Authors: Michio Taya¹, Viktoriya Paroder^1,2, Linda Haramati^1,2, eran bellin^1,2

Institutions: ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

 

• Is Online Patient Education Material in Breast Imaging Readable?

Authors: Sadia Choudhery¹

Institutions: ¹UT Southwestern Medical Center, Boston, MA

 

• Radiologists and Social Media: Would More Focus on Facebook Facilitate Better Physician Engagement?

Authors: Rebecca Seidel¹, Jean Kunjummen¹, L Gilliland¹, Richard Duszak¹

Institutions: ¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

 

• Social Media and Radiology Education: Survey Results of an Academic Radiology Practice

Authors: Alisha Capps¹, Courtney Tomblinson², Brandon Brown¹, Darel Heitkamp¹, Mark Frank¹, Nicholas Koontz¹

Institutions: ¹Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ

 

• The Agony of It All: Musculoskeletal Discomfort in the Reading Room

Authors: Rebecca Seidel¹, Elizabeth Krupinski¹

Institutions: ¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

 

• The Patient Centered Multimedia Radiology Report

Authors: Jason Itri¹, Rachita Khot¹, Arun Krishnaraj¹

Institutions: ¹University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA

 

• Metrix Matrix: A Novel Cloud-Based System for Tracking Non-RVU Value-Added Work Metrics

Authors: Mark Kovacs¹, Philip Costello¹, Douglas Sheafor¹, Paul Thacker¹

Institutions: ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

 

• Blockchain Technologies: A Review of the Winning White Papers From the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Blockchain Challenge, and Potential Impact on Imaging Informatics and Healthcare

Authors: Justin Taylor¹, Roger Boodoo², Joseph Hutter¹

Institutions: ¹Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, ²University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

 

• Exploring Critical Findings and Their Communication in Radiology Text Reports Using Natural Language Understanding

Authors: Niketh Bandla¹, Eliot Siegel², Gilan El Saadawi³

Institutions: ¹University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²Baltimore VA Medical Center, Severna Park, MD, ³MModal, Pittsburgh, PA

 

• Survey of Imaging Autorelease Data to the Patient Portal

Authors: Gina Provenzano¹, Lisa Masson¹

Institutions: ¹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

 

• How Certain are Radiologists ― Do We Need a Standardized Lexicon for Describing Certainty in Radiology Reports?

Authors: Paras Lakhani¹, Christopher Roth¹, Adam Flanders¹

Institutions: ¹Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

 

• Radiology Reporting Preferences of Non-Radiologist Ordering Clinicians

Authors: Dane Van Tassel¹, Tabarik Al-Abbadi², Albert Roh¹, Giuseppe Carotenuto², Daniel Gridley¹

Institutions: ¹Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, ²University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

 

• Regional Grey Matter Atrophy is Associated with Social Cognition Impairment in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Authors: Tomas Labbe¹, Ethel Ciampi¹, Juan Pablo Cruz¹, Macarena Vásquez-Torres¹, Claudia Cárcamo²

Institutions: ¹Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ²Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Santiago

 

• Improving Documentation of Arterial Pulse Exams: An EMR Intervention

Authors: Katrina Chu¹, Alexander Misono¹, Meredith Preziosi¹, Melissa Chittle¹, T. Gregory Walker¹

Institutions: ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

 

• Impact of Radiology Mobile Technology on Resident House-Staff

Authors: Shimon Aronhime¹, Joshua Weintraub¹

Institutions: ¹Columbia University School of Medicine, New York, NY

 

• Automated Report Editing Software

Authors: Vineet Khanna¹, Joshua Polster¹

Institutions: ¹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

 

• Improving Follow-Up of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms by Implementation of a Radiology Driven Care Coordination Program

Authors: Syed Zaidi¹, Abraham Bronner¹, Nina Kottler1, Upma Rawal¹, Dean Chauvin¹, Richard Heller¹, Jason Mitsky¹, Aaron Huang¹, Joyce Liang¹, Matthew Wenger¹

Institutions: ¹Radiology Partners, El Segundo, CA

 

• Improving Patient Understanding of Radiology Reports: Comparing a Lay-Language Radiology Glossary to MedlinePlus

Authors: Teresa Martin-Carreras¹, Charles Kahn¹

Institutions: ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

 

• Lung and Breast Screening Practices in Women: Use of a Selection Algorithm to Increase Enrollment in a Lung Screening Program

Authors: Carolyn Scott¹, Alexis Paulson², Travis Osterman², Kim Sandler²

Institutions: ¹Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

 

• The Voice of the Radiologist: Direct Patient Access to Radiologist

Authors: Nathan Cross¹, Joe Wildenberg², Geraldine Liao³, Sean Novak⁴, James Chen¹, Thomas Bevilacqua⁵, Evan Siegelman⁶, Tessa Cook¹

Institutions: ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ² Collingswood, NJ, ³Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Medford, MA, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶University of PA, Media, PA

 

• Best Practices and Strategies for an Effective Social Media Presence

Authors: Arun Krishnaraj¹, Nicole Keefe², Jason Deberry², Calvin Gao², Karen Barden², Jason Itri²

Institutions: ¹University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

 

• Candid Camera: Adding External to Internal Imaging

Authors: Husameddin El Khudari¹, Brian Midkiff¹, David Bader¹

Institutions: ¹Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA

 

• Predictability of Search Trends among Future Radiologists

Authors: Jasim Alidina¹, Leonard Ong¹

Institutions: ¹Harlem Hospital, New York, NY

• It’s 10 PM, Do You Know Who is Covering for Your Practice? American Board of Radiology Certified International Teleradiologist: Practice Patterns and Characteristics

Authors: Matthew Fox¹, Anjali Agrawal², Arjun Kalyanpur³, Jacob Sosna⁴

Institutions: ¹Reston, VA, ²Delhi, IND, ³Bangalore, IND, ⁴hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

 

• Trends in Women’s Leadership in the American College of Radiology, 00-05: What We Are Learning?

Authors: Amy Patel¹, Julia Fielding², Katarzyna Macura³, Kimberly Applegate⁴, Rosalee Zackula⁵, Elizabeth Arleo⁶

Institutions: ¹Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ²University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ³Johns Hopkins University, Catonsville, MD, ⁴Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁵University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, KS, ⁶Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

 

• Shifting Patients' Perception of Radiologists as Technologists to Physicians

Authors: Allison Lippert¹, James Patrie², Karen Barden1, Michael Hanley¹

Institutions: ¹University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA

 

• In Pursuit of High Value Practice: Designing a Strategic Plan to Reduce Unnecessary Imaging in an Academic Radiology Department

Authors: Matthew Alvin¹, K.H. Ken Lee², Karen Horton¹, Pamela Johnson¹

Institutions: ¹The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins Medicine, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Baltimore, MD

 

• Impact of a Single Vendor Relationship: Temple University Health System Experience

Authors: Clifford Belden¹, Susan Freeman¹

Institutions: ¹Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

 

• Using Cost Per Unit Modeling to Drive Improved Performance in a Multiple Hospital System

Authors: Clifford Belden¹, Ryan Cobb¹, Farouk Dako², Ronald Zink³, Stephen Verdi⁴, Mariya Grygorenko⁵

Institutions: ¹Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ³Temple University School of Medicine Radiology, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴GE Healthcare Camden Group, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵GE Healthcare, Keller, TX

 

• Radiology Professional Society Membership Among Young Physicians: Training Program Departmental ACR Activity Support Matters!

Authors: Matthew Nitz¹, Marc Benayoun¹, Richard Duszak¹

Institutions: ¹Emory University Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Atlanta, GA

 

• The Impact of Radiology Trainees on Productivity of Academic Radiologists; Analysis Using the Ottawa Radiologist Activity Reporting (RADAR) System

Authors: Mark Wu¹, Chris Bright¹, Frank Rybicki¹, Cynthia Walsh¹

Institutions: ¹The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada

 

• The Ottawa Hospital Radiologist Activity Reporting (RADAR) Metric for Productivity Assessment

Authors: Cynthia Walsh¹, Chris Bright¹, Mario Villemaire², Frank Rybicki¹

Institutions: ¹The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada, ²Ottawa Hospital and Region Imaging Associates, Ottawa, Canada

 

• Resident-Driven Initiative to Cost-Effectively Improve Reading Room Design

Authors: Husameddin El Khudari¹, John Mukai¹, David Bader¹

Institutions: ¹Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA

 

• Clinical Access to Reports and Imaging: The Value of Radiology

Authors: Matthew Alvin¹, Mona Shahriari², Evan Honig³, Li Liu², David Yousem⁴

Institutions: ¹The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Owings Mills, MD

 

• What Do Clinicians Want? Adding Value to Radiology with Clinicians’ Perceptions, Preferences, and Utilization of Breast Imaging Services

Authors: Margaret Ann Mays¹, Tamarya Hoyt¹

Institutions: ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

 

• Creating a Curriculum of Health and Wellness for Radiologists

Authors: Halley Park¹, Donna Eckstein², Stephanie Hanhan³

^{Institutions: 1Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Med School, New Brunswick, NJ, 2Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Franklin Lakes, NJ, 3University Radiology Group, Holmdel, NJ}

• Improving Modality Inefficiencies With Value Stream Mapping

Authors: Ryan Cobb¹, Mariya Grygorenko², Stephen Verdi³, Clifford Belden¹, Tejas Patel¹

Institutions: ¹Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²GE Healthcare, Keller, TX, ³GE Healthcare Camden Group, Philadelphia, PA

 

• Computed Tomography Technologist Staffing Model Analysis as a Measure to Decrease Cost

Authors: Ryan Cobb¹, Stephen Verdi², Mariya Grygorenko³, Ronald Zink¹, Tejas Patel¹, Clifford Belden¹

Institutions: ¹Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²GE Healthcare, Falls Church, VA, 3GE Healthcare, Keller, TX

• Credentialing of Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Programs: A Prerequisite for Quality and Safety

Authors: Timothy Solberg¹, James Robar², Thierry Gevaert³, Manuel Todorovic⁴, Jonathan Howe⁵

Institutions: ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, ³Department of Radiation Therapy, University Hospital Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Universitatsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf  Klinik fur Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie, Onkologische, Hamburg, Germany, ⁵Norton Cancer Institute, Louisville, KY

 

• Impact of a Structured Report Template on the Quality of MRI Reports for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Diagnosis

Authors: Jeremy Ganeles^1,1, Tulay Ekinci¹, Milana Flusberg¹, Viktoriya Paroder¹, Mariya Kobi¹, Shlomit Goldberg-Stein¹, Victoria Chernyak¹

Institutions: ¹Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

 

• Adherence to Criteria for Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System Category 5 in Clinical Practice

Authors: Mariya Kobi¹, Milana Flusberg¹, Viktoriya Paroder², Kate Fruitman¹, Victoria Chernyak¹

Institutions: ¹Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Montefiore Medical Center**, Bronx, NY

 

• Computed Tomography Urography (CTU) for Evaluation of Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria. Is Intravenous Contrast Administration Warranted for All Patients?  A Retrospective Evaluation Utilizing ACR's Appropriateness Criteria and ACR-Select Clinical Decision Support Tool

Authors: L. Alexandre Frigini¹, Aaron Thomas¹, Vincenzo Wong¹, Rony Kampalath¹, Veronica Lenge de Rosen¹

Institutions: ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

 

• Transitioning to 24/7 In-House Faculty Coverage in an Academic Radiology Department: Perceptions Regarding Patient Care and Safety

Authors: Dmitriy Shnayderman¹, Margaret Mulligan¹, Zachary Laste¹, Melissa Wein¹

Institutions: ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

 

• Physician Trainee Knowledge of Radiation Risks Associated With Diagnostic Imaging: a Survey of ACGME Accredited Residents and Fellows at a Large Academic Medical Center

Authors: Arvind Vijayasarathi¹, Richard Duszak², Thaddeus Hollingsworth³, Rondi Gelbard³, Mark Mullins⁴

Institutions: ¹University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Emory, Atlanta, GA

 

• Radiation Dose Reduction of CT Pulmonary Angiography for PE by Limiting Acquisition Length: Simple Yet Effective

Authors: Vistasp Daruwalla¹, Vasavi Paidpally², Mounika Gunduru³, Gassan Shahin⁴, Adnan Fateh⁵

Institutions: ¹Wayne State University/Dmc, Farmington Hills, MI, ²Wayne State University/Dmc, Madison Heights, MI, ³Wayne State University/Dmc, West Bloomfield, MI, ⁴Wayne State University/Dmc, Northville, MI, ⁵Wayne State University/Dmc, Canton, MI

 

• Process Improvement for High Quality Breast MRI

Authors: Joshua Smith¹, Carrie Rochman¹, Brandi Nicholson², Jennifer Harvey²

Institutions: ¹University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²Charlottesville, VA

 

• Improving Patient Waiting Times in the Fluoroscopy Suite: A Curriculum-Based Quality Improvement Project

Authors: Melissa Chen¹, David Dunaway², Pamela Eilers³, Angela Russell³, Donna Scott³, Marc Willis², Pedro Diaz-Marchan²

Institutions: ¹UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Harris Health System, Houston, TX

 

• Voice Dictation Errors in Pediatric Radiology

Authors: Amy Rowell¹, Alisa Kanfi¹, Aparna Komarraju¹, S Greenberg¹

Institutions: ¹UAMS, Little Rock, AR

 

• Etiologies for Radiology Addenda for CT and Body MRI Imaging: A Six Month Retrospective Review of over 10,000 Patients

Authors: Martha Ksepka¹, Victor Simoes De Carvalho¹, Jeffrey Kempf¹

Institutions: ¹Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

 

• National Variation in Pediatric Non-Contrast Head CT Radiation Dose Indices

Authors: Gelareh Sadigh¹, Nadja Kadom¹, Donald Frush², Mythreyi Chatfield³, Debapriya Sengupta³, Priyadarshini Karthik³, Keith Strauss⁴, Kimberly Applegate⁵

Institutions: ¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Duke University Medical Center, Bahama, NC, ³American College of Radiology, Reston, VA, ⁴University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Wrentham, MA, ⁵University of Kentucky, Zionsville, IN

 

• Are Extracolonic Findings on CT Colonogram Clinically Significant? A Review of 758 Consecutive Cases

Authors: Bhamini Vadhwana¹, William Lynn¹, Rudi Borgstein¹, Georgios Demetriou¹, Manojkumar Nair¹, Luke Meleagros¹, Daniel Bell¹

Institutions: ¹North Middlesex University Hospital, London, London

 

• Incorrect Computerized Order Entry: How improving Communication Between Radiology and Clinicians Helped Streamline Process, Decreased Waiting Time and Improved Patient Satisfaction.  A PQI project Using Stanford's RITE Program

Authors: Jay Lin¹, Anthony Balzer¹, Marc Willis¹, L. Alexandre Frigini¹

Institutions: ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

 

• Does Delayed Phase Post-Contrast CT Imaging of the Kidneys and Bladder Add Value in the CT Imaging Assessment of Patients With a Hematological Malignancy?

Authors: Tharakeswara Bathala¹, Nicolaus Wagner-Bartak¹, Corey Jensen¹, Wei Wei¹, Joseph Steele¹

Institutions: ¹MD Anderson Cancer Ctr, Houston, TX

 

• Quantifying the Use of the Term “Normal” in Abdomino-Pelvic CT Reports Before and After Instituting a Structured Report: the Effect of Templates

Authors: Stephany Ross¹, Susan Ascher¹, Alexander Somwaru¹, Ross Filice¹

Institutions: ¹Georgetown University, Washington, DC

 

• First Imaging Modality in Children With Acute Appendicitis: Does the Presence of a Dedicated Pediatric Emergency Physician Matter?

Authors: David Petrover¹, Kevin Fernandes¹, Rona Orentlicher², Todd Miller², Terry Levin²

Institutions: ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA, ²Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA

 

• Clinical Feasibility of Achieving the Intended Outcome of BI-RADS 5 Assessment at Diagnostic Breast Imaging Evaluation

Authors: Cindy Lee¹, Melissa Min-Szu Yao², Edward Sickles³, Bonnie Joe¹

Institutions: ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Wang Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ³UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA

 

• Impact of Choosing Wisely Recommendation on Post-Breast Conservation Therapy Imaging in Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Authors: Audrey Wallace¹, Heidi Umphrey¹, Jennifer De Los Santos¹, Gabrielle Rocque¹, Andres Forero¹, Catherine Parker¹, Kimberly Keene¹

Institutions: 1University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

 

• The Nuclear Diet: Utilizing Kaizen Principles to Make a Lean Nuclear Medicine Department

Authors: Usama Hasan¹, Christopher Harnain¹, Jason Jimenez-Ocasio¹, Perry Gerard¹

Institutions: ¹New York Medical College / Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY

 

• Development of a Screening Liver Ultrasound Grading Criteria to Establish the Ability to Subjectively Identify Liver Lesions

Authors: Emily Johnson¹, Beverly Hashimoto², Dawna Kramer³

Institutions: ¹Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ²Virginia Mason Medical Center, Mercer Island, WA, ³Virginia Mason Medical Center, Bainbridge Island, WA

 

• Wrong Gender Radiology Reporting Errors

Authors: Christopher Gange¹, John Strang²

Institutions: ¹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Pittsford, NY

 

• MRI Without Sedation in Young Children: the Patient Awake While Scanned (PAWS) Experience

Authors: Ashish Parikh¹, Sumit Pruthi¹, Sarah Beth Gray¹, Marta Hernanz-Schulman²

Institutions: ¹Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN, ²Vanderbilt Children's Hosp, Nashville, TN

 

• Using R-SCAN to Improve Adherence to Choosing Wisely Recommendations for Simple Adnexal Cysts

Authors: Juan Jimenez¹

Institutions: ¹Carle Foundation Hospital - University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, IL

 

• Dual Energy and Low KV Techniques:  Impact on Oral Contrast Density at Helical CT

Authors: Mark Kovacs¹, Melissa Picard², Andrew Hardie³, Douglas Sheafor⁴

Institutions: ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Mount Pleasant, SC, ³Charleston, SC, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Mount Pleasant, SC

 

• Standardization of a Novel Shoulder CT Protocol: A Single Institution Experience With Quality Improvement

Authors: John McGarity¹, Kevin Gibbs¹, Russell Chapin¹

Institutions: ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

 

• Are We Being Heard?

Authors: Bonmyong Lee¹, Hansel Otero², Matthew Whitehead³

Institutions: ¹Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Falls Church, VA, ²Childrens National Health System, Silver Spring, MD, ³Childrens National Medical Center, Washington, DC

 

• Gold Nanoparticles Directionally Conjugated to Anti-EGFR Antibody Sensitize Head and Neck Cancer to Radiation

Authors: Monica Bodd¹, Allison Khoo¹, Abhijit Brahme¹, Sunil Krishnan¹

Institutions: ¹University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

 

• Change in Clinical Management as Influenced by Time and Finding Discrepancies Between Preliminary and Final Radiology Reports

Authors: Brian Wells¹, Ashlesha Sharma¹, Paul Wasserman¹

Institutions: ¹UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL

 

• Creating Value in a Radiologist-Managed Lung Cancer Screening (LCS) Program: First-Year Assessment of the Impact of Radiologist-Patient Consultations on Patient Satisfaction Outcomes

Authors: Karoly Viragh¹, Samantha Shankar¹, Serena Mak¹, Gregory Sica¹

Institutions: ¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

 

• Improved Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer Using a Structured Prostate Imaging Reporting Data System (PI-RADS) Template

Authors: Whitney Feltus¹, Jonathan Steinman¹, Firas Ahmed¹, Hiram Shaish¹

Institutions: ¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

 

• Improving Quality Through Reducing Variability in Management of Incidental Thyroid Nodules by Establishing and Monitoring Best Practice Recommendations in a Large Multi-State Radiology Practice

Authors: Upma Rawal¹, Syed Zaidi¹, Abraham Bronner¹, Nina Kottler¹, Richard Heller¹, Jason Mitsky¹, Aaron Huang¹, Joyce Liang¹

Institutions: ¹Radiology Partners, El Segundo, CA

 

• Evaluation of Eye Shielding on Radiation Dose Saving and Image Quality During Brain Computed Tomography

Authors: Wing Chan¹, Yuan-Hao Lee²

Institutions: ¹Department of Radiology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ²Department of Radiology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

 

• CT Radiation Dose Reduction: A Targeted Quality Improvement Project

Authors: Philip Smith¹, Paul Sicuro¹

Institutions: ¹Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA

 

• Application of PDSA Cycle for Auditing Pre-Procedure Documentation of Image-Guided Procedures — QI Project to Improve Efficiency and Patient Safety at a Community Hospital

Authors: Daichi Hayashi¹, Francisco Valles¹, Nisarg Parikh¹, Melkamu Adeb¹, Salil Sharma¹, Yogesh Kumar¹

Institutions: ¹Yale New Haven Health at Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT

 

• Benefits of Alternative Hours in a Screening Mammography Program

Authors: Jean Kunjummen¹, L Gilliland², Ronak Shah², Elizabeth Krupinski³, Mary Newell²

Institutions: ¹Emory School of Medicine, Decatur, GA, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

 

• Assessment of RF Energy Deposition in Clinical MRI Examination at .5 Tesla Scanners Using Different Operating System

Authors: Amir Ali Rahsepar¹, Laleh Golestanirad², Hassan Haji-Valizadeh¹, Julie Blaisdell¹, Haris Saybasili¹, Michael Markl¹, John Kirsch², James Carr¹, Jeremy Collins¹

Institutions: ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, MA

 

• Quality Control Program to Manage Metformin Stimulated 8-FDG Bowel Uptake in PET/CT Imaging

Authors: Keegan Hovis¹, Gustavo Mercier², Sara Meibom²

Institutions: ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA

 

• Chasing a Moving Target. Comparing Anti Peristaltic Agents: Sublingual Hyoscyamine Sulfate and Intravenous Glucagon for Motility Reduction in MR Enterography

Authors: Kimberly Weatherspoon¹, Abdulmalik Dredar², Dmitry Rakita³, Michael Habeeb⁴

Institutions: ¹Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, ²Baystate Medical Center, West Springfield, MA, ³Baystate Medical Center, Rockledge, FL, ⁴Baystate Medical Center, South Windsor, CT

 

• Effect of Dynamic Workstation Use on Radiologist Detection of Pulmonary Nodules on CT

Authors: Cody Johnson¹, David Besachio¹, Christopher Kuzniewski², David Delonga³, Christopher Mudge³

Institutions: ¹Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA, Portsmouth, VA, ²Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA, Virginia Beach, VA, ³Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA, Suffolk, VA

 

• Web-Based Program Lowers the Bar to Physician Input Into the Technical Performance of Imaging Exams Allowing for Rapid Technical Improvement

Authors: Shlomit Goldberg-Stein¹, Oleg Kaplun¹, Judah Burns¹, Meir Scheinfeld¹, Todd Miller¹

Institutions: ¹Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

 

• Readability of Online Patient Education Materials Related to Pediatric Radiation Safety

Authors: Paul Yi¹, Jie Nguyen¹

Institutions: ¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

 

• Resident Education and Standardized Communication Protocol Can Improve and Maintain Timely Reporting of Head CT in Stroke Code — Audit of Adherence to National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke Critical Time Goal and our institutional Goal over 5 Years

Authors: Daichi Hayashi¹, Kusum Hooda¹, Neeraj Bhatt¹, Puneet Kochar¹, Ahmadreza Ghasemiesfe¹, Yogesh Kumar¹

Institutions: ¹Yale New Haven Health at Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT

 

• Use of a High-Performance Screening Model in Reducing Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Authors: Wing Chan¹, Yi-Han Chung¹

Institutions: ¹Department of Radiology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei

 

• Improving Compliance and Documentation of CT Quality Control Using an Electronic Quality Assurance Practice Management Tool

Authors: Phuong-Anh Duong¹, Rebecca Neill¹, Matthew Zygmont², Pratik Rachh³

Institutions: ¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Emory University, Decatur, GA, ³Emory Healthcare Radiology, Atlanta, GA

 

• Differences in Image Quality and Peak Injection Pressures Using Standard IV Catheter Versus Fenestrated IV Catheter in Contrast Enhanced CT Abdomen/Pelvis Exams

Authors: Natalia Solomon¹, Steven Chua1, Chunyan Cai¹, Joseph Hasapes²

Institutions: ¹UT Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²UT Health, Houston, TX

 

• Routines Are Meant To Be Broken: Non-Routine Communication Standard Compliance at a Single Institution

Authors: Alexander Copelan¹, Kurt Tech¹, Richard Silbergleit¹, Duane Mezwa¹, Matthias Kirsch¹, Lawrence Bahoura¹

Institutions: ¹Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI

 

• Value of Multidisciplinary Lecture Series in Appropriate Use of Imaging Studies

Authors: Nathan Kolderman¹, Alexander Copelan¹, Mina Zaki¹, Farnoosh Sokhandon¹

Institutions: ¹Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI

 

• Increasing Interventional Radiology Adverse Event Reporting Utilizing Morbidity and Mortality Conference Compliance Review

Authors: Mandeep Dagli¹, Richard Shlansky-Goldberg², Spyros Stavropoulos¹, Gregory Nadolski¹, Christopher McGinn¹, Michael Soulen¹, Timothy Clark¹, Jeffrey Mondschein¹, Deepak Sudheendra¹, Scott Trerotola¹

Institutions: ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA

 

• Mammography Report Peer Review: Critical Analysis of Two Years of Experience in a Private Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Authors: Bruna Takaki Tachibana¹, Renato Ribeiro¹, Marcelo Funari¹, Erica Francolin¹, Aline Costa¹, Renata Feres¹, Ana Carolina Raful¹, Ana Claudia Racy¹, Monica Rudner¹, Larissa yano¹

Institutions: ¹Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

• From Classroom to Practice: Dynamic Patient Safety Curriculum for Radiology Trainees

Authors: Ami Vakharia¹, J Smith², Sheryl Jordan³, Katrina McGinty², Scott Abedi²

Institutions: ¹University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

 

• Communicating Radiology Test Results: Are Our Phone Calls Excessive?

Authors: Zeeshaan Bhatti¹, Richard Brown¹, Matthew Davenport¹

Institutions: ¹University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI

 

• Building a Structure to Effectively Conduct Patients With Relevant Imaging Incidental Findings in an Emergency Department

Authors: Adriano Tachibana¹, Rodrigo Martins¹, Elaine Silva¹, Marcelo Funari¹

Institutions: ¹Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, San Paulo, SP, BRAZIL

 

• Large-Volume Iodinated Contrast Medium Extravasation: Low Frequency and Good Outcome After Conservative Management

Authors: Wing Chan¹, Hsiu-Chin Chang¹

Institutions: ¹Department of Radiology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

 

• A Survey of Attitudes of Academic Radiologists Towards Structured Reporting

Authors: Steven Zheng¹, Katherine Blair¹, Susanna Spence¹, Eduardo Matta¹

Institutions: ¹University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX

 

• Initial Experience With a Radiologist-Managed MR Imaging Cardiac Pacemaker Program in an Academic-Affiliated Community Hospital

Authors: Samantha Shankar¹, Karoly Viragh¹, Serena Mak¹, Gregory Sica¹

Institutions: ¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

 

• Relationship Between Nicotine Dependence in Current Smokers to Outcomes in the National Lung Screening Trial

Authors: James Ravenel¹, Alana Rojewski¹, Benjamin Toll¹, Lin Dai¹, Mulugeta Gebregziabher¹, Nichole Tanner¹

Institutions: ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

 

• Time to Angiography: A Predictor of Mesenteric Angiography Outcomes

Authors: Shane Newberger¹, Mark Le², Monte Harvill², Vistasp Daruwalla³, Hiren Rangunwala⁴, Karan Patel²

Institutions: ¹Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center, Berkley, MI, ²Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, ³Wayne State University/Dmc, Farmington Hills, MI, ⁴Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center, West Bloomfield, MI

 

• To Batch or Not to Batch: Does the Benefit of Batch Reading for Screening Mammography Extend to Digital Breast Tomosynthesis?

Authors: Christopher McAdams¹, Stephanie Taylor², Lauren Golding³

Institutions: ¹Wake Forest Baptist School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ²Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, ³Triad Radiology Associates, Winston Salem, NC

 

• Do Reviewers Matter in Performing Effective Peer Review: Results of a Pilot Study

Authors: Upma Rawal¹, Abraham Bronner², Nina Kottler³, Syed Zaidi⁴, Richard Heller⁵, Jason Mitsky⁶, Aaron Huang¹, Joyce Liang¹

Institutions: ¹Radiology Partners, El Segundo, CA, ²Radiology Imaging Consultants, Chicago, IL, ³Radiology Partners, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, ⁴Radiology Associates of Canton Inc, Canton, OH, ⁵Radiology Partners, Chicago, IL, ⁶Radiology Partners, Portland, OR

 

• Ultrasound Provides Little Added Value When Evaluating for Papillary Thyroid Cancer Recurrence with an Undetectable Serum Thyroglobulin Level

Authors: Rachel McEachern¹, Arun Krishnaraj², Jason Itri²

Institutions: ¹University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²University Of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA

 

• Temporal Analysis of Workflow Trends in Emergent Stroke Evaluation

Authors: Andrew Schemmel¹, B. Dustin Pooler¹, John-Paul Yu¹

Institutions: ¹University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI

 

• Random Versus Non-Random: A Case for More Meaningful Peer Review

Authors: Adam Donithan¹, Arun Krishnaraj², Jason Itri³

Institutions: ¹University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²University Of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ³Jason Itri, Charlottesville, VA

 

• Increase the Percentage of Exams That Have Adequate Reasons for Exam Information Realizing Improvement Through Team Empowerment (RITE) Stanford University Program

Authors: Kellen Carril¹, Justin Chetta¹, Erik Soloff¹, Marc Willis¹, Veronica Lenge¹

Institutions: ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

 

• Screening Mammography Recall Rates: Is There in Fact Variability Between Immediate Same-Day Interpretations and Standard Batch Read Interpretations?

Authors: Bhavika Patel¹, Nan Zhang², Jennifer Palmieri³, Matthew Covington², Vic Pizzitola⁴, William Eversman⁵

Institutions: ¹Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ³Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix , AZ, ⁴The Mayo Clinic in AZ, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁵Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ

 

• Intraoperative 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Quality Implementation:  Initial 5-Year Experience

Authors: Jacob Ormsby¹, Asim Choudhri², Adeel Siddiqui², Richard Lee³

Institutions: ¹University of Tennessee Health Science Center/Methodist Healthcare, Memphis, TN, ²Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, ³University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN

 

• The World of Medical Guidelines: GIN, CDS and CCPs

Authors: Martin Reed¹

Institutions: ¹Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Winnipeg, MB