Academic radiology
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To analyze airway dimensions throughout the bronchial tree in severe asthmatic patients using multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) focusing on airway narrowing. ⋯ Severe asthma-associated morphologic changes were characterized by focal bronchial stenoses and diffuse airway narrowing; the latter was associated with airflow obstruction. WA%, dependent on airway caliber, is the best parameter to identify severe asthmatic patients from pooled subjects.
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To assess the diagnostic value of dual-energy (DE) computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) for acute pulmonary embolism (PE) using a helical DE scan mode with rapid kVp switching. ⋯ CTPA based on DE scanning with rapid kVp switching can provide both morphologic analysis and quantitative evaluation of PD related to acute PE in addition to standard CTPA data. Quantification of iodine concentration may be helpful for identifying the presence or absence of PE.
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Observational Study
"What Program Directors Think" II: Results of the 2013 and 2014 Annual Surveys of the Association of Program Directors in Radiology.
The Association of Program Directors in Radiology (APDR) surveys residents' educational experiences, work responsibilities, and benefits to support radiology residency programs and their directors. ⋯ With the ABR Core examination, radiology educators increasingly included multiple choice questions in teaching conferences. "Boards frenzy" was alive and well. The number of programs with a CCC was growing, chaired primarily by the Program Director (PD), with the most commonly used tool being the rotation evaluation. In view of "fellowship frenzy" in the third year of residency, only a minority of PDs were against a fellowship match in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). The majority of respondents replied that the new IR/DR pathway would negatively affect the DR residency.