Practical Tips and a Template for Developing Your Curriculum Vitae.

The Alliance of Leaders in Academic Affairs in Radiology (ALAAR) advocates for a Universal Curriculum Vitae for all medical institutions and to that end, we have developed a template that can be downloaded on the AUR website (ALAAR CV template) that includes all of the elements required by many academic institutions. Members of ALAAR represent multiple academic institutions and have spent many hours reviewing and providing input on radiologists' curricula vitae. The purpose of this review is to help academic radiologists accurately maintain and optimize their CVs with minimal effort and to clarify common questions that arise at many different institutions in the process of constructing a CV.

Artery of Percheron Infarct: 12 Cases and Their Complex Clinical Courses.

Strokes involving the artery of Percheron (AOP), an anatomic variant of thalamic vascular supply, are rare. Little is known about the inpatient hospital course for these patients. We retrospectively identified consecutive patients with AOP in their medical charts from a university-based tertiary care hospital from January 1, 2000, to August 15, 2017.

MR Diffusion Tractography to Identify and Characterize Microstructural White Matter Tract Changes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients.

Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a predominantly female autoimmune disease that can affect the central nervous system. Neuropsychiatric symptoms are found in 25-70% of SLE patients. Using diffusion tensor imaging, various studies have reported changes in white matter integrity in SLE patients with neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSLE patients).

Sonographically guided lumbar puncture in pediatric patients.

Our aim with this study was to develop a user-friendly method for pediatric sonographically guided lumbar punctures so that we can visualize intrathecal anatomy, confirm intrathecal injection at the time of injection, and, most importantly, avoid ionizing radiation to a child's already radiosensitive pelvis. Sonographically guided lumbar puncture was prospectively performed in children aged 7 weeks to 16 years. All attempts (n = 9) were successful.

Utility of dual-energy CT virtual keV monochromatic series for the assessment of spinal transpedicular hardware-bone interface.

Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the utility of dual-energy CT (DECT) virtual kilo-electron volt (keV) monochromatic images for the visualization of the transpedicular screw-bone interface after spinal fusion.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included postfusion spine CT studies performed from October 2011 through April 2012 on a dual-energy 64-MDCT unit (Discovery CT750 HD). Studies were postprocessed on an Advantage Windows workstation (version 4.

Differentiation of benign and malignant neck pathologies: preliminary experience using spectral computed tomography.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate spectral Hounsfield unit (HU) curves and effective Z (atomic number) generated on dual-energy gemstone spectral imaging computed tomography (CT) in the differentiation of benign and malignant neck pathologic findings.

Methods: This was a retrospective review of 38 patients who underwent neck CT on a gemstone spectral imaging dual-energy CT (Lightspeed CT750 HD 64-slice CT scanner; GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, Wis) from November 2009 to June 2012 with identifiable masses. One board-certified radiologist placed regions of interest within the mass (19 benign, 19 malignant) and in paraspinal muscles (PSMs) to create 2 spectral HU curves in each patient.

Postoperative and postradiation changes on imaging.

The normal appearance of the posttherapy neck after common surgical procedures and chemoradiation therapy is presented, with specific details for each surgical procedure. Subsequently, the authors emphasize the recognition of complications and disease recurrence with illustrated examples.

Cervical lymph node evaluation and diagnosis.

This article discusses the rationale for imaging cervical lymph nodes and reviews nodal anatomy and common drainage patterns, imaging features of pathologic lymph nodes, and the advantages of various imaging modalities available for evaluation and diagnosis of the lymph nodes.

Imaging in infections of the head and neck.

Infections of the head and neck vary in their clinical course and outcome because of the diversity of organs and anatomic compartments involved. Imaging plays a central role in delineating the anatomic extent of the disease process, identifying the infection source, and detecting complications. The utility of imaging to differentiate between a solid phlegmonous mass and an abscess cannot be overemphasized.

Central nervous system tuberculosis: pathophysiology and imaging findings.

With the onset of the human immunodeficiency virus pandemic, the incidence of tuberculosis, including central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis, has increased in developed countries. It is no longer a disease confined to underdeveloped and developing countries. The imaging appearance has become more complex with the onset of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

Imaging of cerebritis, encephalitis, and brain abscess.

Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of brain abscess, pyogenic infection, and encephalitis. The role of CT and MRI in the diagnosis and management of pyogenic brain abscess and its complications is reviewed. The imaging appearances of several common and select uncommon infectious encephalitides are reviewed.

Imaging of meningitis and ventriculitis.

Central nervous system infections account for 1% of primary hospital admissions and 2% of nosocomial infections and when encountered require prompt diagnosis and initiation of specific treatment. Imaging findings are mostly nonspecific with respect to the causative pathogen. This article describes the anatomy of cranial meninges and extra-axial spaces of the brain.

Incidental findings on cranial imaging in nonagenarians.

Object: The aim of this article was to report on the nature and prevalence of incidental imaging findings in a consecutive series of patients older than 90 years of age who underwent intracranial imaging for any reason.

Methods: The authors retrospectively reviewed the electronic medical and imaging records of consecutive patients who underwent brain MR imaging at a single institution over a 153-month interval and were at least 90 but less than 100 years of age at the time of the imaging study. The prevalence of lesions by type in this consecutive series of MR imaging evaluations was calculated for all patients.

Management and outcomes of patients undergoing surgery for traumatic cervical fracture-subluxation associated with an asymptomatic vertebral artery injury.

Study Design: Retrospective clinical series.

Objective: To evaluate the management and outcomes of patients with unilateral, asymptomatic vertebral artery occlusion (VAO) undergoing surgery for cervical fractures associated with subluxation.

Summary Of Background Data: The management of VAO is controversial with several treatment options available, including observation alone, antiplatelet therapy, or anticoagulation therapy.

New directions in head and neck imaging.

Computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET) and the hybrid modality of PET/CT are sensitive and reliable tools for detection and staging of head and neck cancers. This article describes the role of PET/CT in initial staging of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, the utility of CT/MR perfusion imaging in qualitative analysis of tumor tissue, and the usefulness of diffusion weighted MR and dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging in head and neck oncological imaging.

Calcifying pseudoneoplasm of the spine.

Calcifying pseudoneoplasms have been rarely reported to involve the spine. Diagnostically, MRI characteristics have not been well-described. We present the case of a 59-year-old woman with a C8 radiculopathy and history significant for metastatic breast cancer.

Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Initial Diagnosis and Staging with PET/CT.

Squamous cell carcinoma is the most frequent malignancy of the head and neck region, accounting for 5% of all malignant tumors worldwide. Accurate staging at diagnosis is critical for selection of appropriate treatment strategy. A variety of therapeutic options are used for treatment, including surgery with or without radical dissection, lymph node dissections of various severities, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and combinations of these.

Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor/Ewing's sarcoma of the craniospinal vault: case reports and review.

The peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor/Ewing's sarcoma family tumor (pPNET/ESFT) group includes small round cell tumors of the bone, soft tissue, and nerve with morphological attributes of the germinal neuroepithelium. Peripheral PNETs/ESFTs also occur within the craniospinal vault, a region including the central nervous system, the meninges, and the cranial and spinal nerve roots. Gene rearrangements between the EWS gene on chromosome 22q12 and members of the ETS gene family are common in and specific to pPNETs/ESFTs.

Magnetic resonance imaging of suspected cervicocranial arterial dissections.

The authors propose that the optimal screening protocol for evaluation of suspected cervicocranial arterial dissections is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that includes three components: 1) contrast-enhanced three-dimensional time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) through the superior mediastinum, neck, and skull base; 2) three-dimensional multiple overlapping thin-section acquisition MRA of the skull base and Circle of Willis region; and 3) axial non-contrast, non-fat-suppressed T1-weighted, fat-suppressed T1-weighted, and T2-weighted spin-echo MRI from the level of the aortic arch through the level of the circle of Willis. MRA permits visualization of vascular luminal narrowing or obliteration, which can suggest vascular dissection but can also be caused by congenital variation, dysplasia, intraluminal thrombus, vasospasm, or extramural compression by tumor. By directly visualizing the blood vessel wall, axial T1-weighted and T2-weighted spin-echo MRI can identify the intramural hemorrhage of vascular dissection.