Injury incidence and patterns associated with electric scooter accidents in a major metropolitan city.

Purpose: Despite increased use of e-scooters globally, actionable data around injury incidence and patterns associated with e-scooter accidents are limited. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of imaging exams, injury incidence, and patterns related to e-scooter injuries, with the hope of guiding an appropriate policy response.

Methods: This was a retrospective observational study of imaging exams ordered for injuries related to e-scooters seen in an Emergency Department (ED) setting within our health system from September 2018 through December 2019.

Evaluation of Gadolinium Deposition in the Brain After MR Arthrography.

Objective: Although significant investigation has been done into the deposition of gadolinium in the brains of patients receiving IV gadolinium, there is little research concerning nonintravenous uses of gadolinium, specifically in conjunction with musculoskeletal MR arthrography. Although small in volume, intraarticular administration is an off-label use of gadolinium, necessitating careful scrutiny for patient safety. Thus, we investigated the relationship between intraarticular gadolinium administration during MR arthrography and the presence of intracranial gadolinium deposition on subsequent brain MRI.

Electronic and Social Media-based Radiology Learning Initiative: Development, Implementation, Viewership Trends, and Assessment at 1 Year.

Rationale And Objectives: We report the development of a new "Case of the Day" (COTD) educational initiative using email, social media (SoMe), and a website to disseminate content, as well as its trends in viewership and assessment of utility for the first year of implementation.

Materials/methods: Using an image-rich format, a new unknown case was disseminated to radiology trainees and attendings at our institution by email twice per week, including history, salient images, and follow-up questions. Simultaneously, content was externally disseminated on Twitter and a publicly viewable departmental website.

Social Media Utilization at an Academic Radiology Practice.

Rationale And Objectives: We report social media (SoMe) utilization trends at an academic radiology department, highlighting differences between trainees and faculty and between Baby Boomers versus Generation X and Millennials.

Materials And Methods: An anonymous online survey regarding SoMe utilization and SoMe-based educational curriculum was distributed to all radiologists (trainees and faculty) in our department. Regular chi-square, ordered (Mantel-Haenszel) chi-square, and Fischer exact tests were performed.

Characterization of adrenal masses with diffusion-weighted imaging.

Objective: The purpose of this article is to assess the role of diffusion-weighted MRI in characterizing adrenal masses.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of the MRI database from August 2007 to July 2009 was performed. The MRI examinations of 48 patients, with 49 lesions, were reviewed independently and blindly by two experienced abdominal radiologists who measured the signal intensities on in-phase and opposed-phase T1-weighted imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC).

Challenges facing radiology educators.

This article summarizes the current challenges faced by radiology educators. These are discussed under the headings of time available for education, financing education, what and how to teach, student evaluation, support infrastructure, and challenges to leadership.

Routine isotropic computed tomography scanning of chest: value of coronal and sagittal reformations.

Objective: We sought to evaluate the usefulness of coronal and sagittal reformations from isotropic chest computed tomography (CT) examinations.

Methods: A total of 30 chest CT examinations were reconstructed into 2 sets of axial source images: 0.9-mm slice width with 0.

A solution for transferring 35-mm slide collections into a digital teaching-file database system.

Objective: Our objective was to develop a convenient yet comprehensive process for transferring 35-mm radiology slides into a digital teaching-file system capable of delivering online educational content and serving also as a general-purpose digital media repository.

Conclusion: We believe this approach provides a feasible solution for converting radiologists' educational 35-mm slides into well-organized, high-quality digital media suitable for both online education and speaker-led presentations.

New opportunities for the use of digital video in on-line radiologic curricula.

Rationale And Objectives: To explore techniques to conveniently and self-sufficiently create high-quality, web-ready instructional digital video snippets suitable for routine use in on-line radiologic curricula.

Materials: A commercially available digital camera with an 8-megapixel image receptor and the capability to record web-ready digital video and audio at a resolution of up to 640 x 480 pixels and a frame rate of up to 30 per second was used to obtain video snippets intended for inclusion in on-line curricula. Hand-held and tripod techniques were compared.

2003 AUR Joseph E. And Nancy O. Whitley Award. Developing tomorrow's academic radiologists: a 3-month residency elective in education.

Rationale And Objectives: The shortage of academic radiologists reveals an urgent need to attract more residents into academic careers. A great deal of attention has been focused on research, but few programmatic initiatives have addressed the development of the next generation of radiology educators. The purpose of this study was to develop and test a new 3-month residency elective in education.