A history of radiologic pathology correlation at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and its evolution into the American Institute for Radiologic Pathology.

The evolution of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) has played an important role in the history of pathology education and in radiologic pathology correlation in the United States. From its humble beginnings as a museum, showcasing dried and varnished morbid specimens--human relics of the Civil War, the institute became a leader in pathology. Later, it became a center of instruction for radiology residents seeking to understand the pathologic findings that underlay the radiologic appearance of disease.

Incidence and nature of unblinding by authors: our experience at two radiology journals with double-blinded peer review policies.

Objective: The purpose of our study was to prospectively determine the incidence and nature of unblinding by authors as to their identities or institutions in their submission of original major manuscripts to two radiology journals with double-blinded peer review policies.

Materials And Methods: The editors of two radiology journals reviewed 880 major original manuscripts submitted to their journals during a 6-month period without knowledge of the identities and institutions of the authors. Each manuscript was inventoried for possible author or institutional unblinding and for the specific types of unblinding violations.