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The following medical journal articles provide further information on Breast MRI, Coronary CT Angiography, Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring and Virtual Colonoscopy.
Breast MRI
| TITLE |
AUTHOR(S) |
SOURCE |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Breast: Current Indications |
Lalonde L, David J, Trop I |
CARJ 2005; 56(5):301-308 |
Breast Magnetic
Resonance Imaging |
Gardiner I, Kuusk U, Forster B, Spielmann A |
BCMJ 2005; 47(10):543-548 |
| Current role of magnetic resonance imaging in breast imaging: a primer for the primary care physician |
Shah SK, Shah SK, Greatrex KV. |
J Am Board Fam Pract. 2005; 18(6):478-90 |
| Efficacy of MRI and Mammography for Breast-Cancer Screening in Women with a Familial or Genetic Predisposition |
Kriege M, Brekelmans C, Boetes C, Besnard PE, Zonderland HM, et al. |
NEJM 2004; 351(5):427-437 |
| Changes in the surgical management of patients with breast carcinoma based on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging |
Bedrosian I, Mick R, Orel SG, Schnall M, Reynolds C, Spitz FR, Callans LS, Buzby GP, Rosato EF, Fraker DL, Czerniecki BJ |
Cancer. 2003; 98(3):468-73 |
Coronary CT Angiography
| TITLE |
AUTHOR(S) |
SOURCE |
CCTA: A Noninvasive
Assessment of CAD |
Heilbron B, Forster BB |
Perspectives in Cardiology; September 2006 |
| Multidetector computed tomography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: a systematic review |
Stein PD, Beemath A, Kayali F, Skaf E, Sanchez J, Olson RE. |
Am J Med. 2006; 119(3):203-16 |
| Initial experience with 64-slice cardiac CT: non-invasive visualization of coronary artery bypass grafts |
Pache G, Saueressig U, Frydrychowicz A, Foell D, Ghanem N, Kotter E, Geibel-Zehender A, Bode C, Langer M, Bley T |
Eur Heart J.2006; 27: 976-980 |
| High-Resolution Spiral Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography in Patients Referred for Diagnostic Conventional Coronary Angiography |
Mollet NR, Cademartiri F, van Mieghem CA, Runza G, McFadden EP, Baks T, Serruys PW, Krestin GP, de Feyter PJ. |
Circulation 2005; 112:2318-2323 |
| Accuracy of MSCT coronary angiography with 64-slice technology: first experience |
Leschka S, Alkadhi H, Plass A, Desbiolles L, Grunenfelder J, Marincek B, Wildermuth S. |
Eur Heart J.2005; 26:1482-1487 |
| Diagnostic Accuracy of Noninvasive Coronary Angiography Using 64-Slice Spiral Computed Tomography |
Raff GL, Gallagher MJ, O'Neill WW, Goldstein JA |
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005; 46(3):552-557 |
| Noninvasive Coronary Angiography With Multislice Compute Tomography |
Hoffmann MH, Shi H, Schmitz BL, Schmid FT, Lieberknecht M, Schulze R, Ludwig B, Kroschel U, Jahnke N, Haerer W, Brambs HJ, Aschoff AJ. |
JAMA.2005; 293:2471-478 |
Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring
| TITLE |
AUTHOR(S) |
SOURCE |
| Noninvasive Screening for Coronary Artery Disease With Computed Tomography Is Useful |
Clouse ME. |
Circulation 2006; 113:125 - 146 |
| Coronary Calcification, Coronary Disease Risk Factors, C-Reactive Protein and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events: The St. Francis Heart Study |
Arad Y, Goodman KJ, Roth M, Newstein D, Guerci AD. |
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005; 46(1):158-65 |
| Coronary artery calcification and subclinical atherosclerosis: What's the score? |
Forster BB, Isserow S |
BCMJ 2005; 47(4):181-87 |
| Coronary Artery Calcium Score Combined With Framingham Score for Risk Prediction in Asymptomatic Individuals |
Greenland P, LaBree L, Azen SP, Doherty TM, Detrano RC. |
JAMA 2004; 291(2):210-5 |
Virtual Colonoscopy
| TITLE |
AUTHOR(S) |
SOURCE |
| CT Colonography: A new technique for colorectal cancer screening |
Borys Flak, MD, FRCPC, Bruce B. Forster, MD, FRCPC, Michael E. Pezim, MD, FRCSC, FACS |
BCMJ 2008; May 50 (4): 206-11 |
| Screening and Surveillance for the Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer and Adenomatous Polyps, 2008: A Joint Guideline from the American Cancer Society, the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of Radiology |
Levin B, Lieberman DA, McFarland, et al |
CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians May-June 2008 |
| Extracolonic findings identified in asymptomatic adults at screening CT colonography |
Pickhardt PJ, Taylor AJ |
Am J Roentgenol 2006; 186:718-28 |
| Colorectal polyps: detection with low-dose multi-detector row helical CT colonography versus two sequential colonoscopies |
Iannaccone R, Catalano C, Mangiapane F, Murakami T, LamazzaA, Fiori E, Schillaci A, Marin D, Nofroni I, Hori M, Passariello R. |
Radiology 2005; 237:927-37 |
| A retrospective evaluation of patient acceptance of computed tomography colonography ("virtual colonoscopy") in comparison with conventional colonoscopy in an average risk screening population |
Juchems MS, Ehmann J, Brambs HJ, Aschoff AJ |
Acta Radiol. 2005; 46:664-70 |
| Prospective comparison of contrast enhanced CT colonography and conventional colonoscopy for detection of colorectal neoplasms in a single institutional study using second-look colonoscopy with discrepant results |
Hoppe H, Netzer P, Spreng A, Quattropani C, Mattich J, Dinkel HP |
Am J Gastroenterol. 2004; 99:1924-35 |
| Extracolonic findings at CT colonography - additional advantage of the method |
Pilch-Kowalczyk J, Konopka M, Gibinska J, Zymon-Zagorska A, Hartel M, Sallam B, Baron J |
Med Sci Monit. 2004; 10 suppl:22-5 |
| Computed Tomographic Virtual Colonoscopy to Screen for Colorectal Neoplasia in Asymptomatic Adults |
Pickhardt PJ, Choi R, Hwang I, Butler JA, Puckett ML, Hildebrandt HA, Wong, RK, Nugent PA, Mysliwiec PA, Schindler WR |
NEJM 2003; 349:2191-200 |
| Computed tomographic colonography (virtual colonoscopy): blinded prospective comparison with conventional colonoscopy for the detection of colorectal neoplasia |
Laghi A, Iannaccone R, Carbone I, Catalano C, Panebianco V, Di Giulio E, Schillaci A, Passariello R. |
Endoscopy 2002; 34:441-6 |
Ultrasound
| TITLE |
AUTHOR(S) |
SOURCE |
| Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in Canada: Review and position statement of the Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery |
Mastracci T.M, Cina C.S., Chir S |
Journal of Vascular Surgery 2007, June 45 (6): 1268-81 |
| Progression of Carotid Stenosis Detected by Duplex Ultrasonography Predicts Adverse Outcomes in Cardiovascular High-Risk Patients |
Schila Sabeti, MD; Oliver Schlager, MD; Markus Exner, MD; Wolfgang Mlekusch, MD; Jasmin Amighi, MD; Petra Dick, MD; Gerald Maurer, MD; Kurt Huber, MD; Renate Koppensteiner, MD; Oswald Wagner, MD; Erich Minar, MD; Martin Schillinger, MD |
Stroke 2007; Nov 38 (11): 2887-94 |
| Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis and the Risk of New Vascular Events in Patients With Manifest Arterial Disease |
Bertine M.B. Goessens, MSc; Frank L.J. Visseren, MD, PhD; L. Jaap Kappelle, MD, PhD; Ale Algra, MD, PhD; Yolanda van der Graaf, MD, PhD; for the SMART Study Group |
Stroke 2007; May 38 (5): 1470-5 |
| A Sustained Mortality Benefit from Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm |
Lois G. Kim, MSc; R. Alan P. Scott, MCh; Hilary A. Ashton, MSc; and Simon G. Thompson, DSc, for the Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study Group |
Ann Inter Med. 2007; May 15, 146(10), 699-706 |
| Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (Review) |
Cosford PA, Leng GC |
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007; April 18 (2) |
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