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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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