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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Preprocedural Chest or Cardiac Imaging for Cardiothoracic Surgery
Preprocedural chest or cardiac imaging for cardiothoracic surgery is focused on the imaging necessary to inform the performance of a surgical procedure after an initial diagnosis and the decision to operate has been made with consideration of patient comorbidities and anesthesia risk. The diverse range of noncoronary cardiac surgeries, coronary cardiac surgeries, and thoracic surgeries each have their own unique surgical techniques, risks, and complications, which can further vary between patien…
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Major Blunt Trauma: Update 2025
Trauma remains the leading cause of mortality in the United States for those <45 years of age, and it is the fourth leading cause of death overall. Polytrauma is defined as an injury to at least two body parts, including the head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, or an extremity, with any one or a combination of these injuries being potentially fatal. This document covers imaging of major blunt trauma or polytrauma resulting in multiple organ injuries. Burn injuries, and injuries to pediatric pa…
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Demyelinating Diseases
Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system represent a diverse spectrum of inflammatory disorders affecting myelin sheaths, including multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disorders (MOGAD). MRI is the cornerstone imaging modality, providing superior sensitivity over CT for detecting demyelinating lesions in the brain and spinal cord. Advanced MRI techniques such as diffusion tensor imaging,…
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Minor Blunt Trauma
Trauma is a common indication for seeking medical treatment including falls, motor vehicle collision (MVC), and assault. Minor blunt trauma can be defined as minor nonfatal injury to a single body part or minor injury with a low-risk mechanism including limited assault, ground-level falls, low-speed MVC, fall from bicycle, and blunt sports injuries. Patients are assumed to be ambulatory without distracting injuries to limit physical examination with normal mental status.The American College of R…
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Chest Pain-Child
Chest pain is a common complaint in children and adolescents. The causes of chest pain are varied and include musculoskeletal, pulmonary or pleural, gastrointestinal, psychogenic, and cardiac etiologies. The etiology of pediatric chest pain is often benign but typically generates evaluation in the emergency room, urgent care, or outpatient setting. Diagnostic imaging is often used in the evaluation of pediatric chest pain. This document will discuss various clinical scenarios for children presen…
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Radiologist Turnover in the United States
To estimate the turnover rate and its association with workload and radiologist and practice characteristics given the detrimental aspects of turnover on radiology practices.
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Radiologic Management of Pulmonary Nodules and Masses: Update 2025
This document addresses the management of pulmonary nodules and masses, a frequent and clinically significant finding in thoracic imaging given the prevalence and mortality burden of lung cancer. The document was developed and updated by a multidisciplinary expert panel through systematic review of peer-reviewed literature and supplemented as needed by expert consensus. Clinical variants considered in this document include stable solitary pulmonary nodules, enlarging nodules, centrally versus pe…
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Artificial Intelligence Impact on Radiologist Performance in Breast Cancer Screening with Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
Assess impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on radiologists’ detection of cancer on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) exams based on density, size, stage, and histopathology.
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Evaluation of Cardiac Masses
This document discusses the appropriateness of imaging modalities for cardiac masses under 3 variants: 1) adult with suspected cardiac mass, initial imaging; 2) adult with known cardiac mass in echocardiography of unknown etiology, next imaging; and 3) adult with known cardiac mass and established etiology, follow-up imaging. US echocardiography transthoracic resting, MRI heart function and morphology without and with contrast, and CT heart function and morphology with contrast are usually appro…