American Society Of Emergency Radiology Research Articles

Transfer patient imaging: a survey of members of the American Society of Emergency Radiology

When trauma patients are transferred from outside hospitals, the receiving clinicians often consult their local radiologists for definitive interpretations of outside examinations (IOE). Such requests introduce a host of logistical, medicolegal, and financial concerns related to quality control and resource utilization. We surveyed 701 members of the American Society of Emergency Radiology to elucidate these concerns. We found that the majority of emergency departments still rely on compact disks for conveyance of outside images; hard film and network transfers were minor mechanisms for most respondents. Sixty-nine percent of the respondents indicated that radiologist reports accompany fewer than 25% of all transferred imaging studies; of the reports that do arrive, most are unverified preliminary reads. There is considerable variability in billing practices and reimbursement patterns for radiologic second opinions; 68% of the respondents do not know how often their IOEs are reimbursed. Suboptimal communication between community hospitals and referral centers may result in duplicated efforts and inconsistent quality of medical imaging studies. Further investigation into the role of radiology trainees in the handling of outside studies is also highly recommended.

Highlights from the scientific and educational abstracts presented at the ASER 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course

The American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting and Post-Graduate Course encompassed a wide range of topics: traumatic and nontraumatic emergencies, radiation dose management, technical innovations and advancements, emergency preparedness, mass casualties, military radiology and teleradiology. This article highlights the scientific and educational abstracts presented at the meeting.

Summary of Workshop on CT in Emergency Medicine: Ensuring Appropriate Use

This paper addresses the increasing use of CT in medical radiologic imaging, with a focus on applications in emergency medicine. The rapidly increasing use of CT in medical imaging over the past 3 decades has been a major subject in many recent publications, including a discussion of concerns about patient radiation doses, unnecessary CT examinations, and the costs of CT examinations. One area of these concerns has been the use of CT examinations for triage, selection of treatment options, and release of patients from emergency medical settings. On September 23 and 24, 2009, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements held a workshop on appropriate uses of CT imaging with emergency patients. The workshop was cosponsored by 8 private and government organizations: the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the ACR, the American Society of Emergency Radiology, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Landauer, Inc, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and the US Environmental Protection Agency. This paper presents a summary of discussions at the workshop and recommendations for important areas of consideration in a subsequent consensus paper to be prepared on clinical guidance for applications of CT in emergency medicine procedures.

Highlights from the scientific and educational abstracts presented at the ASER 2010 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course

The American Society of Emergency Radiology 2010 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course encompassed a wide range of topics: traumatic and non-traumatic emergencies, radiation dose management, technical innovations and advancements, emergency preparedness, mass casualties, military radiology, and teleradiology. This article highlights the scientific and educational abstracts presented at the meeting (Emerg Radiol 17:517-551, 2010).

Highlights from the scientific and educational abstracts presented at the ASER 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course

The American Society of Emergency Radiology 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course encompassed a wide range of topics: traumatic and nontraumatic emergencies, radiation dose management, technical innovations and advancements, emergency preparedness, mass casualties, military radiology, and teleradiology. This article highlights the scientific and educational abstracts presented at the meeting (Scientific and Educational Abstracts Presented at the ASER, Emerg Radiol 16:501-516, 2009).

Incorporation of a Formalized Emergency Radiology Curriculum to Facilitate Population of a MIRC-based Digital Teaching File

Teaching files are integral to radiological training. Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine compatible digital radiological data and technological advances have made digital teaching files a desirable way to preserve and share representative and/or unusual cases for training purposes. The Medical Imaging Resource Community (MIRC) system developed by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is a robust multi-platform digital teaching file implementation that is freely available. An emergency radiology training curriculum developed by the American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) was incorporated to determine if such an approach might facilitate the entry, maintenance, and cataloguing of interesting cases. The RSNA MIRC software was obtained from the main MIRC website and installed. A coding system was developed based on the outline form of the ASER curriculum. Weekly reports were generated tallying the number of cases in each category of the curriculum. Resident participation in the entry and maintenance of cases markedly increased after incorporation of the ASER curriculum. The coding schema facilitated progress assessment. Ultimately, 454 total cases were entered into the MIRC database, representing at least 42% of the subcategories within the ASER curriculum (161 out of 376). The incorporation of the ASER emergency radiology curriculum greatly facilitated the location, cataloguing, tracking, and maintenance of representative cases and served as an effective means by which to unify the efforts of the department to develop a comprehensive teaching resource within this subspecialty. This approach and format will be extended to other educational curricula in other radiological subspecialties.

Inadvertent thyroid irradiation in protocol-driven trauma CT: a survey of hospital ERs

Given the well-recognized association of radiation and thyroid cancer, the objective of this study was to assess the frequency of radiation overlap at the level of the thyroid gland as part of standard protocols for computed tomography (CT) assessment of trauma, incorporating both cervical spine and chest images. A survey was sent to physician members of the American Society of Emergency Radiology. Among other questions, the respondents were asked to indicate their CT protocol with respect to the lower boundary of their cervical spine series and the upper boundary of their chest CT series. Forty-one surveys were returned. Of these, 83% reported overlap of the contiguous margins of the two CT studies resulting in partial or total double radiation deposition to the thyroid gland, which typically extends from vertebral levels C5 to T1. Sixty-one percent reported overlapping at T1 only, 15% at C7 to T1, 4.9% at C6 to T1, and 2.4% at C5 to T1. These data reveal that the predominant practice among the respondents is to include the thyroid gland in coincident CT studies of the cervical spine and chest in trauma protocols.

Abstracts and Poster Abstracts of the Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course of the American Society of Emergency Radiology

Abstracts and Poster Abstracts of the Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course of the American Society of Emergency Radiology

Abstract and Poster Abstracts of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology

Abstract and Poster Abstracts of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology

Abstracts and Poster Abstracts of the 14th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology. 22-25 October 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Abstracts and Poster Abstracts of the 14th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology. 22-25 October 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Abstracts and Poster Abstracts of the 13th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology

Abstracts and Poster Abstracts of the 13th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology

Highlights of the 2001 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology

Highlights of the 2001 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology

Proceedings of the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology¶March 14–17, 2001, San Francisco, California

Proceedings of the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology¶March 14–17, 2001, San Francisco, California

Variability in the practice of emergency radiology: a survey of the members of the American Society of Emergency Radiology

Objective: To assess the variation in practice for selected clinical scenarios among members of the American Society of Emergency Radiology. Methods: A survey was distributed to assess the standard imaging approach to nine common emergency radiology clinical scenarios. Institutional demographics were also assessed. The respondent's institution was used as the primary unit of analysis. Results: A total of 140 institutions were included in the primary analysis. Major variation was identified in the imaging approach to all scenarios studied. Practice size and type did not explain the variation. However, significant differences (P < 0.006) were observed between practice in the United States and the remainder of the world. Conclusions: There is no consensus among the members of the American Society of Emergency Radiology as to the best imaging approach to nine common clinical problems. The identification of this variation may serve as the seed for future research and discussion.

Proceedings of the 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology¶March 29 – April 2, 2000, Orlando, Florida.

Proceedings of the 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology¶March 29 – April 2, 2000, Orlando, Florida.

Proceedings of the 10 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology 10-14 March 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada. Abstracts and Poster Abstracts

Proceedings of the 10 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Emergency Radiology 10-14 March 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada. Abstracts and Poster Abstracts

American Society of Emergency Radiology: research revisited.

American Society of Emergency Radiology: research revisited.

Emergency radiology practice and research beyond the millennium. The American Society of Emergency Radiology.

Emergency radiology practice and research beyond the millennium. The American Society of Emergency Radiology.

Teleradiology/PACS usage: A survey of the American Society of Emergency Radiology Membership

The purpose of this study was to assess the use of teleradiology/picture archiving and communications (PACS) systems for emergency patients by members of the American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER). Results were tabulated from a survey mailed to ASER members in February 1997. The listed percentages are based on the total number of answers to a particular question.

The American Society of Emergency Radiology

The American Society of Emergency Radiology