Establishing an Interventional Radiology Patient Radiation Safety Program

Joseph R. Steele, MD, A. Kyle Jones, PhD and Elizabeth P. Ninan, PA-C

CT Radiation Dose Reduction: How to Implement Change without Sacrificing Diagnostic Quality

Eric P. Tamm, MD, X. John Rong, PhD, Dianna D. Cody, PhD, Randy D. Ernst, MD, Nancy E. Fitzgerald, MD and Vikas Kundra, MD, PhD

Quality Improvement in Radiology: Basic Principles and Tools Required to Achieve Success

Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD, Ronald Eisenberg, MD, JD, Jacob Sosna, MD, Chun Sham Yam, PhD, Joshua D. Kruskal and Phillip M. Boiselle, MD

Measuring and Improving Quality in Radiology: Meeting the Challenge with Informatics

Daniel L. Rubin, MD, MS

Measuring and Managing the Procedural Competency of Radiologists

Mishal Mendiratta-Lala, MD, Ronald L. Eisenberg, MD, JD, Joseph R. Steele, MD, Phillip M. Boiselle, MD and Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD

Application of Failure Mode and Effect Analysis in a Radiology Department

Eavan Thornton, MD, Olga R. Brook, MD, Mishal Mendiratta-Lala, MD, Donna T. Hallett, BS and Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD

Department Scorecard: A Tool to Help Drive Imaging Care Delivery Performance

Lane F. Donnelly, MD, Kevin E. Gessner, BS, Julie M. Dickerson, RN, Bernadette L. Koch, MD, Alexander J. Towbin, MD, Todd W. Lehkamp, RT, Jay Moskovitz, MS, Alan S. Brody, MD, Charles L. Dumoulin, PhD and Blaise V. Jones, MD

Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Errors Occurring in Clinical Radiology Practice

Olga R. Brook, MD, Anna Marie O'Connell, MD, Eavan Thornton, MBChB, MRCPI, Ronald L. Eisenberg, MD, JD, Mishal Mendiratta-Lala, MD and Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD

Quality Initiatives: Strategies for Anticipating and Reducing Complications and Treatment Failures in Hepatic Radiofrequency Ablation

Mishal Mendiratta-Lala, Olga Rachel Brook, Brian D. Midkiff, Darren D. Brennan, Eavan Thornton, Salomao Faintuch, Robert Glenn Sheiman, and S. Nahum Goldberg

Quality Initiatives: Key Performance Indicators for Measuring and Improving Radiology Department Performance

Hani H Abujudeh, MD, Rathachai Kaewlai, MD, Benjamin A Asfaw, MHSA and James H Thrall, MD

Improving Patient Flow for a Bone Densitometry Practice: Results from a Mayo Clinic Radiology Quality Initiative

Kenneth T. Aakre, BS, RT(R), Timothy B. Valley, CNMT, MA and Michael K. O'Connor, PhD

Quality Improvement Grand Rounds at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: CT Colonography Performance Review after an Adverse Event

Bettina Siewert, MD, Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD, Ronald Eisenberg, MD, Ferris Hall, MD and Jacob Sosna, MD

Peer Review in Diagnostic Radiology: Current State and a Vision for the Future

Shmuel Mahgerefteh, MD, Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD, Chun S. Yam, PhD, Arye Blachar, MD and Jacob Sosna, MD

Developing a Radiology Quality and Safety Program: A Primer

C. Daniel Johnson, MD, Karl N. Krecke, MD, Rafael Miranda Catherine C. Roberts, MD, and Charles Denham, MD

Imaging Pregnant Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism: What the Radiologist Needs to Know

Jay K. Pahade, MD, Diana Litmanovich, MD, Ivan Pedrosa, MD, Janneth Romero, MD, Alexander A. Bankier, MD, and Phillip M. Boiselle, MD

MR Imaging in Patients at Risk for Developing Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis: Protocols, Practices, and Imaging Techniques to Maximize Patient Safety

Krishna Juluru, MD, Jens Vogel-Claussen, MD, Katarzyna J. Macura, MD, PhD, Ihab R. Kamel, MD, PhD, Alexander Steever, MD, and David A. Bluemke, MD, PhD

Radiation Risk: What You Should Know to Tell Your Patient

Francis R. Verdun, PhD, François Bochud, PhD, François Gundinchet, MD, Abbas Aroua, PhD, Pierre Schnyder, MD, and Reto Meuli, MD

Respiratory Instructions for CT Examinations of the Lungs: A Hands-on Guide

Alexander A. Bankier, MD, Carl R. O’Donnell, PhD, and Phillip M. Boiselle, MD

Missed Lesions at Abdominal Oncologic CT: Lessons Learned from Quality Assurance

Bettina Siewert, MD, Jacob Sosna, MD, Ann McNamara, MD, Vassilios Raptopoulos, MD, and Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD

Radiologic Measurements of Tumor Response to Treatment: Practical Approaches and Limitations

Chikako Suzuki, MD, Hans Jacobsson, MD, PhD, Thomas Hatschek, MD, PhD, Michael R. Torkzad, MD, PhD, Katarina Bodén, MD, Yvonne Eriksson-Alm, RT, Elisabeth Berg, BSc, Hirofumi Fujii, MD, PhD, Atsushi Kubo, MD, PhD, and Lennart Blomqvist, MD, PhD

Quality Initiatives in Radiology: Historical Perspectives for an Emerging Field

Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD

President’s Address from the Opening Session of RSNA 2006: Strengthening Professionalism

Robert R. Hattery, MD