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The list includes articles from 1967 to 2006, with most articles
(n = 25) published in the 5-year period between 1986 and
1990. The single year with the most cited publications was
1996 (n = 8). When grouped in 5-year periods, there is a trend
of increasing publications numbers up to the 19861990
interval at which point publication numbers begin to decline
(Figure 1). The number of citations per year for articles
differed between 5-year groupings (p = 0.028; Figure 2).
The lowest annual citation average was for the three
19661970 articles that had 15.9 7.2 citations per year.
The lone article from the 20062010 group averaged 84.3
citations per year at the time of analysis.
Study Design, Type, and Statistical Analysis
RESULTS
Sources and Citations
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Hanley JA, McNeil BJ. The meaning and use of the area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Radiology 1982;
143(1):2936. PubMed PMID: 7063747.
Hanley JA, McNeil BJ. A method of comparing the areas under receiver operating characteristic curves derived from the same cases.
Radiology 1983; 148(3):839843. PubMed PMID: 6878708.
Metz CE. Basic principles of ROC analysis. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine 1978; 8(4):283298. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s00012998(7880014-2). PubMed PMID: WOS:A1978FU31300002.
Hounsfield GN. Computerized transverse axial scanning (tomography). 1. Description of system. The British Journal of Radiology 1973;
46(552):10161022. PubMed PMID: 4757352.
Le Bihan D, Breton E, Lallemand D, Grenier P, Cabanis E, Laval-Jeantet M. MR Imaging of intravoxel incoherent motions: application to
diffusion and perfusion in neurologic disorders. Radiology 1986; 161(2):401407. PubMed PMID: 3763909.
Metz CE. ROC Methodology in radiologic imaging. Investigative Radiology 1986; 21(9):720733. PubMed PMID: 3095258.
Pierpaoli C, Jezzard P, Basser PJ, Barnett A, DiChiro G. Diffusion tensor MR imaging of the human brain. Radiology 1996; 201(3):637648.
PubMed PMID: WOS:A1996VU50000010.
Judkins MP. Selective coronary arteriography. I. A percutaneous transfemoral technic. Radiology 1967; 89(5):815824. PubMed
PMID: 6048074.
Hamacher K, Coenen HH, Stocklin G. Efficient stereospecific synthesis of no-carrier-added 2-[18f]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose using
aminopolyether supported nucleophilic substitution. Journal of Nuclear Medicine: official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine
1986; 27(2):235238. PubMed PMID: 3712040.
Brenner D, Elliston C, Hall E, Berdon W. Estimated risks of radiation-induced fatal cancer from pediatric CT. AJR American Journal of
Roentgenology 2001; 176(2):289296. http://dx.doi.org/10.2214/ajr.176.2.1760289. PubMed PMID: 11159059.
Fowler JF. The linear-quadratic formula and progress in fractionated radiotherapy. The British Journal of Radiology 1989;
62(740):679694. PubMed PMID: 2670032.
Weinmann HJ, Brasch RC, Press WR, Wesbey GE. Characteristics of gadolinium-DTPA complex: a potential NMR contrast agent. AJR
American Journal of Roentgenology 1984; 142(3):619624. http://dx.doi.org/10.2214/ajr.142.3.619. PubMed PMID: 6607655
Dixon WT. Simple proton spectroscopic imaging. Radiology 1984; 153(1):189194. PubMed PMID: 6089263.
Weissleder R, Mahmood U. Molecular imaging. Radiology 2001; 219(2):316333. PubMed PMID: WOS:000168314100003.
Raichle ME, Martin WR, Herscovitch P, Mintun MA, Markham J. Brain blood flow measured with intravenous H2(15)O. I. Implementation
and validation. Journal of Nuclear Medicine: official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 1983; 24(9):790798. PubMed
PMID: 6604140.
Livraghi T, Goldberg SN, Lazzaroni S, Meloni F, Solbiati L, Gazelle GS. Small hepatocellular carcinoma: treatment with radio-frequency
ablation versus ethanol injection. Radiology 1999; 210(3):655661. PubMed PMID: WOS:000078796500012.
Germano G, Kiat H, Kavanagh PB, Moriel M, Mazzanti M, Su HT, et al. Automatic quantification of ejection fraction from gated myocardial
perfusion SPECT. Journal of Nuclear Medicine: official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 1995; 36(11):21382147. PubMed
PMID: 7472611.
Zerhouni EA, Parish DM, Rogers WJ, Yang A, Shapiro EP. Human heart: tagging with MR imaginga method for noninvasive assessment
of myocardial motion. Radiology 1988; 169(1):5963. PubMed PMID: 3420283.
Katayama H, Yamaguchi K, Kozuka T, Takashima T, Seez P, Matsuura K. Adverse reactions to ionic and nonionic contrast media. A report
from the Japanese Committee on the Safety of Contrast Media. Radiology 1990; 175(3):621628. PubMed PMID: 2343107.
Stavros AT, Thickman D, Rapp CL, Dennis MA, Parker SH, Sisney GA. Solid breast nodules: use of sonography to distinguish between
benign and malignant lesions. Radiology 1995; 196(1):123134. PubMed PMID: 7784555.
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Beyer T, Townsend DW, Brun T, Kinahan PE, Charron M, Roddy R, et al. A combined PET/CT scanner for clinical oncology. Journal of
Nuclear Medicine: official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2000; 41(8):13691379. PubMed PMID: 10945530.
Le Bihan D, Breton E, Lallemand D, Aubin ML, Vignaud J, Laval-Jeantet M. Separation of diffusion and perfusion in intravoxel incoherent
motion MR imaging. Radiology 1988; 168(2):497505. PubMed PMID: 3393671.
Gomori JM, Grossman RI, Goldberg HI, Zimmerman RA, Bilaniuk LT. Intracranial hematomas: imaging by high-field MR. Radiology 1985;
157(1):8793. PubMed PMID: 4034983.
Herscovitch P, Markham J, Raichle ME. Brain blood flow measured with intravenous H2(15)O. I. Theory and error analysis. Journal of
Nuclear Medicine: official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 1983; 24(9):782789. PubMed PMID: 6604139.
Metz CE. Some practical issues of experimental design and data analysis in radiological ROC studies. Investigative Radiology 1989;
24(3):234245. PubMed PMID: 2753640.
Kubota R, Yamada S, Kubota K, Ishiwata K, Tamahashi N, Ido T. Intratumoral distribution of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose in vivo: high
accumulation in macrophages and granulation tissues studied by microautoradiography. Journal of Nuclear Medicine: official
publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 1992; 33(11):19721980.
Balthazar EJ, Robinson DL, Megibow AJ, Ranson JH. Acute pancreatitis: value of CT in establishing prognosis. Radiology 1990;
174(2):331336. PubMed PMID: 2296641.
Ambrose J. Computerized transverse axial scanning (tomography): Part 2. Clinical application. British Journal of Radiology 1973;
46(552):10231047. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1973R540700002.
Strauss LG, Conti PS. The Applications of PET in clinical oncology. Journal of Nuclear Medicine: official publication, Society of Nuclear
Medicine 1991; 32(4):623648; discussion 4950. PubMed PMID: 2013803.
Livraghi T, Giorgio A, Marin G, Salmi A, de Sio I, Bolondi L, et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis in 746 patients: long-term results of
percutaneous ethanol injection. Radiology 1995; 197(1):1018. PubMed PMID: 7568806.
Yamada R, Sato M, Kawabata M, Nakatsuka H, Nakamura K, Takashima S. Hepatic artery embolization in 120 patients with unresectable
hepatoma. Radiology 1983; 148(2):397401. PubMed PMID: 6306721.
Axel L, Dougherty L. MR imaging of motion with spatial modulation of magnetization. Radiology 1989; 171(3):841845. PubMed
PMID: 2717762.
Wakana S, Jiang HY, Nagae-Poetscher LM, van Zijl PCM, Mori S. Fiber tract-based atlas of human white matter anatomy. Radiology 2004;
230(1):7787. http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2301021640. PubMed PMID: WOS:000187613100012.
Kalender WA, Seissler W, Klotz E, Vock P. Spiral volumetric CT with single-breath-hold technique, continuous transport, and continuous
scanner rotation. Radiology 1990; 176(1):181183. PubMed PMID: 2353088.
Dewey WC, Hopwood LE, Sapareto SA, Gerweck LE. Cellular responses to combinations of hyperthermia and radiation. Radiology 1977;
123(2):463474. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1977DE17100044.
Moseley ME, Cohen Y, Kucharczyk J, Mintorovitch J, Asgari HS, Wendland MF, et al. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of anisotropic water
diffusion in cat central-nervous-system. Radiology 1990; 176(2):43945. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1990DP56600026.
Moseley ME, Kucharczyk J, Mintorovitch J, Cohen Y, Kurhanewicz J, Derugin N, et al. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of acute stroke:
correlation with T2-weighted and magnetic susceptibility-enhanced MR imaging in cats. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 1990;
11(3):423429. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1990DB32900001.
Livraghi T, Goldberg SN, Lazzaroni S, Meloni F, Ierace T, Solbiati L, et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma: radio-frequency ablation of medium
and large lesions. Radiology 2000; 214(3):761768. PubMed PMID: WOS:000085478800024.
Simonetti OP, Kim RJ, Fieno DS, Hillenbrand HB, Wu E, Bundy JM, et al. An improved MR imaging technique for the visualization of
myocardial infarction. Radiology 2001; 218(1):215223. PubMed PMID: WOS:000167571300037.
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Jensen ME, Evans AJ, Mathis JM, Kallmes DF, Cloft HJ, Dion JE. Percutaneous polymethylmethacrylate vertebroplasty in the treatment of
osteoporotic vertebral body compression fractures: technical aspects. American Journal of Neuroradiology 1997; 18(10):18971904.
PubMed PMID: WOS:A1997YH89400022.
Fazekas F, Chawluk JB, Alavi A, Hurtig HI, Zimmerman RA. MR signal abnormalities at 1.5-T in Alzheimer dementia and normal aging.
American Journal of Roentgenology. 1987; 149(2):351356. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1987J254400029.
Kuhl CK, Mielcareck P, Klaschik S, Leutner C, Wardelmann E, Gieseke J, et al. Dynamic breast MR imaging: are signal intensity time course
data useful for differential diagnosis of enhancing lesions? Radiology 1999; 211(1):101110. PubMed PMID: WOS:000079323200015.
Edwards CL, Hayes RL. Tumor scanning with 67Ga citrate. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 1969; 10(2):103105. PubMed PMID:
WOS:A1969C516300008.
Prince MR. Gadolinium-enhanced MR aortography. Radiology 1994; 191(1):155164. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1994NB68500031.
Rubin JM, Bude RO, Carson PL, Bree RL, Adler RS. Power Doppler US: a potentially useful alternative to mean frequency-based color
Doppler US. Radiology 1994; 190(3):853856. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1994MX69800045.
Pavel DG, Zimmer AM, Patterson VN. In vivo labeling of red blood-cells with Tc-99m: new approach to blood pool visualization. Journal of
Nuclear Medicine 1977; 18(3):305308. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1977CY71100021.
Sonoda M, Takano M, Miyahara J, Kato H. Computed radiography utilizing scanning laser stimulated luminescence. Radiology 1983;
148(3):833838. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1983RD86600043.
Weissleder R, Elizondo G, Wittenberg J, Rabito CA, Bengele HH, Josephson L. Ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron-oxide: characterization
of a new class of contrast agents for MR imaging. Radiology 1990; 175(2):489493. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1990CZ49100036.
Flohr TG, McCollough CH, Bruder H, Petersilka M, Gruber K, Suss C, et al. First performance evaluation of a dual-source CT (DSCT)
system. European Radiology 2006; 16(2):256268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-005-2919-2. PubMed PMID:
WOS:000234755200001.
Wolfe JN. Breast patterns as an index of risk for developing breast-cancer. American Journal of Roentgenology 1976; 126(6):11301139.
PubMed PMID: WOS:A1976BT75500002.
Rossi S, Di Stasi M, Buscarini E, Quaretti P, Garbagnati F, Squassante L, et al. Percutaneous RF interstitial thermal ablation in the treatment
of hepatic cancer. American Journal of Roentgenology 1996; 167(3):759768. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1996VD39600048.
Livraghi T, Solbiati L, Meloni MF, Gazelle GS, Halpern EF, Goldberg SN, et al. Treatment of focal liver tumors with percutaneous radiofrequency ablation: complications encountered in a multicenter study. Radiology 2003; 226(2):441451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/
radiol.2262012198. PubMed PMID: WOS:000180657000022
Remy-jardin M, Remy J, Wattinne L, Giraud F. Central pulmonary thromboembolism: diagnosis with spiral volumetric CT with the singlebreath-hold techniquecomparison with pulmonary angiography. Radiology 1992; 185(2):381387. PubMed PMID:
WOS:A1992JV36000013.
Cotten A, Dewatre F, Cortet B, Assaker R, Leblond D, Duquesnoy B, et al. Percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteolytic metastases and
myeloma: effects of the percentage of lesion filling and the leakage of methyl methacrylate at clinical follow-up. Radiology 1996;
200(2):525530. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1996UY07800038.
Sorensen AG, Buonanno FS, Gonzalez RG, Schwamm LH, Lev MH, HuangHellinger FR, et al. Hyperacute stroke: evaluation with combined
multisection diffusion-weighted and hemodynamically weighted echo-planar MR imaging. Radiology 1996; 199(2):391401. PubMed
PMID: WOS:A1996UG01100017.
Wackers FJT, Berman DS, Maddahi J, Watson DD, Beller GA, Strauss HW, et al. Technetium-99 m hexakis 2-methoxyisobutyl isonitrile:
human biodistribution, dosimetry, safety, and preliminary comparison to TI-201 for myocardial perfusion imaging. Journal of Nuclear
Medicine 1989; 30(3):301311. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1989T600900008.
Kaiser WA, Zeitler E. MR Imaging of the Breast - Fast imaging sequences with and without GD-DTPA: preliminary-observations. Radiology
1989; 170(3):681686. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1989T273400015.
Stabin MG. MIRDOSE: Personal computer software for internal dose assessment in nuclear medicine. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 1996;
37(3):538546. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1996TZ41300038.
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Insall J, Salvati E. Patella position in normal knee joint. Radiology 1971; 101(1):101104. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1971K202400019.
Prince MR, Narasimham DL, Stanley JC, Chenevert TL, Williams DM, Marx V, et al. Breath-hold gadolinium-enhanced MR-angiography of
the abdominal-aorta and its major branches. Radiology 1995; 197(3):785792. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1995TG33300041.
Dousset V, Grossman RI, Ramer KN, Schnall MD, Young LH, Gonzalezscarano F, et al. Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and
multiple-sclerosis: lesion characterization with magnetization transfer imaging. Radiology 1992; 182(2):483491. PubMed PMID:
WOS:A1992HA58600035.
Solbiati L, Livraghi T, Goldberg SN, Ierace T, Meloni F, Dellanoce M, et al. Percutaneous radio-frequency ablation of hepatic metastases
from colorectal cancer: long-term results in 117 patients. Radiology 2001; 221(1):159166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2211001624.
PubMed PMID: WOS:000171118900021.
Kaneko M, Eguchi K, Ohmatsu H, Kakinuma R, Naruke T, Suemasu K, et al. Peripheral lung cancer: screening and detection with low-dose
spiral CT versus radiography. Radiology 1996; 201(3):798802. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1996VU50000035.
Wang YXJ, Hussain SM, Krestin GP. Superparamagnetic iron oxide contrast agents: physicochemical characteristics and applications in
MR imaging. European Radiology 2001; 11(11):2319-2331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003300100908. PubMed PMID:
WOS:000172277300030.
Lencioni RA, Allgaier HP, Cioni D, Olschewski M, Deibert P, Crocetti L, et al. Small hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: randomized
comparison of radio-frequency thermal ablation versus percutaneous ethanol injection. Radiology 2003; 228(1):235240. http://dx.doi.
org/10.1148/radiol.2281020718. PubMed PMID: WOS:000183689700036.
Aronen HJ, Gazit IE, Louis DN, Buchbinder BR, Pardo FS, Weisskoff RM, et al. Cerebral blood-volume maps of gliomas: comparison with
tumor grade and histologic-findings. Radiology 1994; 191(1):4151. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1994NB68500009.
Wieland DM, Wu JI, Brown LE, Mangner TJ, Swanson DP, Beierwaltes WH. Radiolabeled adrenergic neuron-blocking agents:
adrenomedullary imaging with I-131 iodobenzylguanidine. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 1980; 21(4):349353. PubMed PMID:
WOS:A1980JM62800008.
Neirinckx RD, Canning LR, Piper IM, Nowotnik DP, Pickett RD, Holmes RA, et al. TC-99M D,1-HM-PAO: a new radiopharmaceutical for
SPECT imaging of regional cerebral blood perfusion. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 1987; 28(2):191202. PubMed PMID:
WOS:A1987F859400014.
Orton CG, Ellis F. Simplification in use of NSD concept in practical radiotherapy. British Journal of Radiology 1973; 46(547):529537.
PubMed PMID: WOS:A1973Q123900007.
Weissleder R, Elizondo G, Wittenberg J, Rabito CA, Bengele HH, Josephson L. Ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron-oxide: characterization
of a new class of contrast agents for MR imaging. Radiology 1990; 175(2):489493. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1990CZ49100036.
Bird RE, Wallace TW, Yankaskas BC. Analysis of cancers missed at screening mammography. Radiology 1992; 184(3):613617. PubMed
PMID: WOS:A1992JJ86600008.
Bydder GM, Steiner RE, Young IR, Hall AS, Thomas DJ, Marshall J, et al. Clinical NMR imaging of the brain: 140 cases. American Journal of
Roentgenology 1982; 139(2):215236. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1982NY43600001.
Modic MT, Steinberg PM, Ross JS, Masaryk TJ, Carter JR. Degenerative disk disease: assessment of changes in vertebral body marrow
with MR imaging. Radiology 1988; 166(1):193199. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1988L515600035.
Parker SH, Burbank F, Jackman RJ, Aucreman CJ, Cardenosa G, Cink TM, et al. Percutaneous large-core breast biopsy: a
multiinstitutional study. Radiology 1994; 193(2):359364. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1994PN94700018.
Dorfman DD, Berbaum KS, Metz CE. Receiver operating characteristic rating analysis: generalization to the population of readers and
patients with the Jackknife method. Investigative Radiology 1992; 27(9):723731. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004424-19920900000015. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1992JL79900009.
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Kuhl DE, Barrio JR, Huang SC, Selin C, Ackermann RF, Lear JL, et al. Quantifying local cerebral blood-flow by N-isopropyl-P-(I-123)
iodoamphetamine (IMP) tomography. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 1982; 23(3):196203. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1982NE54300002.
Garra BS, Cespedes EI, Ophir J, Spratt SR, Zuurbier RA, Magnant CM, et al. Elastography of breast lesions: initial clinical results.
Radiology 1997; 202(1):7986. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1997WA40100017.
Cognard C, Gobin YP, Pierot L, Bailly AL, Houdart E, Casasco A, et al. Cerebral dural arteriovenous-fistulas clinical and angiographic
correlation with a revised classification of venous drainage. Radiology 1995; 194(3):671680. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1995QG91800009.
Vogler JB, Murphy WA. Bone marrow imaging. Radiology 1988; 168(3):679693. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1988P738600019.
Harms SE, Flamig DP, Hesley KL, Meiches MD, Jensen RA, Evans WP, et al. MR imaging of the breast with rotating delivery of excitation off
resonance: clinical experience with pathological correlation. Radiology 1993; 187(2):493501. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1993KY90700041.
Lebowitz RL, Olbing H, Parkkulainen KV, Smellie JM, Tamminen-Mobius TE. International system of radiographic grading of vesicoureteric
reflux. International Reflux Study in Children. Pediatric Radiology 1985; 15(2):105109. PubMed PMID: 3975102
RemyJardin M, Remy J, Deschildre F, Artaud D, Beregi JP, HosseinFoucher C, et al. Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with spiral CT:
comparison with pulmonary angiography and scintigraphy. Radiology 1996; 200(3):699706. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1996VD06200022.
Hessel SJ, Adams DF, Abrams HL. Complications of angiography. Radiology 1981; 138(2):273281. PubMed PMID:
WOS:A1981LA02500001.
Dale RG. The application of the linear-quadratic dose-effect equation to fractionated and protracted radiotherapy. British Journal of
Radiology 1985; 58(690):515528. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1985AKB5800006.
Axel L. Cerebral blood-flow determination by rapid-sequence computed-tomography: a theoretical-analysis. Radiology 1980;
137(3):679686. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1980KV17200015.
Michaelis T, Merboldt KD, Bruhn H, Hanicke W, Frahm J. Absolute concentrations of metabolites in the adult human brain in vivo:
quantification of localized proton MR spectra. Radiology 1993; 187(1):219227. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1993KT24400043.
Goldberg SN, Gazelle GS, Mueller PR. Thermal ablation therapy for focal malignancy: a unified approach to underlying principles,
techniques, and diagnostic imaging guidance. American Journal of Roentgenology 2000; 174(2):323331. PubMed PMID:
WOS:000084885000009.
Rossi S, Buscarini E, Garbagnati F, Di Stasi M, Quaretti P, Rago M, et al. Percutaneous treatment of small hepatic tumors by an expandable
RF needle electrode. American Journal of Roentgenology 1998; 170(4):10151022. PubMed PMID: WOS:000072608400035.
Solbiati L, Goldberg SN, Ierace T, Livraghi T, Meloni F, Dellanoce M, et al. Hepatic metastases: percutaneous radio-frequency ablation with
cooled-tip electrodes. Radiology 1997; 205(2):367373. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1997YD15100014.
Kolb TM, Lichy J, Newhouse JH. Comparison of the performance of screening mammography, physical examination, and breast US and
evaluation of factors that influence them: an analysis of 27,825 patient evaluations. Radiology 2002; 225(1):165175. http://dx.doi.org/
10.1148/radiol.2251011667. PubMed PMID: WOS:000178264300026.
Austin JHM, Muller NL, Friedman PJ, Hansell DM, Naidich DP, RemyJardin M, et al. Glossary of terms for CT of the lungs:
recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee of the Fleischner Society. Radiology 1996; 200(2):327331. PubMed PMID:
WOS:A1996UY07800008.
Modic MT, Feiglin DH, Piraino DW, Boumphrey F, Weinstein MA, Duchesneau PM, et al. Vertebral osteomyelitis: assessment using MR.
Radiology 1985; 157(1):157166. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1985AQV2100030.
Rempp KA, Brix G, Wenz F, Becker CR, Guckel F, Lorenz WJ. Quantification of regional cerebral blood-flow and volume with dynamic
susceptibility contrast-enhanced MR-imaging. Radiology 1994; 193(3):637641. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1994PT55300013.
Barkovich AJ, Kjos BO, Jackson DE, Norman D. Normal maturation of the neonatal and infant brain: MR imaging at 1.5 T. Radiology 1988;
166(1):173180. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1988L515600032.
Minoshima S, Frey KA, Koeppe RA, Foster NL, Kuhl DE. A diagnostic-approach in Alzheimers-disease using 3-dimensional stereotaxic
surface projections of fluorine-18-FDG PET. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 1995; 36(7):123848. PubMed PMID: WOS:A1995RG11300023.
Ehman RL, Felmlee JP. Adaptive technique for high-definition MR imaging of moving structures. Radiology 1989; 173(1):255263. PubMed
PMID: WOS:A1989AQ83100052.
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TABLE 1. (continued) List of Top 100 Most Cited Articles in Radiologic Journals
PAGNI ET AL
Radiology
Journal Nuclear Medicine
American Journal of
Roentgenology
British Journal of Radiology
Investigative Radiology
American Journal of
Neuroradiology
European Radiology
Pediatric Radiology
Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Impact
Factor*
Number of Articles
in the Top 100
5.726
6.381
2.775
59
17
9
1.314
4.593
2.928
5
4
2
3.222
1.674
4.308
2
1
1
The subspecialty category most frequently studied was miscellaneous (n = 23) followed by neuroradiology (n = 19) and nuclear
medicine (n = 19). Most articles fell into the category of imaging
technique (n = 23), followed by interventional technique
(n = 17) and tissue characterization studies (n = 11). Table 3
shows all articles categorized by topic of study and subspecialty.
DISCUSSION
The 100 top cited articles appearing in radiologic journals
were identified and are presented in Table 2. The most
common study design was a prospective clinical research
study. The 100 top cited articles were found in 9 of the 46
radiologic journals analyzed. Radiology, Journal of Nuclear
Medicine, and American Journal of Roentgenology contained 85
of the 100 top cited articles.
The earliest article within our study is from 1967 by Judkins
et al. (24) on selective coronary arteriography and the most
recent is from 2006 by Flohr et al. (25) on dual-source CT
scan evaluations. The time frame that contained most of the
100 top cited articles was 19861990 (n = 25). During this
time interval, many interesting studies took place that
advanced our understanding of contrast characterization and
MRI of the central nervous system and motion.
The trend downward of the number of 100 top-cited
articles in the 2000s is likely due to insufficient time for
Figure 2. The average annual citation count for articles in the top 100
based on 5-year intervals.
PAGNI ET AL
Total
Misc
Neuro
NM
IR
Breast
Cardiac
MSK
Chest
Pediatrics
GU
Molecular
Abdominal
23
17
11
8
7
6
6
5
4
4
4
3
1
1
100
5
0
1
5
1
0
6
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
23
8
0
7
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
19
3
0
0
3
2
6
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
19
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
2
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
9
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
GU, Genitourinary; IR, Interventional Radiology; MSK, Musculoskeletal; NM, Nuclear Medicine; ROC, receiver operating characteristic.
Most articles (n = 61) were from the United States and had a
mean and median of five coauthors. Our study included
articles only based in the English language thus giving an
inherent bias toward articles from countries that use English
as the primary language.
The recent article in the American Journal of Roentgenology by
Yoon et al. (22) performed a similar but methodologically
different study to ours. We identified the journals related to
radiology using JCR (28), and they used the Science Citation
Index. They identified 113 journals compared to our 138 and
included 50 journals compared to our final 46 journals. Our
studies have many similarities: 71 of the top 100 articles are
included in both studies, and 6 of the 9 journals in our study
included articles in the top 100 in both studies. The citation
counts differ because of the temporal separation between
when the data were collected (June 2012 vs. May 2013). Using
different search inclusion and exclusion criteria, search
strategies, and time frames, the combination of the study by
Yoon et al. (22) and our own provides a reproducible list of
the top 100 most cited articles within radiology. There were
31 articles that were unique to our study in comparison to
the search methods used by Yoon et al. (22).
The limitations of our study include the association of
citation count as a surrogate for an articles impact. Citation
analysis inherently favors older articles over articles published
recently. Landmark articles published within the last 15 years
likely have not accumulated sufficient citation numbers to be
identified using our methods. In addition, we limited our
study to journals published in the English language.
The decision to exclude modality-related journals is due to
the very technical, often nonclinical nature of many of these
sources, in particular MRI-related journals. Therefore clinical
articles in these journals will not be recognized in this analysis.
In addition, radiology-related articles in nonradiologic
journals are not identified by the methodology used in this
investigation.
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