Angela I. Choe MD, Aline Camargo MD, David M. Yousem MD, MBA, John D. Banja PhD
{"title":"Seeing Beyond the Image: Should Ethics Be Included in Radiology Curricula?","authors":"Angela I. Choe MD, Aline Camargo MD, David M. Yousem MD, MBA, John D. Banja PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.02.041","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.02.041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American College of Radiology","volume":"23 10","pages":"Pages 2001-2003"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148474627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging, Lydia Chelala MD, Christopher M. Walker MD, Brent P. Little MD, Kiran Batra MD, Anupama G. Brixey MD, Melissa B. Carroll MD, Jared D. Christensen MD, MBA, Christian W. Cox MD, Subba R. Digumarthy MD, Corey D. Kershaw MD, David A. Lynch MB, ChB, Valerie G. Press MD, MPH, Justin T. Stowell MD, Travis S. Henry MD
{"title":"ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Diffuse Lung Disease: 2026 Update","authors":"Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging, Lydia Chelala MD, Christopher M. Walker MD, Brent P. Little MD, Kiran Batra MD, Anupama G. Brixey MD, Melissa B. Carroll MD, Jared D. Christensen MD, MBA, Christian W. Cox MD, Subba R. Digumarthy MD, Corey D. Kershaw MD, David A. Lynch MB, ChB, Valerie G. Press MD, MPH, Justin T. Stowell MD, Travis S. Henry MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.07.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.07.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Diffuse lung diseases (DLD) also referred to as diffuse parenchymal lung diseases or interstitial lung diseases encompass diverse disorders affecting the lung parenchyma with possible multicompartment involvement in the chest. DLD include several hundred established clinical syndromes and pathologies, with a variety of possible etiologies. Imaging plays a central role during multidisciplinary discussion, which constitutes the current standard for diagnosis and monitoring of DLD. This document aims to establish guidelines for evaluation of diffuse lung diseases for 1) initial imaging of suspected diffuse lung disease, 2) initial imaging of suspected acute exacerbation or acute deterioration in cases of confirmed diffuse lung disease, and 3) surveillance of confirmed diffuse lung disease without acute deterioration.</div><div>The American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria are evidence-based guidelines for specific clinical conditions that are reviewed annually by a multidisciplinary expert panel. The guideline development and revision process support the systematic analysis of the medical literature from peer reviewed journals. Established methodology principles such as Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation or GRADE are adapted to evaluate the evidence. The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method User Manual provides the methodology to determine the appropriateness of imaging and treatment procedures for specific clinical scenarios. In those instances where peer reviewed literature is lacking or equivocal, experts may be the primary evidentiary source available to formulate a recommendation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American College of Radiology","volume":"23 10","pages":"Pages 2024-2038"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148708793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eric W. Christensen PhD, Chi-Mei Liu PhD, Elizabeth Y. Rula PhD, Vijay M. Rao MD
{"title":"Association of Office-Visit Imaging Utilization with Radiologist Versus Ordering Provider Imaging Interpretation","authors":"Eric W. Christensen PhD, Chi-Mei Liu PhD, Elizabeth Y. Rula PhD, Vijay M. Rao MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.07.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.07.017","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To assess the association between imaging ordering rates after office-based evaluation and management (E&M) visits and the percentage of a practice’s imaging studies interpreted by a radiologist versus the ordering provider.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>CMS 5% Research Identifiable Files (2021-2023) were used to identify office-based E&M claims, patient and clinical characteristics, and associated imaging (CT, MR, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, radiography/fluoroscopy) within 30 days. Provider and practice characteristics were derived from the CMS Medicare Data on Provider Practice and Specialty. Multivariable logistic regression assessed the association between imaging after an E&M visit and the share of imaging interpreted by radiologists or ordering providers, controlling for provider, practice, patient, and clinical characteristics.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>There were 24,243,642 E&M visits that met the selection criteria. Of these, 13.6% had imaging, and the ordering provider’s self-interpretation rate was 33.2%. Practices with 100% versus 0% radiologist interpretation had lower adjusted odds ratios for 30-day imaging for all modalities except CT ranging from 0.59 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.57-0.62) for ultrasound to 0.95 (95% CI, 0.90-0.99) for MR. Conversely, ordering providers with 100% versus 0% self-interpretation had higher odds ratios for visit-associated imaging, overall (2.88; 95% CI, 2.79-2.98) and for each modality ranging from 1.54 (95% CI, 1.42-1.66) for MR to 3.51 (95% CI, 3.37-3.65) for ultrasound. Odds varied by ordering provider subspecialty and patient diagnosis.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Imaging orders were more likely after visits to providers that always versus never self-interpret imaging, while visits to practices that refer a higher percentage of imaging to radiologists were less likely to result in imaging.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American College of Radiology","volume":"23 10","pages":"Pages 1904-1914"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148868148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Antonio R. Lopez MD, Gelareh Sadigh MD, Sarah Tevis MD, Angela Whittington MD, Aiyah Jandali MD, Ruth C. Carlos MD, MS, Randy C. Miles MD, MPH
{"title":"Patient Preferences Regarding Immediate Versus Delayed Release of Breast Biopsy Results in a Safety-Net Health System","authors":"Antonio R. Lopez MD, Gelareh Sadigh MD, Sarah Tevis MD, Angela Whittington MD, Aiyah Jandali MD, Ruth C. Carlos MD, MS, Randy C. Miles MD, MPH","doi":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.07.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.07.016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American College of Radiology","volume":"23 10","pages":"Pages 1931-1935"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148633072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patient-Friendly Summary of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria®: Scoliosis-Child","authors":"Jayden Lee BS, BA, Saadiya Sehareen DO","doi":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.07.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.07.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American College of Radiology","volume":"23 10","pages":"Page 2041"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148551576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on “Would You Like a Side of Artificial Intelligence With Your Mammogram? An Experimental Study of Patient Willingness to Pay for Artificial Intelligence”","authors":"Liao Ming Shan PhD, Mei Zhaojun PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.07.019","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.07.019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American College of Radiology","volume":"23 10","pages":"Pages 1892-1893"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148690371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Table of Content","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1546-1440(26)00416-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1546-1440(26)00416-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American College of Radiology","volume":"23 10","pages":"Pages A1-A5"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149078285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patient-Friendly Summary of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria®: Anorectal Disease","authors":"Sania Choudhary, David H. Kim MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.04.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.04.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American College of Radiology","volume":"23 9","pages":"Page 1886"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147791437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Accuracy or Agreement?” Reconsidering the Use of Artificial Intelligence as a Reference Standard in Head CT Reformatting","authors":"Zhihao Lei MPS","doi":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.04.026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.04.026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American College of Radiology","volume":"23 9","pages":"Page 1835"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148177207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miriam A. Bredella MD, MBA, Nazish Ilyas MD, Katie Tobin MS, Steven Chatfield MBA, Michael P. Recht MD
{"title":"Efficiency and Financial Gains From Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Implementation","authors":"Miriam A. Bredella MD, MBA, Nazish Ilyas MD, Katie Tobin MS, Steven Chatfield MBA, Michael P. Recht MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.06.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacr.2026.06.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American College of Radiology","volume":"23 9","pages":"Pages 1856-1860"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148414057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}