The future of research in genitourinary radiology: through the looking glass--a view from the Society of Uroradiology.
The future of research in genitourinary radiology: through the looking glass--a view from the Society of Uroradiology.
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泌尿生殖放射学研究的未来：透过镜子——泌尿放射学会的观点。
DOI：
10.1148/radiology.207.1.9530290
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发表时间：
1998
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影响因子：
19.7
通讯作者：
R. Clark
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作者：
P. Choyke;H. Hricak;P. Kenney;C. Sandler;W. Bush;R. Clark
进步是不可避免的，但其方向往往是不可预测的。在泌尿生殖放射学领域，很少有人预料到无需造影剂增强的计算机断层扫描（CT）将成为检测泌尿道急性结石病的首选方法，或者通过单次静脉注射造影剂的CT或磁共振（MR）成像可以实现肾动脉的三维描绘。像爱丽丝一样，让我们透过“镜子”进入未知世界。从广义上讲，泌尿生殖放射学的进步可能会在几个领域发展：成像技术、图像处理、计算机辅助诊断、组织特异性造影剂和“结果研究”。当前影响研究的趋势包括基因研究的爆炸式增长、微创手术技术的发展以及除传统形态学图像之外获取代谢和其他功能信息的能力。与过去不同的是，技术的进步被认为本质上是有益的，但在未来，这些进步需要在改善患者治疗效果方面得到证明。
Progress is inevitable, but its direction is often unpredictable. In the field of genitourinary radiology, few would have predicted that computed tomog-raphy (CT) without contrast material enhancement would become the method of choice for detecting acute stone disease in the urinary tract or that three-dimensional depiction of the renal arteries could be achieved with CT or magnetic resonance(MR) imaging with a single intravenous injection of contrast medium. Like Alice, let us step through the “looking glass” into the unknown.In broad terms, advances in geni-tourinary radiology will likely evolve in several areas: imaging technology, image processing, computer-aided diagno-sis, tissue-specific contrast agents, and “outcomes research.” Current trends that will influence research are the explosion of genetic research, the development of minimally invasive surgical techniques, and the ability to obtain metabolic and other functional infor-mation in addition to traditional morphologic images. Unlike in the past, when advances in technology were considered inherently beneficial, in the future such advances will need to be jus-tified in terms of improved patient outcome.