DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181dbc09a

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PMID: 20463524

Issn Print: 0883-5993

Publication Date: 2010/05/01


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Celebrating Our Successes and Reflecting Upon Disappointments

Phillip M. Boiselle

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When we recently asked 25 international leaders in cardiopulmonary imaging to name the most influential advance in our specialty in the past 25 years, a vast majority of the responses related to CT imaging, including the advent of multidetector-row CT (MDCT) technology.1 It is thus fitting that the Journal is featuring a two-part MDCT symposium during its anniversary year. I congratulate our guest editor Dr Joe Schoepf and the many expert authors who have contributed to this issue's superb first part of the symposium.
The Journal's 25th anniversary is not only an ideal time to celebrate successes such as MDCT imaging, but also an opportunity to reflect upon disappointments. Toward this end, we asked the same 25 luminaries the question “Which potential advance or line of research of the last 25 years failed to live up to your expectations?” I invite you to read their thought-provoking responses in the “25-on-25” feature in this issue,2 as well as an accompanying editorial by Dr Richard Gunderman on the related topic of the importance of learning from our failures.3 I also encourage you to share your input on this “25-on-25” question with other readers by using our new “quick poll feature” at www.thoracicimaging.com.

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