Richard Breiman, M.D.

Radiologist

Education

UCSF 1973

Residencies

Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Diagnostic Radiology 1979

Fellowships

Stanford

Selected Research and Publications

1. Keedy AW, Breiman RS, Webb EM, Roberts JP, Coakley FV, Yeh BM. Determinants of Second-Order Bile Duct Visualization at CT Cholangiography in Potential Living Liver Donors. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013 May; 200(5):1028-33.
2. Tillack AA, Breiman RS. Renegotiating expertise: an examination of PACS and the challenges to radiology using a medical anthropologic approach. J Am Coll Radiol. 2012 Jan; 9(1):64-8.
3. Keedy AW, Yeh BM, Kohr JR, Hiramoto JS, Schneider DB, Breiman RS. Evaluation of potential outcome predictors in type II Endoleak: a retrospective study with CT angiography feature analysis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jul; 197(1):234-40.
4. Keedy AW, Durack JC, Sandhu P, Chen EM, O'Sullivan PS, Breiman RS. Comparison of traditional methods with 3D computer models in the instruction of hepatobiliary anatomy. Anat Sci Educ. 2011 Mar-Apr; 4(2):84-91.
5. Qayyum A, Chen DM, Breiman RS, Westphalen AC, Yeh BM, Jones KD, Lu Y, Coakley FV, Callen PW. Evaluation of diffuse liver steatosis by ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging: which modality is best? Clin Imaging. 2009 Mar-Apr; 33(2):110-5.
6. Teistler M, Breiman RS, Lison T, Bott OJ, Pretschner DP, Aziz A, Nowinski WL. Simplifying the exploration of volumetric images: development of a 3D user interface for the radiologist's workplace. J Digit Imaging. 2008 Oct; 21 Suppl 1:S2-12.
7. Chawla SC, Jha P, Breiman R, Farmer D, Gooding C. Congenital tracheobiliary fistula diagnosed with contrast-enhanced CT and 3-D reformation. Pediatr Radiol. 2008 Sep; 38(9):999-1002.
8. Breiman RS, Coakley FV, Webb EM, Ellingson JJ, Roberts JP, Kohr J, Lutz J, Knoess N, Yeh BM. CT cholangiography in potential liver donors: effect of premedication with intravenous morphine on biliary caliber and visualization. Radiology. 2008 Jun; 247(3):733-7.
9. Hsu CT, Wang ZJ, Yu AS, Gould RG, Fu Y, Joe BN, Qayyum A, Breiman RS, Coakley FV, Yeh BM. Physiology of renal medullary tip hyperattenuation at unenhanced CT: urinary specific gravity and the NaCl concentration gradient. Radiology. 2008 Apr; 247(1):147-53.
10. Ponrartana S, Coakley FV, Yeh BM, Breiman RS, Qayyum A, Joe BN, Poder L, Lu Y, Gibbs VC, Roberts JP. Accuracy of plain abdominal radiographs in the detection of retained surgical needles in the peritoneal cavity. Ann Surg. 2008 Jan; 247(1):8-12.
11. Chen EM, Breiman RS, Sollitto RA, Coakley FV. Pregnancy in chronic renal failure: a novel cause of theca lutein cysts at MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007 Dec; 26(6):1663-5.
12. Purcell DD, Hess CP, Durack JC, Breiman RS. Recording, editing, archiving, and distributing radiology lectures: a streamlined approach. Radiographics. 2007 Nov-Dec; 27(6):1839-44.
13. Arora SS, Breiman RS, Webb EM, Westphalen AC, Yeh BM, Coakley FV. CT and MRI of congenital anomalies of the seminal vesicles. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007 Jul; 189(1):130-5.
14. Rafaelian O, Coakley FV, Qayyum A, Breiman RS, Yeh BM, Joe BN, Westphalen AC, Feng S. Magnetic resonance imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma mimicking focal nodular hyperplasia: a potential pitfall in patients with cirrhosis? J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2006 Sep-Oct; 30(5):796-9.
15. Hoghooghi D, Coakley FV, Breiman RS, Qayyum A, Yeh BM. Frequency and etiology of midesophageal diverticula at barium esophagography. Clin Imaging. 2006 Jul-Aug; 30(4):245-7.
16. Tuttle DN, Yeh BM, Meng MV, Breiman RS, Stoller ML, Coakley FV. Risk of injury to adjacent organs with lower-pole fluoroscopically guided percutaneous nephrostomy: evaluation with prone, supine, and multiplanar reformatted CT. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2005 Nov; 16(11):1489-92.
17. Kaufman LB, Yeh BM, Breiman RS, Joe BN, Qayyum A, Coakley FV. Inferior vena cava filling defects on CT and MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005 Sep; 185(3):717-26.
18. Benitah N, Yeh BM, Qayyum A, Williams G, Breiman RS, Coakley FV. Minor morphologic abnormalities of adrenal glands at CT: prognostic importance in patients with lung cancer. Radiology. 2005 May; 235(2):517-22.
19. Wang ZJ, Yeh BM, Roberts JP, Breiman RS, Qayyum A, Coakley FV. Living donor candidates for right hepatic lobe transplantation: evaluation at CT cholangiography--initial experience. Radiology. 2005 Jun; 235(3):899-904.
20. Chen JS, Yeh BM, Wang ZJ, Roberts JP, Breiman RS, Qayyum A, Coakley FV. Concordance of second-order portal venous and biliary tract anatomies on MDCT angiography and MDCT cholangiography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005 Jan; 184(1):70-4.

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