Contributors

Submissions are accepted for Continuing Education articles, Departments, Clinical Case Vignettes, Interesting Images, In Your Experience, and Letters to the Editor.

Manuscript Submission
Authors wishing to contribute to eRADIMAGING should contact editor@eradimaging.com. Electronic submissions are preferred, via e-mail or clearly labeled disk/CD.

Manuscript Standards
All manuscripts must be written according to American Medical Association Manual of Style. Manuscripts should consist of original, previously unpublished material.

All submissions should include a Cover Letter and Title page that includes the following:

• Manuscript title
• Byline of the author(s) including academic degrees, titles, and affiliations
• Corresponding author's contact information, including street address, e-mail address, and telephone/fax numbers
• Word count, not including abstract, figures/tables, or references
• Number of figures/tables included with the manuscript
• Disclaimers, if any
• Full statement to the editor about all submissions and previous reports that might be regarded as redundant publication of the same or very similar work
• A statement that the manuscript has been read and approved by all authors

References, Tables, and Figures. Most importantly, references must be complete and accurate. References should be consecutively numbered throughout the article, with a numerical list of the full citations provided at the end of the article. Examples of reference style for 3 common citations (ie, journal article, Web site, and text book, respectively) are shown below. For further information, consult the American Medical Association Manual of Style.

1. Brown TA, Barlow DH, Liebowitz MR. The empirical basis of generalized anxiety disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 1994;151:1272-1280.
2. National Institute of Mental Health. Facts about anxiety disorders. Available at: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/adfacts/cfm. Accessed January 1, 2007.
3. Sherlock S, Dooley J. Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System. 9th ed. Oxford, England: Blackwell Scientific Publications; 1993.

All tables and figures must be legible, clearly labeled with a number (which corresponds to the number given within the text), and include a title. If necessary, tables and figures may include legends or captions. Authors are encouraged to list tables and figures at the end of the manuscript, after the reference list. Artwork and graphics may be original, color and/or black-and-white, camera-ready prints or 300 dpi digital files. Indicate which tables/figures will need permission to reproduce or adapt, in addition to complete citation for each.

Copyediting. ASiM reserves the right to copyedit all manuscripts accepted for publication, in accordance with the American Medical Association Manual of Style.

Editorial Review Process
All submitted manuscripts are reviewed by at least 1 member of the Editorial Board to ensure submissions are scientifically valid, accurate, free of bias, and meet the Web site's primary objective. After articles are reviewed by eRADIMAGING Editorial Board members and ASiM editors, manuscripts may need to be modified by the author according to feedback from editors.

Continuing Education Articles
Continuing education (CE) articles must be approximately 5,250 to 5,500 words long to receive 1 Category A credit. All articles submitted to eRADIMAGING should be well referenced and fair balanced. Also, any imaging guidelines or technical factors that are discussed should be generally accepted and not specific to a particular practice because protocols can vary. Articles must include an abstract of 250 words maximum summarizing the content. Introduction and Conclusions sections must also be included in the article. There must be 3 to 4 learning objectives and a 20-question CE test to accompany each article. CE tests must meet American Society of Radiologic Technologists standards listed below: 

• Up to 10% of the questions can be true/false, 10% matching, and 10% fill-in-the blank. The remaining questions must be multiple choice.
• "All of the above," "none of the above" and "both a and b, etc." are acceptable options; however the combined response format is preferred. Only one of these options may be used within the same question.
• Multiple choice questions must have 4 options for an answer.
• All options must be plausible.
• Questions that contain words such as "not," "always" and "except" must be highlighted or boldface

Departments
Brief articles that are relevant, timely, and interesting topics for radiologic technologists will be considered for eRADIMAGING Departments. Articles must be 1,000-2,500 words long and include no more than 4 tables or figures.

Clinical Case Vignettes
Clinical Case Vignettes enhance the clinical content by providing a forum for authors to present interesting cases highlighting important clinical teaching points. Clinical vignettes are meant to represent informative, challenging medical problems that can be generalized to a larger population. Submissions illustrating the utility of an evidence-based approach to medical practice or lessons learned during diagnostic workups of common clinical problems are encouraged. Authors wishing to contribute a Clinical Case Vignette to eRADIMAGING should contact editor@eradimaging.com. Electronic submissions are preferred, via e-mail or clearly labeled disk/CD.

Interesting Images
We are looking for clinical images that are educational, unusual, or interesting to post on eRADIMAGING. Send your image electronically as a digital file that is at least 300 dpi with a brief caption explaining the image to mailto:Tsharp@eradimaging.com.

In Your Experience
If you have a professional experience related to radiologic technology that you believe would be a benefit to share with your peers, eRADIMAGING would like to publish your experience to educate our readers and initiate a dialogue about the subject. Submissions may be 1,000-2,500 words and should be directly related to practice, the workplace, or professional radiologic technology issues. Send your experience in an electronic file to mailto:Tsharp@eradimaging.com.

Letters to the Editor
All submitted Letters to the Editor will be considered for publication on eRADIMAGING, provided the content is original and has not been submitted for publication or published elsewhere. Your submission of a Letter to the Editor is your acknowledgment that eRADIMAGING may edit the information to meet style and space requirements. A list of all possible conflicts of interest should accompany your contribution. Letters may be sent to editor@eradimaging.com. Please include your name, complete mailing address, telephone number, and fax number.

Copyright Transfer
If requested, authors must complete and sign a copyright transfer form upon acceptance of their manuscripts for publication. ASiM has the right to publish, distribute, reproduce, or derivate its copyrighted material in any form or medium. Contributors may not authorize the use of their contribution without written permission from ASiM.

Disclaimer
The information and opinions published on eRADIMAGING reflect the views of the authors and not those of ASiM. Advertising is accepted only if it is consistent with the goal and mission of ASiM. The Publisher reserves the right to reject, at its discretion, any advertising. The acceptance or rejection of any advertisement does not constitute an endorsement of a policy, product, or procedure by ASiM, eRADIMAGING, or the Publisher.