Comparison of gadobenate dimeglumine with gadopentetate dimeglumine for magnetic resonance imaging of liver tumors.

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:To compare technical aspects and neointima formation of a new Nitinol stent and a Wallstent. METHODS:A Nitinol sten and a Wallstent were placed into the iliac arteries of 14 sheep (total of 28 stents) and followed angiographically. Seven sheep were killed after 1 month and 7 after 4.5 months. ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Schürmann K,Vorwerk D,Kulisch A,Stroehmer-Kulisch E,Biesterfeld S,Stopinski T,Günther RW

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the density distribution (anterior-posterior) of the right lung in 19 acutely anesthetized supine dogs using computed transmission tomography (CTT). Eleven dogs served as controls, and eight received 0.12 cc/kg of intravenously administered oleic acid. The latter were sequentially imaged over 1 hour. Nine...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Slutsky RA,Long S,Peck WW,Higgins CB,Mattrey R

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate three-echo T2*-corrected Dixon magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for noninvasively estimating hepatic fat content (HFC) compared with biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:One hundred patients (50 men, 50 women; mean age, 57.7±14.2 years) underwent clinically indicated liver core biopsy (102 valid tiss...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Kühn JP,Evert M,Friedrich N,Kannengiesser S,Mayerle J,Thiel R,Lerch MM,Dombrowski F,Mensel B,Hosten N,Puls R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 120 years, continuous developments in medical imaging has improved diagnosis and treatment for many diseases and has thereby improved treatment outcome and quality of life of many patients. The number of computed tomography (CT) examinations is today increasing by 4% per year worldwide, for a total of ap...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Schöckel L,Jost G,Seidensticker P,Lengsfeld P,Palkowitsch P,Pietsch H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:The authors evaluate the use of a new device for interventional creation of atrial septal defects (ASD) working with high-frequency alternating current in an in vitro study with porcine atria. METHODS:The device consists of a symmetrical cage of six superelastic monofile wires, including a mic...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Grabitz RG,Handt S,Vanopbroeke HJ,Seghaye MC,Franke A,Osypka P,von Bernuth G

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to investigate the impact on metal artifacts and dose efficiency of using a tin filter in combination with high-energy threshold (TH) images of a photon-counting detector (PCD) computed tomography (CT) system. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A 3D-printed spine with pedicle screws was scanned...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Zhou W,Bartlett DJ,Diehn FE,Glazebrook KN,Kotsenas AL,Carter RE,Fletcher JG,McCollough CH,Leng S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:New targeted microbubbles directed to the GPIIb IIIa receptor have been developed. The objective was to determine whether targeting microbubbles to clots would enhance ultrasound imaging. Systematic studies were designed to determine whether in vitro methodology is an acceptable predictor of in...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Schumann PA,Christiansen JP,Quigley RM,McCreery TP,Sweitzer RH,Unger EC,Lindner JR,Matsunaga TO

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hardcopy recording technologies of video cameras, slow-scan (digital spot) recorders, and laser film printers are presented and compared. Slow-scan (digital spot) recorders offer a few advantages when compared with multiformat video cameras. But only laser film printers provide the high-quality hardcopy recordings...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Siegel EL,Bishop MD,Wetzel LH,Anderson WF,McMillan JH

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the effect on the brain of red blood cells that had been modified by contrast media. Rat blood was mixed with an equivolume of contrast media, and up to 200 microL of the mixture was infused to the internal carotid artery of the rat. Evans blue was administered intravenously to assess the inte...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Miyazawa T,Nakagawa H,Oshino N

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of edge gradient and blur on the detection pulmonary nodules were studied, using a test series of 175 artificial nodules on 30 chest films. The nodules were of homogeneous texture, about 1 cm in diameter and had a mean contrast of .12. Six observers viewed the film set, scoring both location and confidence...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Kundel HL,Revesz G,Toto L

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To prove the concept of peripheral continuous table movement (CTM) MR-angiography (MRA) in combination with high spatial and temporal resolution time-resolved TWIST-MRA in a single MR-examination at 3.0 T with a single dose (0.1 mmol/kg) of gadobutrol in total. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We included 22 consecutive ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Voth M,Haneder S,Huck K,Gutfleisch A,Schönberg SO,Michaely HJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiolabeled ioversol was injected intravenously into two male and two female beagle dogs (6.7 to 10.4 kg) at two dose levels each (0.2 and 1.0 g I/kg). Blood levels of radioactivity were monitored at 2, 5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 90, and 120 minutes and at one and two days. Urine and feces were collected in metabolism cages ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Coveney JR,Robbins MS

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contrast sensitivity of the retina is greatest in the center and decreases rapidly toward the periphery. Therefore, the detection of low-contrast lung nodules depends upon the manner in which the image is sampled by retinal receptors as eye fixations jump across the image during scanning. The scanning performance ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Kundel HL,Nodine CF,Thickman D,Toto L

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro incompatibilities between nine water-soluble contrast media and 21 intravascular pharmacologic agents were investigated using naked-eye observation and a centrifuge. Most of the previously reported incompatibilities were verified, and a few new incompatibilities were discovered: phentolamine mesylate with dia...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Kim SH,Lee HK,Han MC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has become the method of choice in the evaluation of patients with suspected cervical artery dissection (CAD). However, reliable identification of acute CAD might be impaired by the limited spatial resolution of standard 1.5 T MRI. In this preliminary study, we implemented a mul...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Bachmann R,Nassenstein I,Kooijman H,Dittrich R,Kugel H,Niederstadt T,Kuhlenbäumer G,Ringelstein EB,Krämer S,Heindel W

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening chronic hemodialysis patients (CHD) for acquired cystic disease of the kidneys (ACDK) and its complications (hemorrhage and neoplasm) has become accepted management. We evaluated patients on CHD as well as patients on chronic peritoneal dialysis (CPD) for ACDK. The kidneys of 80 chronic dialysis patients wer...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Jabour BA,Ralls PW,Tang WW,Boswell WD Jr,Colletti PM,Feinstein EI,Massry SG

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Detection of pulmonary metastases is still a challenging task for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It was the aim of this study to evaluate the potential of a free-breathing move-during-scan turbo inversion recovery magnitude sequence for the detection of pulmonary nodules. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The sensitivi...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Baumann T,Ludwig U,Pache G,Gall C,Saueressig U,Fisch D,Stankovic Z,Bartholomae JP,Honal M,Bley TA,Langer M,Schaefer O

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:Studies describing the effects of radiographic contrast media (RCM) in leukocyte chemotaxis have been contradictory. No studies have been performed after in-vivo exposure. The authors assess the effect of RCM on leukocytes following in-vivo exposure. METHODS:Seventeen patients were studied aft...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Roobottom CA,Farrow R,Wells IP,Hurlock-Fimls N

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three methods are presented which provide statistically acceptable estimates of mean transit time of opacified blood during angiography. While the methods vary in precision, the selection of the method appropriate for any particular experimental model depends on the degree of precision required to demonstrate the effe...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Silverman NR,Rosen L

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rates at which the paramagnetic compounds deoxyhemoglobin (Hb) and methemoglobin (MHb) form in vivo within an area of hemorrhage are unknown. The present experiment establishes the baseline concentrations and rates of change in paramagnetic hemoglobin concentrations, as well as the pH in normal heparinized and clo...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Taber KH,Migliore PJ,Pagani JJ,Ford JJ,McLauren T,Hayman LA

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:This study was devised to develop a method of measuring the acute effects of radiocontrast media on renal function and assessing the relationship of the dose of radiocontrast media infused with the incidence of radiocontrast-induced renal failure. In addition, the drug adenosine phosphate-magne...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Albert SG,Shapiro MJ,Brown WW,Goodgold H,Zuckerman D,Durham R,Kern M,Fletcher J,Wolverson M,Plummer ES

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high-speed computed tomography (CT) scanner was used for measuring flow in a phantom and in the common carotid arteries of six dogs. The general ability of the scanner to assess flow using contrast media boluses was tested with the phantom. The validated simple concept was then used in the animals. The carotid blood...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Ringertz HG,Jaschke W,Sievers R,Lipton MJ

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVM) can expect significant mortality (15% to 20%) and morbidity (20% to 30%) over a 15-year to 20-year period. Recent advances in interventional neuroradiology, neurosurgery, neuroanesthesia, and stereotactic radiotherapy provide the opportunity to obliterate ma...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Graves VB,Duff TA

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the nature of three-dimensional Fourier transform (3-DFT) data acquisition in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the spatial relation between a resolved volume element (a voxel) and the object can be manipulated easily. Those manipulations have practical consequences in terms of registering slice positions with ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Kramer D,Li A,Simovsky I,Hawryszko C,Hale J,Kaufman L

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to develop and verify a method to obtain good temporal resolution T2-weighted 4-dimensional (4D-T2w) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) by using motion information from T1-weighted 4D (4D-T1w) MRI, to support treatment planning in MR-guided radiotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ten pat...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Freedman JN,Collins DJ,Bainbridge H,Rank CM,Nill S,Kachelrieß M,Oelfke U,Leach MO,Wetscherek A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate image quality and interstudy reproducibility of aortic atherosclerosis imaging at 1.5 T, and to explore the impact of parallel imaging techniques at 3 T. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Institutional review board approval and informed consent were obtained. Thirty-two subjects (20 normal, 12 patients w...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Maroules CD,McColl R,Khera A,Peshock RM

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES AND RATIONALE:Negative enhancement of implanted liver tumors has been achieved in preclinical studies on manganese dipyridoxal-diphosphate (Mn-DPDP), a new hepatobiliary specific contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The authors investigated the effects of Mn-DPDP on primary liver cancer and i...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Ni Y,Marchal G,Zhang X,Van Hecke P,Michiels J,Yu J,Rummeny E,Lodemann KP,Baert AL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:To develop a computer-assisted analysis of complex joint motion based on standard fluoroscopic sequences. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fluoroscopic sequences of 10 normal shoulders and 20 patients after total shoulder arthroplasty were recorded during abduction and adduction. The analysis of the shou...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Pfirrmann CW,Huser M,Székely G,Hodler J,Gerber C

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify independent pharmacokinetic parameters for differentiation of prostate pathology. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Twenty-seven patients with biopsy-proven prostate cancer (PSA: 1.4-16.1 ng/mL) underwent magnetic resonance imaging with a new dynamic contrast-enhanced, inversion-prepared dual-contrast gradien...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Franiel T,Lüdemann L,Rudolph B,Rehbein H,Staack A,Taupitz M,Prochnow D,Beyersdorff D

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the feasibility of using intravascular ultrasound imaging to analyze vascular physiology in various arterial beds. Canine superficial femoral, external iliac, and common carotid arteries were harvested and suspended and perfused in a bath of oxygenated, heated, physiologic salt solution. A 6-Fr, 20-MHz...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Wilson MW,Webb RC,Marx MV,Meyer CR,Gallagher MA,Haarer SL,Buda AJ,Williams DM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00