Normal cross-sectional dimensions of the thyroid gland on routine chest CT scans.

abstract：:This is the fourth in a series of articles on the spine. The first reviewed the anatomy of the neck; the second reviewed the upper thoracic spine and chest (T1-T4); and the third reviewed the middle thoracic spine and chest (T5-T8). The procedures performed in the lower thoracic spine include percutaneous biopsies of ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Miller JS,Chiou-Tan F,Zhang H,Taber KH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcifications of renal masses are common. They are usually dense, partial, small, punctate, and linear opacities. Diffuse calcification is an extremely rare feature of renal masses. Generally, calcified renal cell carcinomas are hypovascular, with calcifications in the interstitium, and they also contain fibrotic cap...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Onitsuka H,Murakami J,Naito S,Souda R,Shioyama Y,Honda H,Araki A,Torii Y,Masuda K

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroperitoneal fat necrosis is a well-known complication of acute pancreatitis. We describe an unusual case of fat necrosis presenting as multiple, bilateral renal pseudotumors in a patient with acute pancreatitis. The imaging findings on CT and MR are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Pedrosa I,Naidich JJ,Rofsky NM,Bosniak MA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of inaccurate attenuation correction on quantitation in positron emission computed tomography were investigated by both computer simulation and theoretical analysis, followed by experimental verification with phantom measurements. It was found that, due to the finite width of detector responses, compensation o...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Huang SC,Hoffman EJ,Phelps ME,Kuhl DE

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is an ongoing debate about how to handle incidental findings (IF) detected in healthy individuals who participate in research-driven magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies. There are currently no established guidelines regarding their management. METHODS:We prospectively assessed the frequency of IF ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hartwigsen G,Siebner HR,Deuschl G,Jansen O,Ulmer S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study illustrates detailed cerebral anatomy that can be consistently visualized on computed tomography scans after a rapid high dose of contrast substance has been infused. A thorough knowledge of anatomy is required not only to detect and precisely localize lesions but to avoid ascribing pathological significan...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hayman LA,Evans RA,Hinck VC

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in signal intensity involving lobes of the liver were noted in seven cases of liver tumor. The clinical significance and possible cause of these differences in lobar intensity are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Itai Y,Ohtomo K,Furui S,Minami M,Yoshikawa K,Yashiro N

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial computed tomography (CT) demonstrated complete resolution of severe periventricular hypodensity occurring in a child after receiving prophylaxis for acute lymphocytic leukemia. The resolution of this encephalopathy suggests that early changes of subacute necrotizing leukoencephalopathy are reversible and CT is ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Wendling LR,Bleyer WA,Di Chiro G,McIlvanie SK

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of hemodialysis on the CT absorption value of the liver was examined in 14 hemodialysis patients. In the high ultrafiltration group [10 patients with a weight loss of -1.7 to -3.5 (2.9 +/- 0.6) kg], the hepatic CT absorption value increased from 49.6 +/- 7.0 to 58.7 +/- 8.7 Hounsfield units (p less than 0.0...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Ishikawa I,Tateishi K,Shinoda A,Onouchi Z,Saito Y,Asato T

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (Chlamydia trachomatis perihepatitis). Contrast-enhanced CT demonstrated enhancement along the surface of the liver, but it was remarkable on the anterior surface. No other abnormalities suspicious for peritonitis were found. Contrast enhancement of the anterior surface o...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Tsubuku M,Hayashi S,Terahara A,Furukawa T,Ohmura G

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Homosexual men are at risk for a variety of infectious and neoplastic diseases of the anus and rectum, many of which have been reported in the radiologic literature. The purpose of this study was to describe the CT findings in homosexual men with squamous cell carcinoma of the anus and rectum, a topic that ha...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Radin DR

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pseudolesions are sometimes seen around the falciform ligament, around the gallbladder, or at the posterior edge of the medical segment on CT during arterial portography. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of liver cirrhosis on these pseudolesions. METHOD:The basis of this study was 33 ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Irie T,Tsushima Y,Terahata S,Hatsuse K,Kusano S

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent case of absence of a cervical pedicle in a traumatized patient is presented. An incorrect radiological interpretation of the patient's plain films resulted in inappropriate management. Further radiological investigation, including computed tomography, revealed the underlying abnormality, and prevented subsequ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Cox HE,Bennett WF

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An anomalous origin and course of the coronary arteries can be benign or life threatening. Recently, because of new advances in computed tomography technology, radiologists have begun to interpret the diseases of coronary arteries. We aimed to demonstrate some remarkable anomalies of coronary arteries, some o...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Duran C,Kantarci M,Durur Subasi I,Gulbaran M,Sevimli S,Bayram E,Eren S,Karaman A,Fil F,Okur A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of myocardial bridging in patients who underwent single- or dual-source multidetector cardiac computed tomographic angiography (MDCTA). METHODS:Retrospective review of the imaging characteristics of 57 myocardial bridges in 53 patients who underwent cardiac MDCT...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Jacobs JE,Bod J,Kim DC,Hecht EM,Srichai MB

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography (CT) findings in hydatid disease (echinococciasis) of the liver are described. Disease was caused by Echinococcus granulosus (n = 8) or E. alveolaris (n = 5), respectively. The CT appearance of these two types of echinococciasis is quite different; in disease caused by E. granulosus the CT appearan...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Scherer U,Weinzierl M,Sturm R,Schildberg FW,Zrenner M,Lissner J

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helical CT is being increasingly used for the evaluation of suspected tracheal diseases. Although nonneoplastic and noninfectious diseases of the trachea are rare, their appearance on CT images may be highly suggestive of the diagnosis. High quality multiplanar and 3D reconstructions including 3D surface-shaded displa...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Ferretti GR,Bricault I,Coulomb M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MR imaging is useful in differentiating and characterizing renal masses. A careful evaluation of the signal characteristics and morphology of a renal mass combined with the ancillary imaging findings and patient history should assist the radiologist in making the proper diagnosis or recommending the appropriate treatm...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Zhang J,Israel GM,Krinsky GA,Lee VS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of T2 mapping for detecting myocardial injuries in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). METHODS:Twenty-one HCM patients and 7 healthy volunteers were examined. The T2 values were measured at hyperintense areas (high-T2 areas) identified with T2...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Amano Y,Yanagisawa F,Tachi M,Hashimoto H,Imai S,Kumita S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several classification systems for neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) exist, which use variable terminology and criteria for grading and staging. This variability in terminology can cause confusion and difficulty in recognizing which tumors are, in fact, members of this heterogeneous group of malignancies. The largest group...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Jacobs MA,Weinstein S,Hope TA,Aslam R,Yee J,Coakley F

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography scans of the larynx were obtained during quiet breathing and during phonation in 10 volunteers having no neck or larynx abnormalities. The subglottic and glottic laryngeal cavity and soft tissues showed symmetry from side to side. At the supraglottic level, the pliable aryepiglottic folds and pyrif...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Gamsu G,Mark AS,Webb WR

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A noninvasive technique for measuring blood flow by xenon-enhanced X-ray transmission CT has been developed and reported quite extensively in recent years. In this method nonradioactive xenon gas is inhaled, and the temporal changes in radiographic enhancement produced by the inhalation are measured by sequential CT. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Gur D,Yonas H,Wolfson SK Jr,Wozney P,Colsher JG,Good WF,Good BC,Herbert DL,Cook EE

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a child with acute bacterial leptomeningeal infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. There was an extension of infection along multiple Virchow-Robin spaces into the brain parenchyma, resulting in multiple microabscesses. These abscesses showed restricted diffusion on the diffusion-weighted i...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Gordon M,Parmar H,Ibrahim M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the fourth of a series of 4 white papers that represent expert consensus documents developed by the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance through its task force on dual-energy computed tomography. This article, part 4, discusses DECT for abdominal and pelvic applications and, at the end of...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： De Cecco CN,Boll DT,Bolus DN,Foley WD,Kaza RK,Morgan DE,Rofsky NM,Sahani DV,Schoepf UJ,Shuman WP,Siegel MJ,Vrtiska TJ,Yeh BM,Berland LL

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unusual CT appearances of a renal neoplasm, which we have described as a "focal" obstructive nephrogram secondary to transitional cell carcinoma, is reported. An explanation of the appearance is postulated. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Breatnach ES,Stanley RJ,Lloyd K

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse low attenuation lesions on CT scans are caused by various pathologic conditions, especially differences of the intratumoral matrix. Low attenuation on CT scans was more defined than fat density and less than muscle density, the so-called near water density. We present representative cases of low attenuation le...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Miyake H,Hori Y,Dono S,Mori H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most renal metastases are asymptomatic, occur with widespread metastatic disease, and are too small to be detected with computed tomography (CT). Rarely they form large masses. These are typically angiographically hypovascular and show only minimal CT contrast enhancement. Renal carcinoma as a second primary malignanc...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Pagani JJ

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our retrospective study was performed to reassess the common dynamic CT manifestations of cystic tumors of the pancreas and to determine whether they might allow the differentiation between benign and malignant tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Dynamic CT examinations of 19 patients with 20 cystic tumors of the ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Soyer P,Rabenandrasana A,Van Beers B,Barge J,Sibert A,Laissy JP,Achour E,Levesque M

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MRI appearance of adult polyglucosan body disease is described. A 67-year-old man presenting with a chronic progressive degenerative neurologic disorder was found to have marked atrophy of the entire cord, without signal abnormalities on long TR images. Autopsy revealed atrophy of the cord, diffuse gliosis, and numero...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Negishi C,Sze G

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients are presented in whom computed tomography incidentally demonstrated low density masses posterior to, but separate from, the right kidney. In two, these were proven to represent unilocular cysts, and the third is presumed cystic. Possible etiologies are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Buck DR,Dunnick NR,Doppman JL

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00