Assessment of a daily online implanted fiducial marker-guided prostate radiotherapy process.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of this study was to use liver explant correlation to assess the diagnostic accuracy of diffusion-weighted (DW)-MRI for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty-seven patients were retrospectively identified who had undergone liver transplantation and had preoperative, respirato...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Hardie AD,Kizziah MK,Boulter DJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Marker clips are commonly deployed at the site of a percutaneous breast biopsy. Studies have shown that displacement of the clip from the site of deployment is not uncommon. The objective of this study was to determine how much 'migration' could be seen with fixed structures within the breast tissue across...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Madeley CR,Kessell MA,Madeley CJ,Taylor DB,Wylie EJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ultrasonography is associated with a high error rate in the evaluation of soft tissue masses. The purposes of this study were to examine the nature of the diagnostic errors and to identify areas in which reporting could be improved. METHODS:Patients who had soft tissue tumours and received ultrasonography...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Kwok HC,Pinto CH,Doyle AJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Computed tomography colonography (CTC) for the detection of colorectal disease is gaining popularity as an alternative to colonoscopy. This has been associated with an increase in incidental extra-colonic findings such as abdominal aortic aneurysms. However, due to the patient selection process of obtainin...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Khashram M,Tiong LC,Jones GT,Roake JA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated the endorectal balloon (ERB) as a method to improve post-prostatectomy clinical target volume (CTV) stability. METHODS:Seventy cone-beam CT (CBCT) obtained during radiotherapy treatment from seven patients treated with an ERB and 68 CBCT from seven patients treated without an ERB were cont...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： de Leon JF,Jameson MG,Windsor A,Cloak K,Keats S,Vial P,Holloway L,Metcalfe P,Sidhom M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To establish the optimal planning risk volume (PRV) of the lenses for patients who are receiving radiotherapy to the nasal cavity and paranasal sinus (NCPSC). METHODS:Geometrical uncertainties of the lenses were evaluated for a prospective group of patients (G1). Differences between planned and delivered ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Piotrowski T,Ryczkowski A,Adamczyk M,Jodda A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of surgical procedures derive therapeutic benefit from the division of retinacular, ligamentous or tendinous structures. Examples include carpal tunnel release for median nerve impingement, annular pulley release for trigger finger and tendon division for spastic muscular contractures. Here, using an animal ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Hopkins J,Sampson M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute gastric volvulus is a rare surgical emergency which can lead to severe complications such as gastric ischaemia and perforation. Gastric volvulus is classified by the axis upon which the stomach rotates into organo-axial and mesentero-axial subtypes, with the former more common in adults. We present an uncommon c...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Mistry V,Gamble EL,Chang J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China, many researchers have reported the chest CT manifestations of COVID-19 pneumonia. High-resolution CT (HRCT) of the lung can provide important clues to understand the progressive behaviour of COVID-19 pneumonia. This pictorial essay discusses the early...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Tsujikawa T,Umeda Y,Itoh H,Sakai T,Iwasaki H,Okazawa H,Ishizuka T,Kimura H

更新日期：2021-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to evaluate medical student and intern awareness of ionising radiation exposure from common diagnostic imaging procedures and to suggest how education could be improved. Fourth to sixth year medical students enrolled at a Western Australian university and interns from three teaching hospitals in Perth ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Zhou GZ,Wong DD,Nguyen LK,Mendelson RM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We compared integral dose with uninvolved brain (IDbrain ) during partial brain radiotherapy (PBRT) for high-grade glioma patients using helical tomotherapy (HT) and seven field traditional inverse-planned intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with and without selective sparing (SPA) of contralateral hip...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Marsh JC,Ziel GE,Diaz AZ,Wendt JA,Gobole R,Turian JV

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 38-year-old, female patient with neurosarcoidosis involving the pituitary gland and hypothalamus, who was treated with stereotactic radiotherapy (24 Gy in 12 fractions) with an excellent result. The purpose of this case report was to illustrate and discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic challen...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Sundaresan P,Jayamohan J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Currently, routine radiotherapy (RT) planning for locally advanced lung cancer (LC) does not take into consideration the functional state of the lung. The goal of this study was to determine if it is technically feasible to integrate the sites of pulmonary emphysema (PE) into the RT planning process. METH...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Jumeau R,Peguret N,de Bari B,Moeckli R,Soares-Rodrigues JL,Durham AD,Hojnowski S,Bourhis J,Ozsahin M,Beigelman-Aubry C

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 20-year-old woman with intracranial IgG4-related disease, initially misdiagnosed as a meningioma on biopsy and treated with radiosurgery as it was in an eloquent location and not resectable. Her intracranial IgG4 disease had a near-complete response to radiosurgery and is still controlled six y...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Fogarty T,Choong D,Gill S,Harper C,Robbins P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Audit of contrast-enhanced breast MRI performed over a 3-year period in a single institution to describe and summarise the changes seen after surgery and radiation therapy for primary breast cancer, breast augmentation and oncoplastic surgery. Seventy women were identified and reviewed (100 breast MRIs in total). The ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Muir T,Ebrahim L,Wylie E,Taylor D

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A 2005 survey of practices indicated limited use of three-dimensional (3D) imaging modalities and planning methods in cervix cancer brachytherapy in Australia and New Zealand. However, advancing technologies and published recommendations are influencing change. This survey aims to identify both changes in ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： van Dyk S,Byram D,Bernshaw D

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This paper outlines the key results of the Faculty of Radiation Oncology 2010 workforce survey and compares these results with earlier data. METHODS:The workforce survey was conducted in mid-2010 using a custom-designed 17-question survey. The overall response rate was 76%. RESULTS:The majority of radiat...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Leung J,Vukolova N,Faculty of Radiation Oncology, RANZCR.

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CT perfusion is increasingly utilised in hyperacute stroke to facilitate diagnosis and patient selection for reperfusion therapies. This review article demonstrates eight examples of how CT perfusion can be used to diagnose stroke mimics and small volume infarcts, which can be easily missed on non-contrast CT, and to ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Chiu AH,Phillips TJ,Phatouros CC,Singh TP,Hankey GJ,Blacker DJ,McAuliffe W

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cardiac dosimetry delivered before and after routine 3D CT whole-breast radiotherapy planning, including cardiac contouring and the relevance of a 15-mm maximum myocardial depth (MMD) planning tolerance threshold. METHODS:The PULp FICTion study permitted cardi...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Graham P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To report long-term prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and toxicity outcomes for patients with localised prostate cancer treated with Iodine-125 permanent implantation at a single Australian centre. METHODS:Between September 1994 and November 2007, 207 patients at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital with localised...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Wilson C,Waterhouse D,Lane SE,Haworth A,Stanley J,Shannon T,Joseph D

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 75-year-old man presented with a spontaneous right pneumothorax and pneumopericardium following right atrial pacemaker lead perforation, which is a rare complication, with only two case reports being documented in the literature to the authors' knowledge. It is important that radiologists be aware of cardiac lead pe...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Baird A,Gandhi M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third most common cause of death from cardiovascular disease. Computed-tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is an accurate and safe test for diagnosing PE. The aim of this retrospective analysis was to evaluate the effects on image quality (IQ) of electrocardiogram (ECG) ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Ardley ND,Lau KK,Buchan K,Paul E,Troupis JM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Over the last decade interventional neuroradiology (NR) has become the mainstay of managing cerebral aneurysms. The aim of our study was to review our growing experiences with interventional NR and quantify morbidity and mortality associated with these procedures. METHODS:The electronic medical records of...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： McLaughlin A,Rice H,de Viliers L,Withers T,Pearson D,Arnell M,Walters K,Czuchwicki S,Bulmer A,Winearls J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant cerebral aneurysms are associated with a poor prognosis, with 2-year survival rates reported as low as 20% (Sundt et al.; Syman et al.). Morbidity is largely associated with haemorrhage, local compressive effects and thrombosis. While endovascular coiling has been acknowledged as a safe treatment in small to med...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： O'Grady A,Denton J,Laing A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Four-dimensional CT (4D-CT) image data can be sorted into bins of each 10% of the respiratory cycle. From these data, an averaged scan (AS) and a maximum intensity projection (MIP) are derived. While sorting based on the respiratory cycle applies to lung tumours, the use of 4D-CT for the kidney has not been ana...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Gawthrop JB,Gill S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate our experience with the retrievable Cook Celect inferior vena cava (IVC) filter (William Cook, Europe) with regard to insertion, efficiency, ease of retrieval, and any associated complications. A retrospective review was performed of 115 patients (41 female, 74 male, mean age 47.9...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Doody O,Given MF,Kavnoudias H,Street M,Thomson KR,Lyon SM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the technique of saphenous vein peripherally inserted central catheter placement, which is used as an alternative site for venous access in our institution, and examines saphenous vein peripherally inserted central catheter safety issues and indications. Three end-stage renal failure patients, t...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Du L,Redmond K,Johnstone S,De Leacy M,Harper J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We present the results of a pilot study to test the feasibility of a brachytherapy dosimetry audit. METHODS:The feasibility study was conducted at seven sites from four Australian states in both public and private centres. A purpose-built cylindrical water phantom was imaged using the local imaging protoc...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Haworth A,Wilfert L,Butler D,Ebert MA,Todd S,Bucci J,Duchesne GM,Joseph D,Kron T

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Invasive lobular cancer (ILC) is an important contributor to false negative mammography. This study aims to assess the value of digital mammography and to identify imaging features that could assist the radiologist to suggest the diagnosis of ILC prior to biopsy. METHODS:Three hundred sixty-one cases of p...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Porter AJ,Evans EB,Foxcroft LM,Simpson PT,Lakhani SR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Tumour response in lung cancer treatment is monitored by measuring lesion size in computed tomography (CT). Spectral CT (SCT) offers additional information on tumour tissue besides morphology. We evaluated SCT iodine content (IC) and performed spectral slope analysis to assess the response of non-small-cel...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Fehrenbach U,Feldhaus F,Kahn J,Böning G,Maurer MH,Renz D,Frost N,Streitparth F

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00