Stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of neurosarcoidosis involving the pituitary gland and hypothalamus.

abstract：:The oncology CT report is a vital piece of communication between the radiologist and the treating clinician and often determines patient management. The use of a standardised report that follows the tumour, node and metastasis (TNM) structure makes it easier for the radiologist to include all of the necessary informat...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Gormly KL

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study reports on the evolution of the Australian radiologist relative value unit (RVU) model of measuring radiologist reporting workloads in teaching hospital departments, and aims to outline a way forward for the development of a broad national safety, quality and performance framework that enables value mapping,...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Pitman A,Jones DN,Stuart D,Lloydhope K,Mallitt K,O'Rourke P

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-body MRI is an effective method for evaluating the entire skeletal system in patients with metastatic disease. This study aimed to compare whole-body MRI and radionuclide bone scintigraph in the detection of skeletal metastases in patients with prostate cancer. Patients with prostate cancer at high risk of skele...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Venkitaraman R,Cook GJ,Dearnaley DP,Parker CC,Khoo V,Eeles R,Huddart RA,Horwich A,Sohaib SA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Clinical data supporting the use of hypofractionated whole breast radiotherapy (HF-WBRT) in early-stage breast cancer patients have accumulated over the last decade. Despite the availability of the published evidence, the adoption rate of HF-WBRT has been slower-than-expected. We sought to assess the tempo...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Jung KYK,Shadbolt B,Rezo A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to assess the distribution of bone erosions in the feet of patients with gout using CT and thereby to test the hypothesis that gout is an asymmetric arthropathy. METHODS:CT scans of both feet were obtained from 25 patients with chronic gout. CT scans were scored for bone erosion ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Doyle AJ,Dalbeth N,McQueen F,Boyer L,Dong J,Rome K,Frecklington M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary The aim of this study was to assess the impact of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) CT on radiotherapy planning parameters for patients treated curatively with radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Five patients with stages I-III NSCLC underwent a diagnostic FDG-PET ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Vinod SK,Kumar S,Holloway LC,Shafiq J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) is a rare form of T-cell lymphoma, recently linked to the use of certain types of breast implants. Although rare, BIA-ALCL is being increasingly recognised and radiologists can play an important role in its early diagnosis. BIA-ALCL is thought to be r...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Gunawardana RT,Dessauvagie BF,Taylor DB

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothenar hammer syndrome (HHS) is an uncommon cause of unilateral Raynaud's phenomenon, splinter haemorrhages and hypothenar weakness. The typical patient is a male blue-collar worker who uses their hypothenar eminence to hammer objects as part of their work. The distal ulnar artery beyond Guyon's canal is superfici...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Zhang F,Weerakkody Y,Tosenovsky P

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Aging skeletal muscle is associated with not only a reduction in muscle size and strength but also in muscle quality which reflects an increase in fatty infiltration of muscle. In men with prostate cancer, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) accelerates this loss of muscle size and strength, but it is unkno...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Chang D,Joseph DJ,Ebert MA,Galvão DA,Taaffe DR,Denham JW,Newton RU,Spry NA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep Inspiration Breath-Hold (DIBH) techniques for breast cancer radiation therapy (RT) have reduced cardiac dose compared to Free Breathing (FB). Recently, a voluntary deep inspiration breath-hold (vDIBH) technique was established using in-room lasers and skin tattoos to monitor breath-hold. An in-house quality asses...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Estoesta RP,Attwood L,Naehrig D,Claridge-Mackonis E,Odgers D,Martin D,Pham M,Toohey J,Carroll S

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) and other medical colleges have provided research grants from their budgets for many years. This survey-based project aimed to determine whether the RANZCR Faculty of Radiation Oncology (FRO) is realizing value for money from its seed fu...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Roos DE,Kartika JK,Hu MQ

更新日期：2017-06-01 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

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The management of prostate cancer has undergone significant advances since the introduction of 68 Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (68 Ga-PSMA) positron emission tomography (PET) scans. Data on the use of 68 Ga-PSMA PET scans in the setting of biochemical recurrence is widely available. Data on the us...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Wong HS,Leung J,Bartholomeusz D,Sutherland P,Le H,Nottage M,Iankov I,Chang JH

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aims of this study were to determine the diagnostic value of MR urography and to compare the T2- and T1-weighted MR urography techniques in patients with urinary diversion. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed 19 MR urograms in 14 patients (13 male and one female, 8-77 years old, mean age: 54.2) with u...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Battal B,Kocaoglu M,Akgun V,Aydur E,Dayanc M,Ilica T

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with colorectal cancer undergo frequent diagnostic imaging to stage the extent of metastatic disease and assess response to treatment. Imaging is typically via diagnostic contrast-enhanced CT or combined FDG-PET/CT. However, recent research has demonstrated promising benefits of combined FDG-PET/MRI in oncolo...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Yeoh E,Miles K

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

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：:In this pictorial essay, we showcase the imaging and pathological findings of a variety of giant breast lesions. Some lesions such as lipomas and hamartomas contain fibrous, glandular and lipomatous tissues and can have characteristic mammographic appearances. Other lesions (e.g. simple cysts, fibroepithelial lesions ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Chitty C,Dessauvagie B,Taylor D

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:Congenital extrahepatic portocaval shunt is a rare condition that is described mostly in female patients. We report an unusual case of a young adult male patient with type 1 congenital extrahepatic portocaval shunt with associated development of a focal nodular hyperplasia on a background of regenerative nodules. With...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Kitzing YX,Gallagher J,Waugh R

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic utility and reproducibility of a qualitative 5-point 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET primary visual score (PVS) in patients with oesophageal and gastro-oesophageal junction (GOJ) cancer. METHODS:This was a retrospective review of patients with hi...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Cong E,Oar AJ,Lee MT,Chicco A,Lin M,Yap J,Lin P,Ho Shon I

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is some evidence to suggest that patients with underlying pulmonary fibrosis (PF) have increased risk of adverse respiratory and survival outcomes, when treated with conventional, long-course radiotherapy (RT) for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We performed a retrospective analysis to determine ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Bajraszewski C,Manser R,Chu J,Cox RA,Tran P,Duffy M,Irving L,Herschtal A,Siva S,Ball D

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：INTRODUCTION:This paper reports the key findings of the first survey of recent Radiation Oncology graduates in Australia, New Zealand (ANZ) and Singapore. It explores their experiences in entering the workforce, challenges and perspectives. METHODS:The survey was conducted in April and May 2016 focusing on graduates f...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Leung J,Kariyasawam S,Forstner D,Chee R,James M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effect of PET on the management of primary tumours of the thymus. Patients with a primary tumour of the thymus who underwent PET were identified from a prospective database. Forty-three PET scans were carried out on 26 patients with primary thymic tumours. Sensiti...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Lee JW,Mac Manus M,Hogg A,Hicks R,Ball D

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe the chest CT features reported in children with confirmed COVID-19 infection, published in English literature. A systematic review was completed on PubMed, Embase and Scopus databases on the 1st of June 2020 using the PICO strategy. The NIH Quality Assessment Tool was used to assess the quality of the sele...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Simoni P,Bazzocchi A,Boitsios G,De Leucio A,Preziosi M,Aparisi Gómez MP

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Common peroneal nerve (CPN) injury occurs in 10-40% of patients following knee dislocation. Is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using routine knee protocols able to adequately evaluate CPN injury and predict long-term outcome? METHODS:Trauma patients presenting for knee MRI at a single public hospital, be...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Tran TMA,Lim BG,Sheehy R,Robertson PL

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a serious worldwide health problem. Moderate-to-severe OSA has been found in up to 50% of men and 25% of women in the middle-aged population. It results in a fourfold increase in all causes of mortality. The prevalence of OSA is underestimated, partly due to absence of symptoms but al...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Whyte A,Gibson D

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a patient who presented to the emergency department with a bisphosphonate-induced femoral fracture (BIFF). Clinical presentation, pathogenesis and management of BIFF are discussed. We also highlight the importance of imaging the contralateral femur, as these patients may need prophylactic surgical fixation ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Mathur N,Lau KK

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00