Image fusion as a new postprocessing method to evaluate the radiofrequency ablation zone after treatment of malignant liver tumors.

abstract：:We report a rare case of prolactinoma with deposition of amyloid and calcifications. Magnetic resonance imaging and/or computed tomography findings have been described in only a few cases. Possible mechanisms of amyloid deposition and calcification were discussed, and literatures were reviewed. In pituitary adenomas, ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kitamura K,Nakayama T,Ohata K,Wakasa K,Miki Y

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antemortum detection of renal metastases can be made by computed tomography (CT), particularly if the known primary malignancy is in a late stage. The CT scans of 10 oncologic patients with focal renal metastases were reviewed (confirmation by surgery in four, follow-up CT demonstrating new lesions or lesion growth in...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Bhatt GM,Bernardino ME,Graham SD Jr

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary adrenal lymphoma is extremely rare. We describe 2 patients who presented with adrenal insufficiency or fever 'of unknown origin. Conventional imaging studies demonstrated bilateral bulky adrenal masses, and whole-body FDG positron emission tomography- computed tomography showed that the masses were the unique ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Li Y,Sun H,Gao S,Bai R

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to identify the computed tomographic colonography (CTC) findings of incomplete colonoscopy compared with those of complete colonoscopy. METHODS:The clinical data and CTC imaging data from January 2004 to December 2012 were retrospectively obtained at 2 different institutions and reviewed by ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Lee ES,Kim BC,Hur BY,Kim MJ,Park HJ,Park SB,Lee JB,Sohn DK,Han KS,Hong CW

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the feasibility of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (DWI) of uterine cervical cancer and to investigate whether the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of cervical cancer differ from those of normal cervix and whether they could indicate the histologic type and the patholo...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Liu Y,Bai R,Sun H,Liu H,Wang D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In children it is often necessary to ligate the splenic artery and the main collateral supply to the spleen during liver transplantation. The complication of splenic infarction has been observed on postoperative CT in such patients. The purpose of our study was to determine the incidence and CT appearance of splenic i...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Lehar SC,Zajko AB,Koneru B,Stevenson W,Sumkin J

更新日期：1990-05-01 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 report a unique case of early-phase Takayasu arteritis in which the vessels demonstrated accumulation of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) on PET scanning. This observation suggests the possible use of FDG-PET for the diagnosis of vasculitis. Early diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis may permit early treatment and possibly...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hara M,Goodman PC,Leder RA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of our study was to quantify peritumoral brain edema (PTE) in vivo using NMR relaxation time imaging, as the longitudinal relaxation time T1 is proportional to tissue water content, and to use the method for monitoring the effects of glucocorticoids (GCCs) on PTE in brain tumor patients as a funct...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Andersen C,Astrup J,Gyldensted C

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis following electrolyte derangements are presented. One case showed only extrapontine myelinolytic lesions on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, although both pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis were confirmed at postmortem. Another case made full recovery clinically wi...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Moriwaka F,Tashiro K,Maruo Y,Nomura M,Hamada K,Kashiwaba T

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this report is to describe a further distinctive cause of crazy-paving pattern on thin-section computed tomography in a patient affected by pulmonary granulomatous mycosis fungoides. It was possible to reconcile the crazy-paving appearance on thin-section computed tomography scan with the histopathologi...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Sverzellati N,Poletti V,Chilosi M,Casoni G,Hansell D,Zompatori AM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase in the effective atomic number of blood is among the factors allowing or influencing the visualization of the major cerebral vessels on noncontrast CT. Bromine (atomic number, 50) attenuates 70 keV X-rays significantly and was responsible for a striking enhancement of the major cerebral vessels on the nonc...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Osborne DR,Bohan T,Hodson A

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 72-year-old woman with previously symptomatic internal carotid artery occlusion subsequently presented with an acute hemispheric deficit. The patient was initially diagnosed as having an ischemic infarction but eventually was shown to have a subacute subdural hematoma with delay in surgical evacuation and a major pe...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Pascuzzi RM,Boyko OB,Voelker JL

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to explore the diagnostic difference among the combination of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in predicting deep myometrial invasion of endometrial ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Deng L,Wang QP,Chen X,Duan XY,Wang W,Guo YM

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to elucidate clinical effectiveness of submillimeter multislice 2- and 3-dimensional computed tomography (CT) for diagnosis of congenital middle ear anomaly. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Preoperative CT and operative findings were retrospectively analyzed in 36 ears of 33 patients. The distance be...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Nakasato T,Nakayama T,Nakayama M,Ehara S,Ohtsuka H,Sato H

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal imaging remains a critical tool to differentiate and manage benign from malignant renal disorders. Conventional multidetector computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) provide great anatomical details, although lack functional information and specificity. The lack of resolution undermines the function...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Ganeshan D,Notohamiprodjo M,Nikolaidis P,Sanyal R,Bhosale P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transorbital penetration of the cranial cavity by a small wooden object can pass unnoticed, while producing severe, life-threatening consequences. The occurrence of a traumatic intracranial aneurysm secondary to a wooden foreign body has not been reported previously in the English literature, to our knowledge. Familia...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Braun J,Gdal-On M,Goldsher D,Borovich B,Guilburd JN

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to evaluate the interobserver variability of right-to-left ventricular (RV/LV) diameter ratios on computed tomographic pulmonary angiographies at reduced tube potential. METHODS:Consecutive computed tomographic pulmonary angiographies performed at 80 kVp for subjects weighing less than 80 kg...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： George E,Hunsaker AR,Rybicki FJ,Kumamaru KK

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), particularly, dynamic MRI, in distinguishing ovarian fibromas from subserous uterine leiomyomas. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Fifteen ovarian fibromas and 15 subserous uterine leiomyomas were retrospectively reviewed. All MR exam...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Thomassin-Naggara I,Daraï E,Nassar-Slaba J,Cortez A,Marsault C,Bazot M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new multistep procedure for CT fluoroscopy-guided core biopsy, which allows confirmation of the biopsy-sampling trough and the final needle tip position prior to sampling. Twelve lesions measuring < or =2 cm or in close proximity to vital structures were biopsied using commercially available biopsy syste...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Goldberg SN,Keogan MT,Raptopoulos V

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with a metastatic liver tumor that showed a cordlike shadow traversing the tumor on CT. Histopathologically, this cordlike shadow within the metastatic liver tumor was proved to be an infiltrated portal vein without blood flow surrounded by fibrous tissue. Vascular structures traversing a focal l...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Senda T,Sawada S,Okuda Y,Kobayashi M,Tanigawa N

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic susceptibility variations due to the presence of iron in neural tissue can result in a shift of local resonance frequency, decreased T2 resulting from water diffusion through local field gradients, and line broadening due to field inhomogeneity within a voxel. In this study, modified spin echo phase contrast ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Wismer GL,Buxton RB,Rosen BR,Fisel CR,Oot RF,Brady TJ,Davis KR

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To retrospectively compare delayed enhanced computed tomography (CT) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET)/CT (PET/CT) evaluating adrenal masses in oncology patients undergoing both examinations. METHODS:Twenty adrenal masses in 14 patients were retrospectively included. For d...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Park BK,Kim CK,Kim B,Choi JY

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:MRI offers many opportunities for noninvasive in vivo measurement of structure-function relationships in the human brain. Although automated methods are now available for whole-brain measurements, an efficient and valid automatic method for volume estimation of subregions such as the frontal or temporal lobes...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Andreasen NC,Rajarethinam R,Cizadlo T,Arndt S,Swayze VW 2nd,Flashman LA,O'Leary DS,Ehrhardt JC,Yuh WT

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow phenomena occurring after the bolus injection of contrast material can simulate the presence of pathology on thoracic computed tomography. In a review of 50 dynamic scans performed after contrast medium injection, apparent filling defects in the superior vena cava were seen in 46. In four cases, retrograde fillin...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Godwin JD,Webb WR

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to explore the efficacy of iodine quantification with dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) in differentiating thymoma, thymic carcinoma, and thymic lymphoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fifty-seven patients with pathologically confirmed low-risk thymoma (n = 16), high-risk thymoma (n = 15), thymi...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Yan WQ,Xin YK,Jing Y,Li GF,Wang SM,Rong WC,Xiao G,Lei XB,Li B,Hu YC,Cui GB

更新日期：2018-11-01 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

abstract：:Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma (MCA) is a rare tumor that is considered to be a cystic variant of mucin-producing lung adenocarcinoma. MCA expands grossly by storing mucus and contains few neoplastic cells. We present the CT images of three patients with MCA and correlate them with pathologic specimens. The CT findings o...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Gaeta M,Blandino A,Scribano E,Ascenti G,Minutoli F,Pandolfo I

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility of low-tube-voltage computed tomography (CT) in combination with 3-dimensional adaptive iterative dose reduction (AIDR-3D) algorithm in lower extremity CT angiography. METHODS:The CT data of the 120-kV group (n = 30) were reconstructed with filtered bac...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Pan YN,Li AJ,Chen ZQ,Ren DW,Zhang J,Jiang MQ,Huang QL

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the "bridging vascular sign" in the diagnosis of an exophytic uterine leiomyoma and differentiation of a uterine leiomyoma from some other mass arising in the adnexa on pelvic MRI. METHOD:Of 52 women with a pelvic mass in whom pelvic MRI was performed...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kim JC,Kim SS,Park JY

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00