Dosimetric implications of the addition of 18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography in CT-based radiotherapy planning for non-small-cell lung cancer.

abstract：:This study investigated the maximum theoretical radiation dose that could safely be delivered to 20 patients diagnosed with non-small-cell lung cancer. Two three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (RT) class-solution techniques (A and B) and an individualized three-dimensional conformal RT technique (C) were comp...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Everitt S,Schneider-Kolsky M,Yuen K,Budd R,Mac Manus M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Since its onset in the spring of 2009, the H1N1 pandemic has kept health-care professionals busy worldwide. Even though it often causes respiratory tract illness, reports describing the radiological manifestations in infected children are few. The purpose of this study was twofold: to review the chest radi...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Soudack M,Ben-Shlush A,Raviv-Zilka L,Jacobson J,Mendelson E

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiotherapy plays a significant role in the palliation of symptoms in patients with cancer. It can improve symptoms from bone metastases, spinal cord compression, superior vena cava obstruction and cerebral metastases. Long waiting lists and inconvenient access prolong suffering and may even discourage patients from ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Holt TR,Yau VK

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To assess laryngeal motion in early glottic cancer in order to determine safe margins for partial larynx volumetric modulated arc therapy (PL-VMAT), and to quantify dosimetric advantages of PL-VMAT. METHODS:This prospective study included T1-2N0 glottic cancers treated with whole larynx VMAT (WL-VMAT). Pr...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Bahig H,Nguyen-Tan PF,Filion É,Roberge D,Thanomsack P,de Guise J,Blais D,Doucet R,Létourneau-Guillon L,Lambert L

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：: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：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to assess the association between intrasinus gas and dural venous sinus thrombosis (DVST) in patients with blunt head trauma. METHODS:One hundred and two consecutive patients with blunt head trauma imaged with non-enhanced CT and CT head venography at our institution between 1 Ju...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： So TY,Dixon A,Kavnoudias H,Paul E,Maclaurin W

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study aims to determine the diagnostic accuracy of Primovist-enhanced MRI in the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhosis, using liver explant histopathology correlation. METHODS:Thirty patients underwent a Primovist-enhanced MRI prior to liver transplantation for cirrhosis at the Pri...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Baird AJ,Amos GJ,Saad NF,Benson MD

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a shift in the management of brain metastasis (BM), with increasing use of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and delaying/avoiding whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT), given the concern regarding the long-term neurocognitive effect and quality of life impact of WBRT. It is, however, unclear as to the contempo...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Ong WL,Wada M,Ruben J,Foroudi F,Millar J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To investigate anatomical response-related changes in the head and neck region during a course of radical radiotherapy and their impact on the planned dosimetry. METHODS:The study consisted of 10 patients with primary mucosal carcinoma. Patients' nutritional requirements were managed as per departmental p...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Height R,Khoo V,Lawford C,Cox J,Joon DL,Rolfo A,Wada M

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：: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 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：: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：INTRODUCTION:Evidence that Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) can reduce cardiac dose during left-sided breast radiation therapy (RT) has led to widespread uptake of this technology. There is a paucity of published information documenting the impact of this technique on the patient's treatment experience. The aim of t...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Beaton NR,Watson S,Browne P,Sharma H,Mai GT,Harvey J,Bernard A,Brown E,Hargrave C,Lehman M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to investigate whether intrafraction prostate motion can affect the accuracy of online prostate positioning using implanted fiducial markers and to determine the effect of prostate rotations on the accuracy of the software-predicted set-up correction shifts. Eleven patients were treated wit...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Greer PB,Dahl K,Ebert MA,White M,Wratten C,Ostwald P,Pichler P,Denham JW

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retroperitoneal space is made up of multiple communicating compartments. Here we detail an unusual case of ectopic gas almost exclusively isolated to the properitoneal space, a space in communication with the retroperitoneum. This case is a reminder that when extraperitoneal gas is identified, the retroperitoneal ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Quadrelli S,Lloyd T,Medoro L,Coucher J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of benign bone tumours can be treated with curettage and packing with either bone cement or graft. It is essential that the radiologist be familiar with both the normal and abnormal post-operative imaging appearance of these treated tumours. Through the use of numerous imaging examples, we aim to provide a pi...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Dobson MA,McDonald DJ,Wessell DE,Friedman MV

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report details a clinical trial's first recruited liver cancer patient who underwent a course of stereotactic body radiation therapy treatment utilising audiovisual biofeedback breathing guidance. Breathing motion results for both abdominal wall motion and tumour motion are included. Patient 1 demonstrated i...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Pollock S,Tse R,Martin D,McLean L,Cho G,Hill R,Pickard S,Aston P,Huang CY,Makhija K,O'Brien R,Keall P

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:The persistent sciatic artery (PSA) is a rare arterial variant. Patients may present with a spectrum of atherosclerotic disease, but aneurysm formation with thromboembolic complications is more common. Although no intervention is required for asymptomatic individuals, stenting for stenosis, thrombolysis for occlusion ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： H'ng MW,Punamiya S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory conditions of the breast are an important group of diseases that can mimic breast carcinoma on clinical and radiological grounds. This pictorial essay presents the radiological and pathological features of some of these entities. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Gunawardena RP,Gunawardena D,Metcalf C,Taylor D,Wylie L

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Post-prostatectomy radiotherapy (PPRT) with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has the potential to decrease toxicity by reducing dose to surrounding structures. We assessed its impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). METHODS:PPRT patients were enrolled in a prospective HRQoL database....

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： van Gysen KL,Kneebone AB,Guo L,Vaux KJ,Lazzaro EM,Eade TN

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study, investigated the para-aortic adipose tissue cross-sectional area, a novel predictor of cardiovascular diseases and degenerative changes in the paravertebral muscles, in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHOD:One hundred cases diagnosed as COPD and 50 healthy individ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Resorlu M,Karatag O,Toprak CA,Ozturk MO

更新日期：2018-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Varicocele embolisation is an excellent treatment option for symptomatic scrotal varicosities. The purpose of this study was to assess the current practice of the endovascular treatment of left-sided varicoceles at our institution, to compare the findings to international standards and to identify which ac...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Riede P,McCarthy E,Cary R,Boardman P,Tapping CR

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of who has been hospitalized complaining about fever in the last 4 days. Laboratory data revealed lymphocytopenia and leucopenia with an elevation of C-reactive protein and positive real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Six days before this hospitalization, when the pat...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Cosma L,Sollaku S,Frantellizzi V,De Vincentis G

更新日期：2020-10-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:Respiratory-gated radiotherapy (RGRT) is used in several centres around the world. However, there is continuing controversy regarding the benefit of this technique. The aims of this study are to quantify the dosimetric benefits and the potential predictive factors. METHODS:Thirty-four consecutive patients w...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Hau E,Rains M,Browne L,Muirhead R,Yeghiaian-Alvandi R

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to assess our experience with the retrievable Gunther Tulip (GT) inferior vena cava (IVC) filter, with regard to its insertion, efficacy, ease of placement and retrieval, and associated complications. Between November 2001 and October 2005, 322 GT filters were placed in 317 patients. Insertion...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Given MF,McDonald BC,Brookfield P,Niggemeyer L,Kossmann T,Varma DK,Thomson KR,Lyon SM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00