Extra Z-axis coverage at CT imaging resulting in excess radiation dose: frequency, degree, and contributory factors.

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：:Fifteen patients with 21 subdural effusions were investigated both with transmission computer assisted tomography (CAT) and positron emission tomography (PET). The tracer in the emission studies was 68Ga-EDTA. Twelve lesions were visualized both with CAT and PET. Five lesions that were negative or doubtful on CAT were...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Ericson K,Bergström M,Eriksson L

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this work was to assess whether easily obtained clinical parameters can predict optimal scan delay for contrast-enhanced spiral CT of pulmonary arteries and to compare image quality between individualized contrast timing versus a fixed scan delay. METHOD:We used an individualized delay in 85 pat...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hartmann IJ,Lo RT,Bakker J,de Monyé W,van Waes PF,Pattynama PM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The impact of injection flow rates, mono- or biphasic injection mode, and scan delay on liver and portal vein enhancement with helical CT was evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The liver of 75 consecutive patients was examined with helical CT before and after injection of 100 ml iopromide (30 g of iodine). Pat...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kopka L,Funke M,Vosshenrich R,Hagemann A,Oestmann JW,Grabbe E

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with gas in the pancreatic duct due to a gastropancreatic fistula resulting from gastric ulcer. No mass or pseudocyst was demonstrated. This entity should be considered when patients with gas in the pancreas are encountered. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hughes JJ,Blunck CE

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the feasibility of angiographic computed tomography (ACT) for diagnostic imaging in a patient with degenerative lumbar spine disease. ACT provides a volume data set out of a rotational acquisition with a c-arm-mounted flat-panel detector. Using this technique, radiographic myelography and myelographic com...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Buhk JH,Elolf E,Knauth M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of our study was to assess the value of additional early arterial phase computed tomography (CT) imaging in the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by comparing three-phase and four-phase imaging by using multidetector row helical CT. METHODS:Twenty-five patients with 33 HCCs underwent four...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kim SK,Lim JH,Lee WJ,Kim SH,Choi D,Lee SJ,Lim HK,Kim H

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CT findings of multiple lipid-containing dermal cysts in a patient with steatocystoma multiplex are presented. The characteristic locations, shapes, and densities of the cysts in this rare skin disorder are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Sonnenblick EB,Buchness MR,Austin JH

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the magnetic resonance imaging spectrum of solid pseudopapillary tumors (SPTs), with an emphasis on solid SPTs. METHODS:Thirty-two patients with proven SPTs with preoperative magnetic resonance were included. The SPTs were classified into 3 types: solid, cystic, and mixed; and 2 radiologists anal...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Chae SH,Lee JM,Baek JH,Shin CI,Yoo MH,Yoon JH,Kim JH,Han JK,Choi BI

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate volume histogram analysis between usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). METHODS:Sixty cases (UIP, n = 22; NSIP, n = 38) were evaluated retrospectively. Three parameters (contrast, variance, and entropy) were calculated in 3 typ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Sumikawa H,Johkoh T,Yamamoto S,Oota M,Ueguchi T,Ogata Y,Matsumoto M,Fujita Y,Natsag J,Inoue A,Mihara N,Honda O,Tomiyama N,Nakamura H

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhalation of small quantities of carbon-11 labeled carbon monoxide results in a useful red cell label to identify vascular structures in the body and quantitate red cell concentration in tissues. Transverse section images are obtained using PC-II, the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Positron Camera. Attenuat...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Brownell GL,Cochavi S

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report eight patients studied by computed tomography (CT) and arteriography and one patient studied by CT only and compare the value of both methods in the preoperative localization of pheochromocytoma. Single adrenal tumors were found in six adults (four were right sided and two were left sided). A 15-year-old chi...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Tisnado J,Amendola MA,Konerding KF,Shirazi KK,Beachley MC

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to develop and validate a novel noise insertion method that can accurately simulate lower-dose images from existing standard-dose computed tomography (CT) data. METHODS:The noise insertion method incorporates the effects of the bowtie filter, automatic exposure control, and el...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Yu L,Shiung M,Jondal D,McCollough CH

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to assess how meniscus damage and baseline cartilage thickness influence the rate of cartilage loss and knee pain. METHODS:Of 4796 participants in the Osteoarthritis Initiative, 86 had baseline and 48-month follow-up quantitative magnetic resonance imaging data for medial compartment cartila...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Klein JS,Jose J,Baraga MG,Subhawong TK

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two cases demonstrating, on CT examination, heavily calcified mass lesions associated with malignant pleural mesothelioma in workers occupationally exposed to asbestos. These masses proved to be osteogenic sarcomatous degeneration within mesotheliomas. The observation of dense calcification within a pleural...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Raizon A,Schwartz A,Hix W,Rockoff SD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A method for identification and quantitative evaluation of task-specific changes of the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) measured with PET in activation studies of individual subjects is presented. The method is based on the statistical distributions of the quantitative and spatial information of regions o...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Knorr U,Weder B,Kleinschmidt A,Wirrwar A,Huang Y,Herzog H,Seitz RJ

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The goal of our study was to examine the prevalence of multiple hypodense splenic nodules and their associated diagnoses and to correlate CT appearance with clinical presentation and diagnosis. METHOD:Records of all patients undergoing contrast-enhanced CT from July 1994 through September 1997 were reviewed. C...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Warshauer DM,Molina PL,Worawattanakul S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this 4-part series is to illustrate the nuances of temporal bone anatomy using a high-resolution (200-mu isotropic) prototype volume computed tomography (CT) scanner. The normal anatomy in axial and coronal sections is depicted in the first and second parts. In this and the subsequent part, the structur...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Powitzky ES,Hayman LA,Bartling SH,Chau J,Gupta R,Shukla V

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to determine and report the CT findings in patients with diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis (DPL). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the CT findings in eight patients with pathologically proven DPL. The patients ranged in age from 3 to 35 years (mean 15 years) and included ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Swensen SJ,Hartman TE,Mayo JR,Colby TV,Tazelaar HD,Müller NL

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the image quality and radiation dose of computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography using a 256-row detector CT scanner in a single cardiac cycle in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS:Seventy consecutive patients (41 men and 29 women; age range was fro...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Wen B,Xu L,Liang J,Fan Z,Sun Z

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subchondral fractures in association with an intact joint space and narrowing of the joint space have not previously been reported with sacroiliac joint trauma in children. The subchondral fractures are thought to occur through the zones of cartilage proliferation and provisional calcification in the growing cartilage...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Donoghue V,Daneman A,Krajbich I,Smith CR

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of superficial siderosis of the central nervous system secondary to bleeding from an ependymoma is presented. High-field magnetic resonance imaging showed marginal hypointensity of the cervical cord, medulla oblongata, pons, mesencephalon, anterior cerebellar and basal cerebral surfaces, and cranial nerves (II,...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Gomori JM,Grossman RI,Bilaniuk LT,Zimmerman RA,Goldberg HI

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our goal was to find a causal relation between disk degeneration in nonfused lumbar segments, back pain, and the angle of scoliotic curves 21-30 years after dorsal spondylodesis. METHOD:Thirty-two patients with scoliosis had been treated by dorsal spondylodesis 21-30 years prior to this study (mean 25.2 +/- 2....

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Breitenseher MJ,Eyb RP,Matzner MP,Trattnig S,Kainberger FM,Imhof H

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemolymphangiomatosis is an extremely rare entity that has never been described in the diffuse form. Its main pathologic feature is proliferation of lymphatic and vascular cells inducing interstitial and hematic lakes and then splenomegaly. We report a complete imaging study, including magnetic resonance (MR) imaging,...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Santoro L,Santini V,Lollo SD,Valeri A,Colagrande S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Influenza A infection can precipitate encephalopathy, encephalitis, or Reye syndrome with the development of cerebral edema in children and is associated with an increased incidence of stroke in adults. The mechanism of these events is poorly understood. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndro...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Bartynski WS,Upadhyaya AR,Boardman JF

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively evaluated 10 patients with pathologically proven fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FLHCC) to assess the utility of CT (n = 9), ultrasound (n = 10), angiography (n = 9), and MR (n = 3). The tumors were solitary in 6 of 10 patients, well delineated in 7 of 10, and hypervascular in 8 of 10. With ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Soyer P,Roche A,Levesque M,Legmann P

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study were to investigate the ability of contrast-enhanced dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) for assessing regional perfusion in a model of acute lung injury, using dynamic first-pass perfusion CT (DynCT) as the criterion standard and to evaluate if changes in lung perfusion caused by pr...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kay FU,Beraldo MA,Nakamura MAM,De Santis Santiago R,Torsani V,Gomes S,Roldan R,Tucci MR,Abbara S,Amato MBP,Amaro E Jr

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports of magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate have described a homogeneous appearance to the normal prostate gland. The T2-weighted images of the normal prostate obtained at higher field strength (1.5 T) reveal an inhomogeneous appearance of the normal gland, with apparent differentiation of normal pr...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Sommer FG,McNeal JE,Carrol CL

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Among the various organs that may be affected by hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), the liver can show various degrees of vascular and parenchymal involvement. The purpose of this prospective study comprising a large series of patients was to reassess the computed tomography (CT) features of hepatic...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Ravard G,Soyer P,Boudiaf M,Terem C,Abitbol M,Yeh JF,Brouard R,Hamzi L,Rymer R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00