Evaluation of dose modulation software through the assessment of body mass index, radiation dose and image noise.

abstract：:To evaluate the ability of gradient echo MR to define the vacuum phenomena, 14 cadaveric lumbar spines were imaged by spin echo and gradient echo MR, CT, and plain radiography following injection of varying amounts of air into the intervertebral disks. Gradient echo MR was more sensitive than spin echo MR or plain rad...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Berns DH,Ross JS,Kormos D,Modic MT

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was done to determine the feasibility and potential utility of whole-body PET using the glucose analogue 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) for the detection of primary malignancies and metastatic lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a prospective, nonrandomized study of whole-body FDG-PET i...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hoh CK,Hawkins RA,Glaspy JA,Dahlbom M,Tse NY,Hoffman EJ,Schiepers C,Choi Y,Rege S,Nitzsche E

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance was performed in five patients with obstructive hydrocephalus due to surgically proven colloid cyst of the third ventricle. On T1-weighted images two lesions were homogeneously hyperintense and another homogeneously isointense with the surrounding brain parenchyma. On T2-weighted images these three ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Wilms G,Marchal G,Van Hecke P,Plets C,Lammens M,Goffin J,Baert AL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the third of a series of 4 white papers that represent Expert Consensus Documents developed by the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance through its Task Force on dual-energy computed tomography. This paper, part 3, describes computed tomography angiography and thoracic, cardiac, vascular,...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： De Cecco CN,Schoepf UJ,Steinbach L,Boll DT,Foley WD,Kaza RK,Bolus DN,Morgan DE,Sahani DV,Shuman WP,Siegel MJ,Vrtiska TJ,Yeh BM,Berland LL

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report imaging findings in five patients who had sudden cardiac arrest during contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT). We observed strikingly dense abdominal veins, variable degrees of arterial enhancement, and poor abdominal visceral enhancement. Comparison with a control group of 30 patients revealed a statist...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Ko SF,Ng SH,Chen MC,Lee TY,Huang CC,Wan YL

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-four consecutive patients with laryngeal carcinomas presenting at different stages of the disease were investigated by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Twelve patients (six with primary lesions and six with recurrent tumors) underwent laryngectomy, and the macro- and microscopic appearance of the slice specimens...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Castelijns JA,Kaiser MC,Valk J,Gerritsen GJ,van Hattum AH,Snow GB

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton MR spectroscopy of the brain has been undertaken in 8 healthy volunteers and in 11 patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection and varying stages of AIDS dementia complex (ADC). Spectral appearances in patients with no ADC or early ADC were not significantly different from normal volunteers. Spectra fr...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Menon DK,Ainsworth JG,Cox IJ,Coker RC,Sargentoni J,Coutts GA,Baudouin CJ,Kocsis AE,Harris JR

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this study were to develop a software program that calculates bone cross-sectional area (CSA) and moments of inertia from digital images, test the computations for accuracy, and implement the software in a study of longitudinal changes in bone properties in a large group of postmenopausal wo...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Corcoran TA,Sandler RB,Myers ER,Lebowitz HH,Hayes WC

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective clinical study, 26 patients (22 with malignant lymphoma and 4 with myelofibrosis) and 9 healthy volunteers were examined by conventional magnetic resonance and proton chemical shift imaging (CSI; modified Dixon method). On the basis of the CSI data, a quantitative evaluation of the relative fat and wa...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Gückel F,Brix G,Semmler W,Zuna I,Knauf W,Ho AD,van Kaick G

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis (DNH) is a rare disorder that usually presents in infancy and has a high mortality rate. We report a long-term adult survivor of DNH who presented with multiple calcifications in the bowel wall, liver, spleen, and adrenal glands on CT. Diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis needs to be added...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Latifi HR,Siegel MJ

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our goal was to determine the predictive value of coronary artery calcification (CAC) on preoperative CT of the thorax for cardiac complications of noncardiac thoracic surgery. METHOD:Of 117 patients undergoing noncardiac thoracic surgical procedures between January 1, 1993, and June 1, 1995, at our institutio...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Roth BJ,Meyer CA

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to quantify changes in uterine volume during and after chemotherapy for breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fifty-eight patients (mean age 42 years) with advanced breast cancer undergoing treatment with FLAC (5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, Adriamycin, and cyclophosphamide) were studi...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kolachana P,Cowan K,Denicoff A,Jones EC,Choyke PL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution CT (HRCT) and chest radiographs were compared in nine patients with miliary lung disease. In all cases, miliary disease was documented to be infectious in etiology; six of these patients proved to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive. A mixture of both sharply and poorly defined 1-3 mm nodule...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： McGuinness G,Naidich DP,Jagirdar J,Leitman B,McCauley DI

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although tuberculosis is an uncommon cause of spinal arachnoiditis, it needs to be differentiated from other causes of arachnoiditis because it is a treatable disease. Myelography, which is the imaging modality of choice for the chronic adhesive stage of tuberculous arachnoiditis, usually reveals irregularity of the t...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kumar A,Montanera W,Willinsky R,TerBrugge KG,Aggarwal S

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the low prevalence of hemangiopericytomas (HPCs), data on the biophysiological characteristics of this tumor are rare. Positron emission tomography (PET) demonstrated a sixfold increased uptake of [11C]methionine and hyperperfusion in the HPC, whereas glucose utilization was decreased in this area. This low glu...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kracht LW,Bauer A,Herholz K,Terstegge K,Friese M,Schröder R,Heiss WD

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This article describes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in 3 cases of atypical polypoid adenomyoma (APAM). METHODS:Clinical and MRI manifestations of 3 patients with APAM were evaluated. High b value diffusion-weighted and dynamic contrast-enhanced images were performed. The size, shape, site of or...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Nakai G,Kitano R,Yamamoto K,Higashiyama A,Juri H,Tsuboyama T,Yamamoto K,Yamada T,Hirose Y,Ohmichi M,Narumi Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic actinomycosis is an uncommon entity that forms communicating abscesses and fistulae. A case is presented in which findings on ultrasound, CT, and percutaneous injection of the abscess all reflected the pathologic process. Biopsy by thin-needle aspiration under CT guidance afforded prompt, accurate diagnosis an...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Roesler PJ Jr,Wills JS

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CT findings in hepatic involvement by Echinococcus granulosus are described. Pathognomonic signs of the hydatid nature of a cystic lesion are visualization of the cystic wall on plain CT, calcification of the cyst wall, daughter cysts, and membrane detachment. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Pandolfo I,Blandino G,Scribano E,Longo M,Certo A,Chirico G

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic muscular hypertrophy of the esophagus is a rare, benign esophageal disease, characterized by hyperplasia of all layers of the wall and, in particular, muscle layers. The authors describe the CT findings and review the relevant literature. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Agostini S,Grimaud JC,Salducci J,Clement JP

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to investigate the image quality and diagnostic performance of model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) for hepatic vessel evaluation on low-tube-voltage (100 kilovolt [peak]) liver computed tomography (CT) for living donors. METHODS:Fifty-one liver donor candidates (low-ki...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hur BY,Lee JM,Joo I,Yu MH,Yoon JH,Han JK,Choi BI

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A test method with use of a biologic phantom--a deep-frozen specimen of a human cadaver--was developed in an attempt to simulate the clinical setting in CT of the spine. The quality of both soft tissue and bone images in the absence of motion artifacts was evaluated for seven scanner models. Special attention was paid...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Moström U,Bergström K,Pech P,Ytterbergh C

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) findings in gallbladder carcinoma, and to correlate these findings with available surgical and biopsy information. METHODS:Preoperative MR images (T1-weighted spin-echo, T2-weighted fast spin-echo, single shot fast spin-echo, an...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Schwartz LH,Black J,Fong Y,Jarnagin W,Blumgart L,Gruen D,Winston C,Panicek DM

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to assess the prevalence and etiologies of focal liver opacification (FLO) in the setting of superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction. METHODS:An archival search using key words to identify patients with SVC obstruction or severe narrowing and who had computed tomographic scans with intravenous ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Siegel Y,Schallert E

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with blunt abdominal trauma underwent computed tomography (CT) as part of their diagnostic evaluation. In each case CT accurately demonstrated the pathology and the extent of injury. The results suggest that routine use of CT scanning may be an effective screening modality in the traumatized patient. It ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Druy EM,Rubin BE

更新日期：1979-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To present a novel magnetic resonance (MR) method of analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow dynamics. METHODS:Fifty-one subjects were explored with phase-contrast cine MR imaging. There were 36 volunteers, 9 patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), and 6 patients with asymptomatic ventricular d...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： de Marco G,Idy-Peretti I,Didon-Poncelet A,Baledent O,Onen F,Feugeas MC

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal pseudotumors may be intrinsic or extrinsic to the renal parenchyma. A case in which an ectopic position of the pancreatic tail simulated a solid left renal mass on nephrotomography and ultrasonography is presented. Computed tomography was important in confirming the etiology of the mass. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Moss GD,Malvar TC

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the diagnostic performance of adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction applied low-dose computed tomography (CT) (LDCT) with that of the standard-dose CT (SDCT) for local recurrence in patients with stomach cancer. METHODS:Seventy-nine consecutive patients who had undergone surgical resection...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Shim HS,Kim SH,Yoon JH,Lim YJ,Kim OH,Ryu JH,Eun CK

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the diagnostic efficacy of sequentially acquired gadobenete dimeglumine-enhanced 3-dimensional dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and Resovist-enhanced MRI for detecting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by comparing with combined computed tomography (CT) hepatic arteriography (CTHA) and CT ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kim YK,Kwak HS,Han YM,Kim CS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential utility of a nutritional support formula to serve as a practical means of enhancing the gastrointestinal tract on abdominal MR images. Nutritional support formula (Ensure Plus) was administered to 29 patients prior to abdominal MRI. Standard T1-weighted and T2-...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Mirowitz SA,Susman N

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00