The use of fiducial markers in image-guided radiotherapy for gastric cancer.

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：: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

abstract：PURPOSE:Multidetector CT (MDCT) is the established imaging modality in diagnostics of urolithiasis. The aim of iterative reconstruction (IR) is to allow for a radiation dose reduction while maintaining high image quality. This study evaluates its performance in MDCT for assessment of urolithiasis. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Veldhoen S,Laqmani A,Derlin T,Karul M,Hammerle D,Buhk JH,Sehner S,Nagel HD,Chun F,Adam G,Regier M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The goal of this initial clinical study was to test a new positron emission/tomography imager and biopsy system (PEM/PET) in a small group of selected subjects to assess its clinical imaging capabilities. Specifically, the main task of this study is to determine whether the new system can successfully be u...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Raylman RR,Abraham J,Hazard H,Koren C,Filburn S,Schreiman JS,Kurian S,Majewski S,Marano GD

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Long-term data from three randomized trials have demonstrated that adjuvant radiation therapy (ART) reduces the rate of biochemical failure in high-risk men following radical prostatectomy (RP). One of these trials has shown a survival advantage. We investigated the rate of ART in Victoria and the predicto...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Daniels CP,Millar JL,Spelman T,Sengupta S,Evans SM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenomyomatosis is a relatively common abnormality of the gall bladder, with a reported incidence of between 2.8 and 5%. Although mainly confined to the adult study group, a number of cases have been reported in the paediatric study group. It is characterized pathologically by excessive proliferation of the surface ep...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Stunell H,Buckley O,Geoghegan T,O'Brien J,Ward E,Torreggiani W

更新日期：2008-04-01 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:As a Quality Improvement initiative our department has held regular discrepancy meetings since 2003. We performed a retrospective analysis of the cases presented and identified the most common pattern of error. METHODS:A total of 558 cases were referred for discussion over 92 months, and errors were class...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Donald JJ,Barnard SA

更新日期：2012-04-01 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:Interventional Radiology procedures can provoke anxiety and may be painful. Current practice, Radiologist Controlled Sedation (RCS), involves titrating aliquots of midazolam and fentanyl to patient response but underdosing and overdosing may occur. This study tests a new method of titrating sedation/analge...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Clements W,Sneddon D,Kavnoudias H,Joseph T,Goh GS,Koukounaras J,Snow T

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Having previously modelled the optimal proportion of uterine cervix and corpus cancers that should be treated with brachytherapy (BT), we aimed to complete the assessment of the role of BT for gynaecological cancers by estimating the optimal proportion of vaginal cancer cases that should be treated with BT...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Thompson SR,Delaney GP,Gabriel GS,Jacob S,Barton MB

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To establish the optimal planning risk volume (PRV) of the lenses for patients who are receiving radiotherapy to the nasal cavity and paranasal sinus (NCPSC). METHODS:Geometrical uncertainties of the lenses were evaluated for a prospective group of patients (G1). Differences between planned and delivered ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Piotrowski T,Ryczkowski A,Adamczyk M,Jodda A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular anomalies encompass a broad spectrum of tumours and malformations as classified by the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies. Despite being one of the most common congenital abnormalities, they are often misunderstood in clinical practice: use of the term 'haemangioma' to denote any vascul...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Warren TA,Gandhi M,Panizza B

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:Breast calcifications are among the most common abnormal radiographic findings detected at screening mammography. This essay illustrates the clinico-pathological features of nine screen-detected breast carcinomas, which had benign-appearing macrocalcifications, as a radiographically dominant presenting feature. We aim...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Ebrahim L,Dissanayake D,Metcalf C,Wylie E

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Over the last decade interventional neuroradiology (NR) has become the mainstay of managing cerebral aneurysms. The aim of our study was to review our growing experiences with interventional NR and quantify morbidity and mortality associated with these procedures. METHODS:The electronic medical records of...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： McLaughlin A,Rice H,de Viliers L,Withers T,Pearson D,Arnell M,Walters K,Czuchwicki S,Bulmer A,Winearls J

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：INTRODUCTION:We investigated the endorectal balloon (ERB) as a method to improve post-prostatectomy clinical target volume (CTV) stability. METHODS:Seventy cone-beam CT (CBCT) obtained during radiotherapy treatment from seven patients treated with an ERB and 68 CBCT from seven patients treated without an ERB were cont...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： de Leon JF,Jameson MG,Windsor A,Cloak K,Keats S,Vial P,Holloway L,Metcalfe P,Sidhom M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A 2005 survey of practices indicated limited use of three-dimensional (3D) imaging modalities and planning methods in cervix cancer brachytherapy in Australia and New Zealand. However, advancing technologies and published recommendations are influencing change. This survey aims to identify both changes in ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： van Dyk S,Byram D,Bernshaw D

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of an Australasian registry ('the Registry') for children undergoing radiation treatment (RT). METHODS:Children under the age of 16 years who received a course of radiation between January 1997 and December 2010 and were enrolled on the Registry form the s...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Ahern V

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erectile dysfunction (ED) commonly affects the quality of life of men after treatment of prostate cancer. We conducted a placebo-controlled, crossover randomised trial to assess the efficacy and tolerability of sildenafil citrate in the treatment of ED developing after external beam radiation treatment (EBRT) of local...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Harrington C,Campbell G,Wynne C,Atkinson C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Paragangliomas are commonly treated with surgery, while radiotherapy is reserved for those that are inoperable or have relapsed. However, this retrospective study aims to determine whether radiotherapy is a viable initial treatment for paragangliomas. METHODS:Of 73 tumours researched, 44 were diagnosed an...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Smee RI,Jayasekara J,Williams JR,Hanna C

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:There is a gap between optimal and actual radiotherapy utilization (RTU) rates in New South Wales (NSW). It is uncertain if this is because these investments have been insufficient to meet demand, or demand has been over-estimated. In this study we assess trends in infrastructure, staffing and productivity i...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Barton MB,Delaney GP

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We aimed to investigate the impact of radiation treatment in early-stage triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). METHODS:Patients with early stage (T1-3, N0-2, M0) TNBC were identified using the New Zealand breast cancer register. The outcomes of local recurrence (LRFR), local recurrence free survival (LRFS...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Dixit A,Frampton C,Davey V,Robinson B,James M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Audit of contrast-enhanced breast MRI performed over a 3-year period in a single institution to describe and summarise the changes seen after surgery and radiation therapy for primary breast cancer, breast augmentation and oncoplastic surgery. Seventy women were identified and reviewed (100 breast MRIs in total). The ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Muir T,Ebrahim L,Wylie E,Taylor D

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (18 F-FDG PET/MRI) to detect PET-positive cervical facet arthropathy and identify patients who benefit from facet block therapy. METHODS:Ten patients with cervical facet syn...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Sawicki LM,Schaarschmidt BM,Heusch P,Buchbender C,Rosenbaum-Krumme S,Umutlu L,Eicker SO,Bockisch A,Antoch G,Floeth FW

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to evaluate the dynamic volumetric CT in the assessment of the paediatric airway. METHODS:Ethics board approval was obtained for this retrospective review. Eight infants (median age 6 months, range 3 weeks to 1 year, 50% female) at a tertiary paediatric centre with complex clinic...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Tan JZ,Crossett M,Ditchfield M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00