A preliminary investigation of computed tomographic angiography in the assessment of coronary artery distensibility.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare image quality for abdominal computed tomographic (CT) images acquired at 200 and 50 mA s and reconstructed with image-based iterative reconstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this institutional review board-approved prospective study, 22 patients (mean [SD] age, 64....

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Pourjabbar S,Singh S,Singh AK,Johnston RP,Shenoy-Bhangle AS,Do S,Padole A,Blake MA,Persson A,Kalra MK

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：: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：:Contrast enhancement has been studied with computed tomography in 18 patients with brain infarction. Four patients were examined on more than one occasion. A mode of contrast medium administration has been used that results in constant blood iodine concentration during the investigation. The enhancement pattern was an...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Bergström M,Ericson K

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the rectosigmoid colon (DCHR) is an uncommon disease that affects mainly young adults. As the main symptom is non-specific chronic rectal bleeding, the clinical diagnosis is difficult and often delayed. In this essay, we illustrate the imaging features of DCHR, including plain radiograp...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Djouhri H,Arrivé L,Bouras T,Martin B,Monnier-Cholley L,Tubiana JM

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：:The anatomy of the teeth and surrounding bony structures is easily illustrated by computed CT image protocols, which produce detailed surface renderings of this complex area. The purpose of this article is to label the dental and bony landmarks of the maxilla, mandible, and palatine bones together with the adjacent re...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hayman LA,Duncan G,Gordon M,Taber KH

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven patients with supratentorial infarction were studied by means of serial nuclear magnetic resonance imaging using saturation recovery (SR) and proton density (PD) sequences. The earliest changes were visible in the more sensitive T1 dependent images (SR) and may reflect the cytotoxic component of ischemic brain e...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Sipponen JT,Kaste M,Ketonen L,Sepponen RE,Katevuo K,Sivula A

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study was to characterize the enhancement pattern of hyperfunctioning parathyroid adenomas on multiphase multidetector computed tomography (CT) or 4-dimensional CT. METHODS:We retrospectively studied the enhancement patterns of 48 pathologically confirmed parathyroid adenomas with 4-dime...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Vu TH,Guha-Thakurta N,Harrell RK,Ahmed S,Kumar AJ,Johnson VE,Perrier ND,Hamberg LM,Hunter GJ,Schellingerhout D

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and complication rates of a side-exiting coaxial needle system for fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies. METHOD:Between 1995 and 1998, 127 nonconsecutive biopsies were performed on 122 patients (74 males, 48 females). CT guidance was used in 111, u...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Broderick LS,Kopecky KK,Cramer H

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the natural history of fluid collections that occur within the osseous tunnel after autologous hamstring repair of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and to correlate with clinical outcomes. METHODS:Twenty-two patients were imaged within 1 year after autologous hamstring repair of the ACL and ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Sanders TG,Tall MA,Mulloy JP,Leis HT

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several inconstant skull base foramina can be observed on multi-detector-row computed tomographic studies. These include the meningo-orbital foramen, foramen of Vesalius, canaliculus innominatus, palatovaginal canal, persistent craniopharyngeal canal, transsphenoidal canal, canalis basilaris medianus, and fossa navicu...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Ginat DT,Ellika SK,Corrigan J

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 75-year-old man with a history of lymphoma, recent upper respiratory tract infection, and a protracted course of encephalopathy is presented. Radiologically, findings were consistent with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. A brain biopsy revealed evidence of endothelial activation, T-cell traf...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kofler J,Bartynski WS,Reynolds TQ,Lieberman FS,Murdoch GH,Hamilton RL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitation of regional myocardial blood flow (MBF) in absolute terms with positron emission tomography (PET) has been difficult to achieve in part because of errors induced by the relatively low spatial resolution of current tomographic instruments. We previously demonstrated that MBF could be accurately measured ov...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Herrero P,Markham J,Bergmann SR

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis (VRN) with thoracic and abdominal involvement are described. Computed tomography demonstrated the typical lesions of this disease: meningoceles, neurofibromas, and skeletal alterations. In both cases lesion morphology and location were similar and characteristic, in pa...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Biondetti PR,Vigo M,Fiore D,De Faveri D,Ravasini R,Benedetti L

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of heart rate on exposure window, best phase, and image quality for stress computed tomography perfusion (CTP) in the CORE320 study. METHODS:The CTP data sets were analyzed to determine the best phase for perfusion analysis. A predefined exposure window coveri...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Steveson C,Schuijf JD,Vavere AL,Mather RT,Caton T,Mehra V,Betoko A,Cox C,Lima JA,George RT

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the study was to investigate the magnetic resonance imaging findings of decidualized endometriotic cysts in comparison with endometriotic cysts associated with ovarian cancers. METHODS:Eighteen decidualized endometriotic cysts and 24 ovarian cancers were retrospectively assessed on height, signa...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Morisawa N,Kido A,Kataoka M,Minamiguchi S,Konishi I,Togashi K

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (Chlamydia trachomatis perihepatitis). Contrast-enhanced CT demonstrated enhancement along the surface of the liver, but it was remarkable on the anterior surface. No other abnormalities suspicious for peritonitis were found. Contrast enhancement of the anterior surface o...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Tsubuku M,Hayashi S,Terahara A,Furukawa T,Ohmura G

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the diagnosis of ovarian tumors especially when ultrasonography is indeterminate. Although ultrasonography is the first imaging technique used to investigate suspected pelvic masses, it has a limited capacity for tissue characterization. In additio...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Bazot M,Daraï E,Nassar-Slaba J,Lafont C,Thomassin-Naggara I

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five patients with surgically and histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the palatine tonsil were studied with computed tomography (CT) using a high dose intravenous contrast enhancement technique. With this technique, CT demonstrated the primary carcinoma within the palatine fossa as well as its cont...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Byrd SE,Schoen PJ,Gill G,Richardson M

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compare chest digital tomosynthesis (DTS) and multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) for the detection of pulmonary ground-glass opacity (GGO) nodules and estimation of radiation dose using an anthropomorphic chest phantom and simulated nodules. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A male...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Zhao F,Zeng Y,Peng G,Yu R,Peng S,Tan H,Liu X,Wang J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe computed tomography (CT) findings of invasive carcinoma derived from intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) of the pancreas during long-term follow-up. METHODS:Follow-up CT findings of 5 patients with IPMNs progressing to invasive carcinomas were respectively reviewed for 12 to 63 month...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Yamada Y,Mori H,Matsumoto S,Kamei N,Hongo N

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:Repeat examinations in a de novo patient with Wilson disease revealed an expansion of decreased signal intensities in the basal ganglia on T2-weighted imaging after initiation of copper trapping therapy. Since marked clinical improvement was associated with continued urinary copper excretion, iron depositioning in exc...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Engelbrecht V,Schlaug G,Hefter H,Kahn T,Mödder U

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) by nonionic, low osmolality contrast medium after abdominal angiography. One plausible explanation of this event is that acute hypertension during angiography may have increased the BBB permeability, allowing the contrast medium to leak across it. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Okazaki H,Tanaka K,Shishido T,Nagase H,Hoshino M,Takebayashi S,Endoh O,Takamura Y

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the noninvasive quantification of coronary artery stenosis using cardiac software packages and vessel phantoms with known stenosis severity. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Four different sizes of vessel phantoms were filled with contrast agent and scanned on a 64-slice multi...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Dikkers R,Willems TP,de Jonge GJ,Marquering HA,Greuter MJ,van Ooijen PM,van der Weide MC,Oudkerk M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the MR features in two patients presenting with symptomatic thecal impingement by posterior epidural cysts linking a bilateral lumbar spondylolysis. Large fluid-filled channels bridging the ruptured partes interarticulares were present in spite of the absence of significant arthritic changes within the adjac...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Duprez T,Mailleux P,Bodart A,Coulier B,Malghem J,Maldague B

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our goal was to elucidate the computed tomographic (CT) and clinicopathological features of inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen. METHODS:Computed tomographic findings and clinic materials of 4 patients with inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen were reviewed and compared with pathologic findings. RESULT...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Lu T,Yang C

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:Fifteen prostates were obtained from patients autopsied at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and imaged fresh in vitro by high resolution magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with a surface coil. Following scanning, the specimens were fixed and sectioned in the same plane as the MR images. The prostate sections, corresponding to ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hruban RH,Zerhouni EA,Dagher AP,Pessar ML,Hutchins GM

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00