Pulmonary carcinoid tumors: CT assessment.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac strain represents an imaging biomarker of contractile dysfunction. PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of cardiac strain obtained by feature-tracking cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) in acute myocarditis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cardiac MR examinations of 46 patie...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Secchi F,Monti CB,Alì M,Carbone FS,Cannaò PM,Sardanelli F

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a huge intracranial frontoparietal osteochondroma in a 20-year-old man is reported. The presenting symptoms were headache, vomiting, and blurred vision. Apart from papilledema, no other abnormal neurological signs were present. A specific preoperative diagnosis could not be reached from the information provi...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Matz S,Israeli Y,Shalit MN,Cohen ML

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of isolated injury to the caudate lobe of the liver in a child is presented. The appearance of this injury is described, and its significance in relation to deep vascular structures of the porta hepatis and the portocaval space is discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Brody AS,Kaufman RA,Kirks DR

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Magnetic resonance imaging has proven to be a useful diagnostic tool for the evaluation of various types of vascular rings and congenital heart disease. We report two cases showing the accuracy of MRI in detecting post-surgical complications in patients with these conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The two ca...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： al-Ali F,Higgins CB,Gooding CA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to describe the computed tomography (CT) findings and correlate pulmonary function tests (PFTs) of silicosis patients with emphasis on the findings in lung transplantation (LTX) recipients. METHODS:We studied the chest CT scans from 82 marble workers exposed to artificial stone dust...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Grubstein A,Shtraichman O,Fireman E,Bachar GN,Noach-Ophir N,Kramer MR

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prevalence of azygos arch valves and assess azygos valve insufficiency at computed tomography angiography (CTA) of the chest or body with high rate contrast material injection. METHODS:Three hundred twenty-one CTAs using high intravenous injection rates (3-5 mL/second) of 300 mgI/mL contrast ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Steinke K,Moghaddam A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case with a focally spared area in fatty liver caused by arterioportal shunt. Furthermore, we discuss the cause of the focally spared area related to a localized dilution or reduction in portal blood flow. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Arita T,Matsunaga N,Honma Y,Nishikawa E,Nagaoka S

更新日期：1996-05-01 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：:A method for the production of thin axial transverse sections, coronal views, and sagittal views from overlapped thick computed tomography (CT) scans has been developed. Thin slices are produced by spatially filtering the overlapped CT data using a filter that is a combination of square waves in the spatial domain. Re...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Correia JA,Davis KR,Kharasch M,Chesler DA,Taveras JM

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study attempts to establish a quantitative link between a patient's body mass index (BMI), the delivered radiation dose, and the image noise. METHODS:The CARE Dose4D computed tomography (CT) acquisitions from 206 patients undergoing "eyes-to-thighs" contrast-enhanced positron emission tomography/CT studie...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Daignault CP,Zhang J,Guo H,Roy DW,Froelich JF

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to explore the usefulness of combined virtual monochromatic imaging and metal artifact reduction software (MARS) for the evaluation of musculoskeletal periprosthetic tissue. METHODS:Measurements were performed in periprosthetic and remote regions in 80 patients using a high-definiti...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Reynoso E,Capunay C,Rasumoff A,Vallejos J,Carpio J,Lago K,Carrascosa P

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the "bridging vascular sign" in the diagnosis of an exophytic uterine leiomyoma and differentiation of a uterine leiomyoma from some other mass arising in the adnexa on pelvic MRI. METHOD:Of 52 women with a pelvic mass in whom pelvic MRI was performed...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kim JC,Kim SS,Park JY

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To acquire ultra high resolution MRI images of the human brain at 8 Tesla within a clinically acceptable time frame. METHOD:Gradient echo images were acquired from the human head of normal subjects using a transverse electromagnetic resonator operating in quadrature and tuned to 340 MHz. In each study, a group...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Robitaille PM,Abduljalil AM,Kangarlu A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one previously reported cases of aneurysms of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) were reviewed. They often present acutely with subarachnoid hemorrhage due to rupture, or less frequently with an insidious onset, as a cerebellopontine angle (CPA) mass. Rupture of the aneurysm is usually not difficult...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Dalley RW,Robertson WD,Nugent RA,Durity FA

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The orbital lesions in six patients with Wegener's granulomatosis were studied by computer assisted tomography (CAT). Four patients had active orbital disease and proptosis, and each was found to have orbital masses accompanied by varying degrees of bone and sinus destruction. Two additional patients with histories of...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Vermess M,Haynes BF,Fauci AS,Wolff SM

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF) is a rare condition of unknown etiology. An unusual case of IRF exclusively located at the peripancreatic area without extension below the lower renal poles is reported. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Inaraja L,Franquet T,Caballero P,Encabo B,Humbert P

更新日期：1986-11-01 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：:An unusual computed tomography finding, the "target sign," is demonstrated in a patient with a corpus callosum tumor mass extending to the right lateral ventricle. The central low attenuation of the "target" is produced by the isolated part of the dilated lateral ventricle surrounded by tumor tissue, the dense area of...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： El Gammal T,McDaniel FE

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our goal was to verify the correlation between the arterioportal shunt caused by liver biopsy injury and wedge-shaped early transient subsegmental parenchymal enhancement (TSPE) of the liver during helical dynamic CT. METHOD:Twenty-one consecutive patients with suspected hepatic tumor underwent percutaneous ne...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Lee SJ,Lim JH,Lee WJ,Lim HK,Choo SW,Choo IW

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease is currently the largest killer in the western world, and is estimated to become the leading cause of death worldwide by the year 2020. The question therefore is whether magnetic resonance imaging currently has a place in the already extremely well equipped armamentarium of cardiac testing. Alt...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Soman P,Bokor D,Lahiri A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging of the larynx was performed on 15 volunteers. Searching for optimal images in the sagittal, frontal, and transverse planes, we compared images made with a special surface coil and the standard head coil, images with different slice thicknesses, images with different repetition times (TR) and...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Castelijns JA,Doornbos J,Verbeeten B Jr,Vielvoye GJ,Bloem JL

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography circumvents many of the problems encountered in the traditional radiographic investigation of mummies. This case report demonstrates that CT provides an improved evaluation of mummification techniques and bony pathology as well as a better capability of characterizing preserved soft tissue. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Vahey T,Brown D

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelvic varices in women consist of tortuous and dilated parauterine and ovarian veins and have a characteristic appearance at CT and MRI. Imaging is critical in the evaluation of pelvic varices, both to prevent confusion with other conditions and because pelvic varices may be secondary to serious underlying pathology....

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Coakley FV,Varghese SL,Hricak H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient in whom a secondary aortocaval fistula was diagnosed on dynamic CT by noting transient enhancement of the inferior vena cava simultaneously with maximum enhancement of the aorta. This pattern of caval enhancement is contrasted with the gradual increase and subsequent plateauing of caval opacifica...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Middleton WD,Smith DF,Foley WD

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our goal was to demonstrate the appearance of phantom tastes and smells (phantageusia and phantosmia, respectively) by use of functional MRI (fMRI) of the brain and to demonstrate the efficacy of drug treatment that inhibited both the subjective presence of these phantoms and the fMRI brain activation initiated...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Henkin RI,Levy LM,Lin CS

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of pathologic processes involving the mesentery is frequently difficult to assess by clinical examination and standard radiography. Contrast studies of the gastrointestinal tract only identify the effect of these processes on adjacent opacified bowel loops and frequently underestimate the extent of mesenter...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Silverman PM,Baker ME,Cooper C,Kelvin FM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim in positron emission tomography is to provide quantitative information about the uptake, localization, and turnover of labeled molecules in the human body. Instruments designed for this purpose are based on the coincidence detection of the emitted annihilation photons. In this paper, we examine those instrumen...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kouris K,Garnett ES,Herman GT

更新日期：1981-10-01 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

abstract：:Chondroblastoma is a rare benign primary bone tumor with generally characteristic plain radiographic features. In some cases, however, the benign nature and the extent of the lesion may not be appreciated using conventional radiography. We report the CT findings of chondroblastoma in three patients. In one patient CT ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Quint LE,Gross BH,Glazer GM,Braunstein EM,White SJ

更新日期：1984-10-01 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