Pancreatic Steatosis Is Associated With Impaired Exocrine Pancreatic Function.

abstract：RATIONAL AND OBJECTIVES:Magnetic resonance (MR) scan technique and lesion detectability were evaluated using a newly developed spinal abscess model in the New Zealand White rabbit. METHODS:To create the lesion, an epidural needle was inserted under fluoroscopic guidance in the lumbar region and advanced to penetrate t...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Runge VM,Williams NM,Lee C,Timoney JF

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:Gray scale and power Doppler sonography are commonly used to evaluate cervical lymph nodes. This study was undertaken to identify which of the features used in ultrasound of cervical lymph nodes is readily applicable in routine clinical practice. METHODS:Two hundred and eight-six patients diag...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Ahuja A,Ying M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONAL AND OBJECTIVES:The feasibility of tubal occlusion by selective salpingography was tested in an animal model; three novel occluding materials also were tested for this application. METHODS:Unilateral selective salpingography was performed in three groups of six rabbits; fallopian tubes were embolized with etha...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Maubon A,Rouanet JP,Laurent A,Joujoux JM,Cover S,Courtieu C,Wassef M,Godlewski G,Honiger J,Lopez FM

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the feasibility of ex vivo ablation implementing a cryo-based internally cooled bipolar radiofrequency (RF) applicator and to determine the influence of power and gas pressure on the size and shape of the resulting ablation zones. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Two hundred twenty-five ablations were perform...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Rempp H,Voigtländer M,Clasen S,Kempf S,Neugebauer A,Schraml C,Schmidt D,Claussen CD,Enderle MD,Goldberg SN,Pereira PL

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:This study sought to evaluate prospectively the diagnostic potential of unenhanced and enhanced color Doppler and power Doppler for the differentiation of tumors and tumorlike lesions of the breast. METHODS:Ninety-two patients with 110 tumors or tumorlike lesions of the breast were investigate...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Schroeder RJ,Maeurer J,Vogl TJ,Hidajat N,Hadijuana J,Venz S,Weber S,Felix R

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis has been used in a broad variety of medical imaging studies during the past 15 years, and its advantages over more traditional measures of diagnostic performance are now clearly established. But despite the essential simplicity of the approach, workers in the field ofte...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Metz CE

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:Magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM) has evolved from a technical curiosity to a tool with which researchers can study important disease models. But MRM is not simply an extension of clinical magnetic resonance imaging. In this article, the unique adaptations of MRM required in the study of caro...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Arnder L,Zhou X,Cofer GP,Hedlund LW,Johnson GA

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An agent has been identified in lymph from rat kidneys rendered ischemic by partial renal artery occlusion that induces a striking neovascular response in a hamster cheek-pouch assay system. The factor has a high molecular weight, cannot be identified in lymph from normal kidneys, and is associated with a marked incre...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Hollenberg NK,Paskins-Hurlburt AJ,Abrams HL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method and associated algorithm are presented which allow a simple and accurate determination to be made of the location of small symmetric areas presented in roentgenological images. The method utilizes an operator to visually spot object positions but eliminates the need for critical positoning accuracy on the ope...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Keller RA,Baily NA

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:The authors studied the effect of contrast dose, use of magnetization transfer (MT), and temporal delay on the visualization of contrast enhancement with gadoteridol (Gd HP-DO3A) in a canine brain abscess model. METHODS:Alpha streptococcus brain abscesses were studied in five dogs at 1.5 tesla...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Runge VM,Wells JW,Kirsch JE

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to validate quantitation of R2* and DeltaR2* measurements obtained with a 3-dimensional (3-D) multiple gradient-recalled echo (mGRE) sequence for evaluating intrarenal oxygenation in humans. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Validation was accomplished (1) by comparing R2* values with pre...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Tumkur S,Vu A,Li L,Prasad PV

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contrast sensitivity of the retina is greatest in the center and decreases rapidly toward the periphery. Therefore, the detection of low-contrast lung nodules depends upon the manner in which the image is sampled by retinal receptors as eye fixations jump across the image during scanning. The scanning performance ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Kundel HL,Nodine CF,Thickman D,Toto L

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to assess the ability of a flow-sensitive alternating inversion recovery-arterial spin labeling (FAIR-ASL) technique to track renal perfusion changes during pharmacologic and physiologic alterations in renal blood flow using microspheres as a gold standard. MATERIALS AND METHODS...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Artz NS,Wentland AL,Sadowski EA,Djamali A,Grist TM,Seo S,Fain SB

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of different weighting factors on contrast enhancement, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and image quality in image fusion in dual energy computed tomography (DECT) angiography. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Fifteen patients underwent a CT angiography of the aorta with ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Behrendt FF,Schmidt B,Plumhans C,Keil S,Woodruff SG,Ackermann D,Mühlenbruch G,Flohr T,Günther RW,Mahnken AH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Dynamic ventilation (3)He-MRI is a new method to assess pulmonary gas inflow. As differing airway diameters throughout the ventilatory cycle can influence gas inflow this study intends to investigate the influence of volume and timing of a He gas bolus with respect to the beginning of the tidal volume on insp...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Gast KK,Hawig K,Windirsch M,Markstaller K,Schreiber WG,Schmiedeskamp J,Düber C,Kauczor HU,Heussel CP

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fractures modeled in the dried skull indicate that the initial plane of computed tomography (CT) section contributes to the accuracy of three-dimensional (3D) images generated from two-dimensional (2D) CT data. The authors retrospectively analyzed seven clinical cases of tripod zygomatic fractures that were imaged wit...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Levy RA,Kellman RM,Rosenbaum AE

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether it is possible to investigate degenerative changes in human tissue on a sub-100-microm resolution scale not only on special high-field small-bore MR-microscopy systems but also on a 3T whole-body MR-scanner. METHODS:Spin-spin relaxation, proton density, and diffusion mi...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Berg A,Sailer J,Rand T,Moser E

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to prospectively compare diagnostic performance and time efficiency of a double-reading paradigm in which a first-reader computer-aided detection (CAD) is followed by a fast 2-dimensional review (DR FR-CAD) with those of a double reading with second-reader CAD (SR CAD). MATER...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Iussich G,Correale L,Senore C,Hassan C,Segnan N,Campanella D,Bert A,Galatola G,Laudi C,Regge D

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent to which various commercially available gadolinium-containing contrast-enhancing (CE) agents can interfere with the measurement of calcium levels by currently used laboratory methods, suggesting (spurious) hypocalcemia or hypercalcemia with a potential ris...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Löwe A,Balzer T,Hirt U

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental pulmonary arteritis was produced in rabbits by intravenous injection of alveolar macrophages from donor rabbits. These animals, along with matched controls, were studied with pulmonary angiography to test the hypothesis that angiography could detect the vasculitic process in life. The animals were then sa...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Hicken P,Hogg JC,Pare PD

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of the combination of magnetic resonance (MR)-guided biopsy (MRGB) and diagnostic 3T MR imaging in the localization of local recurrence of prostate cancer (PCa) after external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty-four consecuti...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Yakar D,Hambrock T,Huisman H,Hulsbergen-van de Kaa CA,van Lin E,Vergunst H,Hoeks CM,van Oort IM,Witjes JA,Barentsz JO,Fütterer JJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:The authors studied premenopausal, perimenopausal, and postmenopausal women to determine if ultrasound bone velocity (UBV) on proximal phalanges of women reflect bone changes related to gonadal status and age. METHODS:A total of 166 healthy women-64 postmenopausal women (mean age 58.7 +/- 9.4 ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Aguado F,Revilla M,Hernández ER,Villa LF,Rico H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:To compare technical aspects and neointima formation of a new Nitinol stent and a Wallstent. METHODS:A Nitinol sten and a Wallstent were placed into the iliac arteries of 14 sheep (total of 28 stents) and followed angiographically. Seven sheep were killed after 1 month and 7 after 4.5 months. ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Schürmann K,Vorwerk D,Kulisch A,Stroehmer-Kulisch E,Biesterfeld S,Stopinski T,Günther RW

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the incidence of ventricular fibrillation with low-osmolality contrast media by right coronary arteriography in eleven adult mongrel dogs. Following insertion of the catheter into the right coronary artery, a test solution was infused for 25 seconds (total 11 mL) or until fibrillation occurred. The test s...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Hayakawa K,Yamashita K

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:Hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) usually consist of components of different histologic grade. Using surgically resected specimens, the authors obtained high-resolution magnetic resonance (MR) images and studied the relationship between histologic grade of HCCs and MR signal intensity. METHOD:I...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Inoue E,Kuroda C,Narumi Y,Fujita M,Kadota T,Kuriyama K,Yoshioka H,Ishiguro S,Sasaki Y,Imaoka S

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:As an imaging modality for follow-up during continuous or repeated hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy using a hepatic intra-arterial indwelling catheter, the usefulness of CT while infusing contrast through the indwelling catheter (reservoir port) was examined. METHODS:Using reservoir ports implanted in ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Morimoto M,Satake M,Sekiguchi R,Haruno M,Moriyama N

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a very aggressive tumor with a very low 5-year survival rate of 8%. The aims of this study are to determine reference values and physiologic confounders in healthy pancreas and to assess the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound time-harmonic elastography (THE) in the d...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Burkhardt C,Tzschätzsch H,Schmuck R,Bahra M,Jürgensen C,Pelzer U,Hamm B,Braun J,Sack I,Marticorena Garcia SR

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:To develop a simple and robust helium3 polarization system dedicated to small animal imaging. To demonstrate the potential of helium3 imaging for pulmonary ventilation and perfusion studies. METHODS:A home-built polarization system based on spin-exchange technique was used. This system was app...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Stupar V,Berthezène Y,Canet E,Tournier H,Dupuich D,Crémillieux Y

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:To compare the visibility and localization of extratemporal cortical lesions in extratemporal epilepsy by using curved reconstruction (CR) and three-dimensional surface rendering (3D SR) of 3D-acquired MR images and to study the degree of confidence with which localizations are made, particular...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Meiners LC,Scheffers JM,De Kort GA,Burger H,Van Huffelen AC,Van Rijen PC,Van Veelen CW

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine the gadolinium (Gd) concentration remaining in human bone tissue after administration of standard clinical doses of 2 Gd-based contrast agents: ProHance and Omniscan. MATERIALS AND METHODS:After administration of 0.1 mmol/kg of Gd chelate to patients undergoing hi...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： White GW,Gibby WA,Tweedle MF

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00