Microcomputer-based technique for 3-D reconstruction and volume measurement of computer tomographic images. Part 1: Phantom studies.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the reproducibility, accuracy, and predictors of accuracy of computed tomography (CT) angiography to detect and characterize coronary atherosclerotic plaque as compared with intravascular ultrasound. METHODS:Ten ex vivo human coronary arteries were imaged in a moving phantom by dual-source CT (col...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： van der Giessen AG,Toepker MH,Donelly PM,Bamberg F,Schlett CL,Raffle C,Irlbeck T,Lee H,van Walsum T,Maurovich-Horvat P,Gijsen FJ,Wentzel JJ,Hoffmann U

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Over the recent years, there have been increasing concerns that exposure to gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) may be associated with retention of Gd within the skin, bones, and solid organs in patients with normal renal function, although the clinical implications of this deposition remain to be estab...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Layne KA,Wood DM,Dixon-Zegeye M,Archer JRH,Raja K,Dargan PI

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the value of dynamically enhanced fast low-angle shot (FLASH) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in measuring cardiac output with and without dipyridamole pharmacological stress. METHODS:Ten subjects underwent rest and stress MR imaging. Rest images were acquired using electr...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Tello R,Hartnell GG,Hill TC,Cerel A,Finn JP,Kamalesh M,Cohen M,Lewis S

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Video dilution technique (VDT) is currently performed in conjunction with routine cerebral angiography to determine carotid blood flow in humans. Preliminary results indicate that the blood flows (as a percentage of cardial output) of the common, internal, and external carotid arteries are 8.5%, 5.5%, and 3.0%, respec...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Lantz BM,Dublin AB,McGahan JP,Link DP

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the feasibility of adenosine-stress dynamic myocardial volume perfusion imaging with second generation dual source computed tomography (CT) for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of myocardial blood flow (MBF) compared with stress perfusion and viability magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Bastarrika G,Ramos-Duran L,Rosenblum MA,Kang DK,Rowe GW,Schoepf UJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who have received gadopentetate dimeglumine. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively studied all patients who underwent contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imagings (CE-MRIs) between January 1, ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Hope TA,Herfkens RJ,Denianke KS,LeBoit PE,Hung YY,Weil E

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were to present a deep learning approach for the automated classification of multiple sclerosis and its mimics and compare model performance with that of 2 expert neuroradiologists. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 268 T2-weighted and T1-weighted brain magnetic resonance imagin scans ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Rocca MA,Anzalone N,Storelli L,Del Poggio A,Cacciaguerra L,Manfredi AA,Meani A,Filippi M

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The developing trend for all medical images to be in digital form raises an important question: should diagnostic interpretations be made directly from a CRT or from some form of hard copy recording of the CRT? This question was studied by having two observers read a series of digital images of the thyroid including b...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Keyes JW Jr,Kline RC,Resinger WW,Rose EA,Koral KF,Rogers WL

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:As part of a general examination of the effect of blood flow patterns on the growth and risk of rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms, the authors investigated the flow through an experimental model of a fusiform aneurysm. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Aneurysms were simulated in polyvinyl chloride tu...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Schrader T,Peattie RA,Bluth EI,Comstock CE

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:To assess whether differences in cerebral atrophy and white matter lesions or in the presence of lactate and lipid signals can explain the observed differences in brain choline, creatine, and N-acetylaspartate levels between healthy elderly women and men. METHODS:In addition to standard magnet...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Sijens PE,Den Heijer T,De Leeuw FE,De Groot JC,Achten E,Heijboer RJ,Hofman A,Breteler MM,Oudkerk M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal arteriography gives a reliable anatomic delineation of the renal vasculature. However, the presence of renal arterial disease does not determine the physiologic significance of the lesion. The intravenous infusion of saralasin, a specific angiotensin II antagonist, has been investigated as a method for identify...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Tegtmeyer CJ,Latour EA,Vaughan ED Jr,Ayers CR,Carey RM,Wellons HA Jr

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the strong scientific evidence in support of radiation hormesis, we can no longer ignore this concept. There is, however, need for additional, carefully documented investigations in selected biological systems exposed to LLIR if the matter of radiation hormesis is to be settled once and for all. This need s...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Loken MK,Feinendegen LE

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior to the formation of an intravenous digital subtraction angiography (IV-DSA) image, contrast medium passes through the lesser circulation and is diluted by the blood volume of the heart and lungs. If the contrast medium alone influences central blood volume or cardiac output, the shape of the resultant time-conce...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Burbank FH,Thompson WM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observer performance in radiologic interpretation has traditionally been based upon Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis. A statistical method that evaluates the reproducibility or consistency of radiologic interpretation is presented. Since this method is not based upon pathologic verification, it cannot ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Herman S,DeBoer G,Rideout DF,Majesky IF

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ideal contrast agent in patients suspected of having gastrointestinal perforation is an iso-osmolar, or nearly iso-osmolar substance, that causes no peritoneal reaction. Iopamidol is a nonionic water-soluble contrast medium that may be considered in such situations. Intraperitoneal injections of ionic and nonionic...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Ferrante SL,Schreiman JS,Rouse JW,Rysavy JA,Cheng SC,Frick MP

更新日期：1990-02-01 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：:We have examined the effect of dose on contrast medium-induced reductions in glomerular filtration in anesthetized rabbits. The fraction of renal plasma flow that is filtered, the filtration fraction, was directly measured by the renal arteriovenous difference method using technetium-99m (99mTc) (Sn) DTPA as the trace...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Harvey LA,Caldicott WJ

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:The authors used gadolinium (Gd) chelate as a T1, T2, and T2* enhancing agent in reperfused myocardial infarction to compare the appearance of reperfused myocardial infarction on spin echo and gradient echo magnetic resonance (MR) sequences. METHODS:Rats (n = 28) were subjected to reperfused m...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Geschwind JF,Saeed M,Wendland MF,Higgins CB

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:: This feasibility study was performed to assess whether dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and transient arterial occlusion are able to detect alterations in the microvascular perfusion and arterial perfusion reserve in patients suffering from peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in comparison with hea...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Amarteifio E,Weber MA,Wormsbecher S,Demirel S,Krakowski-Roosen H,Jöres A,Braun S,Delorme S,Böckler D,Kauczor HU,Krix M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:The authors determine the value of contrast-enhanced, three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in the assessment of the renal arteries in comparison with conventional arteriography (CA). METHODS:One hundred three patients (71 m, 32 f) were evaluated with both CA and 3D MRA. ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Hany TF,Leung DA,Pfammatter T,Debatin JF

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observation of the relaxivity of MRI contrast media over a wide range of magnetic fields is not only necessary for predicting their efficiency at any field but also compulsory for understanding and improving their mechanisms of action. The best experimental approach to this problem is the field cycling method, which a...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Muller RN,Vander Elst L,Rinck PA,Vallet P,Maton F,Fischer H,Roch A,Van Haverbeke Y

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the dependency of tumor contrast enhancement (CE) in regard to protein-binding properties of contrast agents, using 4 different agents with a wide range of protein-binding capacities in a standardized rat brain glioma model. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Sixteen rats with implanted brain gliomas were evalua...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Wintersperger BJ,Runge VM,Tweedle MF,Jackson CB,Reiser MF

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of virtual noncalcium (VNCa) dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) reconstructions enabling visualization of bone marrow edema for characterization of incidental thoracolumbar compression fractures in routine thoracoabdominal staging computed tom...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Frellesen C,Azadegan M,Martin SS,Otani K,DʼAngelo T,Booz C,Eichler K,Panahi B,Kaup M,Bauer RW,Vogl TJ,Wichmann JL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential risk of a radiologic procedure often is compared with the potential benefit of the procedure. While risk vs. benefit analysis has been useful as a step toward increased communication and understanding among radiologists, referring physicians, and the general public, it has the disadvantage that risk and ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Ritenour ER,Hendee WR

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonionic contrast medium (iohexol) was evaluated for safety and efficacy in pediatric angiocardiography in this study of 15 patients, age 6 to 82 months. Patients carried a preliminary diagnosis of congenital heart disease. Subjects were injected with iohexol, 350 mg iodine/ml of solution with an average volume of 2...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Carlsson EC,Rudolph A,Stanger P,Teitel D,Weber W,Yoshida H

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To prospectively evaluate the safety and efficacy of combined unenhanced and gadoxetic acid disodium (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging compared with unenhanced MR imaging and triphasic contrast-enhanced spiral computed tomography (CT) for the detection and characterization of focal liver...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Ichikawa T,Saito K,Yoshioka N,Tanimoto A,Gokan T,Takehara Y,Kamura T,Gabata T,Murakami T,Ito K,Hirohashi S,Nishie A,Saito Y,Onaya H,Kuwatsuru R,Morimoto A,Ueda K,Kurauchi M,Breuer J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:High signal intensity in the basal ganglia on T1-weighted MR imaging has been reported in chronic manganese (Mn) poisoning. However, the exact meaning of the high signal intensity remains unclear: does it result from Mn itself, secondary pathologic changes of the brain tissue, or both? The goal...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Kim SH,Chang KH,Chi JG,Cheong HK,Kim JY,Kim YM,Han MH

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:The authors investigate whether a modified gadolinium (Gd)-DTPA formulation can be aerosolized and used as a contrast agent for magnetic resonance (MR) ventilation imaging of the lungs. METHODS:Gadolinium-DTPA (gadopentetate dimeglumine, Schering AG, Berlin, Germany, 100 mmol Gd/L) was modifie...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Misselwitz B,Mühler A,Heinzelmann I,Böck JC,Weinmann HJ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallbladder sclerotherapy after permanent cystic duct occlusion, to prevent gallstone recurrence in nonsurgical gallstone therapy, is at least a two-stage procedure. A balloon catheter was developed to perform gallbladder sclerotherapy with only temporary occlusion of the cystic duct, and the efficacy and safety of th...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Brakel K,Laméris JS,Vergunst H,Ten Kate FJ,Nijs HG,Terpstra OT

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issue of dechelation (transmetallation) in vivo after administration of the linear gadolinium-based contrast agents, and potential safety concerns, is considered on the basis of an extensive, focused literature review. Early indications of potential problems included the high level of excess ligand used in the for...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Runge VM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00