A Monte Carlo simulation of Compton scattering in positron emission tomography.

abstract：:Gas formation as a result of transcatheter tumor embolization has recently been observed by conventional radiography. We report the computed tomography identification of similar benign gas formation following transcatheter embolization of a large adrenal carcinoma. Computed tomography should be the most sensitive meth...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Long JA Jr,Dunnick NR,Doppman JL

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report imaging findings in five patients who had sudden cardiac arrest during contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT). We observed strikingly dense abdominal veins, variable degrees of arterial enhancement, and poor abdominal visceral enhancement. Comparison with a control group of 30 patients revealed a statist...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Ko SF,Ng SH,Chen MC,Lee TY,Huang CC,Wan YL

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prior work has described the relationship between pulmonary vascular pruning on computed tomography (CT) scans and metrics of right-sided heart dysfunction in smokers. In this analysis, we sought to look at pruning on a lobar level, as well as examine the effect of the arterial and venous circulation on this ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Rahaghi FN,Wells JM,Come CE,De La Bruere IA,Bhatt SP,Ross JC,Vegas-Sánchez-Ferrero G,Diaz AA,Minhas J,Dransfield MT,San José Estépar R,Washko GR,and the COPDGene Investigators.

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate image quality of computed tomography (CT) portal venography using nonlinear blending technique of dual-energy CT (DECT) in portal phase. METHODS:Fifty patients underwent contrast-enhanced abdominal scan with DECT at portal venous phase. The images of 2 energy level...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Wang Q,Shi G,Liu X,Wu R,Wang S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The space below the kidneys where the anterior and posterior pararenal spaces converge has been defined only vaguley in the past. We describe observations on clinical CT cases and studies on cadavers that lead to a refinement in the terminology for this extraperitoneal compartment. METHOD:Abdominal/pelvic CT s...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Beaulieu CF,Mindelzun RE,Dolph J,Jeffrey RB Jr

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:This report describes the imaging findings of the first reported case of a bronchobiliary fistula that developed as a complication of liver transplantation. The diagnosis was confirmed by the aspiration of bile from the bronchus. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Yeatman CF,Fisher RA,Carucci LR,Halvorsen RA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The goal of our study was to examine the prevalence of multiple hypodense splenic nodules and their associated diagnoses and to correlate CT appearance with clinical presentation and diagnosis. METHOD:Records of all patients undergoing contrast-enhanced CT from July 1994 through September 1997 were reviewed. C...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Warshauer DM,Molina PL,Worawattanakul S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness and additive value of T2W 3-dimensional sampling perfection with application optimized contrast (3D-SPACE) with variant flip-angle mode in imaging of all types of hydrocephalus. Our secondary objective was to assess the reliability of 3D-SPACE sequence and corre...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kartal MG,Ocakoglu G,Algin O

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a patient who presented with pelvic pain and changed bowel habits, barium enema and sigmoidoscopic examinations demonstrated a nonspecific asymmetric narrowing of the colon at the rectosigmoid junction with normal mucosal appearance. Computed tomography revealed the etiology to be retroperitoneal fibrosis with pelv...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hulnick DH,Chatson GP,Megibow AJ,Bosniak MA,Ruoff M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 95% of cases, computed tomography (CT) enables the articular capsule of the hip joint to be directly visualized. Articular effusion in the hip joint can also be recognized in the CT image. In inflammatory arthritis and active osteoarthrosis of the hip joint, thickening of the articular capsule or articular effusion...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Dihlmann W,Nebel G

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The computed tomographic (CT) characteristics of intraabdominal tuberculosis are not specific. A recent article from South Africa proposed a set of criteria that included high density ascites and mesenteric involvement, consisting of thickening and adenopathy, as possible criteria for the diagnosis of tuberculous peri...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Dahlene DH Jr,Stanley RJ,Koehler RE,Shin MS,Tishler JM

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to assess how meniscus damage and baseline cartilage thickness influence the rate of cartilage loss and knee pain. METHODS:Of 4796 participants in the Osteoarthritis Initiative, 86 had baseline and 48-month follow-up quantitative magnetic resonance imaging data for medial compartment cartila...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Klein JS,Jose J,Baraga MG,Subhawong TK

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to identify the computed tomographic colonography (CTC) findings of incomplete colonoscopy compared with those of complete colonoscopy. METHODS:The clinical data and CTC imaging data from January 2004 to December 2012 were retrospectively obtained at 2 different institutions and reviewed by ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Lee ES,Kim BC,Hur BY,Kim MJ,Park HJ,Park SB,Lee JB,Sohn DK,Han KS,Hong CW

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compressive sensing (CS)-based interior tomography is a state-of-the-art method for accurate image reconstruction from only locally truncated projections. Here, we report our preliminary interior tomography results reconstructed from raw projections of a patient acquired on a GE Discovery CT750 HD scanner. This is the...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Yu H,Wang G,Hsieh J,Entrikin DW,Ellis S,Liu B,Carr JJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to explore the characteristics of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) following curative therapy that may benefit from fluorine-18-2-uoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-FDG PET/CT) scanning, evaluate the application of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)-tr...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Yu X,Zhu L,Dai D,Song X,Chen W,Zhu Y,Li X,Xu W

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to assess the diagnostic yield of computed tomography (CT)-guided core needle biopsy (CNB) for initial transbronchial biopsy (TBB)-based nondiagnostic lung lesions. METHODS:From January 2014 to December 2017, 101 consecutive patients with initial TBB-based nondiagnostic lung lesio...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Li QK,Ding YK,Liu Y,Xia FF,Li L,Fu YF

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to investigate the image quality and diagnostic performance of model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) for hepatic vessel evaluation on low-tube-voltage (100 kilovolt [peak]) liver computed tomography (CT) for living donors. METHODS:Fifty-one liver donor candidates (low-ki...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hur BY,Lee JM,Joo I,Yu MH,Yoon JH,Han JK,Choi BI

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of cerebral toxoplasmosis in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome who was evaluated by both CT and magnetic resonance is reported. Magnetic resonance proved to be far more sensitive in detecting the intracranial lesions than CT. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Zee CS,Segall HD,Rogers C,Ahmadi J,Apuzzo M,Rhodes R

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance is recognized as potentially the best imaging procedure for localization in stereotactic neurosurgery. However, special difficulties necessitate specific adaptation to localize targets in the stereotactic frame. We developed a new method for stereotactic localization. The MR studies were performed u...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Rousseau J,Clarysse P,Blond S,Gibon D,Vasseur C,Marchandise X

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of hemorrhagic nerve sheath tumors of the scalp are presented with emphasis on CT findings. Each mass produced a mixed pattern of CT density due to the combination of tumor and hemorrhage within it. The CT findings were remarkably similar in the three patients and included a calvarial abnormality underlyin...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Nanni D,Lotz PR

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of nocardia choroid plexitis with extension into the parenchyma of the left parietal lobe in a previously well 13-year-old girl. The neuroimaging findings mimicked those of an intracranial neoplasm. This case illustrates the importance of including infectious etiologies in the differential diagnosis o...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Wells RG,Sty JR

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the feasibility of a time-efficient, high-resolution magnetic resonance lymphangiography (HR MRL) protocol without image subtraction for the detection of lymphatic vessels in patients with primary and secondary lymphedema. METHODS:Three consecutive patients with lymphedema of the lower extremities ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Lohrmann C,Foeldi E,Bartholomä JP,Langer M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with various pectus excavatum deformities in whom radiographic findings suggested hilar and mediastinal masses are presented. Computed tomography of the chest yielded valuable diagnostic information and made it possible to exclude the existence of these masses. Compression deformity of the heart and gre...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Soteropoulos GC,Cigtay OS,Schellinger D

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively evaluated 10 patients with pathologically proven fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FLHCC) to assess the utility of CT (n = 9), ultrasound (n = 10), angiography (n = 9), and MR (n = 3). The tumors were solitary in 6 of 10 patients, well delineated in 7 of 10, and hypervascular in 8 of 10. With ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Soyer P,Roche A,Levesque M,Legmann P

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal hyperdensity consistent with skeletal muscle calcification was shown by CT in four of eight (50%) patients with rhabdomyolysis. This finding correlated significantly with antecedent hypocalcemia (p = 0.01) and renal insufficiency (p = 0.03). In patients with rhabdomyolysis, CT can show abnormal skeletal muscl...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Russ PD,Dillingham M

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to assess non-Gaussian diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI)'s usefulness as a noninvasive method to evaluate tumor invasion depth, histological grade, and lymph node metastasis in cervical carcinoma (CC) patients. METHODS:Twenty-two consecutive patients with histologically confirmed CC w...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Yamada I,Oshima N,Wakana K,Miyasaka N,Wakabayashi A,Sakamoto J,Saida Y,Tateishi U,Kobayashi D

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion-weighted imaging can be used to distinguish epidermoid tumor from arachnoid cyst in the intracranial compartment. We report the use of diffusion-weighted imaging in a postoperative spine to successfully distinguish a recurrent epidermoid tumor from arachnoid cyst in a noninvasive manner. Our case illustrates...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Tang L,Cianfoni A,Imbesi SG

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A whole-body single-photon emission computed tomography system has been evaluated in terms of its physical performance. It consists of a standard GE 400 T maxi camera rotating on a ring stand, coupled to an Informatek Simis 3 computer system. In its standard mode of operation, 64 or 128 successive views of 64 X 64 or ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Soussaline FP,Todd-Popkropek AE,Zurowski S,Huffer E,Raynaud CE,Kellershohn CL

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of solid organizing hepatic abscesses and correlate them with the pathologic findings. METHODS:Ten patients with 10 pathologically proven solid organizing hepatic abscesses who underwent 3-phase CT (n = 10) or MRI (n = 7) ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kim YK,Kim CS,Lee JM,Ko SW,Moon WS,Yu HC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00