CT for assessing feasibility of separation of thoracopagus twins.

abstract：:The goal of neuro-oncologic surgery is to maximize tumor resection while preserving vital brain functions. Identification of the relation between the tumor and adjacent functional cortical areas as well as efferent subcortical white matter tracts is important for preservation of function. Combined diffusion tensor ima...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Parmar H,Sitoh YY,Yeo TT

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To achieve prolonged breath-holding, oxygen was administered just before dynamic CT and high resolution lung CT. Oxygen administration has proved to be a supportive means to improve the quality of CT studies. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Sadatoh N,Hatabu H,Takahashi M,Imanaka K,Sano A

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Mount Fuji sign (MFS) is a radiological sign on computed tomographic scans depicting air between the frontal lobes. Air in this location indicates tension pneumocephalus (TP), considered a neurosurgical emergency.We evaluate the correlation between the MFS and perioperative mortality attributed to TP in ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Moscovici S,Halevy D,Mizrahi CJ,Goldberg SN,Brown DW,Ben-David E

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：PURPOSE:Our goal was to perform a detailed comparison of the relative performances of helical CT (pitches 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0) and conventional (overlapped and nonoverlapped) CT in detailed 3D and MPR musculoskeletal imaging. METHOD:A specially designed bone fragment phantom was imaged with multiple slice thicknesses us...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kasales CJ,Mauger DT,Sefczek RJ,Mahraj R,Meilstrup JW,Van Hook D,Patrone SV,Sefczek DM,Eggli KD,Wise SW,Westacott S,Hopper KD

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of abdominal actinomycosis is difficult because of its relative infrequency and imitation of other diseases. We present four cases in which these difficulties in diagnosis were experienced and show the utility of CT in suggesting this disease. Aspiration, biopsy, and proper culture technique, in conjunct...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Shah HR,Williamson MR,Boyd CM,Balachandran S,Angtuaco TL,McConnell JR

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The dimensions of the optic nerves, chiasm, and tracts were determined in normal patients and in patients with clinical evidence of optic atrophy to establish whether there was a significant difference between the two groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The authors analyzed thin section coronal MRI of 110 patients...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Parravano JG,Toledo A,Kucharczyk W

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to assess the objective and subjective qualities of the contrast-enhanced 4-dimensional dual-energy computed tomography using adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASiR) and ASiR-V. METHODS:The virtual monochromatic images at 60 keV were reconstructed using filtered ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Ohira S,Kanayama N,Wada K,Washio H,Karino T,Ueda Y,Inui S,Miyazaki M,Koizumi M,Teshima T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of superior mesenteric artery aneurysms may be suspected on the basis of clinical and ultrasound findings. These lesions have a suggestive appearance on computed tomography, but for a preoperative assessment angiography is always indicated. Two cases are presented. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Passariello R,Simonetti G,Rovighi L,Ciolina A

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endovascular stent grafting of abdominal aortic aneurysms is a new technique that may replace open surgery in selected cases. Pre-and postoperative angiography can be replaced by helical CT. This pictorial essay describes and illustrates the use of multislice helical CT where maximum intensity projection and multiplan...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Rydberg J,Kopecky KK,Lalka SG,Johnson MS,Dalsing MC,Persohn SA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report three cases of abnormal chest radiography mimicking mediastinal masses. These radiographic findings were unrelated to any pathology, were discovered in asymptomatic patients, and must be considered consequences of unusually narrow thoracic inlets. Mean and standard deviations of the anteroposterior ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Jardin M,Lemaitre L,Remy J

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic susceptibility variations due to the presence of iron in neural tissue can result in a shift of local resonance frequency, decreased T2 resulting from water diffusion through local field gradients, and line broadening due to field inhomogeneity within a voxel. In this study, modified spin echo phase contrast ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Wismer GL,Buxton RB,Rosen BR,Fisel CR,Oot RF,Brady TJ,Davis KR

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 72-year-old woman with previously symptomatic internal carotid artery occlusion subsequently presented with an acute hemispheric deficit. The patient was initially diagnosed as having an ischemic infarction but eventually was shown to have a subacute subdural hematoma with delay in surgical evacuation and a major pe...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Pascuzzi RM,Boyko OB,Voelker JL

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemolymphangiomatosis is an extremely rare entity that has never been described in the diffuse form. Its main pathologic feature is proliferation of lymphatic and vascular cells inducing interstitial and hematic lakes and then splenomegaly. We report a complete imaging study, including magnetic resonance (MR) imaging,...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Santoro L,Santini V,Lollo SD,Valeri A,Colagrande S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of our study was to assess the value of additional early arterial phase computed tomography (CT) imaging in the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by comparing three-phase and four-phase imaging by using multidetector row helical CT. METHODS:Twenty-five patients with 33 HCCs underwent four...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kim SK,Lim JH,Lee WJ,Kim SH,Choi D,Lee SJ,Lim HK,Kim H

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the relationship between the perfusion reserve as measured by acetazolamide (ACZ)-challenge N-isopropyl-I-123-p-iodoamphetamine (IMP)-single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and the degree of leukoaraiosis (LA) as estimated using magnetic resonance imaging. METHODS:In 51 patients recei...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Tomura N,Sasaki K,Kidani H,Nishii T,Yasuda K,Ishiyama K,Otani T,Sakuma I,Takahashi S,Watarai J,Yanagisawa T,Mizoi K

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of lung cancers in patients with tuberculous fibrothorax or empyema. METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated 138 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of lung cancer combined with fibrothorax (n = 127) or empyema (n = 11) from January 2005 to May 2015. A...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Xu H,Koo HJ,Lee HN,Lim S,Lee JW,Choi CM,Kim MY

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We retrospectively evaluated whether multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) could contribute to the early detection of contralateral breast cancer in women with a diagnosis of breast cancer and no suspicious lesions on a mammogram or an ultrasonogram of the contralateral breast. METHODS:A total of 518...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Nakano S,Sakamoto H,Ohtsuka M,Mibu A,Karikomi M,Sakata H,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were examined by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The presence of tumor was suggested in 41 of 42 cases by a high-intensity area on T2 weighted spin-echo (SE) images with a repetition time (TR) of 1.6 s. Specific findings of HCC such as the presence of a capsule, ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Itai Y,Ohtomo K,Furui S,Minami M,Yoshikawa K,Yashiro N

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance was performed in five patients with obstructive hydrocephalus due to surgically proven colloid cyst of the third ventricle. On T1-weighted images two lesions were homogeneously hyperintense and another homogeneously isointense with the surrounding brain parenchyma. On T2-weighted images these three ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Wilms G,Marchal G,Van Hecke P,Plets C,Lammens M,Goffin J,Baert AL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cardiac lymphomas, defined as those involving only the heart and pericardium, are extremely rare tumors. These tumors are commonly fatal and until recently were rarely diagnosed antemortem. We describe the CT and MR findings in a case of primary lymphoma of the heart currently responding to chemotherapy. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Dorsay TA,Ho VB,Rovira MJ,Armstrong MA,Brissette MD

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the ability of gradient echo MR to define the vacuum phenomena, 14 cadaveric lumbar spines were imaged by spin echo and gradient echo MR, CT, and plain radiography following injection of varying amounts of air into the intervertebral disks. Gradient echo MR was more sensitive than spin echo MR or plain rad...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Berns DH,Ross JS,Kormos D,Modic MT

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography provides excellent visualization of the trachea, but there have been only limited descriptions of variations in tracheal shape. The normal tracheal cartilage is U shaped. Lunate shaped trachea is uncommon and is characterized by a coronal/sagittal diameter ratio (tracheal index) greater than 1. We ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Lomasney L,Bergin CJ,Lomasney J,Roggli V,Foster W

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study is motivated by the possibility of using computed tomography (CT) to detect early coronary atherosclerosis by the increased CT values within the arterial wall resulting from vasa vasorum proliferation. METHODS:Coronary arteries (n = 5) with early atherosclerotic changes were injected with Microfil...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Moritz R,Eaker DR,Langheinrich AC,Jorgensen SM,Bohle RM,Ritman EL

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen of 130 intracranial meningiomas evaluated by biplane computed tomography (CT)--axial transverse and coronal--were found to have direct extracranial extension. These include five pterional meningiomas en plaque with extension to the orbit and temporal fossa; three subfrontal meningiomas invading the paranasal s...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Nakagawa H,Lusins JO

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple technique using stereotactic needle placement for retrobulbar anesthesia is reported. The method utilizes a CT-guided stereotactic device that permits precise intraconal injection of local anesthetics; in addition, the risk of injury to muscles, vessels, eyeglobe, or optic nerve is substantially reduced. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Vogl G,Schimek F,Ozdoba C,Steuhl PK,Voigt K,Nüsslin F

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Quantitative measurement of change in brain size and shape (e.g., to estimate atrophy) is an important current area of research. New methods of change analysis attempt to improve robustness, accuracy, and extent of automation. A fully automated method has been developed that achieves high estimation accuracy. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Smith SM,De Stefano N,Jenkinson M,Matthews PM

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method for identifying the scanning level in computed tomography (CT) of the spine is described. The method involves exposing a lead lattice grid on a conventional X-ray film and taking a conventional spine film with aluminum markers on the patient's back. The film showing the grid and the markers on the pati...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Dossetor RS,Veiga-Pires JA,Kaiser M

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the prognostic value of computed tomography (CT) in hyperacute middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarcts. METHODS:The CT features, total CT score, and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score were correlated with the 30-day mortality in 16 patients with a hyperacute MCA infarct. RESULT...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Lam WW,Leung TW,Chu WC,Yeung DT,Wong LK

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case in which pus within a bladder diverticulum simulated a deep pelvic abscess is presented. This pitfall in CT diagnosis should be considered in patients with bladder outlet obstruction with symptoms of infection. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Patel U,Furie DM,Lee WJ

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00