Ventral sacroiliac ligament. Anatomic and pathologic considerations.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the feasibility of a single MR-based examination allowing for the comprehensive assessment of renal anatomy, function, and vascular status in candidates for kidney transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twelve healthy potential kidney donors (mean age: 47 +/- 14 [standard deviation] years, 3 men and...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Rossi C,Boss A,Artunc F,Yildiz S,Martirosian P,Dittmann H,Claussen CD,Heyne N,Schick F,Schlemmer HP

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:The efficacy of gadoteridol for contrast enhancement of central nervous system pathology was assessed in a multicenter clinical trial involving 411 patients suspected of having intracranial or spinal pathology. METHODS:Magnetic resonance imaging was performed before and after intravenous admin...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Runge VM,Bronen RA,Davis KR

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:To compare the diagnostic efficacy of a standard dose of MRI contrast agent in the evaluation of primary brain tumors and metastases using a high-field 3 tesla MR unit versus a 1.5 tesla MR unit. METHODS:Sixteen patients with brain tumors were examined at both field strengths using identical a...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Nöbauer-Huhmann IM,Ba-Ssalamah A,Mlynarik V,Barth M,Schöggl A,Heimberger K,Matula C,Fog A,Kaider A,Trattnig S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:Hypertonic X-ray contrast media induce morphologic changes in red blood cells (RBCs) and reduce their deformability when measured in vitro. This study investigated whether RBCs treated with hypertonic contrast media could induce circulatory as well as metabolic disturbances in vivo. METHODS:Au...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Miyazawa T,Murayama C,Yamanaka T,Fritz-Zieroth B

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening chronic hemodialysis patients (CHD) for acquired cystic disease of the kidneys (ACDK) and its complications (hemorrhage and neoplasm) has become accepted management. We evaluated patients on CHD as well as patients on chronic peritoneal dialysis (CPD) for ACDK. The kidneys of 80 chronic dialysis patients wer...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Jabour BA,Ralls PW,Tang WW,Boswell WD Jr,Colletti PM,Feinstein EI,Massry SG

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:To present the results of two studies conducted to evaluate the pharmacokinetics and safety of iomeprol in healthy volunteers and in patients with various degrees of renal impairment. METHODS:In these two open-label, single-dose, phase I studies, a 50-mL dose of iomeprol 400 was administered i...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Lorusso V,Taroni P,Alvino S,Spinazzi A

更新日期：2001-06-01 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:The authors studied the incidence and distribution of orthopedic injuries sustained in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm by evaluating whether existing diagnostic imaging modalities were sufficient to diagnose the types of musculoskeletal injuries incurred. The authors also sought to det...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Truax AL,Chandnani VP,Chacko AK,Gonzalez DM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last two decades have witnessed tremendous strides in the evolution of acceptable and successful methods of prosthetic replacement for the arthritic joint. By and large, these techniques are predictable and durable, though not always to the complete satisfaction of the patient and surgeon. Despite the recent empha...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Volz RG,Benjamin JB

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a randomized, double-blind prospective trial comparing the effects of nonionic with ionic low-osmolar contrast media on erythrocyte aggregation. The study group comprised 40 consecutive patients with pathology necessitating selective angiography. Patients were examined using either ioxaglate 320, io...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Hayes R,Mahon T,Masterson J,Owens A

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three methods are presented which provide statistically acceptable estimates of mean transit time of opacified blood during angiography. While the methods vary in precision, the selection of the method appropriate for any particular experimental model depends on the degree of precision required to demonstrate the effe...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Silverman NR,Rosen L

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:Emulsions of perfluorocarbons (PFCs) have been tested as blood substitutes. However, evidence exists that there is long-term retention of some PFCs by the organs of the reticuloendothelial system (RES). The authors investigate organ retention of the blood substitute component, perfluorotripropy...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Meyer KL,Carvlin MJ,Mukherji B,Sloviter HA,Joseph PM

更新日期：1992-08-01 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 rate at which isotopes descend from the cisterna magna to the lumbar subarachnoid space is highly variable. In monkeys, with and without previous lumbar puncture, transit time was measured. In animals with a previous lumbar puncture, transit times were 10 to 120 minutes; in monkeys without a previous lumbar punctu...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Lipman B,Palmer D,Noble J,Haughton V,Collier D

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:The object of this study was to determine by flow cytometry the cellular and DNA content of the washings of core biopsy samples and needles obtained during stereotactic core biopsies of clinically occult suspicious lesions. METHODS:Fourteen-gauge core multipass biopsy inner-needle saline washi...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Stomper PC,Budnick RM,Stewart CC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We compared the image quality and diagnostic performance of 2 fat-suppression methods for black-blood T2-weighted fast spin-echo (FSE), which are as follows: (a) short T1 inversion recovery (STIR; FSE-STIR) and (b) spectral adiabatic inversion recovery (SPAIR; FSE-SPAIR), for detection of acute myocardial in...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Srichai MB,Lim RP,Lath N,Babb J,Axel L,Kim D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the feasibility of using intravascular ultrasound imaging to analyze vascular physiology in various arterial beds. Canine superficial femoral, external iliac, and common carotid arteries were harvested and suspended and perfused in a bath of oxygenated, heated, physiologic salt solution. A 6-Fr, 20-MHz...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Wilson MW,Webb RC,Marx MV,Meyer CR,Gallagher MA,Haarer SL,Buda AJ,Williams DM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphangiograms of canine cardiac and pulmonary efferent mediastinal lymphatics were made by cannulation and injection of Ethiodol. Injections were made singly and serially. The mediastinal lymphatics and lymph nodes, which constitute the pathways of drainage of the heart and lungs, were delineated from the point of c...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Leeds SE,Uhley HN,Meister RB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:The objective is to assess the diagnostic accuracy and interobserver variability of multiphase 3D gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (3D-Gd-MRA) for assessment of abdominal and pelvic vascular disease. METHODS:In 41 patients from two different institutions multiphase 3D-Gd-MRA ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Schoenberg SO,Essig M,Hallscheidt P,Sharafuddin MJ,Stolpen AH,Knopp MV,Yuh WT

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:To investigate image mottle in conventional CT images of the abdomen as a function of radiographic technique factors and patient size. METHODS:Water-filled phantoms simulating the abdomens of adult (32 cm in diameter) and pediatric (16 cm in diameter) patients were used to investigate image mo...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Ende JF,Huda W,Ros PR,Litwiller AL

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo and in vitro studies have shown that areas of myocardial infarctions can be delineated on CT scans after intravenous administration of iodinated contrast material to dogs with experimental myocardial infarctions. Within the first minute after intravenous administration of contrast material (initial myocardial ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Higgins CB,Siemers PT,Newell JD,Schmidt W

更新日期：1980-11-01 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:Indium-111 (111In)-labeled leukocyte scanning has been used frequently in patients suspected of having infections. Recently, technetium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (99mTc-HMPAO) has been used to label leukocytes. This study was undertaken to determine the distribution and dosimetry of 9...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Brown ML,Hung JC,Vetter RJ,O'Connor MK,Chowdhury S,Forstrom LA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the degree of ischemic changes of the small intestine after arterial embolization of proximal or distal arteries with Gelfoam particles and coils in dogs. METHODS:Superselective arterial embolization in 18 dogs was performed using a coaxial catheter system. Gelfoam occlusion of the proximal level...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Han YM,Lee JM,Jin KY,Lee SY,Kim CS

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients [four normals, eight with mild and 18 with severe coronary artery disease (CAD)] were studied to evaluate left ventricular function type and post coronary angiography. The end diastolic volume (EDV), end systolic volume (ESV), ejection fraction (EF) and the regional contractility fractions (RCF) of eig...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Sos TA,Baltaxe HA

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient, suffering a severe anaphylactoid reaction to contrast material injected for an intravenous pyelogram, developed a consumption coagulopathy and evidence of complement activation. Precontrast complement values suggested that the patient had been processing complement via the classical pathway, perhaps as a co...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Lasser EC,Lang JH,Lyon SG,Hamblin AE

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONAL AND OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of variation in design parameters on the resultant radial force. We evaluated the influence of wire gauge, leg length, and number of bends on the radial force produced by z stents and compared these with radial forces produced by commercial s...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Snowhill PB,Nosher JL,Siegel RL,Silver FH

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the short-term effects of a new nitinol stent on canine arteries. METHODS:Eighteen nitinol mesh stents were placed in abdominal aortas, common iliac arteries, and renal arteries of six dogs. Angiography was performed to evaluate the patency rates and structural changes of arteries ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Lee KW,Park JH,Chung JW,Kim WS,Lee W,Yeon KM

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebrovascular toxicity of three water-soluble contrast agents with a low hypertonicity (metrizamide, ioxaglate, iopamidol) was tested. Blood-brain barrier damage after carotid injection was assessed using 32P autoradiography and fluorescent microscopy after Evans blue staining. The damage to carotid endothelium ...

journal_title：Investigative radiology

authors： Gonsette RE,Liesenborgh L

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00