Coronary artery calcification at CT as a predictor for cardiac complications of thoracic surgery.

abstract：:Our purpose was to increase the knowledge about subcortical low-intensity images on long repetition time by describing brain magnetic resonance images of a young boy after his first spontaneous seizure. Evident in the epileptogenic area were transient images of reversible subcortical low intensity on long-repetition t...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Cerase A,Leonini S,Franceschini R,Grosso S,Venturi C

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Advances in computed tomography technology may permit the evaluation of coronary disease, aortic dissection, and pulmonary embolism with a single contrast bolus and breath hold. We sought to determine whether 64-slice computed tomography angiography (CTA) allows for simultaneous visualization of the coronary...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Shapiro MD,Dodd JD,Kalva S,Wittram C,Hsu J,Nasir K,Liu B,Nagurney JT,Kalra MK,Nichols JH,Cury RC,Abbara S,Tawakol A,Brady TJ,Hoffmann U

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the serial MR and PET/SPECT findings in a 2 1/2-year-old boy presenting with Rasmussen syndrome and highlight the close qualitative correlations between the results of the imaging modality and the functional isotopic techniques. The latter demonstrated a wider field of extension of the disease process. Routi...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Duprez TP,Grandin C,Gadisseux JF,De Volder A,Thauvoy C,Keyeux A,Evrard P

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the agreement and correlation between attenuation values and vascular calcification volume for intra-abdominal structures from true noncontrast (TNC) images and those from virtual noncontrast (VNC) images obtained by dual-source dual-energy computed tomography (CT) using a quadriphasic dynamic proto...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kim S,Kang BS,Kwon WJ,Bang M,Lim S,Park GM,Lee TY

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the overall diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in restaging of rectal cancer after preoperative chemoradiotherapy based on qualified studies. METHODS:PubMed, Cochrane, and EMBASE database were searched by the index words to identify the qualified studies, and relevant literature...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Wei MZ,Zhao ZH,Wang JY

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We assessed the accuracy of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) in patients with an Agatston calcium score (ACS) of greater than 400 by comparing it with invasive coronary angiography (ICA), and we evaluated the predictive value of CTA for obstructive coronary heart disease (CHD) compared with tradit...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Ahn SJ,Kang DK,Sun JS,Yoon MH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We have devised, implemented, and tested a technique for creating a comprehensive probabilistic atlas of the human cerebral cortex, based on high-dimensional fluid transformations. The goal of the atlas is to detect and quantify subtle and distributed patterns of deviation from normal cortical anatomy, in a 3D ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Thompson PM,MacDonald D,Mega MS,Holmes CJ,Evans AC,Toga AW

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subarachnoid space continues into the orbit as part of the optic nerve sheath. This space varies in size but is usually tiny. Occasionally, prominent (one case in our experience) enhancement of the optic nerve as part of metrizamide computed tomography (CT) cisternography is seen on transverse and coronal scans pr...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Fox AJ,Debrun G,Vinuela F,Assis L,Coates R

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Gd-BOPTA for liver imaging and to determine the most appropriate clinical dose to administer. METHODS:Gd-BOPTA was administered at a dose of 0.05 (group A), 0.1 (group B), or 0.2 (group C) mmol/kg to 201 patients suspected of having malignan...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kuwatsuru R,Kadoya M,Ohtomo K,Tanimoto A,Hirohashi S,Murakami T,Tanaka Y,Yoshikawa K,Katayama H

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assessment of the role of marrow fat as a source of error in single energy quantitative CT (SEQCT) measurements of the spine is presented. Fat-induced shifts and spreads in SEQCT findings are discriminated and quantified. Studies using chemical analysis have reported an average vertebral bone mineral (MIN) loss of ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Glüer CC,Genant HK

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the CT of 20 patients with peripheral lung malignancies in which CT appearance suggested chest wall invasion on the basis of extension of mass around ribs into fat or muscle of the chest wall, or definite bone destruction. We correlated these findings with other radiographic studies and surgical and autops...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Pearlberg JL,Sandler MA,Beute GH,Lewis JW Jr,Madrazo BL

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnetic resonance appearance of three lesions of focal nodular hyperplasia observed in two patients is reviewed. All three lesions demonstrated isointensity with the liver on the short repetition time (TR) and echo time (TE) spin echo images. One lesion also showed a central area of low signal intensity that path...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Schiebler ML,Kressel HY,Saul SH,Yeager BA,Axel L,Gefter WB

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disability from knee dysfunction has important implications on a patient's performance of simple day-to-day tasks, work-related duties, and leisure activities, including sports. Diagnostic imaging is of fundamental importance in the clinical evaluation of the patient with knee pain. The use of magnetic resonance imagi...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Theodorou SJ,Theodorou DJ,Resnick D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disease is uncommon in children but frequently occurs in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). Involvement is often asymptomatic; however, it can lead to growth disturbances and facial deformity. Thirty TMJs in 15 children (11 girls and 4 boys aged 3.5-18 years) with JRA were evaluated cli...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Taylor DB,Babyn P,Blaser S,Smith S,Shore A,Silverman ED,Chuang S,Laxer RM

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the coronary venous system (CVS) and its spatial relationship with coronary arteries by using 256-slice computed tomography (CT). METHODS:One hundred one patients underwent coronary CT angiography by using a 256-slice CT. In each patient, the CVS and its spatial relationship with coronary art...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Bai W,Xu X,Ma H,Zhong L,Xie H,Sun C,Shi Y,Che K,Liu M,Yang J

更新日期：2020-01-01 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:The purpose of our study was to test dynamic helical CT (hCT) in the evaluation of breast tumors. METHOD:Thirty-six patients with 39 suspected lesions underwent breast hCT before and 1, 3, and 8 min after intravenous contrast medium administration. A marked enhancement (> or = 100%) at 1 or 3 min without incre...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Sardanelli F,Calabrese M,Zandrino F,Melani E,Parodi R,Imperiale A,Massa T,Parodi G,Canavese G

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine cirsoid aneurysm is uncommon. It is important to make a diagnosis of this disease preoperatively, because repeated curettages may induce life-threatening massive genital bleeding. We present a case of a 51-year-old woman with uterine cirsoid aneurysm in whom MRI and MRA were very useful for the preoperative di...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Joja I,Asakawa M,Motoyama K,Mitsumori A,Nakagawa T,Kanazawa S,Kuroda M,Togami I,Hiraki Y,Kudo T

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:We delivered the saline chaser via a spiral flow-generating tube or a conventional connecting tube and compared arterial enhancement at computed tomography angiography (CTA) of the lower extremities. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We randomly assigned 100 patients whose ankle bronchial pressure index o...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Masuda T,Funama Y,Nakaura T,Imada N,Sato T,Yamashita Y,Awai K

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of isolated spinal cord hemangioblastoma with associated extensive syringohydromyelia, which was evaluated by myelography, postmyelographic CT, magnetic resonance (MR), and angiography is presented. The specific preoperative and postoperative advantages of MR are given as well as a brief review of the literatur...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kaffenberger DA,Shah CP,Murtagh FR,Wilson C,Silbiger ML

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The graphical approach is widely used for the pixelwise determination of local metabolic rate of glucose from dynamic positron emission tomography (PET) data. In its conventional implementation, measured integrals over time frames are used to approximate instantaneous tracer concentrations at midframe times ("m...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Buchert R,van den Hoff J,Mester J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our goal was to assess the utility of different imaging directions in volumetric studies of the heart with MRI, in particular to identify the optimal imaging plane for studies of the right ventricle. METHOD:We examined 12 sets of human four-chamber cadaveric cardiac casts. Gradient echo MRI was performed in fo...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Jauhiainen T,Järvinen VM,Hekali PE,Poutanen VP,Penttilä A,Kupari M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We intend to describe the imaging findings of sudden cardiac arrest occurring during computed tomographic (CT) examination and also of impending cardiogenic shock in 4 patients. Despite rare reports of acute cardiac arrest occurring during or shortly after CT scan, CT features are quite characteristic. Familiarity wit...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Bagheri SM,Taheri MS,Pourghorban R,Shabani M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weighting is the term most frequently used to describe magnetic resonance pulse sequences and the concept most commonly used to relate image contrast to differences in magnetic resonance tissue properties. It is generally used in a qualitative sense with the single tissue property thought to be most responsible for th...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Yokoo T,Bae WC,Hamilton G,Karimi A,Borgstede JP,Bowen BC,Sirlin CB,Chung CB,Crues JV,Bradley WG,Bydder GM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Influenza A infection can precipitate encephalopathy, encephalitis, or Reye syndrome with the development of cerebral edema in children and is associated with an increased incidence of stroke in adults. The mechanism of these events is poorly understood. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndro...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Bartynski WS,Upadhyaya AR,Boardman JF

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of agenesis of dorsal pancreas diagnosed by CT. This anomaly can easily be confused with pancreas divisum on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography alone. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Shah KK,DeRidder PH,Schwab RE,Alexander TJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antemortum detection of renal metastases can be made by computed tomography (CT), particularly if the known primary malignancy is in a late stage. The CT scans of 10 oncologic patients with focal renal metastases were reviewed (confirmation by surgery in four, follow-up CT demonstrating new lesions or lesion growth in...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Bhatt GM,Bernardino ME,Graham SD Jr

更新日期：1983-12-01 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：:A case of calcific tendinitis of the gluteus maximus tendon with cortical erosion is presented. Roentgenography demonstrated calcification on the posterior surface of the proximal femur. Computed tomography showed flame-like appearance of calcific tendinitis and bone erosion. Magnetic resonance imaging showed minimal ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Mizutani H,Ohba S,Mizutani M,Otake S,Otsuka T,Nakamura T

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00