Effect of temporal resolution on the diagnostic efficacy of contrast-enhanced MRI in the conservatively treated breast.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We applied glucose loading during PET studies with [18F]2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) to enhance detection of brain tumors by diminution of FDG uptake in normal gray matter. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study involved three patients with glioblastomas. Two PET scans were performed in all cases within 1 week...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Ishizu K,Sadato N,Yonekura Y,Nishizawa S,Magata Y,Tamaki N,Tsuchida T,Okazawa H,Tanaka F,Miyatake S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to elucidate clinical effectiveness of submillimeter multislice 2- and 3-dimensional computed tomography (CT) for diagnosis of congenital middle ear anomaly. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Preoperative CT and operative findings were retrospectively analyzed in 36 ears of 33 patients. The distance be...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Nakasato T,Nakayama T,Nakayama M,Ehara S,Ohtsuka H,Sato H

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a preliminary investigation of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces using cardiac gated magnetic resonance imaging. A variation of intensity of the signal from the cerebral aqueduct is demonstrated during the cardiac cycle. The pattern of this variation suggests pulsatile CSF flow. Calculations that have been ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Bergstrand G,Bergström M,Nordell B,Ståhlberg F,Ericsson A,Hemmingsson A,Sperber G,Thuomas KA,Jung B

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate potential risk factors for hemodynamic depression (HD) in elective carotid angioplasty with stenting (CAS) by using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) angiographic findings and clinical data. METHODS:A retrospective study was conducted for 32 patients that underwent MDCT angiography befo...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hwang KW,Suh SI,Seo WK,Seol HY,Kim JH,Koh SB,Lee YH,Lee NJ,Kim JH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the normal anatomical features and variations of the bronchial arterial system and to determine the relationship among ectopic bronchial arteries, location (right-left) of the bronchial arteries, and variations of the aortic arch in patients as well as the sex of the patients who underwent multid...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Battal B,Akgun V,Karaman B,Bozlar U,Tasar M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To acquire ultra high resolution MRI images of the human brain at 8 Tesla within a clinically acceptable time frame. METHOD:Gradient echo images were acquired from the human head of normal subjects using a transverse electromagnetic resonator operating in quadrature and tuned to 340 MHz. In each study, a group...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Robitaille PM,Abduljalil AM,Kangarlu A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze and to describe the shape and contraction of the normal right ventricle (RV) as visualized by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS:Thirty normal volunteers were imaged using cine MRI in axial, short-axis, and long-axis planes. The shape and contraction of the RV were qualitatively evaluated. ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Fritz J,Solaiyappan M,Tandri H,Bomma C,Genc A,Claussen CD,Lima JA,Bluemke DA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:On contrast-enhanced hepatic CT, maximum tumor detection of liver metastases from colorectal cancer is achieved at peak hepatic enhancement. We investigated the relationship between injection time of contrast medium and time to peak hepatic enhancement (TPHE) after the end of injection. METHOD:One hundred nine...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Irie T,Kusano S

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is an ongoing debate about how to handle incidental findings (IF) detected in healthy individuals who participate in research-driven magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies. There are currently no established guidelines regarding their management. METHODS:We prospectively assessed the frequency of IF ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hartwigsen G,Siebner HR,Deuschl G,Jansen O,Ulmer S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three patients with rheumatoid arthritis had computed tomographic examination of the craniocervical junction. This demonstrated soft tissue features which have not previously been described in published reports. A low attenuation lesion between the odontoid and the transverse ligament shown in 11 patients was c...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Castor WR,Miller JD,Russell AS,Chiu PL,Grace M,Hanson J

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeration of the middle turbinate, termed "concha bullosa," is a common anatomical variant of intranasal anatomy. Of 320 patients evaluated for sinus disease with coronal CT, 34% had concha bullosa on at least one side. The overall incidence of inflammatory disease in the ostiomeatal complex in these symptomatic patien...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Zinreich SJ,Mattox DE,Kennedy DW,Chisholm HL,Diffley DM,Rosenbaum AE

更新日期：1988-09-01 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：PURPOSE:A new nonrigid registration method, designed to reduce the effect of movement artifact in subtraction images from breast MR, is compared with existing rigid and affine registration methods. METHOD:Nonrigid registration was compared with rigid and affine registration methods and unregistered images using 54 gad...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Denton ER,Sonoda LI,Rueckert D,Rankin SC,Hayes C,Leach MO,Hill DL,Hawkes DJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrast enhancement has been studied with computed tomography in 18 patients with brain infarction. Four patients were examined on more than one occasion. A mode of contrast medium administration has been used that results in constant blood iodine concentration during the investigation. The enhancement pattern was an...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Bergström M,Ericson K

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the "bridging vascular sign" in the diagnosis of an exophytic uterine leiomyoma and differentiation of a uterine leiomyoma from some other mass arising in the adnexa on pelvic MRI. METHOD:Of 52 women with a pelvic mass in whom pelvic MRI was performed...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Kim JC,Kim SS,Park JY

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this article is to report computed tomography demonstration of medial bowing of the lamina papyracea in 5 patients after internal ethmoidectomy. METHODS:We identified 5 patients who had apparent medial bowing of the lamina papyracea after functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) and who had ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Cunnane ME,Platt M,Caruso PA,Metson R,Curtin HD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of our study was to assess radiation dose reduction and image quality for enhanced chest CT examinations with a scout-based automated tube potential selection technique (kV Assist) compared with a standard 120-kV protocol. METHODS:Prospective study of enhanced chest CT examinations was performed in 1...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Li M,Feng S,Wu N,Zhang L

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test 2 hypotheses: first, that coronary distensibility can be measured noninvasively using 64-slice computed tomographic angiography (CTA); and second, that the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) in any individual patient is related to the degree of distensibility detected by CTA. MATERIALS AND METHO...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Zhang JY,Li YH,Li MH,Pan JW

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:This is a comparison of the ability of two quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) indices: (a) the second echo signal drop (SESD) (a simplified index of T2 relaxation times that we have developed); and (b) the previously described lesion/liver signal intensity ratio (LLR) to provide histologic diagnosis in hepatic lesio...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Mirowitz SA,Lee JK,Heiken JP

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of performing diagnostic-quality contrast-enhanced excretory magnetic resonance urography (eMRU) at 3T, examining both image quality and diagnostic accuracy for a range of urinary tract abnormalities. METHODS:The diuretic-enhanced 3T eMRUs of 37 patie...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Childs DD,Leyendecker JR,Gianini J,Hall C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of abnormal pancreaticobiliary junction (APBJ), in which three-dimensional (3D) drip infusion cholangiography (DIC) computed tomography (CT) was useful to make the diagnosis. The 3D DIC CT clearly demonstrated reflux of the contrast material into the main pancreatic duct as well as a long common chann...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Nambu A,Ichikawa T,Katoh K,Araki T

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was designed to examine the use of quantitative magnetization transfer imaging (MTI) in naturally occurring globoid cell leukodystrophy (GLD) in the Cairn terrier. METHOD:A model of GLD was established via a breeding colony, and a total of seven animals were studied with MTI, including two dogs with...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： McGowan JC,Haskins M,Wenger DA,Vite C

更新日期：2000-03-01 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:Dysarthria and tongue swelling may be seen with hypoglossal nerve palsy, and on cross-sectional imaging studies, tongue denervation can be misinterpreted as a primary base-of-tongue mass. Understanding radiological patterns of tongue denervation is important to prevent misinterpretation. Close evaluation of t...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Learned KO,Thaler ER,O'Malley BW Jr,Grady MS,Loevner LA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen prostates were obtained from patients autopsied at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and imaged fresh in vitro by high resolution magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with a surface coil. Following scanning, the specimens were fixed and sectioned in the same plane as the MR images. The prostate sections, corresponding to ...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Hruban RH,Zerhouni EA,Dagher AP,Pessar ML,Hutchins GM

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of z-score mapping method on neuroradiologists' performance in quantification of the extent of hypoattenuation regions of hyperacute stroke on unenhanced computed tomographic (CT) images by using the Alberta Stroke Programme Early CT Score system. METH...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Takahashi N,Tsai DY,Lee Y,Kinoshita T,Ishii K,Tamura H,Takahashi S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the MR features in two patients presenting with symptomatic thecal impingement by posterior epidural cysts linking a bilateral lumbar spondylolysis. Large fluid-filled channels bridging the ruptured partes interarticulares were present in spite of the absence of significant arthritic changes within the adjac...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Duprez T,Mailleux P,Bodart A,Coulier B,Malghem J,Maldague B

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the utility of a balloon rectal channel catheter (BRCC) in complex anal fistula magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS:A prospective study was done on 54 patients with clinical diagnosis of complex anal fistula. Eighteen patients had preoperative MRI before and aft...

journal_title：Journal of computer assisted tomography

authors： Zhan S,Yang S,Lin J,Zhu Q,Lu F,Tan W,Cheng R,Gong Z,Yang W

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00