Trends in use of barium enema examination, colonoscopy, and sigmoidoscopy: is use commensurate with risk of disease?

abstract：:Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the thyroid was performed with a 1.5-T system and local receiver coil in 19 "healthy" subjects and 34 patients with various focal and diffuse thyroid disorders. The normal gland was typically homogeneous with increased intensity relative to that of muscle on images obtained with long...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Gefter WB,Spritzer CE,Eisenberg B,LiVolsi VA,Axel L,Velchik M,Alavi A,Schenck J,Kressel HY

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To quantify, with three-dimensional proton magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy, metabolic characteristics of normal-appearing white matter and nonenhancing lesions in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Institutional review board approval and informed patient conse...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： He J,Inglese M,Li BS,Babb JS,Grossman RI,Gonen O

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one pediatric patients who were suspected of having central nervous system (CNS) tumors underwent magnetic resonance (MR) imaging using a 0.35 T Diasonics MT/S system. Pulse intervals (TR) ranged from 0.5 to 2.0 seconds with echo delays (TE) of 28 and 56 msec. The ability of MR and contrast-enhanced CT to detect...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kucharczyk W,Brant-Zawadzki M,Sobel D,Edwards MB,Kelly WM,Norman D,Newton TH

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal anatomy of the larynx and base of the tongue as seen on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) images was studied. Scans of normal volunteers were obtained using a 3.5 kilogauss (0.35 T) superconductive magnet and a 3.0 kilogauss (0.3 T) permanent magnet. The NMR images were compared with images obtained by CT an...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Lufkin RB,Larsson SG,Hanafee WN

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare unenhanced helical computed tomography (CT) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the detection of common bile duct calculi. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Within 13 months, 51 patients (aged 18-94 years) with clinically suspected choledocholithiasis underwent unenhanced helical CT imm...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Neitlich JD,Topazian M,Smith RC,Gupta A,Burrell MI,Rosenfield AT

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine and quantify the major sources of anxiety for patients undergoing magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and to suggest means by which to eliminate or diminish their negative effects, the authors studied anxiety in 46 subjects. Of these, 20 randomly selected subjects who successfully completed the examination pa...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Quirk ME,Letendre AJ,Ciottone RA,Lingley JF

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of increasing doses of angiotensin II on hepatic hemodynamics in the normal rabbit liver and in hepatic VX2 tumors by using dynamic contrast material-enhanced perfusion computed tomography (CT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study was approved by the institutional animal care and use co...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Wright KC,Ravoori MK,Dixon KA,Han L,Singh SP,Liu P,Gupta S,Johnson VE,Kan Z,Kundra V

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early years of nuclear medicine, physicians explored applied nuclear physics, and physicists pursued uncharted areas in medicine. Reflections from Jim Adelstein, MD, PhD, John McAfee, MD, Henry Wagner, MD, Fred Bonte, MD, Dave Kuhl, MD, and Alex Gottschalk, MD, add to the appreciation of the diversity in those ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Potchen EJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two pathologically documented cases of renal cell carcinoma, the appearance of the tumors at magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was markedly hypointense relative to normal renal parenchyma on both T1- and T2-weighted spin-echo images. Pathologic examination of both tumors revealed diffuse iron scattered throughout the...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Sussman SK,Glickstein MF,Krzymowski GA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammatory effects of fallopian tube catheterization and selective injection of seven contrast agents (ethiodized oil, diatrizoate meglumine 52%, diatrizoate meglumine 66%, iothalamate meglumine 60%, iopamidol, ioxitol, and ioxaglate) were evaluated in 88 rabbits. The contrast agent used was randomly selected an...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Thurmond AS,Hedgpeth PL,Scanlan RM

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging appearance of the testes in women with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS), including any benign or malignant changes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a retrospective review of the testicular MR images and histologic reports from 25 patients with CAIS ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Nakhal RS,Hall-Craggs M,Freeman A,Kirkham A,Conway GS,Arora R,Woodhouse CR,Wood DN,Creighton SM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New or enlarging solitary pulmonary opacities in 502 patients were evaluated with a plain tomographic procedure. Repeat chest radiographs in 64 patients and tomograms in 115 patients showed that the opacities were not nodules but were due to pneumonitis, rib lesions, thickened pleura, or another benign finding. Tomogr...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Huston J 3rd,Muhm JR

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the frequency, location, and appearance of transient increased attenuation in the liver during arterial-phase helical or incremental computed tomography (CT) in patients with gallbladder disease without hepatic extension. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Findings in dynamic CT examinations in 31 patients with...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Ito K,Awaya H,Mitchell DG,Honjo K,Fujita T,Uchisako H,Moritani K,Nomura S,Higuchi M,Kada T,Matsumoto T,Matsunaga N

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the cost and efficacy of diagnostic work-up in patients with invasive cervical cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In 246 patients with invasive cervical cancer, all diagnostic tests performed before treatment were recorded. Patients were divided into two groups: those who underwent magnetic resonance (MR...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Hricak H,Powell CB,Yu KK,Washington E,Subak LL,Stern JL,Cisternas MG,Arenson RL

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose To determine whether altered sodium (Na(+)) and chloride (Cl(-)) homeostasis can be visualized in periodic paralyses by using 7-T sodium 23 ((23)Na) and chlorine 35 ((35)Cl) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Materials and Methods Institutional review board approval and informed consent of all participants were ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Weber MA,Nagel AM,Marschar AM,Glemser P,Jurkat-Rott K,Wolf MB,Ladd ME,Schlemmer HP,Kauczor HU,Lehmann-Horn F

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 34 of 847 patients (4%), testicular cysts were discovered with high-resolution ultrasound (US). Sixteen had a cystic testicular tumor, and US images showed multiple cysts and solid tumor portions in 12 of these 16 (75%). Eighteen patients had nonneoplastic cysts: Five had cysts of the tunica albuginea, and 13 had i...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Hamm B,Fobbe F,Loy V

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilatation of the aortic root, outlined by a periaortic fat layer, was observed in 19 of 25 successive cases of aneurysm of the ascending aorta. In one of these cases the aneurysm was entirely confined to the aortic root. In two other cases the aneurysms could not be detected on standard chest radiographs judged in th...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Szamosi A

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors perform intravenous digital angiography of the abdomen with the patient in a prone position. As a result, gas is reduced in the transverse colon and small bowel and vascular detail in the image is not obscured. ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Seigel RS,Williams AG

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The societal and individual burden caused by acute and chronic lower extremity venous disease is considerable. In the past several decades, minimally invasive endovascular interventions have been developed to reduce thrombus burden in the setting of acute deep venous thrombosis to prevent both short- and long-term mor...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Sista AK,Vedantham S,Kaufman JA,Madoff DC

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past few years, several articles have appeared in the scientific literature that predict thousands of cancers and cancer deaths per year in the U.S. population caused by medical imaging procedures that use ionizing radiation. These predictions are computed by multiplying small and highly speculative risk fa...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Hendee WR,O'Connor MK

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the usefulness of T2-weighted fast spin-echo magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with a 512 x 256 matrix for assessment of the preoperative stage of endometrial carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty-eight women with histopathologically proved endometrial carcinoma underwent preoperative T2-weighted f...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Takahashi S,Murakami T,Narumi Y,Kurachi H,Tsuda K,Kim T,Enomoto T,Tomoda K,Miyake A,Murata Y,Nakamura H

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose To evaluate glass-fiber-based guidewires that are safe for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-guided endovascular interventions by using a phantom and an in vivo swine model. Materials and Methods MR imaging-safe guidewires were made from micropultruded glass and/or aramid fibers and epoxy resin with diameters of...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Massmann A,Buecker A,Schneider GK

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatic venography with hot contrast material embolization was undertaken in 81 patients with varicoceles and infertility. Long-term follow-up information was available in 91% of the patients, and there was an overall conception rate of 40.5%. Embolization with hot contrast material was easily performed without spec...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Smith TP,Hunter DW,Cragg AH,Darcy MD,Castaneda-Zuniga WR,Sinclair TR,Ercole C,Hulbert JC,Kaye KW,Amplatz K

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 22 gauge "skinny core" (Madayag) biopsy needle, an 18 gauge Menghini needle, and a 14 gauge Tru-cut needle were compared in 51 patients. The Madayag needle was found to have a high recovery rate and provided adequate histological information in a large percentage of cases. However, the larger needles more consistent...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Haaga JR,LiPuma JP,Bryan PJ,Balsara VJ,Cohen AM

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusional anisotropy of human brain was investigated clinically in six adult volunteers, eight premature neonates, and three infants aged 5-10 months. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging was performed with gradient b of 450 sec/mm2. The direction of diffusion-sensitive gradients was changed among x, y, and...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Sakuma H,Nomura Y,Takeda K,Tagami T,Nakagawa T,Tamagawa Y,Ishii Y,Tsukamoto T

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A device was developed for hysterosalpingography and fallopian tube recanalization. It differs from the previously used vacuum-cup device in that the central shaft slides and has an acorn-shaped tip. Optimal results were obtained in all 14 women (100%) who underwent catheterization with the new device; optimal results...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Thurmond AS,Uchida BT,Rösch J

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To prospectively assess the frequency and cause of disagreements in diagnoses at ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for fetuses referred for ventriculomegaly (VM). MATERIALS AND METHODS:One hundred ninety-five women, aged 18-44 years, with 200 fetal referrals for VM, were recruited in a p...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Levine D,Feldman HA,Tannus JF,Estroff JA,Magnino M,Robson CD,Poussaint TY,Barnewolt CE,Mehta TS,Robertson RL

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare lung densitometric measurements that use a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of the lungs with those obtained from analysis of two-dimensional (2D) computed tomographic (CT) images, visual emphysema scores, and data from pulmonary function tests. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thoracic helical CT scans w...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Park KJ,Bergin CJ,Clausen JL

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the computed tomographic (CT) findings in patients with allergic fungal sinusitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The authors retrospectively reviewed CT scans and surgical and histopathologic reports in 45 patients (27 male, 18 female; age range, 8-68 years) with allergic fungal sinusitis from multiple in...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Mukherji SK,Figueroa RE,Ginsberg LE,Zeifer BA,Marple BF,Alley JG,Cooper LL,Nemzek WR,Yousem DM,Jones KR,Kupferberg SB,Castillo M

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomographic (CT) scans and magnetic resonance (MR) images obtained in 24 patients with cervical lymphadenopathy were retrospectively and blindly evaluated by two readers for the presence of central nodal necrosis (CNN) and extracapsular nodal spread (ENS). The CT studies were all enhanced, and the MR images w...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Yousem DM,Som PM,Hackney DB,Schwaibold F,Hendrix RA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00