Imaging of the normal trachea.

abstract：:The effects of respiratory motion and imaging at low tidal volumes can easily obscure normal anatomy as well as pathology on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) images of the lungs in infants and young children. The benefits of motion-free HRCT in children at full inflation and end exhalation compared with HRCT...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Long FR

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Computerized tomography (CT) scanning shows promise as an outcome surrogate for cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease progression. The scoring system used to convert the CT image to numeric data is an essential determinant of the performance of CT scanning. METHODS:Three radiologists independently scored 16 h...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Brody AS,Kosorok MR,Li Z,Broderick LS,Foster JL,Laxova A,Bandla H,Farrell PM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim was to evaluate computed tomography (CT)-measured pulmonary artery diameter (PAD) and lung density as predictors of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in subjects with systemic sclerosis (SSc). We compared these PAD values with normal values and between SSc subgroups with PH and/or interstitial lung disease (I...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Bakker ME,Ninaber MK,Stolk J,Kroft LJM,Schouffoer AA,de Vries Bouwstra JK,van Wijngaarden SE,Stoel BC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:A 59-year-old man who underwent chest radiography to exclude pneumonia showed an irregular nodular shadow in the left lower lung. A subsequent CT scan revealed an irregularly shaped soft-tissue mass consisting of two components: a peripheral round mass with spiculated margins and a well-circumscribed branching ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Murata Y,Inomata T,Yamamoto A,Yamashiro T,Moriki T,Yoshida S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheopathia osteochondroplastica is an uncommon abnormality of the cartilaginous tracheal wall, characterized by the presence of osteocartilaginous calcified nodules within the submucosa, with variable degree of diffuse tracheal narrowing. Imaging findings in CT are characterized by the presence of calcified nodular...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Restrepo S,Pandit M,Villamil MA,Rojas IC,Perez JM,Gascue A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When natural disasters demolish shelter, destroy sources of clean drinking water, and disrupt the availability of medical care, vast numbers of people are placed at increased risk of disease. The infectious diseases that propagate under these conditions are usually common ones. Occasionally, a natural disaster alters ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Ketai L,Currie BJ,Alva Lopez LF

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The peri-infarct zone represents the morphologic substrate for reentry ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction, and its extent is a strong predictor of major cardiac events. Although delayed gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DGE-MRI) was shown to allow for detailed characterization ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Muzzarelli S,Ordovas KG,Cannavale G,Naeger D,Michaels AD,Higgins CB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is a powerful tool for the detection and management of coronary artery disease. Beyond morphology, CMR imaging can probe relevant physiological parameters such as perfusion and function by means of stress testing. This article reviews current applications of CMR stress imaging ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Kawel-Boehm N,Bremerich J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cardiac fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake is known to be variable in fasting oncologic positron emission tomography computed tomography studies. Increased posterolateral and basal FDG activity have been reported with the basal pattern ascribed to radiation injury. The purpose of this study was to inve...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Maurer AH,Burshteyn M,Adler LP,Gaughan JP,Steiner RM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to track and investigate the effects of autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) transplantation after acute myocardial infarction in swine assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty-four Chinese mini-pigs (27±3 kg) were divided ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Lu M,Zhao S,Liu Q,Jiang S,Song P,Qian H,Zhang Y,Ling J,Yan C,Cheng H,Ma N,Zhao H,Liu Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) represent an increasing population both because anomalies that might have remained undiagnosed in the past are now being diagnosed later in life on imaging and because significant therapeutic advances have resulted in survival to adulthood of patients with complex CHD. In thi...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Latson L Jr,Levsky JM,Haramati LB

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular assist devices are used as a bridge to recovery, a bridge to transplant, or a permanent alternative to cardiac transplant. This exhibit demonstrates the imaging appearance of commonly used left ventricular assist devices and their complications. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Jain VR,White CS,Pierson RN 3rd,Griffith BP,Sorensen EN

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ostium primum, a type of atrial septal defect, occurs at the base of the interatrial septum and is the result of failure of fusion of the septum primum with the endocardial cushions. We describe a case of unrepaired ostium primum atrial septal defect in an adult that was diagnosed with multidetector computed tomograph...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Rajiah P,Renapurkar R,Kanne J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography using the ECAT II scanner to image and measure regional lung function is outlined. The combined use of transmission and emission imaging provides quantitative information about regional lung structure (density, extravascular density, and vascular volume) and function (ventilation, perfusio...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Hughes JM,Brudin LH,Valind SO,Rhodes CG

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging of the coronary sinus and its tributaries has gained increasing significance consequent to the development of an array of electrophysiological and interventional procedures using the cardiac venous system, including ablation for arrhythmias, left ventricular pacing, and in the administration of retrograde card...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Sinha M,Pandey NN,Sharma A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Castleman disease is a rare lymphproliferative disorder that most commonly occurs in the mediastinum. The tumor is very vascular, and biopsy is dangerous. We report magnetic resonance angiography findings, to our knowledge previously undescribed, of prominent feeding vessels; this might draw attention to the possible ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Ecklund K,Hartnell GG

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several acute and chronic conditions that alter the integrity of the pulmonary epithelium increased the rate of absorption or clearance into the circulation of small solutes deposited in the alveoli. Technetium 99m diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid can be deposited in the lungs as a submicronic aerosol and its rate ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Coates G,O'Brodovich H,Dolovich M

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Areas of variable lung attenuation forming a "mosaic pattern" are occasionally seen on computed tomography (CT) or high-resolution CT (HRCT) images of the lungs. This CT mosaic pattern of lung attenuation is a nonspecific finding that can reflect the presence of vascular disease, airway abnormalities, or ground-glass ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Stern EJ,Müller NL,Swensen SJ,Hartman TE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years radiation risk from CT scanning has become an important area of investigation. Many authors have suggested that radiation dose can be decreased without loss of diagnostic information. This dose reduction has primarily been achieved through a decrease in tube current. An area that has received little at...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Cassese JA,Brody AS,Thomas SR

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With more sophisticated medical procedures and treatment for the critically ill patient, iatrogenic damage to the thorax has become increasingly common. But simple radiologic procedures, such as chest radiography and fluoroscopy, permit diagnosis of unsuspected and clinically silent complications. A very important iat...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Ovenfors CO

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photon-counting computed tomography (CT) is a developing technology that has the potential to address some limitations of CT imaging and bring about improvements and potentially new applications to this field. Photon-counting detectors have a fundamentally different detection mechanism from conventional CT energy-inte...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Farhadi F,Rajagopal JR,Nikpanah M,Sahbaee P,Malayeri AA,Pritchard WF,Samei E,Jones EC,Chen MY

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Sufficient trauma to the chest can result in injury to the bony thorax and soft tissues of the chest wall, increasing patient morbidity and mortality. Fractured ribs can lacerate the pleura, lung, or abdominal organs. Fractures to upper ribs, clavicle, and upper sternum can signal brachial plexus or vascular injury. P...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Collins J

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of tracheomalacia (TM) associated with different types of mediastinal aortic vascular anomalies in symptomatic children using paired inspiratory-expiratory multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study group consisted of 15 ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Lee EY,Zurakowski D,Waltz DA,Mason KP,Riaz F,Ralph A,Boiselle PM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence and severity of expiratory multidetector computer tomography airway abnormalities, including central airway collapse and peripheral air trapping, before and after tracheoplasty, a novel surgical treatment for tracheomalacia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Our hos...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Lee KS,Ashiku SK,Ernst A,Feller-Kopman D,DeCamp M,Majid A,Guerrero J,Boiselle PM

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocompromised hosts have defects in their immune system that make them at risk of developing a variety of infections. In addition, these persons may develop a wide variety of noninfectious disease processes that involve the lung. These disorders may be caused by the underlying disease process. This may be seen wit...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Conces DJ Jr

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ease of performing computed tomography (CT)-guided radiologic procedures with the patient in the prone position can be compromised by patient discomfort. This is especially true during transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy when sedation or analgesia may interfere with the patient's ability to cooperate. The Glenn...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Jolles H,Cole TJ,Coppage L

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited disease in the African American population. Multiorgan pathologic features with a predilection for thoracic organs predominate. Acute cardiopulmonary diseases include acute chest syndrome, pneumonia, and left ventricular failure. Cardiomegaly, pleural effusions, pulmona...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Leong CS,Stark P

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of the "reversed halo sign" 6 weeks after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of a lung neoplasm in an 80-year-old man. The "reversed halo sign," first described on computed tomography in cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, has later been described as being associated with a wide range of pulmonary pathologie...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Mango VL,Naidich DP,Godoy MC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) may be idiopathic or related to a variety of diseases. The diagnosis, accurate assessment of etiology and severity, prognosis, treatment response, and follow-up of PH can be achieved using a diverse set of diagnostic examinations. In this review, the role of imaging in the evaluation of PH ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Brown K,Gutierrez AJ,Mohammed TL,Kirsch J,Chung JH,Dyer DS,Ginsburg ME,Heitkamp DE,Kanne JP,Kazerooni EA,Ketai LH,Parker JA,Ravenel JG,Saleh AG,Shah RD,Steiner RM,Suh RD,Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging.

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty years ago there was less interest in thromboembolism than there is now, although it was apparent even at that time that many episodes of embolization were being missed. Retrospective autopsy studies had indicated a 40% to 60% incidence of pulmonary emboli. Such studies were reviewed in a prospective study of 263...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Nicholson D

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00