Subjective vs. objective evaluation of gallbladder opacification during oral cholecystography in comparative clinical trials: implications for studies involving visual assessment.

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate how changes in kilovolt peak and milliampere second settings, and patient weight affect transmitted x-ray energy fluence and the image contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) at abdominal computed tomography (CT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cylinders of water were used as patient models, and x-ray spectra, inc...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Huda W,Scalzetti EM,Levin G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple technique used to catheterize boys for voiding cystourethrography, using a feeding catheter while the urethra is distended by a saline solution is described. ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Lorenzo RL,Bradford BF

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of chest computed tomography (CT) in the evaluation of clinically staged T1N0M0 lung cancer is controversial. Using quantitative methods of decision analysis and data already available in the medical literature, the authors show how the clinical utility and cost effectiveness of chest CT are dependent on seve...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Black WC,Armstrong P,Daniel TM

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality control in diagnostic radiography begins with production of predictable exposures. The authors describe a technique which permits determination of the variation of mR/mAs for the entire diagnostic range of times and currents in only about 1 hour. The mR/mAs in newly installed units has been shown to vary by as...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Starchman DE,Johnson RG,Howland WJ

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze difficult diagnostic cases of malrotation to identify features crucial to accurate diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The authors reviewed the radiographs and records of 81 symptomatic children who underwent surgery with a preoperative diagnosis of malrotation. Eleven had subtle rotational abnormaliti...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Long FR,Kramer SS,Markowitz RI,Taylor GE,Liacouras CA

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of scanner type and calcium measure on the reproducibility of calcium measurements. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This investigation was approved by the institutional review boards of each study site and by the Institutional Review Board of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute. Informed...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Detrano RC,Anderson M,Nelson J,Wong ND,Carr JJ,McNitt-Gray M,Bild DE

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of in utero exposure to a single dose of water-soluble intravenous iodinated contrast medium on thyroid function at birth. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study was approved by the institutional review board, with waiver of consent, and was HIPAA compliant. Maternal and newborn records were r...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Bourjeily G,Chalhoub M,Phornphutkul C,Alleyne TC,Woodfield CA,Chen KK

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the carpal lunotriquetral ligament (LTL) can be consistently seen and to establish the normal range of LTL appearances at magnetic resonance (MR) imaging as a basis for comparison with LTL tears. MATERIALS AND METHODS:MR imaging was used to identify and characterize the LTL in 75 wrists wi...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Smith DK,Snearly WN

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of vertebral sarcoidosis in pediatric patients are presented. All such patients reported have been black, 13-15 years old, and have a history of back pain. Radiographs of the involved vertebrae show primarily lytic destruction with sclerotic borders in some of the lesions. Fungal infections, tuberculosis, py...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Stump D,Spock A,Grossman H

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate use of transcervical recanalization in patients with reocclusion of the proximal fallopian tube after failed surgery to reverse sterilization or failed tuboplasty to treat inflammatory disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The standard technique for transcervical recanalization was attempted in seven pati...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Lang EK,Dunaway HH

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy of susceptibility-weighted (SW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for the assessment of the posttreatment change in oxygen saturation in the draining vein in patients with spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study protocol was approved by the institutional ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Fujima N,Kudo K,Terae S,Hida K,Ishizaka K,Zaitsu Y,Asano T,Yoshida D,Tha KK,Haacke EM,Sasaki M,Shirato H

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess interobserver and intraobserver reliability of three quantitative measures of coronary artery calcium burden: calcium "score," number of calcified lesions, and calcified area. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Electron beam computed tomographic (CT) scanning was used in a series of 25 patients to detect coronary...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kaufmann RB,Sheedy PF 2nd,Breen JF,Kelzenberg JR,Kruger BL,Schwartz RS,Moll PP

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the value of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and to compare MR imaging with transvaginal ultrasonography (US) and laparoscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty consecutive patients hospitalized because they were clinically suspected of having PID unde...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Tukeva TA,Aronen HJ,Karjalainen PT,Molander P,Paavonen T,Paavonen J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To retrospectively determine if patients with a history of intraoperative bile duct injury or liver transplantation have an increased risk for arterial injury (AI) during percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) and percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) compared with the risk of AI establishe...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Fidelman N,Bloom AI,Kerlan RK Jr,Laberge JM,Wilson MW,Ring EJ,Gordon RL

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choroid plexus (CP) cysts have been associated with trisomy 18, although most fetuses with CP cysts are normal. Since many fetuses with trisomy 18 have other sonographic abnormalities, the necessity of obtaining a karyotype for all fetuses with isolated CP cysts remains controversial. The authors prospectively studied...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Nadel AS,Bromley BS,Frigoletto FD Jr,Estroff JA,Benacerraf BR

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single and multiple dose-time fractionation schemes were investigated in patients with mycosis fungoides and lymphoma cutis. The single dose response shows that the disease-free interval is dose dependent. Remission rates are similar when the same total dose is given in either single treatments or multiple daily fract...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kim JH,Nisce LZ,D'Anglo GJ

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose To perform an intra-animal comparison between (a) three-dimensional (3D) molecularly targeted ultrasonography (US) by using clinical-grade vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2)-targeted microbubbles and (b) 3D dynamic contrast material-enhanced (DCE) US by using nontargeted microbubbles for as...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Wang H,Lutz AM,Hristov D,Tian L,Willmann JK

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose To investigate the value of two-dimensional (2D) shear-wave elastography (SWE) in the assessment of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and to compare the diagnostic performance of this modality with that of liver fibrosis indexes. Materials and Methods The ethics committee approved thi...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Zhuang Y,Ding H,Zhang Y,Sun H,Xu C,Wang W

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of biliary intervention performed by means of percutaneous transjejunal access. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In 28 patients with conventional antecolic Roux-en-Y choledochojejunostomy or hepaticojejunostomy loops, 41 attempts were made at direct percutaneous entry into the jejunal ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Perry LJ,Stokes KR,Lewis WD,Jenkins RL,Clouse ME

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose To identify risk factors for hippocampal calcifications and to investigate the association between hippocampal calcifications and cognitive function. Materials and Methods For this retrospective study, consecutive patients visiting a memory clinic at a Dutch general hospital between April 2009 and April 2015 w...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： de Brouwer EJM,Kockelkoren R,Claus JJ,de Jonghe A,Geerlings MI,Jongsma TEF,Mali WPTM,Hendrikse J,de Jong PA,Koek HL

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose To determine whether the use of one or two needles influences procedure performance and patient outcomes for ultrasonography (US)-guided percutaneous irrigation of calcific tendinopathy. Materials and Methods Institutional review board approval and written informed patient consent were obtained. From February ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Orlandi D,Mauri G,Lacelli F,Corazza A,Messina C,Silvestri E,Serafini G,Sconfienza LM

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images of the pituitary gland and sella turcica routinely demonstrate a region of high signal intensity in the neurohypophysis. High-resolution MR imaging studies of the sella turcica in 200 subjects with a normal or abnormal sella were analyzed. The hyperintensity was found in the ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Colombo N,Berry I,Kucharczyk J,Kucharczyk W,de Groot J,Larson T,Norman D,Newton TH

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has established a new standard for x-ray tube focal-spot measurements using a focal-spot camera with a slit instead of a pinhole. Measurements from the slit focal-spot camera are compared and star resolution pattern techniques for 50 focal spots. In addition, me...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Everson JD,Gray JE

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, radiologic, and histopathologic features of three cases of clear cell chondrosarcoma are described. On radiographs, this rather benign-appearing tumor resembles a chondroblastoma when it occurs at the end of a long bone, and may occasionally show a calcified matrix. However, it has distinctive tumor cell...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kumar R,David R,Cierney G 3rd

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A low-attenuation region around the peripheral portal tracts (periportal collar) was noted on 13 of 43 computed tomographic studies obtained in 17 patients who had undergone 20 orthotopic liver transplantations. This region was then correlated with acute liver transplant rejection. The periportal collar as a sign of r...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Wechsler RJ,Munoz SJ,Needleman L,Kurtz AB,Miller CL,Yang SL,Maddrey WC,Jarrell BE

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background CT deep learning reconstruction (DLR) algorithms have been developed to remove image noise. How the DLR affects image quality and radiation dose reduction has yet to be fully investigated. Purpose To investigate a DLR algorithm's dose reduction and image quality improvement for pediatric CT. Materials and M...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Brady SL,Trout AT,Somasundaram E,Anton CG,Li Y,Dillman JR

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the long-term success of tantalum stents implanted in iliac artery lesions and to determine potential predictive factors of early and late stent failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In 289 patients, flexible tantalum stents were implanted in iliac artery stenoses (n - 223) or occlusions (n - 66). Early a...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Strecker EP,Boos IB,Hagen B

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presacral abscesses developed in two men (aged 59 and 76 years) after abdominoperineal resection. Computed tomography was performed to demonstrate the distance from the abscess to the perineum and the distance of the abscess anterior to the sacrum. Then, lateral and anteroposterior fluoroscopy was performed to guide t...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Michalson AE,Brown BP,Warnock NG,Simonson TM

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is evolving into a potent tool in the examination of the central nervous system. Although it is often used for the detection of acute ischemia, evaluation of directionality in a diffusion measurement can be useful in white matter, which demonstrates strong diffusion anisotropy...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Nucifora PG,Verma R,Lee SK,Melhem ER

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00