The relationship of patient waiting time to capacity and utilization in emergency room radiology.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the addition of color Doppler ultrasonography (US) to gray-scale US can help diagnose appendicitis in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS:One hundred children with suspected appendicitis were evaluated with gray-scale and color Doppler US scanning. Color Doppler US scans were considered positi...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Quillin SP,Siegel MJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Early stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the ideal candidate for resection in patients with preserved liver function; however, cancer will recur in half of these patients and no reliable prognostic tool has been established. Purpose To investigate the effectiveness of radiomic features in predicting tu...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Ji GW,Zhu FP,Xu Q,Wang K,Wu MY,Tang WW,Li XC,Wang XH

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview of current air-contrast stomach examination techniques is offered: (a) Hampton's technique which does not use distension; (b) the Japanese method which utilizes the relaxant drug Buscopan, good distension, and much patient rotation; (c) a third method in which no drugs are used but more distension is obtai...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Miller RE

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relaxation times (T1 and T2) were measured in vivo in mongrel dogs at fields of 0.3, 0.5, 1.0, 1.35, and 1.5 tesla (T). T1 was measured using nine values of inversion time ranging from 10 to 1,280 msec. T2 was measured with a four-point multiple spin-echo sequence. Relaxation times were calculated for muscle, kidney c...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Johnson GA,Herfkens RJ,Brown MA

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether magnetic resonance (MR) imaging quantification of cervical spinal cord damage improves the prediction of motor recovery after spinal cord injury. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The extent of cervical spinal cord injury was measured on MR images obtained in 104 patients (aged 17-70 years) within 72 ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Flanders AE,Spettell CM,Tartaglino LM,Friedman DP,Herbison GJ

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare two methods of evaluating patients with coronary artery disease, the authors assessed the ejection fraction (EF) during the first-third (1/3) of systole by first-pass radionuclide angiography and the EF response to exercise in 22 normal individuals and 40 patients. The 1/3 EF was calculated by averaging 3--...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Slutsky R,Battler A,Karliner JS,Froelicher V,Ashburn W

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranial magnetic resonance (MR) images were prospectively obtained in 74 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive subjects, all of whom had undergone MR imaging 24-42 months earlier. The images were interpreted by neuroradiologists blinded to the subject's clinical status and were compared with the initial MR i...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Post MJ,Berger JR,Duncan R,Quencer RM,Pall L,Winfield D

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the nature and relative frequency of operator-dependent data analysis errors in dual x-ray absorptiometry. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Over 40 months, 2,528 dual x-ray absorptiometric examinations of the forearm, femoral neck, and lumbar spine were performed by 11 technologists by using standard techniq...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Staron RB,Greenspan R,Miller TT,Bilezikian JP,Shane E,Haramati N

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 11 volunteers, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the cervical spine was performed with a magnetization transfer preparatory pulse (prepulsed), three-dimensional Fourier transform, turbo field echo sequence. The effects of flip angle, number of shots, phase-encoding profile order, and magnetization transfer prepuls...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Melhem ER,Caruthers SD,Jara H

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effect of the interpretation of plain chest radiographs on the time to definitive diagnosis of aortic dissection. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The authors evaluated chest radiographs from 75 patients in whom chest radiography was performed before aortic dissection was diagnosed. The radiographs and a...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Luker GD,Glazer HS,Eagar G,Gutierrez FR,Sagel SS

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the redistribution of cells through the division cycle between dose fractions, the sensitizing effect is greatest when small doses per fraction are used. Since nonproliferating tissues limit the dose in radiotherapy and will not be sensitized by redistribution, the more the dose is fractionated and the lower the do...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Withers HR

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients were examined with high-resolution real-time ultrasound following Rammstedt pyloromyotomy for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. At surgery, the pyloric muscle thickness was greater than or equal to 4 mm, diameter greater than or equal to 13 mm, and length greater than or equal to 19 mm. Sequential sonograms ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Sauerbrei EE,Paloschi GG

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiographic images can be converted into numerical sequences that can be evalueate by computer to determine the significance of certain radiographic findings in peripheral pulmonary nodules. Of three methods (discriminant analysis. Bayes' theoroem, and the Calm system), discriminant analysis has proven the best with ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Rotte KH,Meiske W

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare a glycosaminoglycan chemical exchange saturation transfer (gagCEST) imaging method, which enables sampling of the water signal as a function of the presaturation offset (z-spectrum) at 13 points in clinically feasible imaging times, with sodium 23 ((23)Na) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in patients ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Schmitt B,Zbýn S,Stelzeneder D,Jellus V,Paul D,Lauer L,Bachert P,Trattnig S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze the effectiveness and accuracy of the diagnostic process from screening mammography to final diagnosis at pathologic examination, the authors conducted a prospective study of 277 consecutive patients who underwent 291 mammographically directed biopsies of nonpalpable lesions. Of the 170 lesions that demonst...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Stein MA,Karlan MS

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To comprehensively characterize the dosimetric properties of a clinical digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) system for the acquisition of mammographic and tomosynthesis images. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Compressible water-oil mixture phantoms were created and imaged by using the automatic exposure control (AEC) of ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Feng SS,Sechopoulos I

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Screening breast MRI is recommended for women with BRCA mutation or a history of chest radiation, but guidelines are equivocal for MRI screening of women with a personal history of breast cancer or high-risk lesion. Purpose To evaluate screening breast MRI performance across women with different elevated br...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Sippo DA,Burk KS,Mercaldo SF,Rutledge GM,Edmonds C,Guan Z,Hughes KS,Lehman CD

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the positive predictive values (PPVs) of Breast Imaging and Reporting Data Systems (BI-RADS) assessment categories for breast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and to identify the BI-RADS MR imaging lesion features most predictive of cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This institutional review board-appro...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Mahoney MC,Gatsonis C,Hanna L,DeMartini WB,Lehman C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of a new nonionic gadolinium complex--gadodiamide injection--to (a) allow distinction between reperfused and occlusive infarction and (b) enable differentiation between reperfused reversible and irreversible myocardial injury was investigated. Three groups of rats were used: 10 with reversibly reperfused...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Saeed M,Wendland MF,Takehara Y,Masui T,Higgins CB

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography has been found to be a more accurate diagnostic tool in the analysis of brain metastases than radionuclide scanning. Of 1,100 patients studied by CT scan, 57 showed evidence of intracerebral metastasis, and 14 showed evidence of hydrocephalus. Density levels below that of normal brain tissue were f...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Deck MD,Messina AV,Sackett JF

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine if computed tomographic (CT) texture and histogram analysis measurements of the primary mass are independently associated with overall survival in patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck who were previously treated with cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and docetaxel (T...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Zhang H,Graham CM,Elci O,Griswold ME,Zhang X,Khan MA,Pitman K,Caudell JJ,Hamilton RD,Ganeshan B,Smith AD

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five consecutive patients with the clinical diagnosis of fenestral otosclerosis were evaluated with high-resolution computed tomography (CT). Twenty-six were diagnosed as having this disorder by CT evidence of abnormal bony excrescences at or adjacent to the oval window. The diagnosis was made upon examination ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Swartz JD,Faerber EN,Wolfson RJ,Marlowe FI

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiologically characteristic extra-alveolar air collections in one or both inferior pulmonary ligaments developed in 14 neonates with respiratory distress on assisted ventilation. Eleven infants had radiographically visible pulmonary interstitial emphysema prior to or concurrent with the air collections. All infants ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Volberg FM Jr,Everett CJ,Brill PW

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of arthrography in patients with chronic finger complaints is discussed. Magnification arthrography was performed to assist the clinical evaluation of 15 patients with pain in the metacarpal-phalangeal or proximal interphalangeal joints. Conditions detected include collateral ligament laxity, extravasation aro...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Rosenthal D,Murray WT,Smith RJ

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:History A 61-year-old man with no relevant medical history was admitted to the emergency department with symptoms of congestive heart failure and a 1-week history of chest pain, progressive dyspnea, abdominal swelling, bipedal edema, and anorexia. Laboratory test results, including complete blood count and electrolyte...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： de Miguel Criado J,Aguilera Del Hoyo LF,García Del Salto L,Cueva Pérez E,Casado Cerrada J,Nieto Llanos S,Porro Fernández JC,Fraga Rivas P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether computed tomographically (CT) guided percutaneous catheter drainage of spondylodiskitic abscesses is an appropriate and effective alternative to surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS:CT-guided percutaneous catheter drainage was performed in 21 patients (16 men, five women; age range, 24-81 years)...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Staatz G,Adam GB,Keulers P,Vorwerk D,Günther RW

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine a set of distinctive imaging findings seen in symptomatic patients with pretibial varices. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Medical records and imaging studies of patients who presented with pretibial varices over an 8-year period were collected from four institutions. Findings in six symptomatic patients wi...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Boutin RD,Sartoris DJ,Rose SC,Plecha EJ,Bundens WP,Haghighi P,Harter LP,Resnick D

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:Seven patients with proved small-bowel infarction were studied to determine whether the radiographic appearance of an ischemic segment is helpful in predicting the severity of the process, in particular the potential viability or nonviability of the affected bowel. It was found that the barium examination is useful in...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Joffe N,Goldman H,Antonioli DA

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertebral involvement of DISH is described from an evaluation of 215 cadaveric spines and 100 patients with the disease. Radiographic features include linear new bone formation along the anterolateral aspect of the thoracic spine, a bumpy contour, subjacent radiolucency, and irregular and pointed bony excrescences...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Resnick D,Niwayama G

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00