Practical and technical considerations in establishing an intraoperative radiation therapy program in the community practice.

abstract：:Duplex Doppler ultrasound (US) was used in 68 consecutive patients with focal liver lesions, including 12 hepatocellular carcinomas, one cholangiocarcinoma, 37 metastases, 15 hemangiomas, one hemangioendothelioma, and two focal nodular hyperplasias. Of the hepatocellular carcinomas, six were diffusely hyperechoic, two...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Taylor KJ,Ramos I,Morse SS,Fortune KL,Hammers L,Taylor CR

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) with fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) was performed in 19 patients referred for clinical evaluation of soft-tissue masses. These patients had 20 different lesions and had been evaluated previously with computed tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The dia...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Griffeth LK,Dehdashti F,McGuire AH,McGuire DJ,Perry DJ,Moerlein SM,Siegel BA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammography utilization remains below the level needed to achieve the National Cancer Institute's year-2000 goals for reducing breast cancer mortality by 50%. Previous research has identified both patient and physician barriers. The authors interviewed 600 randomly selected women who were offered a free mammographic e...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Rimer BK,Keintz MK,Kessler HB,Engstrom PF,Rosan JR

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the challenges and benefits of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging during brain tumor resection. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A short-bore 1.5-T MR system equipped with echo-planar-capable gradients was used in resection of brain tumors in 30 patients. MR sequences and need for contrast material enhancemen...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Martin AJ,Hall WA,Liu H,Pozza CH,Michel E,Casey SO,Maxwell RE,Truwit CL

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether a 10-minute magnetic resonance (MR) imaging examination of the upper abdomen provides sufficiently comprehensive information to replace a longer MR protocol. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Images obtained with selected breathing-independent and breath hold MR sequences, with 2 minutes of total acqu...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Semelka RC,Balci NC,Op de Beeck B,Reinhold C

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the evolution of metabolic changes detectable with proton magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopic imaging in acute stroke and to compare these findings with those of conventional MR imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A patient with middle cerebral artery stroke underwent conventional proton-density (P...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Barker PB,Gillard JH,van Zijl PC,Soher BJ,Hanley DF,Agildere AM,Oppenheimer SM,Bryan RN

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight patients with prostatic carcinoma who underwent magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and subsequent radical prostatectomy were studied. The resected prostates were sectioned axially, and the whole-mount prostatic specimen was compared with the corresponding MR images. The carcinoma could be identified in 20 ca...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kahn T,Bürrig K,Schmitz-Dräger B,Lewin JS,Fürst G,Mödder U

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical, angiographic, scintigraphic and pathologic observations in myocardial contusion were correlated. Radionuclide imaging of the injured heart with 99mTc-Sn-polyphosphate provides an accurate diagnosis in acute, even mild, myocardial contusion. The study can be carried out without danger to the critically ill pa...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Chiu CL,Roelofs JD,Go RT,Doty DB,Rose EF,Christie JH

更新日期：1975-09-01 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：:Twenty-four patients with 29 cerebrovascular malformations were evaluated with a combination of computed tomography (CT), angiography, and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Characteristics of the malformations on MR images were reviewed retrospectively, and a comparative evaluation of MR and CT images was made. Of 14 a...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kucharczyk W,Lemme-Pleghos L,Uske A,Brant-Zawadzki M,Dooms G,Norman D

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To prospectively evaluate the feasibility and clinical value of computed tomography (CT)-guided iodine 125 ((125)I) brachytherapy to treat bilateral lung recurrences from colorectal carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study was approved by Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center Institutional Review Board and a...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Wang G,Zhang F,Yang B,Xue J,Peng S,Zhong Z,Zhang T,Lu M,Gao F

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three groups of apparently normal developmental variants in extremities as they appear on radiographs are presented. In contrast to the widely held view that these are of no clinical significance, these ossicles may, in fact, be responsible for symptoms. The first group consists of ossicles which, from the very onset,...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Lawson JP

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo sodium magnetic resonance (MR) images of various structures--such as the heart, chest wall, kidneys, spine, liver, gallbladder, breasts, knees, hands, and feet--were obtained at 1.9 T. Improved sensitivity relative to standard spin-echo imaging was achieved with use of a modified three-dimensional acquisition ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Granot J

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiotherapy of verrucous carcinoma has frequently been associated with anaplastic transformation and poor response. No anaplastic transformation was observed in the 6 patients receiving radiotherapy as the primary treatment, and control of disease was favorable compared with 5 surgically treated patients. Four of the...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Schwade JG,Wara WM,Dedo HH,Phillips TL

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study had demonstrated the clinical usefulness of water-delay ultrasound as a means of routinely imaging the intracranial contents in infants younger than one year of age. Correlation between ultrasound and CT images was excellent, showing both normal and pathological anatomy. This technique is most help...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Haber K,Wachter RD,Christenson PC,Vaucher Y,Sahn DJ,Smith JR

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose To quantify myocardial extracellular volume (ECV) by using cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in thalassemia major and to investigate the relationship between ECV and myocardial iron overload. Materials and Methods With institutional review board approval and informed consent, 30 patients with thalassemia...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Hanneman K,Nguyen ET,Thavendiranathan P,Ward R,Greiser A,Jolly MP,Butany J,Yang IY,Sussman MS,Wintersperger BJ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the vascular anatomy of the prostate gland with transrectal color Doppler ultrasound (US). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty-five normal prostate glands were studied. Imaging findings were interpreted on the basis of findings from previous anatomic studies. RESULTS:Distribution of flow signals within t...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Neumaier CE,Martinoli C,Derchi LE,Silvestri E,Rosenberg I

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To prospectively compare single- and multisection computed tomographic (CT) perfusion for tumor blood flow determination in an animal model. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All animal protocols and experiments were approved by the institutional animal care and use committee before the study was initiated. R3230 mammary ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Hakimé A,Peddi H,Hines-Peralta AU,Wilcox CJ,Kruskal J,Lin S,de Baere T,Raptopoulos VD,Goldberg SN

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate use of the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) as a nonsurgical approach for the management of Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twelve patients with fulminant (n = 2), subacute (n = 5), or chronic (n = 5) BCS underwent TIPS placement. Hepatic venous obstruction was...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Blum U,Rössle M,Haag K,Ochs A,Blum HE,Hauenstein KH,Astinet F,Langer M

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare anatomic alignment between morphologic and positron emission tomography (PET) images acquired in the abdomen and pelvis by using simultaneous magnetic resonance (MR)/PET, PET/computed tomography (CT), and retrospective MR/PET fusion and to compare alignment between MR and PET in simultaneous and sequ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Brendle CB,Schmidt H,Fleischer S,Braeuning UH,Pfannenberg CA,Schwenzer NF

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate use of positron emission tomography (PET) versus computed tomography (CT) in detection of pancreatic cancer and determine the value of quantitative and visual image interpretation of these techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Within 8 weeks before surgery, 73 patients with suspected pancreatic cancer ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Stollfuss JC,Glatting G,Friess H,Kocher F,Berger HG,Reske SN

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An angiographic system capable of simultaneous biplane stereoscopic magnification cerebral angiography was evaluated. Stereoscopic imaging improved the morphologic depiction of aneurysms and of arteriovenous malformations. In a series of 357 patients, procedure time was reduced because the initial biplane stereoscopic...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kleefield J,O'Reilly GV,Barsotti JB,Brooks ML

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irradiation of the orbit is often associated with substantial dose inhomogeneity resulting from the insertion of lens blocks. We postulated that such dose inhomogeneity, which often exceeds 40%, could be halved by the use of two pairs of wedged beams, one angled in the sagittal plane and the other in the commonly empl...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Harisiadis L,Schell MC,Working KR,Justice T,Wessels BW,Ling CC

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether computed tomographic (CT) findings can help differentiate between benign and clinically worrisome causes of pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board, and requirement for informed consent was wai...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Olson DE,Kim YW,Ying J,Donnelly LF

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To retrospectively determine if the use of a computer-aided detection (CAD) system can improve the performance of single reading of screening mammograms to match that of double reading in the United Kingdom. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Local research ethics committee approval was obtained; informed consent was not r...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Gilbert FJ,Astley SM,McGee MA,Gillan MG,Boggis CR,Griffiths PM,Duffy SW

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine patients with known or suspected malignancy were studied with identical T1-weighted (spin echo [SE] and inversion recovery [IR]) and T2-weighted SE magnetic resonance (MR) imaging at 0.5 and 1.5 T to evaluate the relative sensitivities of these sequences for detecting focal hepatic lesions. At 0.5 T, 98 le...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Steinberg HV,Alarcon JJ,Bernardino ME

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine trabecular microarchitecture with high-resolution flat-panel volume computed tomography (CT) and bone mineral density (BMD) with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa (AN) and to compare these results with those in normal-weight control subjects. MATERIALS ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Bredella MA,Misra M,Miller KK,Madisch I,Sarwar A,Cheung A,Klibanski A,Gupta R

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiographic findings in 11 proved cases of cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis were reviewed and correlated with colonoscopic and pathologic findings. Patients were chronically ill homosexual men with multiple systemic opportunistic infections. Endoscopies showed focal or diffuse inflammation, hemorrhagic plaques, and supe...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Balthazar EJ,Megibow AJ,Fazzini E,Opulencia JF,Engel I

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative microstructural sonography differs from conventional sonography in several ways. The frequency as well as the amplitude of echoes is recorded and assessed using spectral analysis techniques. The effects of diffraction of the ultrasound beam are calibrated, as are the transfer characteristics of the system...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： King DL,Lizzi FL,Feleppa EJ,Wai PM,Yaremko MM,Rorke MC,Herbst J

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind, randomized study was conducted in 170 patients to compare the effects of two hypertonic contrast media in phlebography of the leg: one was ionic [methylglucamine metrizoate (Isopaque Cerebral, 280 mg I/mI)] and the other nonionic [metrizamide (Amipaque, 280 mg I/mI)]. Ninety patients who showed no veno...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Laerum F,Holm HA

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00