Cost effectiveness of chest CT in T1N0M0 lung cancer.

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the variability of tumor unidimensional, bidimensional, and volumetric measurements on same-day repeat computed tomographic (CT) scans in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This HIPAA-compliant study was approved by the institutional review board, with informed patient ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Zhao B,James LP,Moskowitz CS,Guo P,Ginsberg MS,Lefkowitz RA,Qin Y,Riely GJ,Kris MG,Schwartz LH

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-expanding metallic stents of a modified Gianturco design were used for palliative treatment of malignant esophagogastric strictures. Over a 10-month period, 10 stents were placed in nine patients. All patients with severe dysphagia due to malignant strictures in whom all other treatment options had failed were ca...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Song HY,Choi KC,Cho BH,Ahn DS,Kim KS

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine conversion factors for the new International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) publication 103 recommendations for adult and pediatric patients and to compare the effective doses derived from Monte Carlo calculations with those derived from dose-length product (DLP) for different body re...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Deak PD,Smal Y,Kalender WA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the relative benefits and cost-effectiveness of treating iliac arterial occlusive disease with various interventions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cost-effectiveness was analyzed in a hypothetical cohort of patients with intermittent claudication caused by an iliac arterial stenosis. Primary stent placeme...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Bosch JL,Tetteroo E,Mali WP,Hunink MG

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether measurements of skewness, kurtosis, and mean lung attenuation on thin-section computed tomographic (CT) histograms in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) correlate with pulmonary physiologic abnormality in a nonspirometrically controlled multicenter study. MATERIALS AND METHO...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Best AC,Lynch AM,Bozic CM,Miller D,Grunwald GK,Lynch DA

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 1/3 of patients with renal cell carcinoma will present with metastases with no symptoms referable to the kidney. Early metastatic disease is a result of the unique accessibility of the kidney to lymphohematogenous pathways. The thorax is particularly vulnerable. Several of the more unusual manifestations involvin...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Latour A,Shulman HS

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose To compare arterial spin labeling (ASL) data between low- and high-grade brain tumors in children to establish a cutoff to distinguish low- from high-grade neoplasms and to assess potential correlations between cerebral blood flow (CBF) and quantitative histologic microvascular data. Materials and Methods Appr...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Dangouloff-Ros V,Deroulers C,Foissac F,Badoual M,Shotar E,Grévent D,Calmon R,Pagès M,Grill J,Dufour C,Blauwblomme T,Puget S,Zerah M,Sainte-Rose C,Brunelle F,Varlet P,Boddaert N

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients underwent bone-marrow transplantation, and graft-vs.-host disease (GVHD) developed. Radiographic features are described. Three patients showed an abrupt transition at the jejuno-ileal junction from normal small bowel to ileal loops which were narrowed, tubular, separated, edematous, and, generally, witho...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Rosenberg HK,Serota FT,Koch P,Borden S 4th,August CS

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features in patients with proved pilonidal sinus disease and to compare these features with those in a matched group of patients with proved fistula in ano to determine the accuracy with which MR imaging can be used to distinguish between the two diseases. MATERIALS ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Taylor SA,Halligan S,Bartram CI

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients who had acute and subacute stroke were examined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) using a 6-MHz Bruker Instruments proton scanner. A modified Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill pulse sequence was used for signal detection. The resultant string of spin-echoes was Fourier transformed into projections that were su...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Bryan RN,Willcott MR,Schneiders NJ,Ford JJ,Derman HS

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether excess prostate-specific antigen (PSA) improves the accuracy of predicting positive biopsy results. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Results of prostate biopsy in 130 consecutive patients were correlated with transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) findings, digital rectal examination results, serum PSA level,...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Rubens DJ,Gottlieb RH,Maldonado CE Jr,Frank IN

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agent Orange exposure and its long-term health consequences on Vietnam veterans have been widely discussed in the past few years. Myriad physical and mental disabilities have been studied with regard to exposure to various herbicides. The number of persons potentially exposed is large, since 2.4-2.8 million U.S. milit...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Pollei S,Mettler FA Jr,Kelsey CA,Walters MR,White RE

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transperitoneal fine-needle lymph-node biopsy was performed in 52 patients to establish a diagnosis of metastatic disease in nodal defects detected during lymphography. The procedure was found to be highly accurate, with few false-negatives and no false-positives. ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Macintosh PK,Thomson KR,Barbaric ZL

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoulder arthrography is a reliable technique for use in the diagnosis of tears of the rotator cuff, although delineation of the precise site and size of tears requires meticulous double-contrast technique and considerable examiner expertise. The authors initiated a prospective evaluation of digital arthrography of th...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Stiles RG,Resnick D,Sartoris DJ,Andre MP

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate clinical response to treatment of calcified tendinitis of the shoulder by using a modified percutaneous ultrasonography (US)-guided fine-needle technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty shoulders of 30 consecutive patients (23 women, seven men; mean age, 47.4 years) with chronic shoulder pain (averag...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Aina R,Cardinal E,Bureau NJ,Aubin B,Brassard P

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In three patients with histologically proved cavernous hemangiomas of the spinal cord, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was superior to myelography, delayed computed tomography (CT) myelography, and contrast-enhanced CT in depicting the lesion. The presence of mixed subacute and chronic hemorrhage, suggested by mixed h...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Fontaine S,Melanson D,Cosgrove R,Bertrand G

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the cost-effectiveness of computed tomography (CT) relative to radiography for cervical spine screening in trauma patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A decision analysis model was constructed to compare the incremental cost-effectiveness of radiography and CT as primary cervical spine screening moda...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Blackmore CC,Ramsey SD,Mann FA,Deyo RA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the relationship among chest radiographs, oxygen supplementation requirement, and treatment response in severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Forty patients (20 women, 20 men; mean age, 42.90 years +/- 14.01 [SD]; median age, 41.5 years; age range, 25-82 years) with SARS w...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Ooi CG,Khong PL,Ho JC,Lam B,Wong WM,Yiu WC,Wong PC,Wong CF,Lai KN,Tsang KW

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 526 consecutive, unprepared patients examined by ultrasound, the gallbladder was visualized in 507 (96%). The average wall thickness was 2 mm or less in 97% of asymptomatic subjects without cholelithiasis and 3 mm or greater in 45% of those with choletithiasis. Pathologic correlation of increased thickn...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Finberg HJ,Birnholz JC

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the long-term clinical and hemodynamic effectiveness of aortic stent placement in cases of failure of intended infrarenal percutaneous transluminal aortic angioplasty (PTAA). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fifty-three patients who underwent technically successful PTAA were compared with 24 patients who unde...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Therasse E,Côté G,Oliva VL,Cusson JR,Wistaff R,Nguyen PV,Bui BT,Perreault P,Lamarre L,Soulez G

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To retrospectively determine whether blood oxygen level-dependent functional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can aid prediction of postoperative memory changes in epileptic patients after temporal lobe surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study was approved by the local ethics committee, and informed consent wa...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Dupont S,Duron E,Samson S,Denos M,Volle E,Delmaire C,Navarro V,Chiras J,Lehéricy S,Samson Y,Baulac M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the prevalence of clinically serious findings unrelated to stroke on cranial magnetic resonance (MR) images in a population of community-dwelling elderly people. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Neuroradiologists reviewed MR images of 3,672 people aged 65 years and older who were enrolled in a longitudinal, ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Yue NC,Longstreth WT Jr,Elster AD,Jungreis CA,O'Leary DH,Poirier VC

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonselective arterial digital arteriography (NSADA), selective parathyroid arteriography (SPA), and venous digital arteriography (VDA) were compared as methods of detecting parathyroid enlargement in 14 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism undergoing preoperative localization following unsuccessful neck surgery. ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Krudy AG,Doppman JL,Miller DL,Marx SJ,Norton JA,Santora AC 2nd,Lasker RD,Downs RW,Spiegel AM,Aurbach GD

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Investigational Review Board approved the protocol, and all patients provided signed informed consent. The protocol was compliant with HIPAA. The purpose of the study was to prospectively test the hypothesis that addition of low-dose dobutamine and quantification of inotropic reserve in segments with 1%-50% infarc...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Bove CM,DiMaria JM,Voros S,Conaway MR,Kramer CM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ saphenous vein grafts are being used with increasing frequency for bypass procedures involving the femoral and popliteal arteries. Complications of these procedures include anastomotic stenoses and persistent arteriovenous fistulae that may result in failure of the graft. Balloon angioplasty and embolotherapy ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kinnison ML,Perler BA,Kaufman SL,Mitchell SE,Kadir S,Williams GM,White RI Jr

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of subcutaneous granuloma annulare (SGA), a rare mass of early childhood. MATERIALS AND METHODS:MR imaging studies and clinical records in six children aged 2 1/2-4 years in whom SGA was diagnosed between 1993 and 1997 were retrospectively reviewed. All ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Chung S,Frush DP,Prose NS,Shea CR,Laor T,Bisset GS

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of perigastric adhesions that were caused by a gunshot wound and that simulated scirrhous carcinoma is described. ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Schwartz GE,Sclafani SJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To retrospectively evaluate the influence of postbiopsy hemorrhage on the accuracy of tumor detection at T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, dynamic contrast material-enhanced MR imaging, and diffusion-weighted (DW) MR imaging of prostate cancer, with histologic findings as the reference standard. MAT...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Tamada T,Sone T,Jo Y,Yamamoto A,Yamashita T,Egashira N,Imai S,Fukunaga M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test for an association between high-grade acute organ toxicity during adjuvant radiation and chemotherapy and treatment outcome in patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Institutional review board approval was obtained for this retrospective stud...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Wolff HA,Daldrup B,Jung K,Overbeck T,Hennies S,Matthias C,Hess CF,Roedel RM,Christiansen H

更新日期：2011-03-01 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