Choledocholithiasis: treatment with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate a percutaneous pulmonary embolism (PE) thrombectomy catheter that aspirates, macerates, and removes thrombus. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Nine in vitro tests were performed by using porcine thrombi at a PE test station that provides continuous fluid output of 2 L/min at a pressure of 50 mmHg. Macroemboli...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kucher N,Windecker S,Banz Y,Schmitz-Rode T,Mettler D,Meier B,Hess OM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic approach to the diagnosis and treatment of angiofibromas is presented. The distinction between true and false internal carotid supply to these tumors as well as identification of vascular anatomical variants that may represent potential hazards of embolization are emphasized. Areterial supply to the crani...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Lasjaunias P

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive-mode xeroradiography is an excellent method of visualizing soft-tissue structures in mammography and other procedures; however, toner deletions over a large area may preclude adequate delineation of the soft tissues near high-density structures such as bone. Use of the negative mode in the development cycle p...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Osterman FA Jr,Zeman GH,Rao GU,Gayler B,Kirk BG,James AE Jr

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess whether using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging combined with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) could reveal changes in common carotid artery (CCA) flow and wall shear stress (WSS) that might contribute to differences in CCA remodeling between amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker, and lisinopril, an a...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Ariff BB,Glor FP,Crowe L,Xu XY,Vennart W,Firmin DN,Thom SM,Hughes AD

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive breast cancer comprises two distinct entities, lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). The increased use of screening mammography has caused more cases of noninvasive breast cancer to be discovered. However, the increased detection of LCIS and DCIS has posed problems in patien...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Rebner M,Raju U

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 5-thio-D-glucose on the viability and radiosensitivity of P815-X2 mouse mastocytoma cells was studied in vitro. By itself, this compound is specifically cytotoxic toward hypoxic cells; moreover, it sensitizes hypoxic cells to irradiation while it protects aerobic cells from radiation damage. These featur...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Song CW,Clement JJ,Levitt SH

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) was infused intraarterially at 0.1 mg/kg/h for 1-6 1/2 hours in 25 patients with lower extremity thromboembolic occlusions (13 thrombosed arteries, 12 thrombosed bypass grafts). Occlusion duration ranged from 1 hour to 21 days. Thrombolysis occurred in 23 of ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Risius B,Graor RA,Geisinger MA,Zelch MG,Lucas FV,Young JR,Grossbard EB

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen patients with peripheral cholangiocarcinoma of the liver were examined with computed tomography (CT). None of the 16 patients presented with jaundice or had documented cirrhosis. On scans obtained both before and after the injection of contrast material, the tumors were depicted as low-attenuation masses in al...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Choi BI,Park JH,Kim YI,Yu ES,Kim SH,Kim WH,Kim CY,Han MC

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate whether contrast material-enhanced (CE) fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition (FIESTA) can depict the anterior optic pathways in patients with large suprasellar tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Institutional review board approval was obtained. Twenty-eight patients with large suprasellar tum...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Watanabe K,Kakeda S,Yamamoto J,Watanabe R,Nishimura J,Ohnari N,Nishizawa S,Korogi Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CT appearance of the adrenal glands was investigated in 30 patients with congenital renal anomalies (17 cases of unilateral renal agenesis, 11 of inferior ectopy, and 2 of crossed fused ectopy). The ipsilateral adrenal was clearly identified in 83% of these patients; in all of them, the adrenal was a paraspinal di...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kenney PJ,Robbins GL,Ellis DA,Spirt BA

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine geographic variation in providers' use of diagnostic imaging to identify potential targets for quality improvement initiatives after adjusting for imaging referral across hospital referral regions (HRRs). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Using two Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services datasets, the author...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Ip IK,Raja AS,Seltzer SE,Gawande AA,Joynt KE,Khorasani R

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine predictors of clot dissolution in patients undergoing catheter-directed urokinase thrombolysis for peripheral arterial occlusion (PAO). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study included 103 patients with limb-threatening symptoms of embolism lasting 14 days or less and resulting from embolism (n = 20) or t...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Ouriel K,Shortell CK,Azodo MV,Guiterrez OH,Marder VJ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the computed tomographic (CT) detector configuration, patient size, and image noise limitations that will result in acceptable image quality of 80-kV images obtained at abdominal dual-energy CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The Institutional Review Board approved this HIPAA-compliant retrospective study ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Guimarães LS,Fletcher JG,Harmsen WS,Yu L,Siddiki H,Melton Z,Huprich JE,Hough D,Hartman R,McCollough CH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To prospectively evaluate the effectiveness and safety of selective embolization of the uterine arteries in the management of symptomatic uterine leiomyoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Eighty consecutive women (mean age, 44.7 years) with symptomatic uterine leiomyoma, none of whom desired future pregnancy, underwent...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Pelage JP,Le Dref O,Soyer P,Kardache M,Dahan H,Abitbol M,Merland JJ,Ravina JH,Rymer R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine relationships between brain white matter hyperintensities depicted at magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and performance on neuropsychologic tests in community-dwelling elderly adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The 1921 Aberdeen Birth Cohort is a subsample of survivors of the Scottish Mental Survey of 1932...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Leaper SA,Murray AD,Lemmon HA,Staff RT,Deary IJ,Crawford JR,Whalley LJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate fluorine 18 ((18)F) dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) as a biochemical imaging approach for detection of pheochromocytomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS:(18)F DOPA PET and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging were performed in 14 consecutive patients suspected of havin...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Hoegerle S,Nitzsche E,Altehoefer C,Ghanem N,Manz T,Brink I,Reincke M,Moser E,Neumann HP

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate resonant circuits as markers for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-guided placement of nitinol stents. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study was approved by the institutional animal research committee and complied with National Institutes of Health guidelines for care and use of laboratory animals. Resonan...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kuehne T,Weiss S,Brinkert F,Weil J,Yilmaz S,Schmitt B,Ewert P,Lange P,Gutberlet M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the neural correlates of the thalamus by using resting-state functional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and to investigate whether thalamic resting-state networks (RSNs) are disrupted in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). MATERIALS AND METHODS:This HIPAA-compliant study was approved b...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Tang L,Ge Y,Sodickson DK,Miles L,Zhou Y,Reaume J,Grossman RI

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Online supplemental material is available for this article. ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kressel HY,Levine D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portable sustained graded traction for control of the displaced cervical spine particularly for patients undergoing tomography or gas myelography, is described. ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Deeb ZL,Drayer BP,Rosenbaum AE

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of stereotaxic localization for fine-needle aspiration biopsy in the detection of recurrent cancer manifested as calcifications on mammograms was evaluated in 43 patients that had been treated with local resection and radiation therapy. Six patients had malignant aspirates and one had an atypical aspirate...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Mitnick JS,Vazquez MF,Roses DF,Harris MN,Schechter S

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Bowel perforation by ventriculo-peritoneal shunts occurred in two children with no abdominal symptoms. The diagnosis in each instance was confirmed by opacification of the colon in one child and the small bowel in the other via contrast medium injection of the distal shunt tubing. "Shuntograms" are recommended for all...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Azimi F,Dinn WM,Naumann RA

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report an inflammatory fibroid polyp of the colon which simulated a tumor on the air-contrast barium-enema examination. Histological evaluation revealed the inflammatory nature of the polyp. These rare lesions can be radiographically indistinguishable from primary colon carcinoma. ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Ferin P,Skucas J

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an azotemic patient with suspected renal artery stenosis, undiluted gadopentetate dimeglumine was administered in an aortic bolus to provide contrast at digital subtraction angiography of the aorta and renal arteries. The contrast material (5 mmol/mL) was power injected (rate, 15 mL/sec; total dose, 30 mL). Selecti...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Matchett WJ,McFarland DR,Russell DK,Sailors DM,Moursi MM

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty computed tomography (CT)-assisted aspirations performed with only hand guidance were prospectively compared with 40 performed with a CT body-stereotaxic system. Although there was no statistically significant difference in lesion size and path length between the two groups, use of stereotaxis compared with hand ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Onik G,Cosman ER,Wells TH Jr,Goldberg HI,Moss AA,Costello P,Kane RA,Hoddick WI,Demas B

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy and safety of percutaneous radiofrequency (RF) ablation for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the liver after hepatectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Forty-five patients with 53 recurrent HCC tumors in the liver underwent percutaneous RF ablation with ultrasonographic ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Choi D,Lim HK,Kim MJ,Lee SH,Kim SH,Lee WJ,Lim JH,Joh JW,Kim YI

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the natural time course of development of hyperacute thermal lesions in the brain. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ten interstitial lesions were created in five rabbit brains with a radio-frequency probe; an electrode-tip temperature of 80 degrees C was maintained for 60 seconds. Continuous fast spin-echo m...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Farahani K,Mischel PS,Black KL,De Salles AA,Anzai Y,Lufkin RB

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure values for a whole-body CT scanner, obtained from a room protection survey covering one month (119 patients), are reported. It was found that weekly exposures could be expected to be in the range of 350-750 mR/week for a daily load of 12 patients. The h.v.l. of gypsum board, lead, and plate glass at this radi...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Gross GP,McCullough EC

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare image resolution from iterative reconstruction with resolution from filtered back projection for low-contrast objects on phantom computed tomographic (CT) images across vendors and exposure levels. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Randomized repeat scans of an American College of Radiology CT accreditation pha...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Saiprasad G,Filliben J,Peskin A,Siegel E,Chen J,Trimble C,Yang Z,Christianson O,Samei E,Krupinski E,Dima A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00