ACR Appropriateness Criteria® pulmonary hypertension.

abstract：:It has been stated that chest radiographic features of aortic dissection are a contraindication to intravenous thrombolysis in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. Excluding aortic dissection could significantly delay such treatment in patients who would benefit from thrombolysis. Initial chest radiogr...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Hartnell GG,Wakeley CJ,Tottle A,Papouchado M,Wilde RP

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of the less invasive techniques such as CT, MRI, and digital angiography require reexamination of the indications for conventional screen-film aortography. Because of poor image quality, IV digital subtraction angiography should be limited to congenital aortic disease and follow-up cases. Intraarteria...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Sanders C

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the study was to compare both reproducibility and prognostic value of lesion size measurements obtained manually and semiautomatically on computed tomography in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Manual axial longest diameter, semiautomatic axial longest diameter, and...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Colombi D,Manna C,Montermini I,Seletti V,Diciotti S,Tiseo M,Fontana E,De Filippo M,Silva M,Sverzellati N

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST) found a reduction in lung cancer mortality in high-risk patients aged 55 to 74 who were screened with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) rather than chest x-ray. This reduction was 20% after 6.5 years and 16% after 7.5 years, with a 6.7% reduction in all-cause mortality...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Zuckerman D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several acute and chronic conditions that alter the integrity of the pulmonary epithelium increased the rate of absorption or clearance into the circulation of small solutes deposited in the alveoli. Technetium 99m diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid can be deposited in the lungs as a submicronic aerosol and its rate ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Coates G,O'Brodovich H,Dolovich M

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On health examination, a nodular opacity of size of 25 mm was detected in a 54-year-old man. High-resolution computed tomography scans showed irregular-shaped ground glass opacity with bubble-like appearance in the right lung. The low-magnified histological findings after right upper lobectomy demonstrated squamous ce...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Kobayashi H,Nagao H,Kanoh S,Motoyoshi K,Ozeki Y,Aida S

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this controlled study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of round atelectasis (RA). We reviewed two groups of chest CT scans of 22 patients (with 24 masses). Group 1 scans represent 10 patients (12 masses) known to have RA, and Group 2 scans represent 1...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： O'Donovan PB,Schenk M,Lim K,Obuchowski N,Stoller JK

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrapleural administration of dilute contrast was used to facilitate biopsy of a posterior mediastinal mass. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Bhagat VJ,Wilson MW,Sudilovsky D,LaBerge JM,Gordon RL,Kerlan RK Jr

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheopathia osteochondroplastica is an uncommon abnormality of the cartilaginous tracheal wall, characterized by the presence of osteocartilaginous calcified nodules within the submucosa, with variable degree of diffuse tracheal narrowing. Imaging findings in CT are characterized by the presence of calcified nodular...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Restrepo S,Pandit M,Villamil MA,Rojas IC,Perez JM,Gascue A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of treatment in patients with early asymptomatic HIV disease has recently improved. Clinical trials with zidovudine have demonstrated efficacy and greatly reduced toxicity when the drug is used in asymptomatic HIV-infected persons who have fewer than 500 CD4+ cells/mm3, and resistance to this drug in these...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Volberding P

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to define the posterior inferior junction line (PIJL) and its clinical associations more precisely, 64 posteroanterior radiographs demonstrating the PIJL or left pleuroesophageal stripe (LPES) were analyzed for the presence of emphysema, kyphosis, air-filled esophagus, and/or tortuous aorta. Pursuant to t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Curtis BR,Fisher MS

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography (CT) of the chest provides important information toward the diagnosis of drug-induced lung disease. CT's ability to demonstrate subtle parenchymal and pleural changes, small nodules, and adenopathy is valuable in the early detection of drug-related reactions. CT is also of value in monitoring the a...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Kuhlman JE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the correlation between a septal angle measured on computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) determined by right heart catheterization in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Eighty-six patients wit...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Liu M,Ma ZH,Guo XJ,Wang SK,Chen XY,Yang YH,Wang C

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish whether a relationship exists between computed tomography features of lung opacities in severely neutropenic patients and their Aspergillus or bacterial etiology. METHODS:Computed tomography scans of 124 patients with lung opacities larger than 5 mm occurring during severe (neutrophils <500/mm) an...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Bruno C,Minniti S,Vassanelli A,Pozzi-Mucelli R

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung transplantation is a well-accepted treatment for numerous lung diseases when medical or surgical therapy is ineffective or unavailable and the patient has a limited life expectancy (usually less than 2 to 3 years). When appropriate, single-lung transplantation is the preferred procedure because of a critical shor...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Collins J

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the growing substance use disorders epidemic in the United States, a wide range of complications may be seen in both the acute and chronic clinical setting. This article will use a multimodality approach to review complications of intravenous substance use that cardiothoracic radiologists are likely to encounter....

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Hossain R,Almeida RR,Natcheva H,Hedgire S,Ghoshhajra B,Shepard JA,Fintelmann FJ,Flores EJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the chest radiographs of 30 patients (39 thoracotomies) after resection of pulmonary nodules with a neodymium-YAG laser. New "nodules" were often visible in the resected areas. These gradually evolved into linear scars with or without a small, nodular component or disappeared. In 11 of 39 thoracotomies, pos...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Holbert BL,Holbert JM,Libshitz HI

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognizing atelectasis has always been a challenge. Atypical patterns further our knowledge of this subject. The lung has two mechanisms to help keep the lobes inflated: collateral ventilation and trapped nitrogen both tend to inflate the lungs when the airways are obstructed. Peripheral upper-lobe atelectasis resemb...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Gurney JW

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymptomatic congenital thoracic venous anomalies are becoming clinically more relevant with the increasing utilization of minimally invasive surgical vascular procedures, such as left-sided implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation. The purpose of this report is to describe the computed tomography findings ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Chen HJ,Brown K,Barack BM

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melioidosis is predominantly a tropical disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a soil-dwelling gram-negative, aerobic bacillus that is distributed primarily in southeast Asia and northern Australia. In this pictorial essay, we provide an illustrated review and conceptual framework of the protean imaging features...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Ko SF,Kung CT,Lee YW,Ng SH,Huang CC,Lee CH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comprehensive cardiac assessment embraces virtually every imaging modality and includes information about coronary vascular anatomy as well as cardiac morphology, function, perfusion, metabolism, and tissue characterization. Through sophisticated computer processing and image analysis, newer imaging technologies such ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Goldin JG,Ratib O,Aberle DR

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:To assess the radiologic findings of systemic arterial supply to the normal basal segments of the left lower lobe, chest radiographs and CT scans of all 11 patients were reviewed retrospectively by two chest radiologists. On posteroanterior chest radiographs (n = 11), the anomalous systemic artery arising from ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Kim TS,Lee KS,Im JG,Goo JM,Park JS,Kim JH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the study was to evaluate 70 kVp dual-source computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) with reduced iodine load in comparison with single-source 70 and 100 kVp CTPA with standard iodine load regarding image quality and radiation dose. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Three groups with 40 consecutive...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Wichmann JL,Hu X,Kerl JM,Schulz B,Frellesen C,Bodelle B,Kaup M,Scholtz JE,Lehnert T,Vogl TJ,Bauer RW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This pictorial essay aims to present various lesions that could present as consolidations with diffuse of focal high attenuation on computed tomography, helping to make the diagnosis more confident and specific. The radiologic literature has limited information about such findings and the role of computed tomography i...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Marchiori E,Franquet T,Gasparetto TD,Gonçalves LP,Escuissato DL

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetralogy of Fallot was invariably fatal until the development of palliative and later corrective surgical procedures. The prognosis for children with tetralogy of Fallot continues to improve almost a half century after the earliest palliative surgical procedure was performed successfully. Imaging of the child and adu...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Greenberg SB,Faerber EN,Balsara RK

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the effect of computer-assisted detection (CAD) on diagnostic accuracy, reader confidence, and reading time when used as a concurrent reader for the detection of acute pulmonary embolism in computed tomography pulmonary angiography. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this institutional review board-approved re...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Wittenberg R,Peters JF,van den Berk IA,Freling NJ,Lely R,de Hoop B,Horsthuis K,Ravesloot CJ,Weber M,Prokop WM,Schaefer-Prokop CM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years radiation risk from CT scanning has become an important area of investigation. Many authors have suggested that radiation dose can be decreased without loss of diagnostic information. This dose reduction has primarily been achieved through a decrease in tube current. An area that has received little at...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Cassese JA,Brody AS,Thomas SR

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The peri-infarct zone represents the morphologic substrate for reentry ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction, and its extent is a strong predictor of major cardiac events. Although delayed gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DGE-MRI) was shown to allow for detailed characterization ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Muzzarelli S,Ordovas KG,Cannavale G,Naeger D,Michaels AD,Higgins CB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portable chest radiography is a fundamental and frequently utilized examination in the critically ill patient population. The chest radiograph often represents a timely investigation of new or rapidly evolving clinical findings and an evaluation of proper positioning of support tubes and catheters. Thoughtful consider...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Suh RD,Genshaft SJ,Kirsch J,Kanne JP,Chung JH,Donnelly EF,Ginsburg ME,Heitkamp DE,Henry TS,Kazerooni EA,Ketai LH,McComb BL,Ravenel JG,Saleh AG,Shah RD,Steiner RM,Mohammed TL

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is a powerful tool for the detection and management of coronary artery disease. Beyond morphology, CMR imaging can probe relevant physiological parameters such as perfusion and function by means of stress testing. This article reviews current applications of CMR stress imaging ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Kawel-Boehm N,Bremerich J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00