Single dose and fractionated palliative irradiation for osseous metastases.

abstract：AIMS:Magnetic resonance colonography (MRC) is emerging as a potential complementary investigation for the diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) and also for benign pathology such as diverticular disease. A meta-analysis reporting the use of MRC is yet to be performed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Purkayastha S,Tekkis PP,Athanasiou T,Aziz O,Negus R,Gedroyc W,Darzi AW

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess inter-observer variation in the interpretation of chest radiographs of individuals with pneumonia versus those without pneumonia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Chest radiographs of out-patients with a lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) were assessed for the presence of infiltrates by radiologists from thre...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Hopstaken RM,Witbraad T,van Engelshoven JM,Dinant GJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the effectiveness and economy of routinely using commercially available in-plane bismuth shielding during CT scanning of the chest and brain. METHODS AND MATERIALS:Forty patients were scanned with thermoluminescent dosemeters (TLDs) in situ to measure the radiation dose to the thyroid and eye during CT s...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： McLaughlin DJ,Mooney RB

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of transarterial embolisation (TAE), used to treat congenital renal arteriovenous malformations (CRAVMs). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The medical records were searched retrospectively to identify patients who underwent TAE to treat CRAVM from January 2003 to August 2015. Patient demog...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Sheng TW,Wong YC,Wu CH,Wang LJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the clinical and image features of thymic neuroendocrine tumours (NETs), and characterise the radiological patterns of recurrence and metastasis on serial imaging studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study included 14 patients (11 males) with a histopathological diagnosis of thymic NETs (one typical c...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Araki T,Sholl LM,Hatabu H,Nishino M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of duplex ultrasound for the diagnosis and assessment of abdominal aortic dissection and visceral arterial involvement is discussed. Ultrasound is simple and non-invasive and may be superior to aortography in diagnosis; it should be performed after ultrasound assessment of the aortic root. It also provides an ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Thomas EA,Dubbins PA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To prospectively compare helical and traditional sequential acquisition of computed tomography (CT) images of the head with respect to lens dose, thyroid dose, and image quality. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients undergoing non-emergency unenhanced CT examinations of the head were prospectively randomized to sequenti...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Abdeen N,Chakraborty S,Nguyen T,dos Santos MP,Donaldson M,Heddon G,Schwarz BA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE: To determine whether it is possible to select patients with obstructive hydrocephalus, in the under 1 age group for endoscopic third ventriculocisternostomy (ETV) using pre-operative T2 weighted turbo spin echo (T2W-TSE) sagittal sequence Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging; and to assess ventriculocisternostomy ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Sharman A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a comparison of combination chemotherapy (CHOP) with total body irradiation (TBI) in the management of Stages III and IV Grade 2 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This prospective randomised study was carried out by the BNLI between 1974 and 1978. One hundred and fourteen previously untreated patients were...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Pettingale KW

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the sonographic features of shunt vessels derived from the splenic vein at splenic hilum (SS), and explore the relationship between the SS pattern and clinical presentations. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This prospective study in cirrhotic patients consisted of study I (n = 15), which compared the anatomical f...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Maruyama H,Kamezaki H,Kondo T,Sekimoto T,Takahashi M,Yokosuka O

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the most robust commonly available magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequence to quantify breast tissue composition at 1.5 T. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Two-dimensional (2D) T1-weighted, Dixon fat, Dixon water and SPAIR images were obtained from five participants and a breast phantom using a 1.5 T Siemens A...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Chau AC,Hua J,Taylor DB

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to compare the patient acceptability and the efficacy of two different agents for bowel preparation prior to double contrast barium enema. One-hundred and ninety-four outpatients were randomized to have either two sachets of Picolax or two bottles of Fleet Phospho-soda and restricted to clear ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Macleod AJ,Duncan KA,Pearson RH,Bleakney RR

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven patients with a T1 or T2 N0M0 breast carcinoma were treated by local excision of the lump followed by radical radiotherapy, using orthovoltage X-rays. The crude survival rate was 100% at three years, 92% at five years, 95% at 10 years. The local recurrence rate was 8% at three years, 12% at five years, 10...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Murrell DS,Powell K,De Winter J

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-tuberculous psoas abscess is associated with a wide variety of conditions in addition to its well known association with infection in the lumbar spine. Computed tomography (CT) enables the diagnosis to be made at a relatively early stage when classical physical signs may be absent. Percutaneous drainage under CT c...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Williams MP

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) reformations were obtained in 15 patients presenting with facial injuries of differing severity. The 3D images were compared with standard radiographs and high resolution CT, including multiplanar reformations, and assessed under the headings of fracture detection, exten...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Gillespie JE,Isherwood I,Barker GR,Quayle AA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of primary sarcoma of the pulmonary artery are presented. The variable clinical and radiographic features of this rare tumour are described with particular emphasis on its ability to mimic pulmonary thrombo-embolic disease. ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Britton PD

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sonographic diagnosis of post-operative enterocutaneous fistula is presented. This has not previously been reported in the English literature. ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Tweed CS,Peck RJ

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the diagnostic quality of time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (TOF-MRA) and metal-artefact-reduction (MAR) flat-panel-detector computed tomography angiography (FPCTA) and to determine the imaging technique best suited for evaluation endovascular and surgically treated aneurysms. METHODS:The im...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Hänsel NH,Schubert GA,Scholz B,Nikoubashman O,Othman AE,Wiesmann M,Pjontek R,Brockmann MA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiological findings in paediatric Gaucher disease (GD) are reviewed and future challenges for radiology are discussed. This overview is based on a literature review and our experience of children with GD in one of two national institutions for paediatric GD in the UK. GD is known to progress more rapidly in chil...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： McHugh K,Olsen E ØE,Vellodi A

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small intestinal tumours are rare, forming 1% of all gastrointestinal tumours; most occur in the duodenum. Villous adenomas form only a very small proportion of the duodenal tumours. They usually occur in the periampullary region and show a marked propensity for malignant change. The usual mode of presentation is with...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Vinnicombe S,Grundy A

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated an open access general practitioner radiological service. Questionnaires were completed in 216 out of 250 cases both before and after radiological examination. Chests and specials (bariums, intravenous urography, ultrasound) were most often of diagnostic value when confirming normality, while othe...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Stoddart PG,Holl SG

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of computed tomography (CT) in radiotherapy treatment planning was assessed in a series of 231 patients in whom treatment was planned with radical intent. For each patient, a treatment plan was produced by the best conventional techniques in use at the Middlesex Hospital. Each patient then underwent a CT scan...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Adam EJ,Berry RJ,Clitherow S,Bedford A

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the functional brain alterations in Parkinson's disease (PD) by measuring blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) functional MRI (fMRI) signals at rest while controlling for the structural atrophy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty-three PD patients and 20 age, gender, and education level matched normal con...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Li Y,Liang P,Jia X,Li K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The computed tomography findings in 27 patients with an ultimate diagnosis of femoral neuropathy were reviewed. Haemorrhagic disorders were responsible for the neuropathy in 10 patients, neoplasia in eight, infection in five and in the remaining four patients no abnormality was noted on CT and the aetiology remained u...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Apter S,Hertz M,Rubinstein ZJ,Morag B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The need for intravenous urography (IVU) in upper tract surveillance for primary transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder is contentious. We reviewed our intensive screening policy in the follow-up of these patients to ascertain if such a policy is required and if specific groups could be identified to rat...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Hession P,Flynn P,Paul N,Goodfellow J,Murthy LN

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial gliomas can erode or thin the skull. These changes are detectable on conventional radiographs but they appear to be rare. Only a few examples of the appearances on computed tomography (CT) are recorded in the literature. This paper describes the CT appearances of 11 cases. All of the patients presented wi...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Jeffree MA,Molyneux AJ,Lee T,Adams C

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reviews prospectively a series of 29 patients who were examined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and discography for degenerative disc disease. All had persistent low-back pain and non-diagnostic initial investigations, including plain films, myelography and/or computed tomography (CT). The imaging chara...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Collins CD,Stack JP,O'Connell DJ,Walsh M,McManus FP,Redmond OM,Ennis JT

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate retrospectively the diagnostic usefulness of transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided targeted biopsy (TB) for transition zone (TZ) prostate cancer (PCa) in patients with prebiopsy magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A consecutive series of 38 patients who underwent TRUS-guided TB of TZ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Won SY,Cho NH,Choi YD,Park SY

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the prevalence of radiological anatomy teaching in modern medical curricula. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The present paper details a survey carried out amongst 21 medical schools in the U.K. and Ireland to determine the variability of the inclusion of radiological anatomy in their different curricula. RESU...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Mitchell BS,Williams JE

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-voltage neck radiography and indirect laryngoscopy was performed in 22 randomly selected rheumatoid patients with the purpose of detecting intralaryngeal arthritis. Radiographic evidence of erosive arthritis of the crico-arytenoid (CA) joints was found in 45% of the patients. Clinical acute CA arthritis without er...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Jurik AG,Pedersen U

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00