MR techniques for renal imaging.

abstract：:The excretion urogram-nephrotomogram is the most important imaging study in the diagnosis of renal parenchymal infection in children. If renal parenchymal infections are discovered before significant necrosis has occurred, vigorous treatment with appropriate parenteral antibiotics may result in resolution without the ...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Lebowitz RL,Fellows KE,Colodny AH

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, linear plain-film tomography of the trachea is the method of choice for demonstrating the location of post-tracheostomy stenotic lesions and tracheal tumors. This technique does not further compromise the patient's respiratory status, as sometimes occurs with positive-contrast studies using iodine-containi...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Muhm JR,Crowe JK

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past several years, operative techniques, postoperative care, and immunosuppressive therapy have advanced steadily, allowing 5-year survival for liver transplantation to increase from 20% 15 years ago to 65% today. Biliary and vascular complications, however, remain causes of significant morbidity and mortali...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Orons PD,Zajko AB

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelvic ultrasound with endovaginal ultrasound is often the imaging test of choice in the initial evaluation of nonpregnant women with pelvic pain. This article considers the sonographic observations and techniques useful in diagnosis of a variety of gynecologic causes of pelvic pain in these women, including ovarian h...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Patel MD,Young SW,Dahiya N

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency and distribution of fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine are reviewed. Classifications of thoracolumbar spine injuries are considered. Compression or wedge fractures, burst fractures, lap seat-belt-type injuries, and fracture-dislocations are considered with discussion of findings on conventional r...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Kaye JJ,Nance EP Jr

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) is increasing due to advances in surgical techniques, anesthesia, and perioperative care. Imaging plays an important role, not only in the surveillance of ACHD, but also in the initial evaluation of cases that have escaped detection early in life and present with...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Ranganath P,Singh S,Abbara S,Agarwal PP,Rajiah P

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From technical and interpretative perspectives, upper extremity computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is one of the more challenging vascular CTA applications. Synchronizing the relatively large scan coverage with a single bolus of contrast medium requires precise selection of acquisition and contrast delivery parame...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Hellinger JC,Epelman M,Rubin GD

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging can provide valuable information for the diagnosis and management of ischemic heart disease (IHD). It plays an important role in the initial diagnosis in patients with acute chest pain, in the diagnosis of complications post myocardial infarction (MI), in the assessment of the...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Al Sayari S,Kopp S,Bremerich J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease of the thoracic aorta can present with a broad clinical spectrum of symptoms and signs. The accepted diagnostic gold standard, selective digital subtraction angiography, is now being challenged by state-of-the-art CT angiography (CTA) and MR angiography(MRA). Currently, in many centers, cross-sectional imaging...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Tatli S,Yucel EK,Lipton MJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain in the shoulder arises from a wide variety of abnormalities. The most common cause of acute pain in the nontraumatized shoulder is calcific tendonitis or bursitis readily identified by plain film radiography. On the other hand, the evaluation of chronic pain usually requires some combination of arthrography, CT, ...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Rogers LF,Hendrix RW

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pancreatitis is an acute inflammatory process of the pancreatic gland with increasing incidence worldwide. Usually the clinical presentation and course are mild, with an uneventful recovery. In 10% to 20% of patients, however, local and systemic complications develop, resulting in significant morbidity and morta...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Bollen TL

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammography has had a major impact on the earlier detection, treatment options, and management decisions and survival and mortality rates of breast cancer. Consequences include overwhelming demand for mammography; problems with optimum response by radiology; limited availability of the examination, especially to the s...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： McLelland R,Pisano ED

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of colorectal cancer screening programs in many countries has led to increasingly large numbers of patients undergoing optical colonoscopy. Although acute complications from screening optical colonoscopy are uncommon, they may occur in up to 5% or more of patients where biopsies or therapeutic procedur...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Daly B,Lu M,Pickhardt PJ,Menias CO,Abbas MA,Katz DS

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is the most sensitive imaging modality for breast cancer detection and guidelines recommend its use, in addition to screening mammography, for high-risk women. The most recent American College of Radiology (ACR) Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) manual coordinate...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Lam DL,Lee JM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary bone lesions are common diagnostic dilemmas. Conventional radiography is frequently the initial imaging study for evaluation. This article provides an organized approach to analyzing and categorizing these lesions based on radiographs, emphasizes the development of a reasonable and accurate differential diagn...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Nichols RE,Dixon LB

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an autosomal-dominant, hereditary, multisystem neoplasia syndrome with increased susceptibility to several benign and malignant tumors. VHL occurs in about 1 in 36,000 live births and is associated with germline mutation of the VHL tumor suppressor gene on the short arm of chromosome...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Shanbhogue KP,Hoch M,Fatterpaker G,Chandarana H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis and intervention in pediatric GI bleeding is the shared responsibility of pediatric endoscopists, radiologists, and surgeons. Brisk hemorrhage, though alarming, is most often self-limited; few cases require urgent surgery before diagnostic evaluation is accomplished. The choice between endoscopic and radiogr...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： O'Hara SM

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the inception of the discipline of nuclear medicine, thyroid evaluation and therapy with radioactive isotopes have remained an important and constant component of thyroidology. Parathyroid scintigraphy with 201Tl/99mTc subtraction has been a more recent and also very useful addition in the assessment of hyperpar...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Price DC

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the pancreas is useful as both a problem-solving tool and an initial imaging examination of choice. With newer imaging sequences such as diffusion-weighted imaging, MR offers improved ability to detect and characterize lesions and identify and stage tumors and inflammation. MR cholan...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： O'Neill E,Hammond N,Miller FH

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the clinical and imaging roles of MR with respect to the following: neck masses of known or uncertain etiology; staging of cervical metastatic disease; thyroid and parathyroid; and evaluation of the thoracic inlet. Pertinent normal anatomy is highlighted when appropriate. ...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Mancuso AA,Dillon WP

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interventional radiologic procedures in the gallbladder are influencing both the diagnosis and therapy of many gallbladder disorders. Current diagnostic and therapeutic percutaneous techniques offer important alternatives for their management. This article highlights the spectrum of interventional radiologic technique...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： van Sonnenberg E,D'Agostino H,Casola G

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of clinically apparent varicoceles with male subfertility and infertility has been noted in the urology literature since the late nineteenth century, and surgical ligation of varicoceles has been considered appropriate therapy in an attempt to improve semen quality and increase fertility for the past 4...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Demas BE,Hricak H,McClure RD

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small bowel neoplasms are relatively rare. This article presents the imaging features of the most frequently encountered small bowel masses, with emphasis on adenocarcinomas and carcinoid tumors. The CT scan findings and correlative barium and angiographic studies of various small bowel tumors are illustrated. The sta...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Buckley JA,Jones B,Fishman EK

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and radiologic manifestations of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome are reviewed. The relationship between these entities is discussed. A hypothesis of a common underlying pathophysiology is proposed and substantiated based on the current medical...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Levitt A,Zampolin R,Burns J,Bello JA,Slasky SE

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CT and ultrasonography, alone or in combination, have partially replaced aortography for the detection of abnormalities of the native and grafted abdominal aorta. In our medical center, ultrasonography is used to detect or confirm the diagnosis of aortic aneurysm and to determine its size, extent, and relationship to ...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Godwin JD,Korobkin M

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenal tumors include those of neural and cortical origin. Although most neuroblastomas present as abdominal masses, pheochromocytomas and cortical tumors usually present with endocrine dysfunction. Although imaging may not be able to differentiate benign lesions from malignant tumors, or whether they arise in the ad...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Balassy C,Navarro OM,Daneman A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is a highly debilitating scleroderma-like disease occurring exclusively in patients with severe or end-stage renal failure. Since the recognition of a link between gadolinium chelates (GCs) used as contrast agents for MR imaging and NSF by two independent European teams in 2006, num...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Idée JM,Port M,Dencausse A,Lancelot E,Corot C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The soft tissue anatomy of the nasopharynx is presented in terms of deglutitional and masticatory muscle layers. Within this framework of analysis, computed tomography can detect relatively early soft tissue changes of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. ...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Silver AJ,Sane P,Hilal SK

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviewed the major sports medicine conditions affecting the knee and their MR imaging appearance. MR imaging of the knee is considered efficacious especially in the setting of indeterminate clinical findings and can stratify patients, guiding further surgical management. MR imaging affects the diagnosis a...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Carrino JA,Schweitzer ME

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computers should play an important role in mammography screening. This paper demonstrates the ability of a low-cost microcomputer-based data management system to speed up and make more efficient many aspects of both day-to-day and overall operation of a mammography screening practice. Specific computer procedures are ...

journal_title：Radiologic clinics of North America

authors： Sickles EA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00