Light fog on radiographic films: how to measure it properly.

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the feasibility of hybrid imaging of the heart with fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) on an integrated 3-T positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The present study was approved by the local institutional review board. Written informed conse...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Nensa F,Poeppel TD,Beiderwellen K,Schelhorn J,Mahabadi AA,Erbel R,Heusch P,Nassenstein K,Bockisch A,Forsting M,Schlosser T

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an objective scoring system, chest radiographs were reviewed in 23 cases of pneumonia due to the Pittsburgh pneumonia agent (PPA, Tatlockia micdadei, Legionella micdadei), including six cases of pneumonia with simultaneous isolation of PPA and L pneumophila (Legionnaires' disease). Infiltrates were typically seg...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Muder RR,Reddy SC,Yu VL,Kroboth FJ

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical prediction rules are multifactorial tools used to aid in clinical decision making. In radiology, clinical prediction rules are an important method for determining who should undergo imaging and, in combination with cost-effectiveness analysis, how imaging should be performed. To be useful, clinical prediction...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Blackmore CC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To prospectively evaluate to what extent image quality in 16-detector row computed tomographic (CT) coronary angiography is a function of the heart rate and the image reconstruction technique used. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 70 patients (49 men, 21 women; mean age, 59.1 years +/- 5.8 [standard deviation]...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Herzog C,Arning-Erb M,Zangos S,Eichler K,Hammerstingl R,Dogan S,Ackermann H,Vogl TJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic data were obtained to evaluate potential risks from exposure to the static and time-varying magnetic fields used in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. A questionnaire sent to women workers in more than 90% of clinical MR facilities in the United States addressed menstrual-reproductive experiences, work act...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kanal E,Gillen J,Evans JA,Savitz DA,Shellock FG

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To retrospectively analyze serial chest radiographs in all patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong for temporal changes and differences between patients who died and those who were discharged from the hospital and to compare radiographic and clinical parameters. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Antonio GE,Ooi CG,Wong KT,Tsui EL,Wong JS,Sy AN,Hui JY,Chan CY,Huang HY,Chan YF,Wong TP,Leong LL,Chan JC,Ahuja AT

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-expanding metallic stents of a modified Gianturco design were used to treat benign strictures of the biliary tree in 17 patients. Thirteen patients had undergone several unsuccessful surgical repairs, and four had not undergone surgery because of their clinical status. All patients had already undergone multiple ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Rossi P,Bezzi M,Salvatori FM,Maccioni F,Porcaro ML

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine if oxidative and nitrative stress and/or apoptosis contribute to increased coagulation when combining radiofrequency (RF) ablation with liposomal doxorubicin. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Animal care committee approval was obtained. R3230 mammary adenocarcinomas in Fischer rats were treated with either R...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Solazzo SA,Ahmed M,Schor-Bardach R,Yang W,Girnun GD,Rahmanuddin S,Levchenko T,Signoretti S,Spitz DR,Torchilin V,Goldberg SN

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory and other regular motions during two-dimensional Fourier transform magnetic resonance imaging produce image artifacts consisting of local blurring and more or less regularly spaced "ghost" images propagating along the direction of the phase-encoding magnetic field gradient. The patterns of these ghost arti...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Axel L,Summers RM,Kressel HY,Charles C

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In five patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging of the knee after athletic injuries, the authors identified a vacuum phenomenon that simulated medial meniscal or joint compartment cartilaginous abnormality. A cadaveric knee was injected with air, and the findings were re-created. The presence of air or gas betw...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Shogry ME,Pope TL Jr

更新日期：1991-08-01 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：:Medical physics has changed dramatically since 1895. There was a period of slow evolutionary change during the first 70 years after Roentgen's discovery of x rays. With the advent of the computer, however, both diagnostic and therapeutic radiology have undergone rapid growth and changes. Technologic advances such as c...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Gray JE,Orton CG

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:In a review of the records of 3,712 drug abusers, 13 patients were identified with neurologic deficits attributable to the use of cocaine. Ischemic manifestations were the most frequent, occurring in seven (54%) patients, with a mean age of 34.2 years. Three (23%) patients had subarachnoid hemorrhage, and three (23%) ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Jacobs IG,Roszler MH,Kelly JK,Klein MA,Kling GA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the feasibility of a statistical classification strategy (SCS) and the identity of metabolites of bacterial and host origins that potentially contributed to the most discriminatory regions of magnetic resonance (MR) spectra from Staphylococcus aureus abscesses of biopsy material from controls, glio...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Himmelreich U,Accurso R,Malik R,Dolenko B,Somorjai RL,Gupta RK,Gomes L,Mountford CE,Sorrell TC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose To determine the prevalence of the spot sign and the accuracy of using the spot sign to predict intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) expansion with standardized multiphase computed tomographic (CT) angiography. Materials and Methods This prospective observational cohort study included 123 consecutive patients with a...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Rodriguez-Luna D,Coscojuela P,Rodriguez-Villatoro N,Juega JM,Boned S,Muchada M,Pagola J,Rubiera M,Ribo M,Tomasello A,Demchuk AM,Goyal M,Molina CA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photochromic lenses which undergo a change in density with varying intensities of sunlight have been incorporated into routine eyeglasses. Laboratory tests have shown that glasses of this type do not decrease the visual acuity of the radiologist. ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Balter S,Janower ML

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop and validate magnetic resonance (MR) imaging protocols for quantitative assessment of the structural and functional properties of the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) and to compare MR imaging detection of reflux events against concurrent manometry as a reference method. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The loc...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Curcic J,Fox M,Kaufman E,Forras-Kaufman Z,Hebbard GS,Roy S,Pal A,Schwizer W,Fried M,Treier R,Boesiger P

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the local-regional staging accuracy of the conventional two-dimensional (2D) T2-weighted imaging protocol and of the three-dimensional (3D) T2-weighted imaging protocol for preoperative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in rectal cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This retrospective study was appr...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kim H,Lim JS,Choi JY,Park J,Chung YE,Kim MJ,Choi E,Kim NK,Kim KW

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure scanner and patient variation in computed tomographic (CT) numbers for electron-beam CT and to determine the ability of calibration phantoms to reduce variability in calcium quantitation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Two calibration phantoms were imaged to ensure longitudinal homogeneity and to determine t...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： McCollough CH,Kaufmann RB,Cameron BM,Katz DJ,Sheedy PF 2nd,Peyser PA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New or enlarging solitary pulmonary opacities in 502 patients were evaluated with a plain tomographic procedure. Repeat chest radiographs in 64 patients and tomograms in 115 patients showed that the opacities were not nodules but were due to pneumonitis, rib lesions, thickened pleura, or another benign finding. Tomogr...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Huston J 3rd,Muhm JR

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A presumed new radiological-pathological entity of atherosclerotic subintimal of the carotid artery is described. Subintimal hematomas were found in 12 of 50 (24%) carotid bifurcations during surgery for repeated transient ischemic attacks in a single hemispheric distribution; only 33% were associated with ulcerations...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Edwards JH,Kricheff II,Gorstein F,Riles T,Imparato A

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early years of nuclear medicine, physicians explored applied nuclear physics, and physicists pursued uncharted areas in medicine. Reflections from Jim Adelstein, MD, PhD, John McAfee, MD, Henry Wagner, MD, Fred Bonte, MD, Dave Kuhl, MD, and Alex Gottschalk, MD, add to the appreciation of the diversity in those ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Potchen EJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare prenatal ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for the diagnosis of fetal anomalies. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Images of 27 fetuses (28 diagnostic cases) with anomalies diagnosed at US were evaluated; in these fetuses, prenatal MR imaging was performed within 15 days of US. Prenatal U...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Frates MC,Kumar AJ,Benson CB,Ward VL,Tempany CM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomal gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) encapsulated within 70- and 400-nm vesicles was tested as a contrast agent for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the liver in rats with hepatic metastases. Liposomal Gd-DTPA caused significant improvement in contrast between liver and tumor (P less than ....

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Unger EC,Winokur T,MacDougall P,Rosenblum J,Clair M,Gatenby R,Tilcock C

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammography utilization remains below the level needed to achieve the National Cancer Institute's year-2000 goals for reducing breast cancer mortality by 50%. Previous research has identified both patient and physician barriers. The authors interviewed 600 randomly selected women who were offered a free mammographic e...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Rimer BK,Keintz MK,Kessler HB,Engstrom PF,Rosan JR

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the accuracy of contrast material-enhanced computed tomographic (CT) colonography for postoperative surveillance in colorectal cancer patients without clinical or laboratory evidence of disease recurrence. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The Institutional Review Board approved this HIPAA-compliant study and...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kim HJ,Park SH,Pickhardt PJ,Yoon SN,Lee SS,Yee J,Kim DH,Kim AY,Kim JC,Yu CS,Ha HK

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of using focused ultrasound for studying structures as small as biliary ducts and correlative radiological and ultrasonic studies of the common and larger hepatic ducts are presented. Patients whose bile ducts were visualized on intravenous or T-tube cholangiography or oral cholecystography underwent r...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Reid MH

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the cross-sectional relationships among multiple quantitative brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging measurements in patients with relapsing-remitting versus chronic progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty-eight patients with MS (relapsing-remitting, 26, chronic progress...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Miki Y,Grossman RI,Udupa JK,van Buchem MA,Wei L,Phillips MD,Patel U,McGowan JC,Kolson DL

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred fifty-four patients with stenosis of the iliac artery underwent percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). These patients were followed for 1-7 years. The long-term results of the PTAs were analyzed by computer, and life tables were generated for dilatations of the iliac arteries with unimpaired flow and...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： van Andel GJ,van Erp WF,Krepel VM,Breslau PJ

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00