Medical physics: some recollections in diagnostic X-ray imaging and therapeutic radiology.

abstract：:Findings from computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound (US) examinations of 74 patients who were clinically thought to have pelvic masses and of 110 patients who had possible recurrence of pelvic tumors were analyzed. There was no significant difference in the ability of the two modalities to identify masses or to pred...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Sanders RC,McNeil BJ,Finberg HJ,Hessel SJ,Siegelman SS,Adams DF,Alderson PO,Abrams HL

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CT scans of 18 patients with documented pulmonary septic emboli were reviewed. CT features of septic emboli included multiple peripheral nodules ranging in size from 0.5 to 3.5 cm (15 of 18 patients [83%]), a feeding vessel sign (n = 12; [67%]), cavitation (n = 9; [50%]), wedge-shaped peripheral lesions abutting t...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Kuhlman JE,Fishman EK,Teigen C

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose To evaluate glass-fiber-based guidewires that are safe for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-guided endovascular interventions by using a phantom and an in vivo swine model. Materials and Methods MR imaging-safe guidewires were made from micropultruded glass and/or aramid fibers and epoxy resin with diameters of...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Massmann A,Buecker A,Schneider GK

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety and long-term effectiveness of fluoroscopically guided balloon dilation for corrosive esophageal stricture was evaluated in 22 patients with a follow-up period of more than 1 year (range, 13-52 months). The average interval between corrosive agent ingestion and initial balloon dilation was 18 years (range, ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Song HY,Han YM,Kim HN,Kim CS,Choi KC

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The papillary process of the caudate lobe of the liver may appear separate from the liver and thus mimic lymph nodes or a pancreatic mass. In order to evaluate the sonographic appearance of this anatomic structure, 400 male and female patients with a mean age of 50 years were studied prospectively by means of ultrasou...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Donoso L,Martínez-Noguera A,Zidan A,Lora F

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report population-based utilization rates and their variability across and within populations, geographic areas, and different payment systems for diagnostic radiology and radiation oncology procedures. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Aggregated claims data were obtained from four sources for up to nine radiologic mo...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Burkhardt JH,Sunshine JH

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：PURPOSE:To test a biopsy needle modified for use of radio-frequency (RF) energy to produce hemostasis after core biopsy of liver or kidney. MATERIALS AND METHODS:RF energy was applied to a partially insulated 17-gauge needle, and tip temperature was monitored with a thermocouple. Domestic Yorkshire pigs (n = 4; mean w...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Laeseke PF,Winter TC 3rd,Davis CL,Stevens KR,Johnson CD,Fronczak FJ,Webster JG,Lee FT Jr

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present prevalence screening data from a nonrandomized screening trial by using low-dose computed tomography (CT) and a simple algorithm based on the size and attenuation of detected nodules to guide diagnostic work-up. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Eight hundred seventeen asymptomatic volunteers (age range, 40-78 ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Diederich S,Wormanns D,Semik M,Thomas M,Lenzen H,Roos N,Heindel W

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammograms of 86 women under the age of 50 years with mammographically detected cancers were reviewed. Sixty-three of these cancers (73%) were found at the periphery of the breast as defined by a zone 1 cm wide beneath the subcutaneous fat or anterior to the retromammary fat. This finding is likely due to the geom...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Stacey-Clear A,McCarthy KA,Hall DA,Pile-Spellman E,White G,Hulka CA,Whitman GJ,Halpern EF,Kopans DB

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiotherapy of verrucous carcinoma has frequently been associated with anaplastic transformation and poor response. No anaplastic transformation was observed in the 6 patients receiving radiotherapy as the primary treatment, and control of disease was favorable compared with 5 surgically treated patients. Four of the...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Schwade JG,Wara WM,Dedo HH,Phillips TL

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the ability of positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) to allow differentiation of benign from malignant intraosseous lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty patients with strictly intraosseous lesions (five benign and 15 malignant [three primary and 12 met...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Dehdashti F,Siegel BA,Griffeth LK,Fusselman MJ,Trask DD,McGuire AH,McGuire DJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the dose characteristics of multi-detector row computed tomography (CT) and to provide tabulated dose values and rules of thumb that assist in minimizing the radiation dose at multi-detector row CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Weighted CT dose index (CTDI100w) values were obtained from three multi-detec...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Hamberg LM,Rhea JT,Hunter GJ,Thrall JH

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the postoperative angiographic appearance of the revascularized renal artery in 128 patients. The angiographic findings in four types of surgical procedures (saphenous bypass graft, dacron graft, endarterectomy, and reimplantation of the renal artery) are discussed. Postoperative angiography accura...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Ekelund L,Gerlock J Jr,Goncharenko V,Foster J

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present data from the first prospective pilot phase trial of breast cancer participants imaged with fluorine 18 ((18)F)-2-fluoropropionyl-labeled PEGylated dimeric arginine-glycine-aspartic acid ( RGD arginine-glycine-aspartic acid ) peptide (PEG3-E[c{ RGD arginine-glycine-aspartic acid yk}]2) ( FPPRGD2 2-fl...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Iagaru A,Mosci C,Shen B,Chin FT,Mittra E,Telli ML,Gambhir SS

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To retrospectively evaluate the prevalence of neonatal intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and its relationship to obstetric and neonatal risk factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Pregnant women were recruited for a prospective study of neonatal brain development; the study was approved by the institutional review board a...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Looney CB,Smith JK,Merck LH,Wolfe HM,Chescheir NC,Hamer RM,Gilmore JH

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose To retrospectively evaluate the clinical outcomes of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for early hypovascular hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) and to compare them with those of typical hypervascular HCCs. Materials and Methods This retrospective multicenter study received institutional review board approval, with ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Lee DH,Lee JM,Kang TW,Rhim H,Kim SY,Shin YM,Seo JW,Choi MH,Lee KB

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiologic evaluation of frontal sinus fractures is instrumental in determining the need for surgery. Computed tomography (CT) is an excellent modality for evaluation of frontal sinus trauma, particularly for anterior and posterior wall fractures. However, fractures of the nasofrontal duct are more difficult to deline...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Harris L,Marano GD,McCorkle D

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent methods of magnetic resonance imaging involve the placement of a grid of planes of saturation over the imaging plane; distortion of the grid corresponds to tissue displacement in two dimensions. An extension to this method that allows measurement of motion in the third dimension involves a second acquisition th...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Pipe JG,Boes JL,Chenevert TL

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of pulmonary sequestration has traditionally relied on angiographic demonstration of a systemic artery to the sequestered lung tissue. Rarely, extralobar sequestration can be associated with tension hydrothorax, which in the past has invariably led to fetal hydrops and death. The authors report the cases...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Hernanz-Schulman M,Stein SM,Neblett WW,Atkinson JB,Kirchner SG,Heller RM,Merrill WH,Fleischer AC

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal motor disorders are best evaluated with manometry, which, however, is time-consuming and not generally available. The authors prospectively investigated the yield of videofluoroscopy in detection of esophageal motor disorders in comparison with that of manometry. Eighty-eight patients with dysphagia, globus...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Schima W,Stacher G,Pokieser P,Uranitsch K,Nekahm D,Schober E,Moser G,Tscholakoff D

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By interposing a camera with a fish-eye lens between the collimator and the illuminated field, radiotherapy ports can be recorded using the localizer light for illumination. An acrylic mold of the camera was used to maintain alignment and immobilization during the necessarily long exposures. The authors consider this ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Pantoja E,Frede T,Leininger V

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system utilizing a multi-image capacity video disc recorder rather than a photographic camera for the initial recording of ultrasound images id described, as well as the resulting benefits. ...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Skolnick ML

更新日期：1979-11-01 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：:Extramedullary plasmacytoma is a rare form of plasma cell dyscrasia, in which malignant plasma cell tumors arise outside the bone marrow. The tumor may arise in any part of the body but the vast majority occur in the head and neck, primarily in the nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, or upper airway. Six patients with ex...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Schabel SI,Rogers CI,Rittenberg GM,Bubanj R

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Bare sclera" excision followed by 90Sr beta irradiation has been used at Bellevue Hospital for more than 20 years as standard therapy for pterygia. Primary treatment was successful in approximately 90% of cases, and 80% of the failures were salvaged by a second course. This policy is recommended for similar patient p...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Cooper JS

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To show that benign asymmetric breast tissue detected mammographically may increase over time. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Serial mammograms obtained in 21 women with negative physical examination results and mammographically detected developing asymmetric breast tissue were reviewed, and findings were correlated wi...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Piccoli CW,Feig SA,Palazzo JP

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative microstructural sonography differs from conventional sonography in several ways. The frequency as well as the amplitude of echoes is recorded and assessed using spectral analysis techniques. The effects of diffraction of the ultrasound beam are calibrated, as are the transfer characteristics of the system...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： King DL,Lizzi FL,Feleppa EJ,Wai PM,Yaremko MM,Rorke MC,Herbst J

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To prospectively investigate the prevalence of fat deposition in chronic myocardial infarction (MI) by using magnetic resonance (MR) fat-water separation imaging with sampling of the entire left ventricular (LV) myocardium. A subsidiary aim was to determine the relationship between LV fat deposition and scar ch...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： Goldfarb JW,Roth M,Han J

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate by using in vivo magnetic resonance (MR) imaging the functionality of a liposomal paramagnetic contrast agent with T1 relaxivity that rapidly and markedly increases at temperatures above the gel-to-liquid crystalline phase transition temperature (T(c)) of the liposome membrane. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Radiology

authors： McDannold N,Fossheim SL,Rasmussen H,Martin H,Vykhodtseva N,Hynynen K

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00