abstract：:This study was prospectively conducted to evaluate the clinical potential of the advanced breast biopsy instrumentation (ABBI) system as an alternative to needle localization and open surgery in the management of nonpalpable breast lesions (NPBL). One hundred and eighty-six consecutive patients were referred for manag...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Lifrange E,Dondelinger RF,Fridman V,Colin C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumscribed radiolucencies within the vertebral bones can be due to a variety of changes including benign and malignant tumours or tumour-like lesions. Radiolucencies due to degenerative intraosseous pneumatocyst are very uncommon but have to be taken into the differential diagnosis in well-circumscribed lytic lesio...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Steingruber IE,Bach CM,Wimmer C,Nogler M,Buchberger W

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coincidence of dorsal defect on a multipartite patella constitutes a rare cause of anterior knee pain in the first decades of life. Imaging findings of this uncommon symptomatic skeletal variant are discussed, with emphasis on MR features. ...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Mellado JM,Salvadó E,Ramos A,Camins A,Saurí A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a surgically confirmed cystic lymphangioma of the spleen is presented. Preoperative imaging consisted of US, contrast-enhanced CT and MRI, all showing a multiloculated lesion with small cystic cavities divided by thin septa, corresponding to dilated lymphatic spaces. Preoperative studies correlated well with...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Bezzi M,Spinelli A,Pierleoni M,Andreoli G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of collateral circulation belongs among the typical signs of aortic coarctation. Cerebral or spinal artery aneurysm formation with increased risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage represent the most common neurovascular complication of this disease. We report a case of a 20-year-old sportsman who developed acute ...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Zizka J,Eliás P,Michl A,Harrer J,Cesák T,Herman A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound has emerged as the primary imaging modality in conditions where either renal obstruction or renal medical disease is suspected on the basis of clinical and laboratory findings. In urinary tract obstruction, pathophysiologic changes affecting the pressure in the collecting system and kidney perfusion are wel...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Mostbeck GH,Zontsich T,Turetschek K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern imaging technologies visualize different aspects of disease in a non-invasive way. Considerable progress has been made in the fusion of images from different imaging modalities using software approaches. One goal of fusion software is to align anatomical and functional images and allow improved spatial localiza...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Townsend DW,Cherry SR

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragmentation by pigtail rotation catheter may be a therapeutic option in acute massive pulmonary embolism, especially in patients with high risk of right ventricular failure. We report a patient with an occlusion of the right intermediate pulmonary artery by a large embolus, slightly protruding into the perfused righ...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Schmitz-Rode T,Janssens U,Hanrath P,Günther RW

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peritoneum is a mesothelial lining of the abdominal cavity (parietal) and intraperitoneal viscera (visceral). The cavity contains a small amount of fluid, which circulates from cephalad to caudal to cephalad, influenced by negative pressure under the diaphragm during exhalation, gravity, and bowel peristalsis. Per...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Raptopoulos V,Gourtsoyiannis N

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We decided to test to what extent dose reduction is possible in abdominal spiral computed tomography (CT) in young children without loss of anatomic diagnostic information. A retrospective study was performed of 30 abdominal CT examinations of children aged 3 months to 7 years. These were divided into two groups: grou...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Wormanns D,Diederich S,Lenzen H,Lange P,Link TM,Ludwig K,Papke K,Hagedorn C,Heindel W

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superparamagnetic iron oxide MR imaging contrast agents have been the subjects of extensive research over the past decade. The iron oxide particle size of these contrast agents varies widely, and influences their physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties, and thus clinical application. Superparamagnetic agents en...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Wang YX,Hussain SM,Krestin GP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new dedicated ultrasound system for computer-guided large core breast biopsy (LCBB) and report our first clinical experience in 45 female patients. After an initial 30 biopsy procedures on a US breast phantom, LCBB using this new system was performed in 45 non-palpable surgically verified breast lesions....

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Wunderbaldinger P,Helbich TH,Partik B,Turetschek K,Wolf G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively investigated the appearance and frequency of atypically enhancing cavernous hemangiomas with high-spatial-resolution (512x224 matrix) gadolinium-enhanced triphasic dynamic gradient-recalled-echo (GRE) MR images. Images of 132 hepatic cavernous hemangiomas (ranging in size from 4 to 72 mm; mean size ...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Kato H,Kanematsu M,Matsuo M,Kondo H,Hoshi H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) has improved our understanding of many lung diseases in adults. The technique is used less often in children due to concerns regarding radiation dose. However, HRCT may provide important diagnostic information in a variety of lung diseases in children including airways diseas...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Copley SJ,Padley SP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to demonstrate that dose reduction and constant image quality can be achieved by adjusting X-ray dose to patient size. To establish the relation between patient size, image quality and dose we scanned 19 patients with reduced dose. Image noise was measured. Four radiologists scored image qual...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Wilting JE,Zwartkruis A,van Leeuwen MS,Timmer J,Kamphuis AG,Feldberg M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of automatic bolus tracking for monophasic spiral CT of the liver and to assess the liver-to-lesion conspicuity in comparison with time-delay examinations. In 40 patients scheduled for therapy control of known hypovascular hepatic metastases a monophasic spiral CT was co...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Mehnert F,Pereira PL,Trübenbach J,Kopp AF,Claussen CD

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to analyze the diagnostic value of three-dimensional time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (3D TOF MRA), performed on a 0.5-T system in the detection of neurovascular compression in patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN). One hundred seventy-two TN patients were examined using plain...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Vörös E,Palkó A,Horváth K,Barzó P,Kardos L,Kuncz A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of reliable supplies of X-ray film, direct fluoroscopy is still extensively used in Albania, with chest radiology a particularly common application. This paper aims to quantify both patient skin dose and the risk-related quantity effective dose for direct fluoroscopy units based in seven different Alban...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Marshall NW,Shehu G,Marsh D,Faulkner K,Malone J,Dewhurst K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to correlate the effectiveness of preoperative embolization with the blood loss and transfusion requirement during surgery for bone metastases from renal cell carcinoma. Twenty-eight preoperative embolizations in 26 patients with renal cell carcinoma metastatic to bone were retrospectivel...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Chatziioannou AN,Johnson ME,Pneumaticos SG,Lawrence DD,Carrasco CH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare MR imaging and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) for the local staging of rectal tumours. Forty-nine patients were examined on a 1.5-T MR unit using either a pelvic phased-array coil (n = 37) alone or combined with an endorectal coil (n = 12). Sagittal and axial sequences with T2-we...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Blomqvist L,Machado M,Rubio C,Gabrielsson N,Granqvist S,Goldman S,Holm T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningeal hemangiopericytoma (MHP) is extremely rare in childhood. Mean age at diagnosis is between 38 and 43 years. We present an 8-year-old boy with MHP of the middle cranial fossa. Imaging findings were indistinguishable from an aggressive bone tumor such as Ewing's sarcoma. Imaging findings are presented and discu...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Huisman TA,Brandner S,Niggli F,Kacl G,Willi UV,Martin E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reproducibility of breath-hold and respiratory triggered phase-contrast (PC) MR imaging techniques in the measurement of renal artery blood flow. In 12 healthy subjects cardiac-gated PC flow measurements were obtained in the renal arteries using a breath-hold and ...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： de Haan MW,Kouwenhoven M,Kessels AG,van Engelshoven JM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the posteroanterior (PA) technique as a means of dose reduction has been used effectively in radiology departments for chest and abdominal examinations. The aim of this investigation was to establish if the PA lumbar spine projection offers any advantages over the traditional anteroposterior (AP) view in te...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Brennan PC,Madigan E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-articular ganglion cysts of the cruciate ligaments are associated with non-specific clinical signs and symptoms. Familiarity with the MR appearances in particular is important to make an accurate diagnosis, exclude associated abnormalities, and avoid misdiagnosis. ...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Tyrrell PN,Cassar-Pullicino VN,McCall IW

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the discovery of ascending colonic variceal veins via celiomesenteric diagnostic angiography following a bout of melena in a 44-year-old woman. Magnetic resonance imaging, including phase-contrast MR venography, allowed visualization of the portal and systemic veins immediately after the initial a...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Chevallier P,Motamedi JP,Demuth N,Caroli-Bosc FX,Oddo F,Padovani B

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of 31P-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) as a possible tool to distinguish viable from non-viable tissue after myocardial infarction was analysed in humans. Fifteen patients 3 weeks after anterior myocardial infarction were studied with breath-hold cine MRI and 3D-CSI MRS (1.5 T system). 31P-spectra were...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Beer M,Sandstede J,Landschütz W,Viehrig M,Harre K,Horn M,Meininger M,Pabst T,Kenn W,Haase A,von Kienlin M,Neubauer S,Hahn D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This pictorial review illustrates the anatomical features of normal intra-articular components of the hip and their common disorders on MR arthrography. On T1-weighted MR arthrograms, the normal contrast-filled joint cavity shows a homogeneous high signal intensity. Normal acetabular labrum appears as a well-delineate...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Ghebontni L,Roger B,El-khoury J,Brasseur JL,Grenier PA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse esophageal leiomyomatosis is a rare disorder which may be found in association with leiomyomas in other locations or with other disorders. We report two cases in men, one with associated tracheobronchial involvement, which illustrate the value of imaging in differentiating this entity from other causes of dysp...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Sans N,Galy-Fourcade D,Bloom E,Pradère B,Chiavassa H,Jarlaud T,Queralto M,Giron J,Gouzi JL,Railhac JJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RETAIN project (Radiological Examinations Transfer on an ATM Integrated Network) has aimed at testing videoconferencing and DICOM image transfers to get advice about difficult radiological cases over an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)-based network, which affords a more comfortable interface than narrow-band netw...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Heautot JF,Eichelberg M,Gibaud B,Tréguier C,Lemoine D,Scarabin JM,Piqueras J,Carsin M,Gandon Y

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article outlines the ability of MR imaging in staging, grading, tissue characterization, and posttherapeutic surveillance of soft tissue tumors. Well-known staging parameters, such as extent, relationship with adjacent structures, and detection of intralesional necrosis, are used in the MR protocol for locoregion...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： De Schepper AM,De Beuckeleer L,Vandevenne J,Somville J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze the precision of tibial cartilage morphometry, by using a fast, coronal water-excitation sequence with high spatial resolution, to compare the reproducibility of 3D thickness vs volume estimates, and to test the technique in patients with severe osteoarthritis. The tibiae of 8 heal...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Hyhlik-Dürr A,Faber S,Burgkart R,Stammberger T,Maag KP,Englmeier KH,Reiser M,Eckstein F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of agenesis of the horizontal segment of the left portal vein are reported. This very rare vascular anomaly probably corresponds to an embryological variation rather than to an obstruction of the left portal vein. In almost all cases liver ultrasonography is sufficient for identifying such vascular abnormali...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Chevallier P,Oddo F,Baldini E,Peten EP,Diaine B,Padovani B

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesodermal tumors of the urinary bladder are rare and the majority of them are malignant. We report a case of an intramural leiomyoma of the bladder presenting with symptoms of a mild lower urinary tract infection. The patient was managed with partial cystectomy and the outcome was excellent. ...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Sakellariou P,Protopapas A,Kyritsis N,Voulgaris Z,Papaspirou E,Diakomanolis E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraventricular tumours represent a diverse group of lesions, some of them infrequent, with a wide variety of radiological features. Determination of their precise aetiology or origin can be difficult. Nevertheless, considering patient's age, location within the ventricles, and some specific radiological features, th...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Majós C,Coll S,Aguilera C,Acebes JJ,Pons LC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To prove the usefulness of a simple laser marker system (LMS) in target definition as well as examination procedure for CT-guided interventions, 130 cases of diagnostic biopsies and lumbal sympathectomies were compared. In 75 cases LMS and in 55 cases a simple crossgrid was used. Taking advantage of the LMS, the param...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Kloeppel R,Weisse T,Deckert F,Wilke W,Pecher S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although spatial resolution of current MR angiography is excellent, temporal resolution has remained unsatisfactory. We evaluated clinical applicability of 2D thick-slice, contrast-enhanced subtraction MR angiography (2D-MR digital subtraction angiography) with sub-second temporal resolution in cerebrovascular occlusi...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Aoki S,Yoshikawa T,Hori M,Ishigame K,Nambu A,Kumagai H,Araki T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous and isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery is a rare and often fatal event which has been successfully treated by surgery in several reported cases. We present a patient with acute mesenteric ischemia due to superior mesenteric artery dissection who was successfully treated by percutaneous e...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Leung DA,Schneider E,Kubik-Huch R,Marincek B,Pfammatter T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iodinated X-ray contrast media are among the most frequently used pharmaceuticals for intravascular administration. Although the newer low osmolality, nonionic contrast media, are generally well tolerated, it is well known that they, like the ionic contrast media, give rise to immediate or delayed adverse reactions in...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Christiansen C,Pichler WJ,Skotland T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrapelvic endometriosis is not uncommon but hepatic endometrioma is extremely rare. Ultrasound, CT and MR features of hepatic endometrioma are discussed and the literature is reviewed in this report. ...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Inal M,Biçakçi K,Soyupak S,Oğuz M,Ozer C,Demirbaş O,Akgül E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess radiomorphologic and clinical features of tracheal rupture due to blunt chest trauma. From 1992 until 1998 the radiomorphologic and clinical key findings of all consecutive tracheal ruptures were retrospectively analyzed. The study included ten patients (7 men and 3 women; mean age ...

journal_title：European radiology

authors： Kunisch-Hoppe M,Hoppe M,Rauber K,Popella C,Rau WS

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00