abstract：INTRODUCTION:A 2005 survey of practices indicated limited use of three-dimensional (3D) imaging modalities and planning methods in cervix cancer brachytherapy in Australia and New Zealand. However, advancing technologies and published recommendations are influencing change. This survey aims to identify both changes in ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： van Dyk S,Byram D,Bernshaw D

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erectile dysfunction (ED) commonly affects the quality of life of men after treatment of prostate cancer. We conducted a placebo-controlled, crossover randomised trial to assess the efficacy and tolerability of sildenafil citrate in the treatment of ED developing after external beam radiation treatment (EBRT) of local...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Harrington C,Campbell G,Wynne C,Atkinson C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate factors influencing career choices in radiology trainees. We distributed a 27-question written survey to all radiology registrars in Queensland. The questions investigated whether radiology was their first specialty choice, career satisfaction, ideal working conditions and atti...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Ip SW,Ko HS,Applegate KE

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary The aim of this study was to assess the impact of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) CT on radiotherapy planning parameters for patients treated curatively with radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Five patients with stages I-III NSCLC underwent a diagnostic FDG-PET ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Vinod SK,Kumar S,Holloway LC,Shafiq J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to evaluate medical student and intern awareness of ionising radiation exposure from common diagnostic imaging procedures and to suggest how education could be improved. Fourth to sixth year medical students enrolled at a Western Australian university and interns from three teaching hospitals in Perth ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Zhou GZ,Wong DD,Nguyen LK,Mendelson RM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiotherapy plays a significant role in the palliation of symptoms in patients with cancer. It can improve symptoms from bone metastases, spinal cord compression, superior vena cava obstruction and cerebral metastases. Long waiting lists and inconvenient access prolong suffering and may even discourage patients from ...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Holt TR,Yau VK

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proscription of antiperspirant or deodorant use during adjuvant breast radiotherapy is common. The investigators were seeking an information base to facilitate design of an appropriate controlled trial of the use of deodorants during radiotherapy. The first component consisted of a survey of women after adjuvant breas...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Graham PH,Graham JL

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study reports on the evolution of the Australian radiologist relative value unit (RVU) model of measuring radiologist reporting workloads in teaching hospital departments, and aims to outline a way forward for the development of a broad national safety, quality and performance framework that enables value mapping,...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Pitman A,Jones DN,Stuart D,Lloydhope K,Mallitt K,O'Rourke P

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oncology CT report is a vital piece of communication between the radiologist and the treating clinician and often determines patient management. The use of a standardised report that follows the tumour, node and metastasis (TNM) structure makes it easier for the radiologist to include all of the necessary informat...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Gormly KL

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In New South Wales (NSW) from 1996 to 2006, only 34-37% of newly diagnosed cancer patients were treated with radiotherapy instead of the 50% proposed by NSW Health in Radiotherapy Plans released in 1991, 1995 and 2003. As a consequence, over 50 000 cancer patients were not treated and has resulted in the estimated pre...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Morgan G,Barton M,Crossing S,Bull C,Penman A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-body MRI is an effective method for evaluating the entire skeletal system in patients with metastatic disease. This study aimed to compare whole-body MRI and radionuclide bone scintigraph in the detection of skeletal metastases in patients with prostate cancer. Patients with prostate cancer at high risk of skele...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Venkitaraman R,Cook GJ,Dearnaley DP,Parker CC,Khoo V,Eeles R,Huddart RA,Horwich A,Sohaib SA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to describe the radiotherapy (RT) management and subsequent outcome in a cohort of patients with newly diagnosed glioma. Treatment details were obtained via a questionnaire completed by neurosurgeons, radiation and medical oncologists who treated patients diagnosed with glioma in Victoria during 1998-...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Dally M,Rosenthal M,Drummond K,Murphy M,Cher L,Ashley D,Thursfield V,Giles G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperintense spinal cord signal on T2-weighted images is seen in a wide-ranging variety of spinal cord processes. Causes including simple MR artefacts, trauma, primary and secondary tumours, radiation myelitis and diastematomyelia were discussed in Part A. The topics discussed in Part B of this two part series include...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Bou-Haidar P,Peduto AJ,Karunaratne N

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the results of a pilot study designed to investigate methods that may be applied to develop a patient position correction protocol for the post-prostatectomy patient receiving radiotherapy. Imaging was carried out with cone beam CT (CBCT) to investigate its suitability for detecting changes in rectal and bl...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Haworth A,Paneghel A,Herschtal A,Duchesne G,Williams S,Tai KH,Kron T,Roxby P,Soteriou S,Laferlita M,Foroudi F

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate our experience with the retrievable Cook Celect inferior vena cava (IVC) filter (William Cook, Europe) with regard to insertion, efficiency, ease of retrieval, and any associated complications. A retrospective review was performed of 115 patients (41 female, 74 male, mean age 47.9...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Doody O,Given MF,Kavnoudias H,Street M,Thomson KR,Lyon SM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 41-year-old mentally retarded male with recurrent pilomatrix carcinoma of the occipital region which invaded the occipital bone, left cerebellum and left temporal lobe. At his initial presentation the patient had a craniotomy and subtotal excision of the lesion with positive margins. He receive...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Aherne NJ,Fitzpatrick DA,Gibbons D,Collins CD,Armstrong JG

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scans in the first 49 patients referred with either possible brain tumour or brain tumour recurrence were reviewed. FDG-PET imaging was reported with reference to anatomical imaging. Based on the report the FDG study was classified as either positive or n...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： McCarthy M,Yuan JB,Campbell A,Lenzo NP,Butler-Henderson K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 38-year-old, female patient with neurosarcoidosis involving the pituitary gland and hypothalamus, who was treated with stereotactic radiotherapy (24 Gy in 12 fractions) with an excellent result. The purpose of this case report was to illustrate and discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic challen...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Sundaresan P,Jayamohan J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to assess our experience with the retrievable Gunther Tulip (GT) inferior vena cava (IVC) filter, with regard to its insertion, efficacy, ease of placement and retrieval, and associated complications. Between November 2001 and October 2005, 322 GT filters were placed in 317 patients. Insertion...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Given MF,McDonald BC,Brookfield P,Niggemeyer L,Kossmann T,Varma DK,Thomson KR,Lyon SM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to investigate whether intrafraction prostate motion can affect the accuracy of online prostate positioning using implanted fiducial markers and to determine the effect of prostate rotations on the accuracy of the software-predicted set-up correction shifts. Eleven patients were treated wit...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Greer PB,Dahl K,Ebert MA,White M,Wratten C,Ostwald P,Pichler P,Denham JW

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured radiation doses to the eye and thyroid during diagnostic cerebral angiography to assess the effectiveness of bismuth and lead shields at dose reduction. Phantom head angiographic studies were performed with bismuth (study 1) and lead shields (study 2). In study 1 (12 phantoms), thermoluminescent dosimeters...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Shortt CP,Malone L,Thornton J,Brennan P,Lee MJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effect of PET on the management of primary tumours of the thymus. Patients with a primary tumour of the thymus who underwent PET were identified from a prospective database. Forty-three PET scans were carried out on 26 patients with primary thymic tumours. Sensiti...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Lee JW,Mac Manus M,Hogg A,Hicks R,Ball D

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenomyomatosis is a relatively common abnormality of the gall bladder, with a reported incidence of between 2.8 and 5%. Although mainly confined to the adult study group, a number of cases have been reported in the paediatric study group. It is characterized pathologically by excessive proliferation of the surface ep...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Stunell H,Buckley O,Geoghegan T,O'Brien J,Ward E,Torreggiani W

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the maximum theoretical radiation dose that could safely be delivered to 20 patients diagnosed with non-small-cell lung cancer. Two three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (RT) class-solution techniques (A and B) and an individualized three-dimensional conformal RT technique (C) were comp...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Everitt S,Schneider-Kolsky M,Yuen K,Budd R,Mac Manus M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishing and maintaining venous access forms an increasing proportion of the workload in interventional radiology. Several patient groups require medium-term to long-term venous catheters for a variety of purposes, including chemotherapy, long-term antimicrobials, parenteral nutrition, short-term access for haemod...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Lyon SM,Given M,Marshall NL

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the technique of saphenous vein peripherally inserted central catheter placement, which is used as an alternative site for venous access in our institution, and examines saphenous vein peripherally inserted central catheter safety issues and indications. Three end-stage renal failure patients, t...

journal_title：Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology

authors： Du L,Redmond K,Johnstone S,De Leacy M,Harper J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00