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Lymphographie Differential Diagnosis in Malignant Lymphomas
The most important reason for lymphography as routine method in the diagnosis of malignant lymphomas is staging in histologically proven cases. In 205 patients with Hodgkin’s disease the stage had to be change...
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Radiation exposure in patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic papillotomy
Radiation exposure was studied in 327 patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or endoscopic papillotomy taking into account fluoroscopy time and incident area exposure. The mean flu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Lymphography: Overview
At the end of the last meeting of the International Society of Lymphology in fall 1979, Dr. Collard was asked to give a lecture on “new horizons in diagnostic lymphography.” He stated: “…lymphography is now fa...
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First Experience with a New 57-cm (22-in.) Image Intensifier for Chest Examinations
Chest X-ray is the most frequently carried out roentgen examination; accounting for 40%–50% of all such examinations performed in hospitals in Western countries [4, 8]. Any reduction in the radiation dose requ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Value of Different Imaging Modalities in Peripheral Soft Tissue Tumors
The somatic soft tissues are defined as the mesodermal tissues excluding skeleton, viscera, and skin [13]. According to a WHO proposal, they can be further divided into internal (mediastinum, mesentery, retroperi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Radiologic Investigation of the Postoperative Patient
In the field of gastrointestinal radiology, most centers report decreasing numbers of examinations owing to the performance of endoscopic investigations by gastroenterologists. However, in the postoperative phase...
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Endolymphatic Radionuclide Therapy (ELRT) in Malignant Melanoma of the Lower Extremities
Metastatic malignant melanoma of the lower extremities is known to spread early via the lymphatic route. Lymph node metastases are considered to be rather resistant to ionizing radiation, thus requiring high r...
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Sonomorphology of focal lesions of the liver and spleen in Hodgkin and nonHodgkin lymphoma
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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of renal artery stenoses
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTRA) is being used with increasing frequency for the treatment of renovascular hypertension and renal insufficiency caused by renal artery stenoses. The following articl...
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Imaging Techniques and Systematic Image Analysis (in Adults)
A plain abdominal (supine and left lateral films) radiographic examination can be performed in any X-ray department or practice, requires virtually no patient preparation, and can be completed in about 10 min....
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Major Diseases Associated with Acute Abdomen and Their Accessibility to Diagnostic Imaging
The cause of acute cholecystitis in more than 90% of cases is obstruction of the cystic duct by a stone (primary abacterial chemical inflammation with high internal pressure).
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Basal ganglion calcification in hyperphenylalaninemia due to deficiency of dihydropteridine reductase
The disease course and therapy of a nine-and-a-half-year-old boy with hyperphenylalaninemia due to a dihydropteridine reductase deficiency are reported. Clinically, there is a marked mental retardation and com...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Factors Affecting Detection of Pulmonary Nodules in Digital Images
120 chest films with and without nodules were digitized with matrices of 1024 and 2048 pixel and analyzed on a 1024-CRT by 5 radiologists. A significant deterioration in diagnostic performance was observed for...
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Peliosis hepatis with type I glycogen storage disease
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Effect of slice orientation in 3D magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of the supra-aortic arteries
Three-dimensional (3D) time-of-flight methods are used to study anatomy and pathology of the supra-aortic arteries because they are quick and optimal for fast-flow conditions. Although highest signal intensiti...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Body and Musculoskeletal System
Early detection of cancer has been defined in the context of this symposium as: (a) the detection of cancer prestages, (b) the diagnosis of small, localized cancers without metastatic spread, and (c) the early...
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Digital imaging of the chest in newborns: influence of radiation exposure on image quality
In order to evaluate the influence of radiation exposure on image quality in digital storage phosphor radiography, 200 digital storage phosphor chest radiographs, obtained on a neonatal Intensive Care Unit, an...
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Fracture healing: direct magnification versus conventional radiography
The aim of the study was to evaluate the potential of magnification radiography in diagnosing fracture healing and assessing its complications. Seventy-three patients with fractures or who had undergone osteot...
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Iotrolan in urography: efficacy and tolerance in comparison with iohexol and iopamidol
Iotrolan was compared with iohexol and iopamidol for efficacy and general tolerance in excretory urography in three controlled, randomized, inte-individual, double-blind studies. Two hundred and eighty-four pa...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Cerebral Perfusion Imaging with Gadolinium Chelates and Iron Oxides in Humans
Susceptibility-induced signal loss following the bolus injection of paramagnetic contrast agents coupled with dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has enabled the generation of cerebral blood volume (CBV) ...
