European journal of radiology
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To compare prospectively ECG gated CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) with routine helical ungated CTPA for cardiac related motion artifacts and patient radiation dose. ⋯ Compared to routine helical ungated CTPA, prospectively ECG gated CTPA may result in less cardiac related motion artifact in lung segments adjacent to the heart and significantly less patient radiation dose.
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The usefulness of 2-[(18)F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) has been investigated in thymic epithelial tumors. However, little is known about PET imaging of (18)F-FDG in primary non-thymic mediastinal neoplasms. The aim of this study is to explore the clinicopathological significance of (18)F-FDG PET in primary mediastinal (non-thymic) neoplasms. ⋯ The amount of (18)F-FDG uptake in primary mediastinal non-thymic neoplasms is determined by the presence of glucose metabolism (Glut1), hypoxia (HIF-1α) and upstream components of HIF-1α (EGFR, p-Akt and p-S6K).
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When chemical shift selective (CHESS) imaging is used with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for simultaneous imaging of both hands for the evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis, the fat suppression effect is poor. We investigated whether these fat-suppressed images using CHESS could be improved with the use of rice pads. T1-weighted images were obtained with CHESS and the same imaging parameters were used with and without rice pads on the coronal plane of both hands in 10 healthy volunteers. ⋯ The fat suppression effect was thus significantly better in the images made using rice pads (P<0.0001). Lingering fat signals disappeared almost completely in images of both hands using CHESS with rice pads, and it was confirmed that the images were improved and had good fat suppression. More accurate evaluation of inflammatory sites that occur in rheumatoid arthritis may thus be possible, promising better diagnostic accuracy.
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To evaluate image quality of dose-reduced CT of the paranasal-sinus using an iterative reconstruction technique. ⋯ As compared to filtered back projection, the iterative reconstruction technique allows for significant dose reduction of up to 60% for paranasal-sinus CT without impairing the diagnostic image quality.
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To investigate the enhancement characteristics of liver parenchyma and portal vein as well as the portal vein-to liver contrast in Gd-EOB-DTPA- and Gd-BOPTA-enhanced abdominal MRI. ⋯ The enhancement of liver parenchyma and portal vein as well as the portal vein-to-liver contrast in the arterial and portal venous imaging phases were higher for patients receiving Gd-BOPTA compared with Gd-EOB-DTPA at the respective recommended doses. Gd-BOPTA might therefore enable better evaluation of the portal vein.