European radiology
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To assess the feasibility of dual energy computed tomography (DE-CT) in intra-arterially treated acute ischaemic stroke patients to discriminate between contrast extravasation and intracerebral haemorrhage. ⋯ • Contrast material and haemorrhage have similar density on conventional 120-kV CT. • Contrast material hinders interpretation of CT in stroke patients after recanalisation. • Iodine and haemorrhage have different attenuation at lower kVs. • Dual energy CT improves accuracy in early differentiation of haemorrhage and contrast extravasation. • Early differentiation between iodine and haemorrhage helps to initiate therapy promptly.
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Whole-body MRI with diffusion-weighted sequence for staging of patients with suspected ovarian cancer: a clinical feasibility study in comparison to CT and FDG-PET/CT.
To evaluate whole-body MRI with diffusion-weighted sequence (WB-DWI/MRI) for staging and assessing operability compared with CT and FDG-PET/CT in patients with suspected ovarian cancer. ⋯ • Whole-body MRI with diffusion weighting (WB-DWI/MRI) helps to assess the operability of suspected ovarian cancer. • Interobserver agreement is good for primary tumour characterisation, peritoneal and distant staging. • WB-DWI/MRI improves mesenteric/serosal metastatic spread assessment compared with CT and FDG-PET/CT. • Retroperitoneal/cervical-thoracic nodal staging using qualitative DWI criteria was reasonably accurate. • WB-DWI/MRI and FDG-PET/CT showed the highest diagnostic impact for detecting thoracic metastases.
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To determine if nerve root sleeve diverticula or CSF leakage correlate with post-dural puncture headache (PDPH). ⋯ • Elongated cervical nerve root sleeve diverticula are associated with post-dural puncture headaches. • Lumbar epidural contrast medium collections are associated with post-dural puncture headaches. • This information may help assess the risk of post-dural puncture headache.
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To review established magnetic resonance (MR) criteria and describe a new MR finding for the diagnosis of invasive placenta praevia. ⋯ • Prenatal diagnosis for an invasive placenta is essential for perinatal planning. • Magnetic resonance imaging provides useful information for the diagnosis of invasive placenta. • The placental protrusion sign is a useful novel MRI finding for predicting invasive placenta.
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To illustrate the effect of treatment with cementoplasty in patients with painful bone metastases in the extraspinal region. ⋯ • Metastases in long bones may cause pain and subsequent pathological fractures. • Cement-filled catheter resulted in a fixation effect to prevent pathological fractures. • Cementoplasty resulted in significant pain relief in patients with extraspinal metastases.