Academic radiology
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Bladder rupture is a potentially serious injury in blunt trauma patients. We determined whether location and displacement of pelvic fractures and the degree of hematuria can accurately predict bladder injury. ⋯ Patients with isolated acetabular fractures and patients with <30 RBC/HPF did not sustain bladder injury. In addition to hematuria, specific pelvic injury patterns are associated with bladder rupture. If validated, a clinical prediction rule derived from this data has the potential to guide the care of the blunt trauma patient.
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This review paper tracks the growth in the evidence supporting the use of percutaneous vertebroplasty for painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. The rapidly increasing numbers of publications in the literature between 1994 and 2004 are documented. Despite the relatively large volume of research on this topic, several technology appraisals undertaken by international health policy makers reported inadequate high-quality evidence. Policy makers' reimbursement decisions for vertebroplasty and their options when faced with imperfect evidence are discussed.
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A near real-time and fully automatic method for calculation of the midsagittal plane (MSP) for magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion and perfusion images is introduced. ⋯ The proposed method is near real-time and fully automatic, and neither user interaction nor parameter setting is needed. It does not require preprocessing of data. The method potentially is useful in rapid and automated processing of MR stroke diffusion and perfusion images.