26 research outputs found
Comparison of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Investigation of Renal Lesions
New strategies for assessment Hodgkin lymphoma during and after therapy: preliminary results in comparison CT perfusion, Whole Body DWI and FDG-PET.
Diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia/infarction in the era of multislice CT
Acute mesenteric ischemia/infarction is a complex and often misdiagnosed syndrome. The availability of new imaging methods, namely multislice computed tomography, has enabled early recognition of signs and symptoms of acute mesenteric ischemia, resulting in timely therapeutic intervention
Accuracy of multislice CT in restaging patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma after neoadjuvant chemotherapy using a multiparametric approach.
The aim of this study was to assess diagnostic
accuracy of multislice CT in restaging patients with N2 nonsmall
cell lung carcinoma after neoadjuvant chemotherapy,
using a multiparametric approach as compared with traditional
size-based radiological criteria.
All patients staged as N2 at histologic examination after
neoadjuvant chemotherapy were correctly staged with multislice
CT (sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive
value, and accuracy were 100%, 80%, 85%, 100% and
93,7% respectively, vs 34%, 60%, 34%, 60% and 50% using
size-based criteria), suggesting that a multiparametric approach
results in improved diagnostic accuracy
Update in diagnostic imaging of the thymus and anterior mediastinal masses.
Anterior mediastinal masses include a wide spectrum of malignant and benign pathologies with a large percentage represented by thymic lesions. Distinguishing these masses on diagnostic imaging is fundamental to guide the proper management for each patient. This review illustrates possibilities and limits of different imaging modalities to diagnose a lesion of the anterior mediastinum with particular attention to thymic disease. © Gland Surgery
Quantitative CT perfusion measurements in characterization of solitary pulmonary nodules: new insights and limitations
Although computed tomography (CT) scans remain the basis of morphologic evaluation in the characterization of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs), perfusion CT can represent an additional feasible technique offering reproducible measurements, at least in SPNs with a diameter >10 mm. In particular, CT perfusion could reduce the number of SPNs, diagnosed as undetermined at morphologic CT, avoiding long term follow-up CT, FDG-PET studies, biopsy or unnecessary surgery with a significant reduction in healthcare costs. In order to reduce the radiation dose, an optimization of the CT perfusion protocol could be obtained using axial mode acquisition, using shorter acquisition time and adaptative statistical iterative reconstruction algorith