Analytical validation of innovative magneto-inertial outcomes: a controlled environment study.

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Réduction de la dose d'irradiation et reproductibilité de la volumétrie de nodules pulmonaires

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Effect of chronic hyperinflation on the dimensions of the diaphragm: a 3D CT study

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3D reconstruction of human diaphragm shape using spiral computerized tomography (CT)

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Helical chest CT in cystic fibrosis: comparison of standard-dose and simulated low-dose techniques

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Cystic fibrosis: Unenhanced CT description of the appendix in asymptomatic adults

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to describe the unenhanced CT appearance of the appendix in adults with cystic fibrosis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS. Among adults with cystic fibrosis undergoing follow-up at our hospital, 71 patients (35 women, 36 men; mean age, 33 years; range, 18-59 years) without a history of appendectomy or current abdominal pain were prospectively included in this study and underwent unenhanced abdominopelvic MDCT. Two readers coded visualization of the appendix, measured the diameter of the appendix, and described the attenuation of its contents in relation to the intestinal wall. They also coded the presence of colonic wall redundancy, pancreatic fatty replacement, and cirrhosis. Lung transplant status and CFTR gene mutations were recorded. Analysis of variance, linear regression analysis, Student t test, and Pearson test were used. RESULTS. The appendix was detected in all patients. The mean diameter was recorded as 10.6 ± 3.5 mm. The mean diameter was larger when the appendix contained hyperattenuating material (p = 0.001). There was no association between diameter and the other coded CT findings (p = 0.076-0.466), transplant status (p = 0.788), or CFTR mutation (p = 0.078). In 75% of the patients, the appendix contained hyperattenuating material with a higher proportion in homozygous ΔF508 mutation (p = 0.029) without any significant effect of the other CT features (p = 0.056-0.392), or transplant status (p = 1.000). CONCLUSION. The appendix is larger in adults with cystic fibrosis than in those without it and appears hyperattenuating at unenhanced CT in 75% of patients, more commonly in those with ΔF508 homozygous mutation. © American Roentgen Ray Society.SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Normal appendix at unenhanced CT in adults with cystic fibrosis

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Effect of chronic hyperinflation on diaphragm length and surface area

We have used three-dimensional reconstructions obtained with spiral computed tomography to measure total diaphragm length (Ldl) and surface area (Adl), the length (Ldo) and surface area (Ado) of the dome, and the length (Lap) and surface area (Aap) of the zone of apposition in 10 hyperinflated patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD (FEV1 = 27% predicted: FRC = 225% predicted) and 10 normal subjects matched for age, sex, and height. Measures of Ldl, Adl, Lap, and Aap decreased linearly between FRC and TLC in the two groups, but Ldo and Ado did not change. On average, patients' Adl and Aap at FRC were reduced to 73% and 54% of normal values, whereas Ado was unaffected. When compared at similar absolute lung volumes, mean diaphragm dimensions were similar in patients with COPD and normal subjects, but individual values were very variable in both groups. This variability was partly accounted for by differences in body weight: i.e. the greater the weight, the longer the diaphragm. We conclude that (1) patients with COPD have marked reductions in Adl and Aap at FRC but have diaphragm dimensions similar to those of normal subjects when compared at similar absolute lung volumes, and (2) normal subjects and patients with COPD show substantial intersubject variability in diaphragm dimensions that is partly explained by differences in body weight.Comparative StudyJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe