Computed tomography improves diagnostic certainty in the emergency department
1. In a prospective survey of over 240 emergency physicians, the use of computed tomography (CT) scans in emergency department ...
Tag: Computed Tomography (CT)
CT findings independently predict costs associated with acute appendicitis
1. In patients with suspected acute appendicitis, baseline computed tomography (CT) studies identified predictors of surgical management, same-day discharge and ...
Severity of emphysema on pulmonary CT may predict lung cancer location
1. In a retrospective review of over 190 patients with primary lung cancers, patients with lower grade emphysema and airway-predominant ...
Radiographic surrogates may predict tumor-specific survival in renal carcinoma
1. Computed tomography derived imaging characteristics were correlated with disease specific gene expression to create a radiogenomic based surrogate of ...
Pulmonary MRI with ultrashort echo time is comparable to pulmonary CT
1. Pulmonary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with ultrashort echo time (UTE) is a noninvasive method of evaluation of the lung ...
Time from symptom onset may not predict infarct volume in stroke
1. In a prospective cohort study of 91 patients with anterior circulation ischemic strokes that underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ...
CT and MR imaging measurements reflect symptoms of progressive lung disease
1. In patients with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary MRI and CT imaging identified disease phenotypes, exercise limitations ...
CT perfusion-derived angiography aids in detecting arterial occlusion in stroke
1. Timing invariant computed tomography angiography (CTA) derived from computed tomography perfusion can reliably detect large artery occlusions in ischemic ...
Annual CT safe and effective for screening of nonsolid lung nodules
1. In patients with nonsolid lung nodules, yearly computed tomography (CT) scans may be used to safely screen for malignant ...
Contrast-induced nephropathy may be less common than previously reported
1. In a retrospective review of over 2200 patients undergoing contrast-enhanced computed tomography scans, there were no significant differences between ...