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European Radiology

Issue 2/2012

Content (28 Articles)

Computed Tomography

Severity assessment of pulmonary embolism using dual energy CT – correlation of a pulmonary perfusion defect score with clinical and morphological parameters of blood oxygenation and right ventricular failure

Sven F. Thieme, Nima Ashoori, Fabian Bamberg, Wieland H. Sommer, Thorsten R. C. Johnson, Hanno Leuchte, Alexander Becker, Daniel Maxien, Andreas D. Helck, Jürgen Behr, Maximilian F Reiser, Konstantin Nikolaou

Computed Tomography

Comparison of image quality and radiation dose of different pulmonary CTA protocols on a 128-slice CT: high-pitch dual source CT, dual energy CT and conventional spiral CT

Tobias De Zordo, Klemens von Lutterotti, Christian Dejaco, Peter F. Soegner, Renate Frank, Friedrich Aigner, Andrea S. Klauser, Christoph Pechlaner, U. Joseph Schoepf, Werner R. Jaschke, Gudrun M. Feuchtner

Computed Tomography

Reproducibility of volume and densitometric measures of emphysema on repeat computed tomography with an interval of 1 week

Daniel Chong, Matthew S. Brown, Hyun J. Kim, Eva M. van Rikxoort, Laura Guzman, Michael F. McNitt-Gray, Maryam Khatonabadi, Maya Galperin-Aizenberg, Heidi Coy, Katherine Yang, Yongha Jung, Jonathan G. Goldin

Computed Tomography

CT image quality improvement using adaptive iterative dose reduction with wide-volume acquisition on 320-detector CT

Alban Gervaise, Benoît Osemont, Sophie Lecocq, Alain Noel, Emilien Micard, Jacques Felblinger, Alain Blum

Open Access Chest

A method for the automatic quantification of the completeness of pulmonary fissures: evaluation in a database of subjects with severe emphysema

Eva M. van Rikxoort, Jonathan G. Goldin, Maya Galperin-Aizenberg, Fereidoun Abtin, Hyun J. Kim, Peiyun Lu, Bram van Ginneken, Greg Shaw, Matthew S. Brown

Magnetic Resonance

Diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced MR angiography and unenhanced proton MR imaging compared with CT pulmonary angiography in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Smitha Rajaram, Andrew J. Swift, David Capener, Adam Telfer, Christine Davies, Catherine Hill, Robin Condliffe, Charles Elliot, Judith Hurdman, David G. Kiely, Jim M. Wild

Breast

High resolution MRI of the breast at 3 T: which BI-RADS® descriptors are most strongly associated with the diagnosis of breast cancer?

K. Pinker-Domenig, W. Bogner, S. Gruber, H. Bickel, S. Duffy, M. Schernthaner, P. Dubsky, U. Pluschnig, M. Rudas, S. Trattnig, T. H. Helbich

Breast

Impact of intermediate mammography assessment on the likelihood of false-positive results in breast cancer screening programmes

Nieves Ascunce, María Ederra, Josu Delfrade, Araceli Baroja, Nieves Erdozain, Raquel Zubizarreta, Dolores Salas, Xavier Castells

Open Access Breast

MR-guided breast biopsy at 3T: diagnostic yield of large core needle biopsy compared with vacuum-assisted biopsy

Carla Meeuwis, Jeroen Veltman, Hester N. van Hall, Roel D. M. Mus, Carla Boetes, Jelle O. Barentsz, Ritse M. Mann

Experimental

Diagnostic performance of a near-infrared breast imaging system as adjunct to mammography versus X-ray mammography alone

F. Collettini, J. C. Martin, F. Diekmann, E. Fallenberg, F. Engelken, S. Ponder, T. J. Kroencke, B. Hamm, A. Poellinger

Head and Neck

Near-real time oculodynamic MRI: a feasibility study for evaluation of diplopia in comparison with clinical testing

Isabelle Berg, Anja Palmowski-Wolfe, Katja Schwenzer-Zimmerer, Cornelia Kober, Ernst-Wilhelm Radue, Hans-Florian Zeilhofer, Klaus Scheffler, Christoph Kunz, Carlos Buitrago-Tellez

Gastrointestinal

Is there a role for dynamic swallowing MRI in the assessment of gastroesophageal reflux disease and oesophageal motility disorders?

Christiane Kulinna-Cosentini, W. Schima, J. Lenglinger, M. Riegler, C. Kölblinger, A. Ba-Ssalamah, G. Bischof, M. Weber, P. Kleinhansl, E. P. Cosentini

Ultrasound

Percutaneous ultrasound-guided cholangiography using microbubbles to evaluate the dilated biliary tract: initial experience

Zhou Luyao, Xie Xiaoyan, Xu Huixiong, Xu Zuo-feng, Liu Guang-jian, Lu Ming-de

Ultrasound

Liver haemostasis using microbubble-enhanced ultrasound at a low acoustic intensity

Xiaochen Zhao, Lu Li, Hongzhi Zhao, Tao Li, Shengzheng Wu, Yu Zhong, Yang Zhao, Zheng Liu

Interventional

MRI contrast enhancement of malignant liver tumours following successful cryoablation

Paul B. Shyn, M. Raquel Oliva, Shaan H. Shah, Servet Tatli, Paul J. Catalano, Stuart G. Silverman

Interventional

MRI-guided biopsy and aspiration in the head and neck: evaluation of 77 patients

Yubo Lü, Ming Liu, Chengli Li, Lebin Wu, Jan Fritz

Open Access Interventional

Volumetric feedback ablation of uterine fibroids using magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound therapy

M. J. Voogt, H. Trillaud, Y. S. Kim, W. P. Th. M. Mali, J. Barkhausen, L. W. Bartels, R. Deckers, N. Frulio, H. Rhim, H. K. Lim, T. Eckey, H. J. Nieminen, C. Mougenot, B. Keserci, J. Soini, T. Vaara, M. O. Köhler, S. Sokka, Maurice A. A. J. van den Bosch

Musculoskeletal

Knee joint anterior malalignment and patellofemoral osteoarthritis: an MRI study

Nikolaos Tsavalas, Pavlos Katonis, Apostolos H. Karantanas

Neuro

Detection and grading of dAVF: prospects and limitations of 3T MRI

Andrea Bink, Joachim Berkefeld, Marlies Wagner, Se-Jong You, Hanns Ackermann, Matthias W. Lorenz, Christian Senft, Richard du Mesnil de Rochemont

Nuclear Medicine

MRI-based motion correction of thoracic PET: initial comparison of acquisition protocols and correction strategies suitable for simultaneous PET/MRI systems

Nikolaos Dikaios, David Izquierdo-Garcia, Martin J. Graves, Venkatesh Mani, Zahi A. Fayad, Tim D. Fryer

Oncology

Discrimination of paediatric brain tumours using apparent diffusion coefficient histograms

Jonathan G. Bull, Dawn E. Saunders, Christopher A. Clark

Oncology

Evaluation of the potential of PET-MRI fusion for detection of liver metastases in patients with neuroendocrine tumours

Nils F. Schreiter, Munenobu Nogami, Ingo Steffen, Ulrich-Frank Pape, Bernd Hamm, Winfried Brenner, Rainer Röttgen

Oncology

Prostate MRI: diffusion-weighted imaging at 1.5T correlates better with prostatectomy Gleason grades than TRUS-guided biopsies in peripheral zone tumours

Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, Jelle O. Barentsz, Luiz Carlos Duarte de Miranda, Emerson Leandro Gasparetto

Open Access Urogenital

Evaluation of a robotic technique for transrectal MRI-guided prostate biopsies

Martijn G. Schouten, Joyce G. R. Bomers, Derya Yakar, Henkjan Huisman, Eva Rothgang, Dennis Bosboom, Tom W. J. Scheenen, Sarthak Misra, Jurgen J. Fütterer

Urogenital

Arterial spin labeling MR imaging for characterisation of renal masses in patients with impaired renal function: initial experience

Ivan Pedrosa, Khashayar Rafatzand, Philip Robson, Andrew A. Wagner, Michael B. Atkins, Neil M. Rofsky, David C. Alsop

Book Review

Recent literature

A. K. Dixon, T. J. Vogl