CT angiography helps to differe ...
Introduction Currently, there is no reliable method to differentiate acute from chronic carotid occlusion. We propose a novel CTA-based method to di ...
Factors affecting brain structu ...
Introduction The purpose of this study was to characterize brain volumetric differences in HIV seropositive and seronegative men and to determine ef ...
Diffusion tensor imaging of per ...
Introduction The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical feasibility of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) for the evaluation of peripheral ner ...
Cortical thickness, gray matter ...
Introduction The study was conducted to evaluate simultaneously gray matter changes and white matter changes in patients with schizophrenia. Method ...
Analysis of aneurysm rupture in ...
Introduction Geometric indices of cerebral aneurysms have been widely studied to determine rupture risk. However, most of these parameters were eval ...
Neurolymphomatosis on F-18 FDG ...
Neurolymphomatosis is a rare manifestation of malignant lymphoma. A 74-year-old man, in complete remission from diffuse large B cell lymphoma, prese ...
18F-FDG PET Demonstration of Ca ...
Dermatomyositis (DM) or polymyositis (PM) are possibly considered to have an association with malignancies. We describe a case of dermatomyositis in ...
Quantitative Measurement of Ser ...
Purpose Measurement of serum hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) levels is important for the management of chronic hepatitis B patients in ter ...
Depiction of Nidi and Fibrovasc ...
Purpose For the precise imaging diagnosis of osteoid osteoma (OO), the identification of the nidus and fibrovascular zone (FVZ) is essential. Howeve ...
Relation Between Fluorodeoxyglu ...
Purpose Gastric signet ring cell carcinoma (GSRC) is known to have low fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake. The aim of the study was to investigate the ...
The Prognostic Value of the Met ...
Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of the metabolic tumor volume (MTV), in FIGO stage IA.IIB cervical cancer pat ...
Prognostic Value of Metabolic T ...
Purpose We assessed the prognostic value of metabolic tumor volume (MTV) measured using18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/com ...
Evaluation of Adrenal Masses in ...
Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic efficacy of PET/CT using various parameters for the characterization of adrenal nodules i ...
Usefulness of Bremsstrahlung Im ...
Purpose Y-90 resin microsphere radioembolization is used to treat inoperable hepatic tumors. After injection of Y-90 resin microsphere, the only met ...
Osteonecrosis Mimicking Bone Me ...
A 77-year-old woman underwent chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and brachytherapy for cervical cancer 9 years ago. On a follow-up 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose ( ...
Renal Metastasis from Follicula ...
Clinically detectable well-differentiated metastatic thyroid carcinoma to the kidney is rare and should be differentiated from primary renal maligna ...
Necrotizing Cervical Lymphadeni ...
Mycobacterium simiae (M. simiae) is an opportunistic pathogen rarely associated with human disease, although in recent years M. simiae has been dete ...
Compression of the Right Pulmon ...
A 67-year-old woman, who presented with a 2 month history of dyspnea, had a ventilation and perfusion lung scan that showed absent perfusion of the ...
Comparison of the Intraperitone ...
Purpose We compared alternative routes for 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) administration, such as the retroorbital (RO), intraperitoneal (IP) and per ...
The Clinical Usefulness of 18F- ...
Purpose Individuals with systemic autoimmune disease have an increased susceptibility to both inflammation and malignancy. The aim of this study was ...
Assessment of Therapeutic Effec ...
Although sunitinib shows a high response rate in patients with untreated metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), quite a few patients show no therap ...
Clinical Significance of Diffus ...
Purpose We investigated the clinical significance of diffuse uptake in remaining thyroid after unilateral lobectomy for thyroid cancer. Methods A t ...
Impact of Lymphoid Follicles an ...
Purpose Although 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT has improved the accuracy of evaluating lymph node (LN) staging in non-small cell lung cancer ( ...
Lung Adenocarcinoma Staged as a ...
A 66-year-old man, who presented with bright red blood per rectum, was referred for an 18F-FDG PET/CT after colonoscopy showed two suspicious colon ...
SPECT/CT in the Diagnosis of Sk ...
Skull base osteomyelitis is a potentially fatal disease. We demonstrate here the utility of SPECT/CT in diagnosing this entity, which was not obviou ...