Estimation of female radiation doses and breast cancer risk from chest CT examinations

A Lahham, H ALMasri, S Kameel - Radiation Protection …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Breast organ doses, effective doses and lifetime attributable risk (LAR) of breast cancer from
chest CT scans are presented for 200 female patients surveyed from 10 hospitals in the …

Detection of cardiac incidental findings on routine chest CT: the impact of dedicated training in cardiac imaging

D Verdini, AM Lee, AM Prabhakar, S Abbara… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose Routine chest CT and cardiac CT angiography (CTA) both image the heart, albeit
with different precision and intent. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic ability …

Diagnosis of recurrent venous thromboembolism

S Barco, S Konstantinides, MV Huisman, FA Klok - Thrombosis research, 2018 - Elsevier
The diagnostic management of suspected recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) is
challenging for four main reasons. First, clinical decision rules are less useful to identity …

Lung ultrasonography in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: evaluation of a simplified protocol with High‐Resolution computed tomographic correlation

EE Vassalou, M Raissaki, E Magkanas… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To compare a simplified ultrasonographic (US) protocol in 2 patient positions with
the same‐positioned comprehensive US assessments and high‐resolution computed …

The role of standard non-ECG gated chest CT in cardiac assessment: design and rationale of the Cardiac Pathologies in standard chest CT (CaPaCT) study

NG Eijsvoogel, BMF Hendriks, HB Park… - European Radiology …, 2018 - Springer
Modern high-performance computed tomography (CT) scanners with improved scan
acquisition times now allow for routine assessment of cardiac pathologies on chest CTs …

Identifying coronary artery calcification on non-gated computed tomography scans

VA Gupta, SW Leung, MA Winkler… - JoVE (Journal of Visualized …, 2018 - jove.com
Coronary artery calcification (CAC) provides an objective measure of coronary artery
disease and can readily be identified on non-gated computed tomography (CT) scans with a …

Should we be concerned about the doses of ionizing radiation related to diagnostic and follow-up imaging in patients with solitary pulmonary nodules?

M Dąbrowska, Z Przybyło, M Żukowska… - Radiation Protection …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Diagnosing solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) frequently requires radiological follow up
associated with exposure to ionizing radiation. The aim of this study was to estimate the …

Čimbenici koji utječu na dozu zračenja kod koronarografije kompjutoriziranom tomografijom

V Huljev - 2018 - repozitorij.mef.unizg.hr
Doza zračenja u CT koronarografiji najčešće se izražava kao CT dozni indeks (CTDIvol) i
produkt duljine doze (DLP). Nedostatci ovih pokazatelja su: oni predstavljaju proizvedeno …

Critical care chest radiology

S Scott, B Messer - Surgery (Oxford), 2018 - Elsevier
Before requesting any test, clinicians must consider how likely it is to be able to answer the
clinical question. Multiple radiological investigations are available to aid diagnosis, assist …