background outcome determination of head trauma is important for medical decision-making. to determine the consequences by using ct findings, the marshall and rotterdam criteria were introduced. few studies have been conducted to determine the diagnostic value of the rotterdam criteria. objective this study assesses the diagnostic value of the rotterdam criteria score with early outcome for tra...

introduction: the main purpose of this study was to compare transient ischemic dilation (tid) ratios in spect-low dose ct and spect myocardial perfusion imaging (mpi) by application of different quantitative programs and quantify the possible shift in the upper normal limits of tid ratio in the spect-ct mpi. methods: 149 patients with low pre-test probability for coronary artery disease (cad),...

we report a case of a 75-year old man that came at hematologist’s attention for lymphoma evaluation due to axillary lymph node enlargement and fever. thorax, abdomen and pelvis contrast-enhanced computed tomography (cect) showed lymph nodes, spleen and liver lesions. axillary lymph node biopsy was performed and the diagnosis of marginal zone lymphoma (mzl) at stage iv was postulated, then the p...

we report a three-phase bone scintigraphy for the diagnosis of a peripheral bone lesion caused by systemic sarcoidosis. a 32-year-old man with suspected osteomyelitis of the right forefinger underwent three-phase bone scintigraphy with tc-99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (hmdp) and single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (spect/ct). the lesion was rich in blood flow acc...

background: the artificial neural networks (anns) are useful in solving nonlinear processes, without the need for mathematical models of the parameters. since the relationship between the ct numbers and material compositions is not linear, ann can be used for obtaining tissue density and composition. objective: the aim of this study is to utilize ann for determination of the composition and mas...

background: exposure conditions in ct examinations are quite different from conventional xray. in ct examination higher dose is given to patient in comparison with the dose in other diagnostic examinations. in order to calculate organ effective dose in chest ct, monte carlo simulation has been used in this study. materials and methods: the impact survey data were used to determine the parameter...

abstractbackground: polymer gels are an emerging new class of dosimeters which are being applied to the challenges of modern radiotherapy modalities. research on gel dosimetry involves several scientific domains, one of which is the imaging techniques with which dose data is extracted from the dosimeters. in the current work, we present our preliminary results of investigating capability of x-r...

background : glenoid bone damages consisting of anterior rim erosion and bony avulsion are very important in decision making for treatment of recurrent dislocation in shoulder joint. this study was aimed to determine the prevalence of these damages in patients with anterior recurrent shoulder dislocation. methods : the study was a cross-sectional study evaluating patients with unstable shoulder...

background although the aim of cardiac computed tomographic angiography (cta) is to visualize the cardiac, coronary, and great vessels, portions of noncardiac structures such as lung, mediastinum, bones and abdomen are visible on the scan. some have suggested that the scans should be evaluated in all field of view. some other believe that reporting accidental findings can lead to unnecessary fo...

background: for the purpose of individual clinical target volume assessment in radiotherapy of prostate cancer, mrsi was used as a molecular imaging modality with mri and ct images. materials and methods: the images of 20 prostate cancer patients were used in this study. the mr and mrsi images were registered with ct ones using non-rigid registration technique. the ct based planning (bp), ct/mr...