In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in the availability of cross-sectional imaging techniques in veterinary medicine. CT is now readily accessible in many veterinary universities and referral institutions and is gaining acceptance for the investigation of many diseases. The last 10 years have seen a significant increase in CT related clinical research and various comparative studie...

Abstract Background Tuberculosis is routinely encountered on imaging throughout the world. Radiologists are usually familiar with common patterns of tuberculosis cross-sectional imaging. However, frequently presents unfamiliar and/or uncommon anatomic sites which still pose a diagnostic challenge. Discussion Rapid improvements in management acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients leading to...

purpose: to determine the prevalence and determinants of age-related macular degeneration (amd) in a 40-64 year old iranian populationmethods: in a cross-sectional study, 6,311 people were randomly selected from shahroud. for all participants, visual acuity, refraction, slit-lamp examination and fundus photography were conducted under pupil dilation. results: results of this study are based on ...

aim: oral health is one of the most important parts of public health which significantlyaffects on quality of life. the purpose of this study is to assess the socio-economic statues aswell as oral health behaviors among a sample of iranian students studying in elementary level.methods: this was a cross-sectional study which was conducted from april 2012 tonovember 2012. data obtained from a fac...

The role of cross-sectional pelvic imaging with computerized tomography or magnetic resonance imaging and fine needle aspiration in the assessment of pelvic lymph nodes in patients with prostate cancer is undefined. To address this issue we used formal decision analysis, comparing an imaging arm to a no imaging arm. Patient utility values were calculated, and test parameters and complication ra...

With the increasing use of abdominal cross-sectional imaging, incidental adrenal masses are being detected more often. The important clinical question is whether these lesions are benign adenomas or malignant primary or secondary masses. Benign adrenal masses such as lipid-rich adenomas, myelolipomas, adrenal cysts and adrenal haemorrhage have pathognomonic cross-sectional imaging appearances. ...

Primary benign and malignant neoplasm of the small bowel are rare. Malignant tumours often present late symptoms resulting in a poor prognosis. Early detection of small bowel neoplasms is desirable but challenging for both clinicians and radiologists. Conventional double contrast enteroclysis was the method of choice in small bowel imaging but is increasingly being replaced by cross-sectional i...