OBJECTIVE Colorectal cancer incidence showed increasing trend with living standard improvement and lifestyle changes. This study investigated the relationship and diagnostic value of colorectal cancer lymph node metastasis and prognosis using magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT). PATIENTS AND METHODS Siemens Avanto 3.0T MR and GE Light Speed Pro 64 row helical CT were used to ...

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1010-7940/$ see front matter Q 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.04.043 * Corresponding author. Tel.: C81 19 651 5111; fax: C81 19 624 8384. E-mail address: [email protected] (K. Yoshioka). 16-row multi-slice CT clearly demonstrated the artery of Adamkiewicz and its collateral circulation via internal thoracic artery (Figs. 1 and 2). European Journal of Cardi...

The goal of this study is to prospectively assess the additional value of oblique reformatted images for localizing POT, having surgery as a reference standard. Materials and Methods. 102 consecutive patients with suspected small bowel obstruction (SBO) underwent 64-slice multidetector row CT (MDCT) using surgical findings as reference standard. Two independent GI radiologists reviewed the CT s...

BACKGROUND Obstructed nephropathy is a common complication of several disease processes. Accurate evaluation of the functional status of the obstructed kidney is important to achieve a good outcome. The purpose of this study was to investigate renal cortical and medullary perfusion changes associated with unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) using whole-organ perfusion imaging with 320-detecto...