BACKGROUND To compare the test performance of plain radiography and computed tomography (CT) in the detection of patients with cervical spine injuries following blunt traumatic events among those patients determined to require screening radiography. METHODS We conducted a MEDLINE search for articles published from January 1995 through June 2004, manually reviewed bibliographies, and hand sear...

Endobronchial tuberculosis and chest radiography I read, with interest, the article entitled “Clinical and Para-clinical Presentations of Endobronchial Tuberculosis” by Ahmadi Hoseini H. S. et al. (1) published in this journal. I would like to focus on some details about the chest X-ray of patients as elaborated by the authors in the results section. Accordingly, the findings of chest radiograp...

BACKGROUND Penetrating injuries to the hand can compromise important anatomic structures, and persisting foreign objects may become a source of infection. Foreign body intrusions into the hand are among the most common injuries to the upper extremity seen in the Emergency Department. Radiolucent organic objects, as well as a few higher density inorganic materials such as plastic, present a diag...

conclusions ultrasonography seems to be a safe and cost effective method to evaluate foreign bodies, especially radiolucent objects, in patients with penetrating trauma and suspicious of foreign bodies that may remain undiagnosed in radiography. availability of bedside ultrasound for emergency physicians is an important issue, since it is not possible to access the radiologist at any time of th...

The global COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2019 and created major disruptions around the world demonstrated imperative need for quick, inexpensive, accessible reliable diagnostic methods would allow detection of infected individuals with minimal resources. Radiography, more specifically, chest radiography, is a relatively inexpensive medical imaging modality can potentially offer solution dia...

Muhammed Alshamari (2016): Low-dose computed tomography of the abdomen and lumbar spine. Örebro Studies in Medicine 137. Radiography is a common radiologic investigation despite abundant evidence of its limited diagnostic value. On the other hand, computed tomography (CT) has a high diagnostic value and is widely considered to be among the most important advances in medicine. However, CT expose...

The case of a 34-year-old man with a fast growing hard lump on the fourth digit of the right hand is presented. Radiography and MRI of the finger showed the radiologic characteristics of a bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation. Pathologic analysis confirmed the radiologic diagnosis.

OBJECTIVES Assessment of pubertal status and pubertal growth spurt in orthodontic patients has a considerable impact on the diagnosis, treatment plan and the outcome of orthodontic treatments. Hand-wrist radiography is routinely used to evaluate skeletal development. Some studies have shown that there is an association between bone development and different stages of dental calcification; there...