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Controversies in emergency radiology. CT versus ultrasound in the evaluation of blunt abdominal traumaJames T Rhea
Department of Radiology FH 210, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit Street, MA 02114, Boston, USA
Emerg Radiol 10:289-95. 2004..If a BAT patient is unstable, US is beneficial in screening for certain injuries or large hemoperitoneum prior to an exploratory laparotomy...
Detection of vascular injuries in patients with blunt pelvic trauma by using 64-channel multidetector CTJennifer L Kertesz
Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Building, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Radiographics 29:151-64. 2009..A standard dose of 100 mL intravenous contrast material is injected at a rate of 5 mL/sec, and 30 mL saline solution, also at 5 mL/sec, is injected as a "chasing" bolus to follow the contrast material...- Abdominal 64-MDCT for suspected appendicitis: the use of oral and IV contrast material versus IV contrast material onlyStephan W Anderson
Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02217, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 193:1282-8. 2009..The objective of our study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of IV contrast-enhanced 64-MDCT with and without the use of oral contrast material in diagnosing appendicitis in patients with abdominal pain... - The status of appendiceal CT in an urban medical center 5 years after its introduction: experience with 753 patientsJames T Rhea
Harvard Medical School and Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 184:1802-8. 2005.... - Use of 64-row multidetector CT angiography in blunt and penetrating trauma of the upper and lower extremitiesSabrina Pieroni
Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Radiographics 29:863-76. 2009..By demonstrating the extent, location, and type of injury, CT angiography aids in the decision-making process to determine the appropriate management for each injury in each patient... - Comparison of image quality between conventional and low-dose nonenhanced head CTMark E Mullins
Neuroradiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 25:533-8. 2004..CONCLUSION: Although 90-mAs head CT images were moderately noisier than 170-mAs images, they were rated as having acceptable diagnostic quality... - Extremity CT angiography: application to trauma using 64-MDCTNeil Shah
Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA 02218, USA
Emerg Radiol 16:425-32. 2009..Finally, the advantages and techniques of integrating extremity CTA into torso trauma protocols will be described... - CT of blunt abdominal and pelvic vascular injuryMichelle Vu
Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Emerg Radiol 17:21-9. 2010..Also, evolving lessons from our level I trauma center in the use of multiphasic imaging to further characterize sources of a vascular blush and the differentiation of arterial from venous sources of active hemorrhage are discussed... - Blunt trauma: feasibility and clinical utility of pelvic CT angiography performed with 64-detector row CTStephan W Anderson
Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, 88 E Newton St, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Radiology 246:410-9. 2008..To retrospectively evaluate the integration of pelvic computed tomographic (CT) angiography into the thoracoabdominal CT examination of blunt trauma by using 64-detector row CT to differentiate active arterial from active venous hemorrhage... - Influence of body habitus and use of oral contrast on reader confidence in patients with suspected acute appendicitis using 64 MDCTStephan W Anderson
Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, 820 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02218, USA
Emerg Radiol 17:445-53. 2010..No further effects of BMI or intra-abdominal fat on confidence in diagnosing or excluding appendicitis were seen. Neither BMI nor intra-abdominal fat were seen to influence appendiceal visualization... - Active extravasation of the abdomen and pelvis in trauma using 64MDCTAkira M Murakami
Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, FGH Building, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Emerg Radiol 16:375-82. 2009..Normalized attenuation values of the active extravasation, however, are not predictive of subsequent management... - 64 MDCT in multiple trauma patients: imaging manifestations and clinical implications of active extravasationStephan W Anderson
Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, 88 East Newton Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Emerg Radiol 14:151-9. 2007.... - Suspected aortic dissection and other aortic disorders: multi-detector row CT in 373 cases in the emergency settingRobert G Hayter
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02115, USA
Radiology 238:841-52. 2006..To retrospectively review the authors' experience with multi-detector row computed tomography (CT) for detection of aortic dissection in the emergency setting... - MDCT evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma: clinical significance of free intraperitoneal fluid in males with absence of identifiable injuryT Eric Drasin
Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, FGH Bldg, 3rd Floor, 820 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 191:1821-6. 2008..The purpose of our study was to determine the clinical significance of the isolated finding of free intraperitoneal fluid on 64-MDCT in male patients who have undergone blunt trauma... - Imaging of blunt pancreatic traumaSatinder Rekhi
Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Emerg Radiol 17:13-9. 2010.... - Imaging colorectal trauma using 64-MDCT technologyJose M Bondia
Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Emerg Radiol 16:433-40. 2009..Additionally, the CT protocol methods specific to colorectal injuries are detailed... - How to simplify the CT diagnosis of Le Fort fracturesJames T Rhea
Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit St, FH 210, Boston, MA 02114, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 184:1700-5. 2005..Classification of the Le Fort fractures is simplified by using these unique components to establish a tentative classification that is then confirmed... - Radiation dose is reduced with a single-pass whole-body multi-detector row CT trauma protocol compared with a conventional segmented method: initial experienceThomas Ptak
Department of Radiology, Division of Emergency Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit St, FND 210, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Radiology 229:902-5. 2003..The reduction in radiation dose is thought to represent a reduction in redundant imaging at overlap zones between body segments scanned in the segmental protocol but not in the continuous acquisition... - Review of suspected acute appendicitis in adults and children using CT and colonic contrast materialMark E Mullins
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 24:107-13. 2003 - CT of nontraumatic abdominal fluid collections after initial fluid resuscitation of patients with major burnsVernon M Chapman
Department of Radiology, FND 216, Division of Emergency Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, PO Box 9657, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 182:1493-6. 2004.... - Rare benign and malignant appendiceal lesions: spectrum of computed tomography findings with pathologic correlationYi-You Chiou
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Comput Assist Tomogr 27:297-306. 2003..Radiologists need to understand the full spectrum of appendiceal abnormalities, their underlying pathologic changes, and associated CT imaging findings... - Trends in the use of CT and radiography in the evaluation of facial trauma, 1992-2002: implications for current costsBrian G Turner
Department of Radiology (FND 210, Massachusetts General Hospital, 32 Fruit St, PO Box 9657, Boston, MA 02114-2698, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 183:751-4. 2004..CONCLUSION: The availability of CT has not resulted in increased use of facial imaging. The increased use of CT from 1992 to 2002 results in decreased current costs for the hospital... - Cerebral fractional anisotropy score in trauma patients: a new indicator of white matter injury after traumaThomas Ptak
Division of Emergency Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit St, FND 210, Boston, MA 02114, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 181:1401-7. 2003..We propose the cerebral fractional anisotropy score in trauma (C-FAST) as an index of white matter injury, and we correlate C-FAST with several predictor and outcome variables... - Multi-detector row CT: radiation dose characteristicsLeena M Hamberg
Department of Radiology, Perfusion and Physiology Analysis Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Gray Bldg, Rm B238, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Radiology 226:762-72. 2003..To determine the dose characteristics of multi-detector row computed tomography (CT) and to provide tabulated dose values and rules of thumb that assist in minimizing the radiation dose at multi-detector row CT... - Clinical comparison of standard-dose and 50% reduced-dose abdominal CT: effect on image qualityMannudeep K Kalra
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, White 270-E, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 179:1101-6. 2002..A reduction in CT radiation dose is possible if the tube current is optimized for the patient's weight and abdominal dimensions... - Frequency, sensitivity, and specificity of individual signs of diverticulitis on thin-section helical CT with colonic contrast material: experience with 312 casesMoritz F Kircher
Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 32 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 178:1313-8. 2002..CONCLUSION: The two most frequent signs of diverticulitis were bowel wall thickening (96%) and fat stranding (95%). Less frequent but highly specific signs were fascial thickening (50%), free fluid (45%), and inflamed diverticula (43%)... - Computed tomography evaluation of diverticulitisTara Lawrimore
Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
J Intensive Care Med 19:194-204. 2004..The accuracy, techniques, criteria for diagnosis, and staging and applications of CT imaging in acute diverticulitis are discussed... - Transportable versus fixed platform CT scanners: comparison of costsWilliam W Mayo-Smith
Department of Radiology, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, 593 Eddy St, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Radiology 226:63-8. 2003..To compare the aggregate hospital technical costs of a transportable computed tomographic (CT) scanner used to image patients in an intensive care unit with those of a fixed platform CT scanner in the radiology department... - Emergency department abdominal computed tomography for nontraumatic abdominal pain: optimizing utilizationLucy Modahl
Department of Radiology, NightHawk Radiology Services, Sydney, Australia
J Am Coll Radiol 3:860-6. 2006.... - Lumbar fractures in adult blunt trauma: axial and single-slice helical abdominal and pelvic computed tomographic scans versus portable plain filmsPeter M Rhee
Department of Surgery, Trauma Services, Washington Hospital Center, DC 20010, USA
J Trauma 53:663-7; discussion 667. 2002..Since many trauma patients often undergo AP-CT scanning to evaluate for possible intra-abdominal injuries, using the AP-CT scan to screen for lumbar fractures could make the trauma evaluation process more efficient...