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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510103

Axial Dose Profile in Head CT Scan Using a 140 kV X-Ray Beam

Arnaldo Prata Mourão and Fernanda Stephanie Santos

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: January 26, 2023

Computed Tomography (CT) has been widely used in radiological imaging diagnosis, but it generates higher doses in patients. The growing demand for tomography exams has generated concern in the scientific community in increasing the population dose generated by this technique. For this reason, it is important to know the dose distribution with a view to optimizing acquisition protocols. In this work, a standard head CT phantom made of PMMA with 16 cm in diameter was used coupled to cylindrical pl...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510102

Pulmonary Embolism and COVID-19: A Diagnostic Dilemma – A German Single Centre Experience

M Alami, D Janati-Idrissi, T Lohmann, B Osswald, G Plehn and K Luedtke

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: January 07, 2023

The high predisposition to pulmonary embolism (PE) in CoViD-19-patients increases with its seriousness, even under anticoagulation. Because neither clinical nor laboratory parameters seem to be specific in this case, the CTPA stays the gold standard for further diagnostic, with the risk however of overuse. Our study investigates the incidence of PE in CoViD-19-patients, who underwent aCTPA, and to assess the link of several clinical and laboratory parameters with its occurrence....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510101

A Case Report of Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis Causing Bilateral Ureteral Obstruction and Pancreatic Tail Destruction

H. Maatoug, S. Khouja, I. Ammar and A. Ben Fatma

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: January 07, 2023

A 72-year-old woman with a history of acute renal failure treated with a bilateral double-J stent, presented with subacute bilateral lumbar pain, mild fever, and weight loss. Physical examination was normal, except for bilateral lumbar sensibility. Laboratory tests were normal an abdominal CT scan has been performed....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510100

Axial Dose Profile in Head CT Scan Using a 140 kV X-Ray Beam

Arnaldo Prata Mourão and Fernanda Stephanie Santos

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: December 24, 2022

Computed Tomography (CT) has been widely used in radiological imaging diagnosis, but it generates higher doses in patients. The growing demand for tomography exams has generated concern in the scientific community in increasing the population dose generated by this technique. For this reason, it is important to know the dose distribution with a view to optimizing acquisition protocols. In this work, a standard head CT phantom made of PMMA with 16 cm in diameter was used coupled to cylindrical pl...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510099

Dose Evaluation of Head CT Scans Using Phantom for Optimization Protocols

Fernanda Stephanie Santos and Arnaldo Prata Mourão

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: December 24, 2022

Computed Tomography (CT) scans promote a higher dose deposition than conventional radiology exams. These tests contribute significantly to the increase in the patient and collective dose, being a public health concern worldwide. There is a great need to improve protocols to seek lower doses while maintaining the diagnostic image quality....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510098

The Prognosis of Type 3 Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformations May Not Be Poor: Antenatal Sonographic Evaluation and Postnatal Outcomes of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Malformations in a Large Cohort

Gokce ANNAC, MD and Arzu Bilge TEKIN, MD2

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: December 23, 2022

To analyze the prenatal sonographic findings, prevalence, and outcomes of non-cardiac thoracic malformations (NCTMs). This study included a retrospective analysis of electronic health records from February 2014 to March 2021. The follow-up sonographic examinations of the fetuses with diagnoses of NCTM and postnatal clinical follow-up were retrieved from electronically stored files and reports....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510097

Radiation Protection Efforts in Restricting Exposure to Scattered Radiation Based on Room Analysis

Dian Kusuma Wardhani, Rurie Ratna Shantiningsih and Rellyca Sola Gracea

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: December 23, 2022

The purpose of this narrative review is to describe effective efforts in radiation protection to limit scattered radiation exposure in terms of room analysis and to find out the difference in the effect of retaining wall thickness in limiting the scatter radiation dose. Scattered radiation is part of radiation that deviates from the radiation source....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510095

The Use of Radiation Attenuating Gloves Reduces Exposure to Scatter Radiation but not Direct Radiation

Jas Virk, MD, Muhammad Nadeem, MBBS and Charles Chung MD

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: July 23, 2022

Diagnostic and interventional procedures are commonly performed under fluoroscopic guidance. The use of radiation attenuating gloves to reduce direct and scatter radiation to the hands of clinicians has been controversial. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of radiation attenuating gloves reduce direct and/or scatter radiation dose to the hands of the operator....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510094

Percutaneous Management of Inadvertent Subclavian Artery Central Line Insertion Using Angioseal Vascular Closure Device

Abdulaziz Almat'hami, MD, Abdulwahed Alruhaimi, MD, Ali Rajeh, MD, Hatim Alobaidi, MD, Sultan Alammari, MD, Hassan Alshehri MD, Othman Alshehri, MD, Nayef Alqahtani, MD, Ahmed Al Mutairi, Faisal Alahmari, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 07, 2022

This is a 90-years-old lady known diabetic and hypertensive, who presented to emergency room with signs and symptoms of septic shock on top of pneumonia and urinary tract infection. The primary assessment mandates a central venous access for rapid Intravenous hydration and antibiotics treatment....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510093

Bone Mineral Density Loss Triggered by Unhealthy Dietary Habits During Growth is Promptly Detected by MS-QCT

Marcelo Joaquin Gubert, Hector Fabian Monforte, Patricia Monica Mandalunis and Carlota Alicia Gamba

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: June 18, 2022

Determine if MS-QCT BMD loss triggered by an unhealthy high fat diet (HFD) intake established in infancy is related to bone growth in length, mediated by endochondral ossification....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510092

Predicting Age Groups using Brain Imaging Quality Data

Kadir Uludag, MS

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 18, 2022

Brain imaging quality of data is important to confirm their liability of brain imaging studies. Previous literature confirmed that some confounding factors such as movement, age, and gender may impact brain imaging quality. Automatic quality control (QC) applications may not be able to properly calculate their reliability due to confounding factors....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510091

Multi Imaging Modality in Diagnosis of Unusual Giant Hydronephrosis of the Non Functioning Lower Moiety in A Partial Duplex Kidney with Distal Ureteric Stricture

TawfeeqI Sangey, MD, Zahra D Khan, MD and Lujaina S Hassanali, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 18, 2022

Duplex collecting system of the kidney is a common congenital anomaly of the urinary tract. It is usually asymptomatic clinically with normal renal function. In rare instances, it may complicate with giant hydronephrosis....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510090

Localized Anterior Arthrofibrosis of the Knee that Occurs after Meniscal Surgery

Ben Fatma Abderraouf, Souissi Marouen, Jemli Ameni, Ikbel Ammar and Jerbi Saida

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 18, 2022

A 45-year-old man with a history of an operation on the meniscus of the left knee, consulted for loss of full range of motion, tenderness along the joint line and discomfort while walking regarding the left knee. MRI showed poorly limited soft tissue nodule in the intercodylar notch near the tibial insertion of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) (Figure 1) and extended to hoffa’s fat bundle. This lesion showed predominantly heterogeneous signal intensity on T2-weighted and proton-density ima...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510089

Is There a Relationship between Serum D-Dimer Levels and Thorax CT Severity Score in Patients with COVID-19?: A Retrospective Analysis

Belma Cevik, MD and Kayıhan Akın, MD

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: January 15, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic began in Wuhan (Hubei, China) in December 2019 and rapidly spread around the World. Because of RT-PCR sensitivity limitations, the radiology literature has focused on detecting the probability of infection of non-contrast CT findings. However the elevated serum D-dimer levels and its relationship with poor outcomes in COVID-19 pneumonia patients have been demonstrated. D-dimer is known as a biomarker of inflammation. Therefore, we considered that serum D-dimer levels may pr...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510088

Influence of Music in Anxiety Reduction in 18F-FDG PET-CT Studies

Alberto Martinez-Lorca and Manuela Martinez-Lorca

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: January 08, 2022

The purpose of this investigation was to find the anxiety levels, physical data and subjective perception and explore the relationship between demographic, clinical and cancer patients’ variables, pre and post-procedure during a positron emission tomography/computed tomography PETCT scan. The sample was distributed in two groups (experimental and control group), 54 subjects in each group, with clinical indication for performing an 18F-2- fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose [18F]FDG-PET/CT scan. The study...

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