Storage phosphor digital mammography

Digital mammography using storage phosphor CR is still in the investigational stage. It is the only digital mammography system that has been tested in preliminary clinical trials with promising early results. Further clinical studies are needed to assess the impact of the limited spatial resolution of storage phosphor technology on its application as a digital screening mammography system. Further studies also are needed to determine the optimum image processing parameters needed in digital mammography.     

胸部高分辨率CT检查技术的临床应用

笔者对５０例肺部疾病胸部常规ＣＴ和高分辨率ＣＴ（ＨＲＣＴ）图像进行了对照分析。其中特发性肺间质纤维化（ＩＦＰ）８例，肺转移癌５例，支气管扩张１５例，慢性阻塞性肺气肿１５例，周围型肺癌７例，结果表明：ＨＲＣＴ在ＩＦＰ、支气管扩张和肺气肿的显示明显优于常规ＣＴ（Ｐ＜０．００１），在对肺部原发或转移性肿瘤的显示能提供更多的诊断信息。笔者还讨论了ＨＲＣＴ的检查技术和图像后处理，分析了影响ＨＲＣＴ的若干因素，指出通过缩小视野（ＦＯＶ），减少象素做图像的重建放大显示肺部局部结构更为清楚方便，应灵活运用。     

胸部螺旋CT扫描技术及临床应用

作者采用了不同的人体体模和临床应用实验，对常规和螺旋ＣＴ扫描进行了比较研究。结果显示：与常规ＣＴ比较，螺旋ＣＴ图像无失真，变形。分辨率略差于常规ＣＴ。改变扫描条件和床速，图像质量无明显改变。改变扫描图像数学处理模式后，分辨率有所增加，但螺旋扫描仍冰及常规扫描。在临床应用上，螺旋扫描有许多优点。如何采用一次屏气技术，对病人某一脏器检查只需一次连续扫描。扫描速度快，不易产生运动伪影，所选脏器的扫描无盲     

Stereotactic craniotomy and intraoperative lesion localisation using the Brown-Robert-Wells frame

Summary A simple technique of stereotactic craniotomy and intraoperative lesion localisation that uses the Brown-Robert-Wells (BRW) stereotactic frame is presented. The method optimises craniotomy placement and facilitates localisation of small intracerebral lesions. Using the system, 16 patients have had resection of intracranial neoplasms from deep and/or eloquent areas of the brain with no neurological morbidity.     

Volume of tarsal bones in congenital clubfoot

To elucidate the growth of the tarsal bones in congenital clubfoot, relative to the growth of these bones in the unaffected feet and compared to growth in the feet of normal volunteers, we used a computed tomography (CT) scanner to measure the volume of all tarsal bones. The subjects of the study were 10 adults (7 men and 3 women) with unilateral congenital clubfoot (average age 20 years and 1 month). As controls, we examined 11 healthy volunteers. We calculated the ratio of the volume of each tarsal bone to the total bone volume and the ratio of the volume of each tarsal bone in clubfoot to the corresponding bone in the unaffected foot. The volume ratio of each tarsal bone was compared between clubfeet and unaffected feet because the differences of each tarsal bone ratio between the normal foot group and unaffected foot group were not significant. In the clubfeet (n=10), the talus and the medial cuneiform bones were smaller than those in the unaffected feet (n=10) but the cuboid bone was larger. The growth of the navicular did not differ from as that in unaffected feet. Our results suggested hypoplasia on the medial side of the foot in adult patients with congenital clubfoot. The 3 patients who had undergone medial release showed particularly marked hypoplasia of the medial side. In congenital clubfoot cases with severe deformities who had undergone wide soft-tissue release operations, there were clear growth suppressions in the talus and the medial cuneiform. We could not determine whether the cause of the growth suppression was the hypoplastic nature of tarsal bones themselves or the surgical obstacles to tarsal bone growth.     

CT造影剂碘海醇注射液的制备及动物实验

本文报道了非离子型Ｘ－ＣＴ造影剂碘海醇注射液的制备及动物实验结果。磺海醇的最大吸收波长λ＿（ｍａｘ）为２４４ｎｍ。讨论了温度、浓度对磺海醇溶液粘度的影响：粘度随温度的升高而下降，呈负线型相关；粘度随浓度（Ｃ）升高而激剧升高，与浓度的四次方呈线性相关：Ｖ＿（３７℃）＝４７２．５８９［Ｃ］￣４＋１．１２１（ｒ＝０．９９７７）Ｖ＿（３０℃）＝６６３．８１３［Ｃ］￣４＋１．１５２（ｒ＝０．９９９６）Ｖ＿（２０℃）＝１０８２．９５３［Ｃ］￣４＋１．４３３（ｒ＝０．９９８２）使用该注射液进行狗的造影实验，获得了清晰的造影图像。     

肺内小病灶CT表现及其病理基础的研究：附76例分析

本文对７６例肺内小病灶（直径≤３ｃｍ）病例进行了ＣＴ－病理对照研究。结果表明，短毛刺征，深分叶征、棘状突起征、空泡征、血管集束征，胸膜凹陷征等对于诊断周围型小肺癌有重要临床价值；而尖角征、局限性胸膜肥厚粘连对诊断良性病灶有意义。本文重点讨论了血管集束征的定义，ＣＴ表现及病理基础；并就有争议的胸膜凹陷征提出一些粗浅的看法。旨在提高肺内小病灶良恶性诊断的准确率     

螺旋CT三维重建在上颌骨正畸埋伏牙诊断中的临床应用

目的评价CT三维重建在上颌骨正畸埋伏牙中的诊断价值。方法对常规口腔全景片和咬合片不能清楚判断的47例上颌骨内埋伏牙患者行螺旋CT扫描和图像三维重建,并采用多平面重建(MPR)、三维牙体表面成像(SSD)及上颌骨和牙体容积成像(VR)显示埋伏牙的形态、位置及与邻牙的关系。结果47例均清楚显示了埋伏牙的形态、唇腭向位置、萌出方向及与邻牙的关系,MPR可测出埋伏牙的高度,SSD能清晰地显示骨内埋伏牙的形态、在牙列唇侧或腭侧的位置及与牙列牙根的关系,VR可展现埋伏牙的萌出方向及与邻牙的空间关系。结论SSD和VR成像对上颌骨埋伏牙可互为补充,立体直观地、完整地显示其病理解剖关系,是一种准确有效的检查方法。     

30例急性单发性球形肺炎的临床与CT特点

目的　通过分析 3 0例急性单发性球形肺炎的临床与CT特点 ,提高与周围性肺癌的鉴别能力。方法　对 3 0例住院患者 ,入院后均行胸片、胸部CT、纤维支气管镜检查及痰涂片、痰细菌培养等检查。结果　痰细菌培养均为细菌感染 ,胸片、胸部CT显示病灶为贴近胸膜或沿支气管血管束分布占 70 .0 0 % ;分布在两肺下叶背段或后基底段占 60 .0 0 %。病灶直径 2 .0～ 4.5cm 2 4例 ,占 80 .0 0 % ,2 5例患者经抗炎治疗病灶完全吸收。结论　抗炎治疗是动态观察单发性球形肺炎病灶变化的一种有效方法。     

HIPDM single photon emission computed tomography brain imaging in partial onset secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures

HIPDM-Single photon emission computed tomography brain imaging was performed during interictal and ictal stages in three patients with complex partial seizures and secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures. In all three patients, interictal studies demonstrated decreased regional cerebral perfusion (rCP) and ictal studies showed increased rCP in the epileptogenic region. The demonstration of focal hyperperfusion by SPECT performed during secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures suggests that rCP in the epileptic focus remains higher than in other cerebral regions during immediate postictal stages, even in secondarily generalized seizures.