Detection of visceral slide at functional cine MR imaging is easy to perform and represents a well-tolerated and accurate procedure for use in the identification of intraabdominal adhesions in patients with chronic pain and equivocal clinical findings.
Using the sextant framework, independent observers reach similar accuracy with moderate to substantial agreement for the localization of prostate cancer and ECE by means of MRI of the prostate.
Remarkable dose reduction can be obtained using the attenuation-based on-line modulation of tube current on multislice CT without compromising image quality.
Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) is used for the treatment of patients with liver tumors, especially for those with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or liver metastases from various primary tumors. Currently this innovative treatment concept is recommended when established state-of-the-art treatment regimes have failed and tumor progression is noted or if the treatment has to be abandoned because of intolerable toxic effects. For SIRT small biocompatible microspheres (SIR-Spheres(R)) are labelled with the radioactive isotope 90Yttrium, a pure beta emitter, and are superselectively infused into the hepatic arteries. The microspheres are collected in the precapillary vessels in and surrounding the tumor. The beta radiation of 90Yttrium has an average penetration in tissue of approximately 2.5 mm and results in very high doses of radiation being selectively targeted to metastases providing protection to the surrounding healthy liver tissue. In this paper we review the results of SIRT in patients with hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer, breast cancer, neuroendocrine tumors and primary liver cancer (HCC).
Functional cine MR imaging represents a reliable noninvasive technique for detecting long-term adhesions after open and laparoscopic incisional hernia repair. The study results suggest that this approach has distinct advantages over high-resolution ultrasonography.
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