Silver Beam Filter Reduces CT Biopsy Needle Artifacts in Phantom Study
Adding a silver filter to interventional computed tomography scans substantially reduced needle blooming, tip, and streak artifacts in an anthropomorphic ...
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Low Muscle Mass Linked to Stable Pelvic Fractures
A retrospective study of 324 elderly women found that lower muscle mass and bone quality were associated with anatomically stable ...
Penile and Splenic Radiodensity Measurements Fail to Predict Daily Tadalafil Response
In a retrospective study of 194 men, computed tomography tissue density measurements in penile segments and splenic parenchyma correlated with ...
CT scans reveal fatty liver often goes unreported at one Middle Eastern hospital
A retrospective dual-center study of 682 adults found similar CT-detected hepatic steatosis rates at a Saudi secondary-care and an Egyptian ...
CT Atlas of the Pony Thorax and Abdomen Aids Colic Surgery Planning
Researchers mapped normal pony chest and abdominal anatomy with computed tomography and used the reference to guide surgery in a ...
CT Power Injectors Deliver More Contrast Than Prescribed in Bench Test
A bench study found both piston-driven and peristaltic CT power injectors delivered excess iodinated contrast, with saline flush volumes varying ...
Prototype Silicon Photon-Counting CT Produces Virtual Unenhanced Images Close to True Scans
A preliminary five-patient study found that a prototype deep silicon photon-counting CT scanner produced virtual unenhanced images within 10 Hounsfield ...
3D-Printed Vertebrae Replicate Weak Bone Mechanics for Surgical Practice
Researchers built 3D-printed vertebrae whose spongy bone is replaced by a tunable hexagonal lattice, and the replicas matched the screw ...
Lower contrast doses in coronary CT keep most scans diagnostic, study finds
A retrospective before-and-after study found a 22.8% contrast volume reduction in coronary CT angiography left a minority of scans below ...
Binary ‘Skeletal Failure’ Rule Proposed to Make AI Vertebral Fracture Screening Trustworthy
A new invited review proposes a binary
Simple CT Numbers Could Spare Patients Unneeded Chest Surgery, Study Finds
A retrospective study of 116 patients shows that quantitative CT parameters, especially the maximum enhanced CT value, can reliably distinguish ...
Fatty Pancreas on CT Scans Linked to Age, Body Fat and Duct Changes in New Study
A French study of 389 patients shows that fatty pancreas disorder on CT is independently linked to older age, irregular ...
Fat Around the Heart Grows Larger and Denser in Psoriasis, CT Study Finds
A propensity score-matched CT study found that adults with psoriasis have larger and denser epicardial adipose tissue than matched controls, ...
Belly Fat on CT Scans Shows Hidden Clues That Separate Crohn’s Disease From Appendicitis
A Chinese research team measured ten quantitative CT indices of abdominal fat and geometry in ileocecal Crohn's disease and acute ...
Two Divers Lost in 1993 Found After 30 Years on the Seafloor, and Their Bodies Rewrote Forensic Timelines
A rare matched case of two divers recovered from the Mediterranean seabed after 30 years reveals how diving equipment and ...
CT Scans Reveal Hidden Bone Secrets in the Long-Legged Buzzard
A new imaging study of ten long-legged buzzards in Iran shows that computed tomography dramatically outperforms digital radiography in measuring ...
Hounsfield Unit Changes Post-Spinal Fusion and Therapy
Contemporary advancements in spinal surgery have been transformative in enhancing patient outcomes, particularly through novel approaches combined with anabolic therapies. ...
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