PURPOSE Recent association report of gadolinium contrast agents and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) diseases makes it increasing interests in using non-contrast MRA technique as an alternative [1]. Nonenhanced renal 3D MRA using time-spatial labeling inversion pulse (time-SLIP) with respiratory triggering has been optimized using the inflow technique in the axial acquisition [2,3]. However,...

AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of endodontic and coronal restorations and the association with periapical status in a Danish population. METHODOLOGY A total of 614 randomly selected individuals (20-60+ years of age) from Aarhus County had a full-mouth radiographic examination. The quality of endodontic and coronal restorations and the periapical status of endodontica...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the oral health (with regard to the periapical status, quality of root fillings and coronal restorations) in an urban adult Turkish subpopulation using digital panoramic radiographs. MATERIALS AND METHODS One thousand digital panoramic radiographs involving 28,000 teeth were selected from the archive of the Public Oral and Dental Health Center of Isparta. Coronal stat...

OBJECTIVE To assess the added value of coronal reformation for radiologists and for referring physicians or surgeons in the CT diagnosis of acute appendicitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Contrast-enhanced CT was performed using 16-detector-row scanners in 110 patients, 46 of whom had appendicitis. Transverse (5-mm thickness, 4-mm increment), coronal (5-mm thickness, 4-mm increment), and combined t...

We investigate the conversion of the 0.5–4 and 1–8 Å soft X–ray flux measurements made by detectors on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) into temperature and emission measures of coronal plasma using modern spectral models and modern understanding of coronal abundances. In particular, the original analysis by Thomas, Starr & Crannell (1985) is updated to take into ac...

High-cadence, high-resolution magnetograms have shown that the quiet-Sun photosphere is very dynamic in nature. It is comprised of discrete magnetic fragments which are characterized by four key processes – emergence, coalescence, fragmentation and cancellation. All of this will have consequences for the magnetic field in the corona above. The aim of this study is to gauge the effect of the beh...

Department of Radiology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea Department of Pathology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea Department of Surgery, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Received December 23, 2008 ; Accepted February 6, 2009 Address repr...