PURPOSE Rates of evaluation and treatment for osteoporosis following distal radius fragility fractures remain low. As a subset of patients with these fractures undergo diagnostic computed tomography (CT) scan of the wrist, utilizing bone mineral density (BMD) measurements available with this imaging can be used to detect osteopenia or osteoporosis. This information may consequently prompt inter...

The purpose of this study was to compare computed tomography density (ρCT ) obtained using typical clinical computed tomography scan parameters to ash density (ρash ), for the prediction of densities of femoral head trabecular bone from hip fracture patients. An experimental study was conducted to investigate the relationships between ρash and ρCT and between each of these densities and ρbulk a...

PURPOSE To determine the incidence, appearance, and clinical significance of lesions mimicking intraparenchymal hemorrhages on CT in patients treated with intracranial intraarterial thrombolysis for acute strokes. METHODS Ten cases of acute stroke treated with direct intraarterial urokinase infusion were retrospectively reviewed. Clinical and radiographic findings before and after therapy wer...

Radiol Bras. 2016 Jul/Ago;49(4):267–276 274 In most cases are asymptomatic patients, and the diagnosis is established by examination of cardiac imaging performed for other purposes. The symptoms, when present, correspond to palpitations, dyspnea, and syncope. The prognosis of caseous degeneration of the mitral annulus is good, especially in patients who are asymptomatic, although some patients ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of transfusion-associated iron overload in patients with chronic refractory anemia. METHODS Clinical manifestations, main organ function, results of computed tomography (CT), endocrine evaluation, and serum ferritin levels were analyzed retrospectively in 13 patients who were transfusion-dependent for more than 1 year ...

Introduction: We can quantitatively estimate vertebral bone density by measuring Hounsfield (HU) units on CT images. Recently, it has been reported that reduction of is associated with postoperative complications and oncologic outcomes. The aim this study to investigate clinical significances after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for pancreas cancer. Methods: retrospectively identified 93 patients...

Objective: Computed tomography (CT) is an often-used diagnostic imaging tool during the evaluation of cervical spine pathology. CT scan can provide one’s bone density by measuring Hounsfield’s unit. In anterior discectomy and fusion (ACDF) surgeries, may play important role as it relate to non-union. Therefore, consideration unit sub-axial vertebral body important, especially multi-level ACDF.M...