the qom formation in ghohrud area, have been investigated in order to determine its biostratigraphy and palaeoecology. the thickness of qom formation is 325 meters at the study area and consists of thin, medium to thick bedded and massive limestons. they underline on eocene volcanic with disconformably and its upper boundary is overlain by alluvium. based on thin section studies 14 genera and 2...

OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical utility of the different imaging techniques used for the evaluation of tracheobronchial diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-one patients with tracheobronchial diseases [tuberculosis (n = 18), bronchogenic carcinoma (n = 10), congenital abnormality (n = 3), post-operative stenosis (n = 2), and others (n = 8)] underwent chest radiography and spiral CT. Two se...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The emergence of cerebral microbleeds (CMB) as common MR imaging findings raises the question of how MR imaging parameters influence CMB detection. To evaluate the effects of modified gradient recalled-echo (GRE) MR imaging methods, we performed an analysis of sequence, section thickness, and field strength on CMB imaging properties and detection in subjects with cerebral...

the asmari formation in tang-e surkh section is composed of 294 meters of thin to medium bedded and thick to massive bedded limestone associated with marly limestone. the studied section is located in the northwest of interior fars. based on deepening and shallowing patterns of microfacies, one hst and one third-order depositional sequence during rupelian and two third-order depositional sequen...

dalichai formation at the rey-abad section (northeast shahroud) along the principal road of the mayamey-jajarm has a thickness of 166 meters .in this section, middle to upper jurassic carbonate rocks are well exposed and is typically composed of massive to medium-bedded limestones with thin shale interbeds. in the studied area and most places of this region, the lower boundary of dalichai forma...

Karst aquifers are important sources of thermal and groundwater in many parts the world, such as Alpine–Dinaric–Carpathian region Europe. The Upper Triassic dolomites regionally recognized but also hydrocarbon reservoirs. They characterized by predominantly fractured porosity, actual share depositional diagenetic porosity is rarely investigated. In this research, we presented geometric characte...

AIM To assess quality and radiologists' preference of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) reconstructed with filtered back projection (FBP) or Iterative Reconstruction. METHODS Thin-section LDCTs (1-mm thick contiguous images; 120 kVp; 30 mAs) of 38 consecutive unselected patients, evaluated for various clinical indications, were reconstructed by four different reconstruction algorithms: FBP ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE MDCT has some specific scan parameters that may systematically increase or decrease radiation dose to patients. This study explored the scan protocol parameters that impact radiation dose in temporal bone MDCT and determined the optimal scan parameters that balance radiation dose with diagnostic image quality. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using exsomatized cadaveric heads, tra...