The structural integrity of trabecular bone is an important factor characterizing the biomechanical strength of the vertebra, and is determined by the connectivity of the bone network and the trabeculation pattern. These can be assessed using texture measures such as the fractal signature and lacunarity from a high resolution projection radiograph. Using central sections of lumbar vertebrae we ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether there is a relationship between subjective parameters determined by a reviewer (spatial resolution, low contrast resolution, and artifacts) and objective parameters (the CT number of water, noise, and image uniformity) in CT phantom image evaluations. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the CT results of phantom image evaluations conducted by Korean Institute for A...

PURPOSE To evaluate clinical relevance of high-resolution computed tomographic (CT) findings in patients with bronchiectasis by using a quantitative high-resolution CT protocol to assess extent of bronchiectasis, severity of bronchial wall thickening, and presence of small-airway abnormalities and mosaic pattern. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty Chinese patients with steady-state bronchiectasis un...

Since 1975, intracranial subarachnoid metastases of medulloblastoma have been detected in seven of 23 initial contrast-enhanced computed tomographic (CT) scans in children with proven medulloblastoma. Furthermore, four of the seven cases with subarachnoid seeding were diagnosed after the introduction of high-resolution contrast-enhanced CT. Only three cases of seeding had been detected in the p...

Radiologic assessment of cochlear implants can be limited because of metallic streak artifacts and the high attenuation of the temporal bones. We report on 14 patients with 18 cochlear implants (17 Med-El standard 31.5-mm arrays, 1 Med-El medium 24-mm array) who underwent flat panel CT with the use of high-resolution secondary reconstruction techniques. Flat panel CT depicted the insertion site...

Airspace filling process is characterized on CT by the presence of one or more fairly homogeneous areas of consolidation with little or no volume loss. The consolidation may be segmental, subsegmental, lobular, or acinar (10 mm or less in diameter). Poorly defined centrilobular nodules may be associated. The margin of the consolidation usually is poorly defined except in the areas in which the ...