Multidetector CT References

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MDCT : General References

  1. Hu H. Multi-slice helical CT: scan and reconstruction. Med Phys 1999; 26:5-18.
  2. Liang Y, Kruger RA. Dual-slice Spiral versus Single-slice Spiral Scanning: Comparison of the Physical Performance of Two Computed Tomography Scanners. Medical Physics 1996; 23:205-220.
  3. Rubin GD, Shiau MC, Schmidt AJ, Fleischmann D, Logan L, Leung AN, Jeffrey RB, et. al. Computed tomographic angiography: historical perspective and new state-of-the-art using multi detector-row helical computed tomography. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1999; 23 Suppl(1):S83-90.
  4. Taguchi K, Aradate H. Algorithm for image reconstruction in multi-slice helical CT. Med Phys 1998; 25:550-561.

MDCT References:Chest

  1. Linblad B et al. Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism Verified by Necropsy over 30 years. Br Med J 1991; 302:709-711.
  2. Gosselin MV et al. Unsuspected Pulmonary Embolism: Prospective Detection on Routine Helical CT. Radiology 1998;208:209-215.
  3. Winston CB et al. Incidental Pulmonary Emboli Detected at Helical CT: Effect on Patient Care. Radiology 1996;201:23-27.
  4. Value of the ventilation/perfusion scans in acute pulmonary embolism: results of the Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis (PIOPED) the PIOPED Investigators. JAMA 1990;263:2753-2759.
  5. Diffin DC et al. Effect of Anatomic Distribution of Pulmonary Emboli on Interobservor Agreement in the Interpretation of Pulmonary Angiography. AJR 1998;171:1085-1089.
  6. Stein PD et al. Reassessment of Pulmonary Angiography for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism: Relation of Interpreter Agreement to the Order of the Involved Pulmonary Arterial Branch. Radiology 1999;210:689-691.
  7. Teigen CL et al. Pulmonary Embolism: Diagnosis with Contrast enhanced Electron-Beam CT and Comparison with Pulmonary Angiography. Radiology 1995; 194:313-319.
  8. Remy-Jardin M et al. Central Pulmonary Thromboembolism: Diagnosis with Spiral Volumetric CT with the Single-Breath-Hold Technique-- Comparison with Pulmonary Angiography. Radiology 1992; 185:381-387.
  9. van Rossum AB et al. Pulmonary Embolism: Validation of Spiral CT Angiography in 149 Patients. Radiology 1996; 201:467-470.
  10. Mayo JR et al. Pulmonary Embolism: Prospective Comparison of Spiral CT with Ventilation-Perfusion Scintigraphy. Radiology 1997; 205:447-452.
  11. Goodman LR et al. Detection of Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with Unresolved Clinical and Scintigraphic Diagnosis: Helical CT vs. Angiography. AJR 1995;164:1369-1374.
  12. Goodman LR. CT of Acute Pulmonary Emboli: Where Does It Fit? RadioGraphics 1997;17:1037-1042.
  13. Remy-Jardin M et al. Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism with Spiral CT: Comparison with Pulmonary Angiography and Scintigraphy. Radiology 1996:200:699-706.
  14. Lefebvre CC et al. Contrast-Enhanced Helical CT for Pulmonary Embolism Detection: Inter- and Intraobservor Agreement among Radiologists with Variable Experience. AJR 1999;172:107-112.
  15. Garg K et al. Clinical Validity of Helical CT Being Interpreted as Negative for Pulmonary Embolism:Implications for Patient Treatment. AJR 1999;172:1627-1631.
  16. Novelline RA, Rhea JT, Rao PM, Stuk JL. Helical CT in Emergency Radiology. Radiology 1999; 213:321-329.
  17. Broderick LS, Shemesh J, Wilensky RL, et. al. Measurement of coronary artery calcium with double helical CT compared to coronary angiography: evaluation of CT scoring methods, inter-observer variation, and reproducibility. Am J Radiol 1996; 167:439-444.
  18. Carr JJ, Crouse JRJ, Goff DCJ, et. al. Evaluation of subsecond gated helical CT for quantification of coronary artery calcium and comparison with electron beam CT. AJR 2000; 174:915-921.
  19. Diffin D, Leyendecker JR, Johnson SP, Zucker RJ, Grebe PJ. Effect of Anatomic Distribution of Pulmonary Emboli on Interobserver Agreement in the Interpretation of Pulmonary Angiography. AJR 1998; 171:1085-1089.
  20. Henschke CI, McCauley DI, Yankelevitz DF, Naidich DP, McGuinness G, Miettinen OS, Libby DM, Pasmantier MW, Koizumi J, Altorki NK, Smith JP. Early Lung Cancer Action Project: overall design and findings from baseline screening. Lancet 1999; 354:99-105.
  21. Kalender WA, Polacin A, Suss C. A comparison of conventional and spiral CT: an experimental study on the detection of spherical lesions. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1994; 18:167-176.
  22. Kaneko M, Eguchi K, Ohmatsu H, Kakinuma R, Naruke T, Suemasu K, Moriyama N. Peripheral lung cancer: screening and detection with low-dose spiral CT versus radiography. Radiology 1996; 201:798-802.
  23. Klingenbeck-Regn K, Schaller S, Flohr T, Ohnesorge B, Kobb AF, Baum U. Subsecond multi-slice computed tomography: basics and applications. Eur J Radiol 1999; 31:110-124.
  24. Loud P, Grossman CD, Klippenstein DL, Ray CE. Combined CT Venography and Pulmonary Angiography: A New Diagnostic Technique for Suspected Thrombembolic Disease. AJR 1998; 170:951-954.
  25. Mautner GC, Mautner SL, Froehlich J, et. al. Coronary artery calcification: assessment with electron beam CT and histomorphometric correlation. Radiology 1994; 192:619-623.
  26. Nakanishi T, Kohata M, Ito K, et. al. Virtual endoscopy of coronary arteries using contrast-enhanced ECG-triggered electron beam CT data sets. AJR 2000; 174:1345-1347.
  27. Patriquin L, Khorasani R, Polak JF. Correlation of Diagnostic Imaging and Subsequent Autopsy Findings in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism. AJR 1998; 171:347-349.
  28. Remy-Jardin M, Remy J. Spiral CT angiography of the pulmonary circulation. Radiology 1999; 212:615-636.
  29. Schoepf UJ, Helmberger T, Holzknecht N, et. al. Segmental and Subsegmental Pulmonary Arteries: Evaluation with Electron- Beam versus Spiral CT. Radiology 2000; 214:433-439.
  30. Shemesh J, Apter S, Rozenman J, et. al. Calcification of coronary arteries: detection and quantification with double helix CT. Radiology 1995; 197:779-783.
  31. Shemesh J, Tenenbaum A, Fisman EZ, et. al. Absence of coronary calcification on double helical CT scans: Predictor of angiographic normal coronary arteries in elderly women? Radiology 1996; 199:665-668.
  32. Shemesh J, Stroh CI, Tenenbaum A, et. al. Comparison of coronary calcium in stable angina pectoris and in first acute myocardial infarction utilizing double helical computerized tomography. Am J Cardiol 1998; 81:271-275.
  33. Shemish J, Tenenbaum A, Kopecky KK, et. al. Coronary calcium measurements by double helical computed tomography: Using the average instead of peak density algorithm improves reproducibility. Investigative Radiology 1997; 32:503-506.
  34. Sone S, Takashima S, Li F, Yang Z, Honda T, Maruyama Y, Hasegawa M, Yamanda T, Kubo K, Hanamura K, Asakura K. Mass screening for lung cancer with mobile spiral computed tomography scanner. Lancet 1998; 351:1242-1245.
  35. Stein PD, Henry JW, Gottschalk A. Reassessment of pulmonary angiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: relation of interpreter agreement to the order of the involved pulmonary arterial branch. Radiology 1999; 210:689-691.
  36. Wexler L, Brundage B, Crouse J, et. al. Coronary artery calcification: pathophysiology, epidemiology, imaging methods, and clinical implications; A statement for health professionals from the American Heart Association, Circulation. 1996; 94:1175-1192.

MDCT References: Kidney

  1. Amendola MA, Bree RL, Pollack HM, et. al. Small renal cell carcinomas: resolving a diagnostic dilemma. Radiology 1988; 166:637-741.
  2. Amis ES. Epitaph for the urogram. Radiology 1999; 213:639-640.
  3. Bell TV, Fenlon HM, Davison BD, Ahari HK, Hussan S. Unenhanced helical CT criteria to differentiate distal ureteral calculi from pelvic phleboliths. Radiology 1998; 207:363-367.
  4. Blake SP, McNicholas MMJ, Raptopoulos V. Nonopaque crystal deposition causing ureteric obstruction in patients with HIV undergoing indinavir therapy. Am J Roentgenol 1998; 171:717-720.
  5. Bosniak MA. The small renal parenchymal tumor: detection, diagnosis, and controversies. Radiology 1991; 179:307-317.
  6. Butler B, Novick AC, Campbell SC, Licht MR. Management of small unilateral renal cell carcinomas: radical versus nephron-sparing surgery. Urology 1995; 45:34-40.
  7. Coll DM, et. al. Preoperative use of 3D volume rendering to demonstrate renal tumors and renal anatomy. RadioGraphics 2000; 20:431-438.
  8. Dalrymple NC, Verga M, Anderson KR, et. al. The value of unenhanced helical computerized tomography in the management of acute flank pain. J Urology 1998; 159:735-740.
  9. Dalrymple NC, et. al. Pearls & Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Ureterolithiasis with Unenhanced Helical CT. RadioGraphics 2000; 20(2):439-447.
  10. Figueroa K, Feurerstein D, Principe AL. A comparison of three-dimensional spiral computed tomoangiography with renal angiography in the live-donor work-up. J Transpl Coord 1997; 7:195-198.
  11. Johnson PT, Heath DG, Bliss DF, Cabral B, Fishman EK. Three-dimensional CT: real-time interactive volume rendering. Am J Roentgenol 1996; 167:581-583.
  12. Kawashima A, Goldman SM, Sandler CM. The indeterminate renal mass. Rad Clinics of NA 1996; 34:997-1015.
  13. Kawashima A, Sandler CM, Ernst RD, Goldman SM, Ravel B, Fishman EK. Renal inflammatory disease: the current role of CT. Crit Rev Diagn Imaging 1997; 38:369-415.
  14. Klingenbeck-Regn K, Schaller S, Flohr T, Ohnesorge B, Kopp AF, Baum U. Subsecond multi-slice computed tomography: basics and applications. Eur J Radiol 1999; 31:110-124.
  15. Levine J, Neitlich J, Smith RC. The value of prone scanning to distinguish ureterovesical junction stones from ureteral stones that have passed into the bladder: leave no stone unturned. Am J Roentgenol 1999; 172:977-981.
  16. Licht MR, Novick AC. Nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. J Urol 1993; 149:1-7.
  17. Novick AC. Nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. Br J Urol 1998; 82:321-324.
  18. O'Malley ME, Toronto ON, Hahn PF, Yoder IC, McGovern FJ, Gazelle GS, Mueller PR. Comparison of helical CT urography to IV urography for evaluation of patients with painless hematuria. Radiology 1999; 213(P):474.
  19. Rubin GD, Dake MD, Napel S, et. al. Helical CT of renal artery stenosis: comparison of three-dimensional rendering techniques. Radiology 1994; 190:181-189.
  20. Silverman SG, Pearson GDN, Seltzer SE, Polger M, Tempany CMC, Adams DF, Brown DL, Judy PF. Small hyperechoic renal masses: comparison of helical and conventional CT for diagnosing angiomyolipoma. AJR 1996; 167:877-881.
  21. Smith RC, Rosenfield AT, Choe KA, et. al. Acute flank pain: comparison of non-contrast enhanced CT and intravenous urography. Radiology 1995; 194:789-794.
  22. Smith RC, Essenmacher KR, Rosenfield AT, Choe KA. Acute flank pain: comparison of non-contrast-enhanced CT and intravenous urography. Radiology 1995; 194:789-794.
  23. Sommer FG, Olcott EW, Ch'en IY, Beaulieu CF. Volume rendering of CT data: applications to the genitourinary tract. AJR 1997; 168:1223-1226.
  24. Traubici J, Neitlich JD, Smith RC. Distinguishing pelvic phleboliths from distal ureteral stones on unenhanced helical CT: is there a radiolucent center? Am J Roentgenol 1999; 172:13-17.
  25. Warshauer DM, McCarthy SM, Street L, et. al. Detection of renal masses: sensitivities and specificities of excretory urography/linear tomography, US and CT. Radiology 1988; 169:363-365.
  26. Zincke H, Ghavamian R. Partial nephrectomy for renal cell cancer is here to stay: more data on this issue (editorial). J Urol 1998; 159:1161-1162.