Attenuation values in computed tomography of the abdomen

Attenuation values in computed tomography of the abdomen

Abstracts The relationship of computed tomography and ultnsonqjmphy In dlsgnotis al &daninal dtclusr blolm WH. Smith Eli. Bertrum FU Jr, JCU 5:230,197...

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Abstracts The relationship of computed tomography and ultnsonqjmphy In dlsgnotis al &daninal dtclusr blolm WH. Smith Eli. Bertrum FU Jr, JCU 5:230,1977 A detailed cornpark”” I)! CT and “hr~~onc~graphy of the abdomen h prwnwJ fwm a tlnmtical point uf view. The advantages an3 Iwnitatiom “i both nx&liticr

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UID Of body wannn in radtothw~y lrwtmlmt p*nnlng Munzenrlder JE. Plleplch M. Pane-Ferraro JB. Tchskarova I, Carter EL. cancer 40370.1977 tX bcdy ram cbtaincd on 98 patient, before. duting and after radicdwpy mc evaluatd l”r their utility ic . .a’iotk..py trcwnmt planning and 14 fnlkwup after rdidmfy. Twuenty.two paricnrr *ox studkd after imdution. Four receied nddi. tbnrl trcalmmt and continuitq m planned treat. mat was withheld f.urn rrmthsr four on the bash “f CT data.

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Intrentrku*r hamtMuga in adults Little JR, Slomquist GA Jo, Elhler R. Surg Neuml S(3): 143-149,197;’ A series of 54 adult patients with intraventricular hemorrhage dia@mxd by computed tomography (CT scan) II described. Hypertension. arterial “nruryrm snd artniovenws msl6rmatisn accamtcd fur 63% of tbc cases. Three rnte&:r of clinicnl presentation arc &tlr*d. CT scan r:ltably demonstrated the prcscna and diitributim of blood within the v~!“tricular ryrtcm. including the :hird and fvurth nnrrkkr. The iscrewed den.& crud by intranntri&ar bbcd was seen to ik.&ar in 12 days. A” intnccrebral homatoma was idcntifml in 76% ofraes. Surgical tratmcnt war oencficial in only a wall number of cascs. Author’, Abstract Attenustbn mogRphy ot VC, Petwnlck 13, Radiology

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Attcnuzti”” values were obtained frcm SJ CT cxaml”“tiom of the upper sbdomcn. A nwmal range uf VUIUFI, ubcained fa the wganr in I’IC “ppcr abdume”. 6~ compared with patient sbc and am. Rank ordering ncwrdinp to the men” lttcnualwn values was als” pcrfwmed. The most rigniticant finding was that the llrer normally had ix highest attenurtiun r&e of my ol the v/wxa mwurcd. When ~notbcr agw in the upper abdomen had a mw” vrluc tpwter Iha” that d the i/v