Advances in preoperative imaging evaluation of extramural vascular invasion of rectal cancer / 中国医师杂志

Rectal cancer is a common malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract. Extramural vascular invasion (EMVI) is a key indicator of risk stratification for rectal cancer and an important reference factor in determining individualised treatment options, so it is important to accurately assess whether extramural vessels are infiltrated by the tumour before surgery. The main imaging methods for rectal cancer include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) and transrectal ultrasound (TRUS). This article focuses on the performance and diagnostic efficacy of these imaging methods in the diagnosis of EMVI in rectal cancer, and provides clinical reference.

Advances in the diagnosis of primary solid small bowel tumors by contrast-enhanced multislice spiral CT / 中国辐射卫生

@#Primary small bowel tumors have low incidence and contain predominantly solid components, and the lesions are similar and difficult to be detected and distinguished with multislice spiral CT (MSCT) plain scans. In this article we describe contrast-enhanced MSCT technique and imaging characteristics for solid small bowel tumors or small bowel tumors containing predominantly solid components, including the type and use of contrast agents. In contrast-enhanced MSCT, small bowel imaging with CT has the advantages of determining the true extent of intestinal wall lesions, the possible extent of wall penetration, the degree of mesenteric involvement, and distant metastases, as well as easiness to detect and identify the blood supply vessels of small bowel tumors and assessment of the corresponding complications. Contrast-enhanced MSCT has become the best noninvasive imaging technique for the diagnosis, evaluation, and staging of solid small bowel tumors or small bowel tumors containing predominantly solid components. CT texture analysis (CTTA) is a new research hotspot and can be useful for the correct diagnosis of primary small bowel tumors containing predominantly solid components.

Relationship between the Height of Alveolar Bone Resorption and Sex and Age in Adolescents / 法医学杂志

OBJECTIVES@#To explore the relationship between the height of alveolar bone resorption and sex and age in the adolescent dentition.@*METHODS@#Multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) was used to measure the height of alveolar bone resorption at labial, lingual, mesial and distal sites of teeth in 149 adolescents aged from 10 to 20 years. SPSS 25.0 software was used to analyze the relationship between the height of alveolar bone resorption and sex and age.@*RESULTS@#There was no significant difference in the height of alveolar bone resorption between sex (P>0.05). The height of alveolar bone resorption was positively correlated with age in all types of teeth. The model constructed by combining the alveolar bone resorption height data of four sites (y=2.569x1+3.106x2+4.108x3+1.451x4-0.082, R2max=0.756)had a better ability to infer age than that of combining two sites (y=5.942x1+4.489x2+0.612, R2max=0.706) and a single site (R2max=0.638).@*CONCLUSIONS@#The height of alveolar bone resorption is positively correlated with the age of adolescents. The combination of four sites has a stronger ability to infer the relationship between the height of alveolar bone resorption and age in adolescents and has higher accuracy in practical application.

Diagnostic value of different imagines for choledocholithiasis abdominal pain / 中国医师杂志

Objective:To evaluate direct bilirubin /total bilirubin(D/T), B-mode ultrasound(BUS), multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT), magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis abdominal pain (CAP).Methods:We retrospectively analyzed the materials of patients who were diagnosed with choledocholithiasis abdominal pain by above imagines in the emergency department of Beijing Friendship Hospital during March 2016 to December 2018. The stones were taken out by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography or surgical operation as the golden standard.Results:Among 256 patients, 195 cases, 138 cases, 107 cases and 26 cases were diagnosed by EUS, MRCP, CT and BUS, respectively. The sensitivity were 0.86, 0.62, 0.45, 0.13, respectively. The specificity were 0.86, 0.81, 0.75, 0.87. The positive predictive value were 0.97, 0.96, 0.91, 0.83.The negative predictive value were 0.55, 0.19, 0.21, 0.16. The accuracy rate were 0.88, 0.64, 0.48, 0.30, respectively. The sensitivity of D/T and D/T combined with EUS in the diagnosis of CAP were 0.57 and 0.67, and the accuracy were 0.16 and 0.56, respectively.Conclusions:EUS has a high diagnostic value for CAP. MRCP is superior to CT in the value of diagnosis of CAP. BUS in imaging diagnosis of CAP value is relatively low, but D/T combined with BUS can improve the sensitivity and accuracy of diagnosis for CAP.

Clinical value of portal venous pressure based on three dimensional reconstruction model of portal vein combined with finite element analysis in patients with portal hypertension / 中华肝胆外科杂志

Objective To study the clinical value of three-dimensional CT reconstruction model of portal venous system combined with finite element analysis to measure portal venous pressure in patients with portal hypertension.Methods A retrospective study was conducted on 27 patients who were diagnosed to have portal hypertension at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University from May 2016 to May 2018.There were 17 males and 10 females,with ages ranging from 34 to 77 years (mean 56 years).All these patients underwent transjugular intrahepatic portal venous shunt (TIPS) during which the portal venous pressure was measured.The imaging data was imported into the three-dimensional software of medical imaging to reconstruct the three dimensional model of portal vein,and the finite element analysis software of ANSYS was used to calculate the portal venous pressure by calculation with given boundary conditions.Pearson correlation was used to analyze the correlation between the actual measurement of portal venous pressure and the predicted value.Results The actual measured value of portal vein pressure before TIPS in 27 patients with portal hypertension was (3 783 ±930) Pa,and the predicted value was (4 238 ± 1 218) Pa.There was no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).The predicted value of portal venous pressure was positively correlated with the actual measured value (r =0.402,95 ％ CI:0.026-0.678,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Non-invasive measurement of portal venous pressure based on three-dimensional portal venous reconstruction combined with finite element analysis correlated with actual portal venous pressure in patients with portal hypertension.

Research Status of Postmortem MSCT Angiography in Forensic Science / 法医学杂志

Virtual autopsy is a new technique for investigating the morphological changes of cadaveric tissues and organs by medical imaging technology. It has been widely used in the identification of causes of death. Multislice spiral computed tomography （MSCT） has become a routine inspection method in some identification institutions, although it cannot completely replace traditional autopsy, it plays a key auxiliary or substitute role in the identification of certain abnormal causes of death. Plain MSCT scan cannot visualize cadaveric vessels, but can perform cadaveric angiography to determine vascular injury or disease. This technology has entered a rapid development period in recent years, and has made a considerable progress in contrast agent, perfusion methods and imaging methods. This article summarizes several common cadaveric MSCT angiography methods, such as systemic angiography, angiography through cardiopulmonary resuscitation, targeted angiography, and angiography by cardiac puncture, and analyzes and compares the application prospects.

Músculos del piso de boca en TEM vs. IRM / Mouth floor muscles in TEM vs. IRM

El presente artículo de revisión fue realizado para comparar detalles imagenológicos de resonancia magnética y tomografía espiral multicorte de las estructuras anatómicas del piso de boca; esta es una región desafiante de la cavidad oral para el odontólogo ya que se encuentra constituida de tejidos blandos, vasculares, glandulares y nerviosos, a su vez carece de tejidos óseos volviéndola mucho más susceptible a patologías. Por ello la resonancia magnética es el estudio de preferencia para los tejidos blandos pues permite conocer con más facilidad la anatomía y a la tomografía espiral multicorte ideal para el análisis de tejidos duros, sin embargo puede evaluarse el piso de boca sin ser el estudio imagenológico indicado para esta. El presente trabajo es una recopilación de artículos en bases de datos e internet con el fin de comparar detalles imagenológicos entre la resonancia magnética y tomografía espiral multicorte.

This review article was conducted to compare magnetic resonance imaging and multislice spiral tomography of floor of mouth anatomical structures; this is a challenging region of oral cavity for dentist since it is made up of soft, vascular, glandular and nervous tissues, in turn lacks bone tissues, making it much more susceptible to pathologies. Therefore, magnetic resonance is the preference study for soft tissues because it allows knowing more easily anatomy and multislice spiral tomography ideal for hard tissues analysis, however floor of mouth can be evaluated without being the imaging study indicated for is. The present work is a compilation of articles in databases and internet in order to compare both: magnetic resonance and multislice spiral tomography.

The value of 64 row CT low dose scanning in thyroid enhanced scan / 中华内分泌外科杂志

Objective To investigate the value of 64 row CT low dose scanning technique in thyroid enhancement scanning.Methods From Jan.2016 to Dec.2017,152 patients with thyroid occupying lesions were studied in our hospital.All the patients underwent multislice spiral CT enhanced scan and pathological examination.The patients were divided into four groups according to the different current and voltage of multislice spiral CT.The significance of multi slice spiral CT scanning in the 4 groups was compared.Results There were no significant differences (U=0.1825,P=0.351 8＞0.05)among the four groups of multi-slice spiral CT in the detection rate of nodular thyroid lesions (96.21％,94.38％,85.71％,87.50％) or the detection rate of diffuse thyroid lesions (77.78％,83.33％,80.00％,83.33％).There were significant differences in CTDIvol,DLP and ED among the four groups (P＜0.05),and the radiation dose of group D was lower than that of group A and C.There were significant differences in thyroid CT value,background noise and background signal among the four groups (P＜0.05).The thyroid CT value,background noise and background signal in group D were higher than those in group A,B and C (P＜0.05).There was no significant difference in SNR and CNR among the four groups (P＞0.05).There was no significant difference in subjective evaluation of CT scan images between the four groups (P＞0.05).Conclusion The multislice spiral CT low-dose scanning technique used in thyroid enhanced scan can obtain satisfying scanning images,which is not only beneficial to the quality of the images,but also can improve the accuracy of the diagnosis and reduce the ionizing radiation damage to the patients.

Research on value of multislice spiral CT to evaluate complication of acute pancreatitis / 中国医学装备

Objective:To explore the application value of multislice spiral CT scanning on abdomen for the detection of complication of acute pancreatitis.Methods: 120 patients with acute pancreatitis were divided into observation group (70 cases) and control group (50 cases) according to different detection method. The patients of control group were applied basic clinical detections included X-ray radiography and ultrasound imaging, while patients of observation group were supplemented CT detection besides these detections of control group. And situation of complication of patients in two groups were observed.Results: The positive rate of complications, which involved pancreatic pseudocyst, cellulitis, complications of gastrointestinal tract, pancreas hemorrhage and pancreatic ascites, in observation group was 97.14%, that was significant higher than that (62.0%) of control group (x2=24.74,P<0.05). Among 20 patients with pancreatic pseudocysts, there were 9 patients located at tails of pancreases, 6 patients located in bodies of pancreases, 3 patients located in small omental bursas, 2 patients located at heads of pancreases, and the CT images of them showed quasi-circular liquid form density lesions with clear boundaries appeared in lesion field. The CT images of cellulitis showed the volume of pancreas increased and the boundaries were fuzzy, and a larger range of density lesions with irregular soft tissue shape appeared in its periphery. CT detetions of gastrointestinal complications showed fuzzy point-shaped, strip-shaped and flake-shaped soft tissue-styled density shadow appeared in gastrointestinal tracts. The CT image of pancreatic ascites showed intraperitoneal fluid density shadow.Conclusion: Abdominal CT scan applied on patients with acute pancreatitis can increase the positive rate of complications and may be used as preferred detection method for clinical evaluation on the complications of acute pancreatitis.

The optimal time window of MSCT examination in the occult rib fracture / 中国法医学杂志

Objective To explore MSCT optimal examination time window for patients with occult rib fracture, and provide objective evidence for forensic injury. Methods Totally 105 cases with chest trauma were retrospectively analysed. They were examined in the first week after trauma and re-examined in different time windows by MSCT. The quantities of occult rib fractures in the first examination were compared to those in re-examinations. Results The quantities of occult rib fractures at different inspection time windows were mostly different. There was no statistically significant between the quantities of rib fractures in the first week and the second week, the first week and the sixth week later, the fourth week and the fifth to sixth weeks (P>0.05). There was statistically significant between the quantities of rib fractures in the first week and the thrid to sixth weeks, the second week and the third to sixth weeks, the third week and the fourth to sixth weeks (P<0.05). Conclusion The result of the study imply that the fourth to sixth week is the optimal time window of MSCT examination in the occult rib fracture.

Comparetive study of CBCT and MSCT in the diagnosis of styloid process syndrome / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

Objective:To investigate the diagnostic value between CBCT and MSCT in the styloid process syndrome. Method:One case with styloid process syndrome is selected examination of CBCT and MSCT in the patient's position of styloid process. The length and the angle of the styloid process in the picture of CBCT and MSCT were measured and had a construct with each other. Result:MSCT is slightly clearer than CBCT in the imaging of styloid process, but there is no obvious difference in the length and angle measurement of styloid process between them. Conclusion:Except for MSCT, CBCT is another important means in the diagnosis of styloid process syndrome, CBCT has a great clinical application value.

The research of the diagnostic value of multislice spiral computed tomographyfor small intestinal stromal tumors / 中国医学装备

Objective:To evaluate the diagnostic value of MSCT for small intestinal stromal tumors.Methods: The MSCT results of 27 cases diagnosed pathologically as small intestinal stromal tumors were retrospectively analyzed.Results: MSCT scan could clearly show the position, size, shape, fat space, density, calcification, growth pattern of the lesions. Enhanced MSCT scan showed that the arterial phase was significantly strengthened, the venous phase was significantly enhanced than the arterial phase, and the delay phase was significantly enhanced than the venous phase. Low-risk tumors were mainly with maximum diameter <5 cm, regular shape, clear fat gap, uniform density, and intraluminal growth-oriented, while high-risk tumors were mainly with maximum diameter ≥5cm, irregular shape, blur fat gap, uneven density, and cavity shape and mixed growth. The differences were statistically significant (x2=6.64,P<0.05).Conclusion:MSCT can be used as a preliminary judgement for benign and malignant small intestinal stromal tumors and its level, which can guide further clinical treatment and prognosis evaluation.

Dynamic observation on optimal time of coronary angiography performed using 1 28-MSCT after taking nitroglycerin and its significance / 吉林大学学报(医学版)

Objective:To investigate the optimal time of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) after taking nitroglycerine,and to provide basis for improving the image quantity of CCTA .Methods:43 patients underwent CCTA were scanned with coronary artery calcium score (CACS)after taking nitroglycerin 0,3,5 and 10 min.Then the diameters of the same coronary artery from the same anatomic location and the expanding rates were measured,and the change regular was analyzed with single factor analysis of variance of SPSS 17.0 software. Results:The average coronary artery expanding rate was 8% 3 min after taking nitroglycerin, and the difference was significant compared with 0 min (P0.05 ).Conclusion:Taking nitroglycerin can significantly expand the diameter of coronary arteries.It is necessary to perform CCTA during 5-1 0 min after taking nitroglycerine.

Comparison of endoscopic ultrasonography and multislice spiral computed tomography for the preoperative staging of Borrmann typeⅣgastric cancer / 中国内镜杂志

Objective To compare the performances of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) in the preoperative staging of Borrmann type Ⅳ gastric cancer. Methods 48 patients involved in this study, all the patients had undergone surgical resection, Borrmann Type Ⅳ gastric cancer had con-firmed and evaluated by EUS and MSCT. Tumor staging was evaluated by Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) staging. The results from the imaging modalities were compared with postoperative histopathological outcomes. Results The overall accuracies of EUS and MSCT for the T staging category were 54.2 % and 79.2 %( = 0.009), respectively. Stratified analysis revealed that the accuracy of MSCT in T3 and T4 staging was significantly higher than that of EUS ( = 0.032 for both). The overall accuracies of EUS and MSCT for the N staging category were both 56.3%. The sensitivity and specificity of EUS and MSCT in N staging were 83.3 %/72.2 % and 66.7 %/91.7 %, respectively. Conclusion MSCT prevail over EUS for Borrmann Type Ⅳ gastric cancer patients with invasion into serosal layer or adjacent organs or with distant metastasis.

Diagnostic value of MSCT in stomach common malignant tumor / 中国医学装备

Objective:To retrospectively analyze the CT features among gastric cancer, gastric lymphoma and gastric malignant stromal tumors, evaluated the application value of MDCT in gastric malignant tumor.Methods: Sixty two patients with gastric malignancies tumor confirmed by pathology underwent MDCT plain scanning and triphasic contrasted scanning before operation. Referring to the pathological results, to observe the CT signs, include: scope of tumors and involvement, the density of tumors and enhanced characteristics, mucosal membrane, the change of the stomach softness, peripheral lymph node enlargement, the involvement of other organs, and to make statistical analysis for imaging features of these tumors byx2 testing.Results: Sixty two cases of gastric malignant tumor included 42 cases of gastric carcinoma, 12 cases of gastric lymphoma and 8 cases of gastric malignant stromal tumor, were confirmed by postoperative pathology. The CT manifestations were as follows: the stomach mucous membrane surface involvement in all the gastric cancer, the positive rate was significantly higher than gastric lymphoma and stromal tumor. The area involved by lymphoma were more than two partitions, significantly higher than that of gastric cancer and stromal tumor (x2=36.643,x2=20.00;P<0.05). 39 cases (92.8%) of gastric cancer and 8 cases (100%) of malignant stromal tumors were significantly enhanced, but all gastric lymphoma were not obvious enhancement. The positive rate of enlarged lymph nodes in gastric cancer(61.9%) and lymphoma(83.3%) were higher than stromal tumor(12.5%)(x2=9.731,x2=6.603;P<0.05).Conclusion: The CT manifestations of the gastric cancer, lymphoma, malignant stromal tumors had different characteristics. Multislice CT for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of gastric malignant tumor has important value.

A method to correct the characterizations of MDCT / 中国医学装备

Objective:To correct the characterizations of MDCT radiation dose by exploring the relationship between CTDIw,∞ and CTDIw.Methods: CTDI100 and CTDI∞ were measured under the conditions of different collimations, pitches and tube voltages of Siemens Definition Flash CT, and CTDIw and CTDIw,∞ were calculated.Results: There were significant differences between CTDIw and CTDIw,∞ which were measured at 0.05 level. And there were no significant differences between CTDIw,∞ after corrected and CTDIw,∞ which were measured at 0.05 level.Conclusion:The characterizations of MDCT which were commonly used were not accurate enough. The result after correction were very closed to the real CTDIw,∞. This showed that the method to correct CTDIw of Siemens Definition Flash CT was mostly accurate. And methods to correct CTDIw of other MDCT needed to be further studied.

Comparative research with MSCT and CAG in the myocardial bridge-wall diagnostic coronary angiography / 中国医学装备

Objective:To comparative Research with MSCT and CAG in the myocardial bridge-wall diagnostic coronary. Methods: Selected 93 patients for the study in January 2011 to the end of December 2013,MB-MCA patients diagnosed in Beijing North Hospital, all patients underwent catheter coronary angiography (CAG) and 64-slice spiral CT (MSCT), comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of the two inspection methods, and the results of the correlation analysis, results processing and analysis using statistical software SPSS17.0. Results:MSCT and CAG were two examination methods in the diagnosis of superficial and deep type MB-MCA, with a high degree of consistency in the diagnosis of MB-MCA average length, average depth comparison with statistical significance(t=3.021, t=3.758;P<0.05), there was not statistically significant comparison in the narrow detection rate. Conclusion:MSCT as a novel, non-invasive means of MB-MCA examination, the diagnosis results are reliable, accurate and capable of providing a richer diagnostic information for clinicians, clinician and patient can be widely applied.

The diagnostic value of multislice spiral CT enterography in patients with primary tumors of the small intestine / 中国综合临床

Objective To explore the diagnostic value of multislice spiral CT enterography(MSCTE) in patients with primary tumors of the small intestine.Methods Clinical data of 40 patients with primary tumors of the small intestine from Jan.2011 to Dec.2013 were analyzed.All patients were underwent MSCTE examination.Analyzed the coincidence rate between diagnostic results and pathological diagnosis.Results Pathological diagnosis of all patients showed that 15 cases were with small intestinal stromal tumors,10 cases with primary intestinal adenocarcinoma,9 cases with intestinal lymphoma and 6 cases with leiomyoma.The diagnoses of MSCTE were as follows:Twelve cases were with gastro intestinalstromaltumors,10 cases with primary intestinal adenocarcinoma,9 cases with intestinal lymphoma and 9 cases with leiomyoma.Consistency test(Kappa test) results showed that there was a good consistency between two dignosis methods(Kappa values =0.71).The coincidence rate of MSCTE in the diagnosis of primary tumors of the small intestine was 92.5％.Conclusion MSCTE is a convenient and safe method with high degree of accuracy,which provides a broad prospect for the diagnosis of primary tumors of the small intestine.

Multislice spiral CT and MRI in the diagnosis of zygapophyseal joint lesions in patients with ankylosing spondylitis / 医学研究生学报

Objective Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) can affect both the lumbar zygapophyseal joint and the centrum .This study was to compare multislice spiral CT ( MSCT) and MRI in the diagnosis of zygapophyseal joint lesions in AS patients and assess the role of zygapophyseal joint lesions in the early diagnosis of AS . Methods We retrospectively analyzed the lumbar imaging data of 41 male patients with AS .Forty-one male AS patients underwent MSCT , 18 receiving normal MRI , and the other 23 diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and CE-T1WI-STIR in addition.Using Fisher′s Exact Test, we compared MSCT and MRI in their detection rates of a-pophyseal joint lesions and positive changes in the zygapophyseal joint and lumbar centrum .Then we analyzed the relation between the zygapophyseal joint lesions and the disease duration . Results The detection rates of zygapophyseal joint and centrum lesions were 90.2%and 58.5%on MSCT (P>0.05), and 80.5%and 46.3%on MRI (P>0.05), respectively.MSCT and MRI exhibited sig-nificant differences in the detection rate of centrum lesions (P0.05). These lesions could appear within 1 year after the onset of AS or ahead of vertebral changes . Conclusion Both MSCT and MRI can manifest zygapophyseal joint lesions , which may develop in the lumbar spine at the early stage of AS , ahead of centrum lesions .This is important for the early diagnosis of AS .

Evaluation of diagnostic ability of CT and diffusion-weighted imaging in extremity soft tissue tumors / 实用医学杂志

Objective To compare the diagnostic value of CT and diffusion-weighted imaging in extremity soft tissue tumors. Methods A total of 104 cases of extremity soft tissue tumors were examined with CT scanning and MRI. All cases were histologically proven. Then we compared the CT value of various types of tumors. The b values of diffusion were 0 and 500 s/mm2. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of a large region with no hemorrhage, necrosis, scar tissue, or calcification representing the lesion were measured. ADC values of benign tumors, malignant tumors and normal muscles were compared. Results There were 68 cases of benign tumors and 36 cases of malignant tumors. The CT findings of 45 cases and the MRI findings of 87cases were in accordance with pathological examination. The diagnosis of 59 cases by CT and 17 cases by MRI were wrong. The CT features of soft tissue tumors showed the low density masses. The features of lipoma or cyst were typical on CT. There were large differences among the different types of tumors performance on T1WI and T2WI. The ADC values of the malignant tumors were significantly lower than those of benign lesion sand muscles (P < 0.01). There was no significant difference in ADC values between benign lesions and muscles. there was significant difference between the detection level of CT and MRI (P < 0.01). Conclusion CT can clearly show soft tissue tumor lesions and to clarify their relationship and the surrounding tissue, but can not accurately characterize. MRI diffusion-weighted imaging can better differentiate benign and malignant, and speculate the histological lesions sources. MRI detection level is significantly higher than CT and more consistent with a higher degree of pathology. Thus in the preoperative diagnosis of soft tissue tumors, diffusion-weighted imaging MRI should be preferred.