Rationale and Objectives Computed tomography (CT) section thickness and reconstruction kernel each influence CT measurements of emphysema. This study was performed to assess whether their effects ...

Rationale and Objectives Chest radiographic findings are important for diagnosis and management of tuberculosis. The reliability of these findings is therefore of interest. We sought to describe i...

Rationale and Objectives The aim of this study was to compare tumor signal and contrast media uptake characteristics on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted sequences at 3 Tesla over 30 minutes after dou...

Rationale and Objectives To prospectively evaluate the influence of the clinical pretest probability assessed by the Morise score onto image quality and diagnostic accuracy in coronary dual-source...

Rationale and Objectives The long-term prospects for patients with peripheral-arterial-occlusive disease (PAOD) must be considered in the context of coexistent generalized atherosclerosis. We soug...

Rationale and Objectives To demonstrate the correlation of proinflammatory cytokines (PCs), intercellular adhesion molecule (sICAM-1), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) i...

Rationale and Objectives To compare diffusion-weighted (DW) with standard T2-weighted imaging for quantitative evaluation of small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhosis. Materials and Metho...

Rationale and Objectives This novel study aims to investigate texture parameters in distinguishing healthy breast tissue and breast cancer in breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A specific ai...

Rationale and Objectives Atherothrombosis usually occurs on macrophage- and lipid-rich unstable plaque, but rarely on smooth muscle cell (SMC)-rich stable plaque. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

Rationale and Objectives This study was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of the use of phase-contrast computed tomographic (CT) imaging for the identification of articular cartilage abnorma...