Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm.

22 Nov 2009 Pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) is an uncommon lesion, which may be associated with different etiologies including congenital cardiovascular diseases, systemic vasculitis, connective tissue diseases, infections, and trauma. Idiopathic PAA is ... Read more...

Strategies for online organ motion correction for intensity-modulated radiotherapy of prostate cancer: prostate, rectum, and bladder dose effects.

13 Nov 2009 PURPOSE: To quantify and evaluate the accumulated prostate, rectum, and bladder dose for several strategies including rotational organ motion correction for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) of prostate cancer using realistic organ motion ... Read more...

Post-radiation reactive changes in a single vertebral body mimicking metastatic pineoblastoma.

30 Oct 2009 This 18-year-old woman presented with headache and diplopia over several months and was found to have an enhancing pineal tumor with resultant obstructive hydrocephalus. Following standard preoperative diagnostic tests, including spinal axis ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Tomography, X-Ray Computed'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm. 22 Nov 2009
• Strategies for online organ motion correction for intensity-modulated radiotherapy of prostate cancer: prostate, rectum, and bladder dose effects. 13 Nov 2009
• Repaired coarctation of the aorta imaged by 64-detector computed tomography. Nov 2009
• Leriche syndrome. Nov 2009
• Post-radiation reactive changes in a single vertebral body mimicking metastatic pineoblastoma. 30 Oct 2009
• Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging. 30 Oct 2009
• Embolization of a giant pediatric, posttraumatic, skull base internal carotid artery aneurysm with a liquid embolic agent. 30 Oct 2009
• Endovascular obliteration of an intracranial pseudoaneurysm: the utility of Onyx. 30 Oct 2009
• Multiple intracranial aneurysms and moyamoya disease associated with microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II: surgical considerations. 30 Oct 2009
• Management of osteoblastoma and osteoid osteoma of the spine in childhood. 30 Oct 2009
• Comparison of accidental and nonaccidental traumatic brain injuries in infants and toddlers: demographics, neurosurgical interventions, and outcomes. 30 Oct 2009
• Neurological injuries from car surfing. 30 Oct 2009
• Clinical outcome after 450 revascularization procedures for moyamoya disease. Clinical article. 30 Oct 2009
• Dural arteriovenous fistulas draining into the petrosal vein or bridging vein of the medulla: possible homologs of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas. Clinical article. 30 Oct 2009
• Subarachnoid hemorrhage and the distribution of drugs delivered into the cerebrospinal fluid. Laboratory investigation. 30 Oct 2009
• Anterior clinoidal meningiomas: functional outcome after microsurgical resection in a consecutive series of 106 patients. Clinical article. 30 Oct 2009
• Dynamic imaging of a model of intracranial saccular aneurysms using ultra-high-resolution flat-panel volumetric computed tomography. Laboratory investigation. 30 Oct 2009
• Angiographic computed tomography with selective microcatheterization in delineating surgical anatomy in the case of a dural arteriovenous fistula. Technical note. 30 Oct 2009
• ABC Surgical Risk Scale for skull base meningioma: a new scoring system for predicting the extent of tumor removal and neurological outcome. Clinical article. 30 Oct 2009
• Temporary extracorporeal jugulosaphenous bypass for the peri-operative management of patients with superior vena caval obstruction: a report of three cases. 30 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Tomography, X-Ray Computed'

Definition: Tomography using x-ray transmission and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image.

Descriptor UI: D014057

Alternative terms: Tomography, X-Ray Computed; X-Ray Computed Tomography; Tomography, Transmission Computed; Computed Tomography, Transmission; Transmission Computed Tomography; Tomography, X Ray Computed; Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted; Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted; Tomography, X-Ray Computerized; Tomography, X Ray Computerized; Tomography, Xray Computed; Computed Tomography, Xray; Xray Computed Tomography; X Ray Computerized Tomography; X Ray Tomography, Computed; X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography; X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography; CAT Scan, X Ray; CAT Scan, X-Ray; CAT Scans, X-Ray; Scan, X-Ray CAT; Scans, X-Ray CAT; X-Ray CAT Scan; X-Ray CAT Scans; Computed Tomography, X-Ray; Computed Tomography, X Ray; Computed X Ray Tomography; Computerized Tomography, X Ray; Computerized Tomography, X-Ray; X-Ray Computerized Tomography; CT Scan, X-Ray; CT Scan, X Ray; CT Scans, X-Ray; Scan, X-Ray CT; Scans, X-Ray CT; X-Ray CT Scan; X-Ray CT Scans; CT X Ray; CT X Rays; X Ray, CT; X Rays, CT; Tomodensitometry; X-Ray Tomography, Computed; Computed X-Ray Tomography; Tomographies, Computed X-Ray; Tomography, Computed X-Ray; Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial; Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial; X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography; X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography; Cine-CT; Cine CT; Electron Beam Computed Tomography; Electron Beam Tomography; Beam Tomography, Electron; Tomography, Electron Beam;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.350.350.810; E01.370.350.600.350.700.810; E01.370.350.700.700.810; E01.370.350.700.810.810; E01.370.350.825.810.810;

Online Note: use TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED to search TOMOGRAPHY, COMPUTERIZED AXIAL 1977-79

History Note: 80; was TOMOGRAPHY, COMPUTERIZED AXIAL 1977-79

Technical Notes: uses x-rays & computer: do not confuse with TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED using radionuclides & computer; "computed tomography" unspecified probably goes here; /instrum: consider also TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; do not confuse entry term ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY with ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY see ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; DF: CT XRAY