The value of computed tomography angiography in predicting the surgical effect and prognosis of severe traumatic brain injury.

It is difficult to predict the surgical effect and outcome of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) before surgery. This study aims to approve an evaluation method of computed tomography angiography (CTA) to predict the effect of surgery and outcome in severe TBI. Between January 2010 and January 2020, we retrospectively reviewed 358 severe TBI patients who underwent CTA at admission and reexamination.

The value of 3D high-resolution IR-prepared fast spoiled gradient-recalled MRI in the diagnosis of meningeal carcinomatosis involving the cranial nerves.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical utility of three-dimension (3D) high-resolution inversion recovery (IR)-prepared fast spoiled gradient-recalled (SPGR) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of cranial nerve meningeal carcinomatosis (MC).

Methods: A total of 114 patients with MC from January 2015 to March 2020 were enrolled and their MRIs were analyzed retrospectively. All patients underwent MRIs before being administered a contrast agent.

Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Great Omentum: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Background: We report a case of a 23-year-old man with a solitary fibrous tumor of the great omentum who presented clinically as a case of dull abdominal pain.

Case Presentation: Solitary fibrous tumor normally occurs in the visceral pleura. Extrathoracic solitary fibrous tumor is rare, especially those from the great omentum, with approximately 31 cases reported in the literature.

Application value analysis of magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in the diagnosis of intracranial infection after craniocerebral surgery.

Background: Intracranial infection is a common clinical disease. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have certain sensitivity and have good diagnostic efficacy.

Aim: To study the application value of MRI and CT in the diagnosis of intracranial infection after craniocerebral surgery.

Hypoglossal Nerve Lesions: The Role of a 3D IR-Prepped Fast SPGR High-Resolution 3T MRI Sequence.

Background And Purpose: To assess a 3D high-resolution IR-prepped fast SPGR high-resolution MRI sequence for evaluating hypoglossal nerve lesions.

Methods: The clinical data of 8 patients with hypoglossal nerve lesions admitted from December 2011 to February 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. MRI included contrast-enhanced conventional sequences and a 3D IR-prepped fast SPGR high-resolution T1-weighted (BRAVO) MRI sequence at 3T.

Diffusion-weighted imaging in identifying breast cancer pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy: A meta-analysis.

Background: Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is increasingly used to identify pathological complete responses (pCRs) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer. The aim of the present study was to assess the utility of DWI using a pooled analysis.

Materials And Methods: Literature databases were searched prior to July 2017.

Direct comparison of cardiovascular magnetic resonance and single-photon emission computed tomography for detection of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis.

Objective: To use direct comparative studies or randomised controlled trials to compare the accuracy of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for the detection of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD).

Materials And Methods: Various databases were searched for original articles published prior to June 2013. Studies were selected that performed both CMR and SPECT in the same or randomised patients to detect CAD and that presented sufficient data to allow construction of contingency tables.

Reconstruction of the portal vein with 64-slice spiral CT of bile duct obstruction.

The aim of this study was to evaluate 64-slice spiral CT image reconstruction of the portal vein in biliary obstruction. A total of 34 clinical patients with biliary obstruction were confirmed by 64-slice spiral CT scanning with portal venous phase multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) of the biliary tract, curved planar reconstruction (CPR), thin-slab minimum-intensity projection (TS-MinIP) and maximum intensity projection (MIP). The reconstructed images were reviewed to further assess the position and cause of the biliary obstruction and to judge the accuracy of diagnosis.