Authors: Niki Fitousi, Anna Romanyukha, Stuart Utting
Affiliation: University Hospitals Dorset, Qaelum NV
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For increased patient safety and with a focus on sustainability in the radiology department, efforts are being made to optimize contrast media usage. In this study, the possibility of util...
Authors: Zahra Alyani Nezhad, Carrie Bartels, Rachel Bladorn, Sean D. Rose, Kelsey Schluter, Timothy P. Szczykutowicz
Affiliation: Departments of Radiology and Medical Physics, University Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Texas at Houston Medical School, University of Wisonsin-Madison
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening condition, and computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is the gold standard for diagnosis. Inadequate contrast enhancement often leads to a h...
Authors: Zahra Alyani Nezhad, Carrie Bartels, Rachel Bladorn, Sean D. Rose, Kelsey Schluter, Timothy P. Szczykutowicz
Affiliation: Departments of Radiology and Medical Physics, University Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Texas at Houston Medical School, University of Wisonsin-Madison
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study presents a scientifically quantified case study that underscores the importance of the medical physicist’s contribution to contrast enhancement optimization.
Methods: CT pulmona...
Authors: Zhaohui Han, Piotr Zygmanski
Affiliation: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Real-time motion tracking/gating are oftentimes limited to a single sagittal plane on many magnetic resonance linear accelerators (MR-Linac). Out-of-plane motion is therefore difficult to det...