Ph Peloschek, K Bögl, S Robinson, P Böhm, F Lomoschitz, W Graninger, F Kainberger
{"title":"[Computer-assisted radiologic quantification of hand and foot changes in rheumatoid arthritis].","authors":"Ph Peloschek, K Bögl, S Robinson, P Böhm, F Lomoschitz, W Graninger, F Kainberger","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Driven by the increasing implementation of electronical picture archiving and communications system (PACS) into every days practice a fully operative Java application software was developed to support the efficacy of the scoring process in rheumatoid arthritis. This software, namely the \"Rheuma-Coach\" offers the possibility to use the Larsen- or the Ratingen-Score. We measured time savings of approximately 20% per case if this computer assistance was used. The lack of a standard for the positioning of limbs was confirmed.</p>","PeriodicalId":76823,"journal":{"name":"Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplement","volume":" 113","pages":"37-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22276188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[From morphology to function: progress in integrated lung imaging using computerized tomography and magnetic resonance tomography].","authors":"A Bankier","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the last two decades diagnostic imaging of the pulmonary system has been improved dramatically with computed tomography (CT). Especially with high-resolution computed tomography techniques it has become possible to document the various forms of interstitial lung disease in detail. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been accepted for investigating abnormalities of the Mediastinum and of the chest wall. Magnetic resonance imaging of the lung parenchyma, however, is performed in experimental settings and is not yet used routinely in clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":76823,"journal":{"name":"Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplement","volume":" 113","pages":"20-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22276183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Mammography referral center combined with breast cancer center].","authors":"T H Helbich, M H Fuchsjäger","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Carcinoma of the breast is, with 26.7% of all malignancies, the most commonly diagnosed tumour in women, every eighth female Austrian suffers from this disease. Similar figures are reported from other European countries. Following recommendations of scientific societies like the European School of Mastology (ESOMA) or the British Breast Group, breast diseases should be treated by interdisciplinary teams in dedicated breast centers. Many such institutions exist in Austria and international, but only few of them are organized optimally and fulfill the requirements of an internationally accredited breast cancer centre.</p>","PeriodicalId":76823,"journal":{"name":"Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplement","volume":" 113","pages":"82-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22276714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K Friedrich, F Kainberger, M Breitenseher, G Skrbensky, H Imhof
{"title":"[Kinematic magnetic resonance tomography in functional disorders of joints and vertebral articulations].","authors":"K Friedrich, F Kainberger, M Breitenseher, G Skrbensky, H Imhof","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Imaging studies of peripheral joints and of vertebral junctions are of major importance in the diagnosis of many degenerative diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Radiograms with flexion and extension views are regarded as standard for diagnosing abnormalities of the spine, the patello-femoral joint, and other articulations. With magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), kinematic studies can be performed analogously. With high gradient field strengths and in-phase and opposed-phase gradient echo sequences it is possible to study the motion of joints continuously. First results show that this technique may be added to static magnetic resonance imaging sequences in certain cases with hypermobility or instability of the knee and other major joints.</p>","PeriodicalId":76823,"journal":{"name":"Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplement","volume":" 113","pages":"51-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22276794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Lymph node staging and diagnostic imaging--status quo and future prospects].","authors":"P Wunderbaldinger","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Exact lymph node staging is crucial to tumor staging and outcome, as well as therapy planning. Due to the low specificity and sensitivity of current imaging methods, invasive, expansive and uncomfortable diagnostic procedures are still widely used, often in conjunction with imaging. This brief overview is intended to summarize current imaging strategies and to give an outlook on new experimental imaging strategies which may play an important role in lymph node staging.</p>","PeriodicalId":76823,"journal":{"name":"Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplement","volume":" 113","pages":"85-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22276715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Prostatic carcinoma: current status of diagnostic imaging].","authors":"B N Bloch, T Helbich, Gertraud Heinz-Peer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prostate carcinoma showed a strong increase in industrial countries and today it is the second common cause of cancer related death. Prostate specific antigen allows early detection of prostate cancer, US-guided biopsy is employed for proof of diagnosis. The role of imaging has been discussed very contrarily. However, different options for treatment of prostate cancer and last but not least technological advances of different imaging modalities seem to reassess the role of imaging in prostate cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":76823,"journal":{"name":"Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplement","volume":" 113","pages":"89-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22276716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Digital radiography: from storage phosphor plates to direct detector systems].","authors":"Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop, M Uffmann, A Stadler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>All three currently commercially available systems for digital radiography of the chest such as the selenium drum, storage phosphor plates and the flat panel direct detector systems provide an excellent image quality that is at least equivalent or superior to that of conventional film. Reasons for that are the continuously improved detective or dose efficiency of the detector systems and an improved image processing. The new direct detector systems have the largest potential for dose reduction while storage phosphor and selenium radiographs are usually obtained with a dose comparable to that of a 400 speed system. Improved image processing algorithms allow for the production of digital images that are adapted to the conventional image characteristics within the lung regions combined with an increased transparency of the high absorption areas such as the retrocardial and retrodiaphragmatic regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":76823,"journal":{"name":"Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplement","volume":" 113","pages":"30-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22276186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[In situ ductal carcinoma of the breast: a diagnostic challenge].","authors":"M H Fuchsjäger, T H Helbich","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) represents a heterogenous group of lesions nowadays most commonly detected by mammography. The biological behaviour of ductal carcinoma in situ ranges from clinically occult, indolent, essentially benign lesions to precursors of invasive carcinoma. This work gives a review on the natural history of this disorder, and focuses on its imaging features. Stress is laid on the pivotal role of mammography in the management of ductal carcinoma in situ. The recent literature is reviewed.</p>","PeriodicalId":76823,"journal":{"name":"Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplement","volume":" 113","pages":"69-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22276712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Molecular imaging].","authors":"K Turetschek, P Wunderbaldinger","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The disclosure of the human genoma, the progress in understanding of diseases on molecular and cellular levels, the discovery of new disease-specific targets, and the development of new medications will revolutionize our understanding of the etiology and the treatment of many disease entities. Radiologists are faced with a paradigm shift from unspecific to specific molecular imaging techniques as well as with enormous speed in the development of new methods and should be enrolled actively in this field of medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":76823,"journal":{"name":"Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplement","volume":" 113","pages":"28-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22276185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}