Hepatic Involvement in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome-Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma: A Descriptive Analysis on CT, MRI, and Ultrasound.

Purpose: To retrospectively analyse the different imaging manifestations of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated hepatic Kaposi's sarcoma (AIDS-HKS) on CT, MRI, and Ultrasound.

Patients And Methods: Eight patients were enrolled in the study. Laboratory tests of liver function were performed.

The Enhancement of Hepatic Parenchyma and Portal Vein in different CLD Groups: A Comparative Study of Gadoxetic Acid and Gadopentetate Dimeglumine.

Background: Chronic liver disease (CLD) will affect the enhancement of hepatic parenchyma and portal vein on abdominal-enhanced MRI.

Objective: To investigate the difference in liver parenchyma and portal vein enhancement in patients with CLD of different liver function grades between Gd- EOB-DTPA and Gd-DPTA in the portal venous phase (PVP).

Methods: This retrospective study included 218 patients with CLD who had undergone abdominal enhanced MRI from January 2019 to June 2020.

T2-weighted imaging and dynamic contrast‑enhanced imaging in predicting the prognosis in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure.

Background: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a syndrome with high 28- and 90-day mortality rates. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been widely used to diagnose and evaluate liver disease. Our purpose is to determine the value of the imaging features derived from Gd-DTPA-enhanced MRI for predicting the poor outcome of patients with ACLF and develop a clinically practical radiological score.

Establishment and evaluation of a CT-based radiomic model for AIDS-associated pulmonary cryptococcosis.

Background: Establish a CT-based diagnostic radiomic model for AIDS complicated with pulmonary cryptococcosis and evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of this model.

Methods: This retrospective study enrolled 98 AIDS patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis and 103 AIDS patients with other infections or neoplastic lesions, comprising a total of 699 lesions. Patients were randomly divided into a training group and test group at a ratio of 2.

Long-Term Follow-Up Study of COVID-19: Evaluation on Thin-Slice CT.

Purpose: To retrospectively analyse the CT imaging during the long-term follow-up of COVID-19 patients after discharge.

Patients And Methods: A total of 122 patients entered the study group. All patients underwent CT examinations.

CT appearances, patterns of progression, and follow-up of COVID-19: evaluation on thin-section CT.

Background: To retrospectively analyze CT appearances and progression pattern of COVID-19 during hospitalization, and analyze imaging findings of follow-up on thin-section CT.

Methods: CT findings of 69 patients with COVID-19 were evaluated on initial CT, peak CT, and pre-discharge CT. CT pattern were divided into four types on CT progression.

CT imaging and pathological basis of linear shadow connecting pulmonary segmental artery to horizontal fissure.

To investigate the computed tomography (CT) imaging and pathological basis of the linear shadows connecting pulmonary segmental arteries to horizontal fissure (hereinafter referred to as "linear shadow") on thin-slice CT.Collect 127 clinical cases to analyze the display and morphology of linear shadows on the thin-slice CT and to measure their length, thickness, and angle. Collect 11 autopsy specimens of coal worker's pneumoconiosis to conduct an imaging and pathology basis control study for the linear shadows.

Chest CT Evaluation of 11 Persistent Asymptomatic Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

In total, 11 asymptomatic carriers who underwent nasal or oropharyngeal swab tests for SARS-CoV-2 after being in close contact with patients who developed symptomatic 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were enrolled in this study. The chest multidetector computed tomography (CT) images of the enrolled patients were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed. The findings of the first chest CT were normal in 3 (27.

CT findings of COVID-19 in follow-up: comparison between progression and recovery.

Purpose: We aimed to retrospectively analyze the imaging changes detected in the follow-up of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients on thin-section computed tomography (CT).

Methods: We included 54 patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The mean interval between the initial and follow-up CT scans was 7.

Imaging Features of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Evaluation on Thin-Section CT.

Rationale And Objectives: To retrospectively analyze the chest imaging findings in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on thin-section CT.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-three patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection underwent thin-section CT examination. Two chest radiologists independently evaluated the imaging in terms of distribution, ground-glass opacity (GGO), consolidation, air bronchogram, stripe, enlarged mediastinal lymph node, and pleural effusion.

MRI findings of AIDS-related giant facial Kaposi's sarcoma: A case report.

Rationale: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is the most common malignant tumor in HIV-infected people and occurs mainly in the skin, mucous membranes, and lymph nodes. Approximately 33% of the initial skin manifestations of AIDS and approximately 35% to 79% of KS occur during disease progression. Otherwise, AIDS-related facial KS that was simultaneously examined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is rare.

Linear shadows that connect oblique fissures and costal pleurae on the superior segments of lower lobes: evaluating the imaging findings on thin-slice lung CT.

Objective: To retrospectively analyse the imaging findings of the linear shadows that connect the oblique fissures and the costal pleurae on the superior segments of the lower lobes on thin-slice lung CT.

Materials And Methods: Thin-slice CT scans of 221 cases of normal lungs and 86 abnormal lungs were collected. The parameters of the imaging observations included the existence of the superior segmental linear shadow, its morphology, length, and starting position, bird-beak sign, and adjacent structures on the pleural end.

Short linear shadows connecting pulmonary segmental arteries to oblique fissures in volumetric thin-section CT images: comparing CT, micro-CT and histopathology.

Objectives: To retrospectively evaluate short linear shadows connecting pulmonary segmental arteries to oblique fissures in thin-section CT images and determine their anatomical basis.

Methods: CT scanning was performed on 108 patients and 11 lung specimens with no lung diseases around the oblique fissures or hila. Two radiologists evaluated the imaging.

Volumetric thin-section CT: evaluation of pulmonaryinterlobar fissures.

Purpose: We aimed to perform an imaging analysis of interlobar fissures and their variations using thin-section computed tomography (CT).

Methods: Volumetric thin-section CT scanning was performed in 208 subjects. Interlobar fissures were observed on axial images, and reconstructed coronal and sagittal images were observed by multiplanar reformatting (MPR).

Cardiovascular parameters to assess the severity of acute pulmonary embolism with computed tomography.

Background: Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) has been established as a first-line test in the acute pulmonary embolism (APE) diagnostic algorithm, but the assessment of the severity of APE by this method remains to be explored.

Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate right ventricular (RV) dysfunction and severity in patients with APE without underlying cardiopulmonary disease using helical computed tomography (CT).

Material And Methods: Seventy-three patients (35 men and 38 women) were divided into two groups according to the clinical findings: severe APE (n=22) and non-severe APE (n=51).