[Consensus double reading of mammograms in private practice].

Purpose: To evaluate retrospectively the results of consensus double reading of mammograms in a private practice for a period of 1.5 years (November 2001 to March 2003).

Materials And Method: Two independent experts with dedicated training read all mammograms on a weekly basis.

Automated vessel edge detection in velocity-encoded cine-MR (VEC-MR) flow measurements: a retrospective evaluation in critically ill patients.

Objective: To assess feasibility of automated edge detection in magnetic resonance (MR) flow calculations in a clinical setting with critically ill patients.

Material And Methods: Velocity encoded cine-MR (VEC-MR) flow measurements cross-sectional area (CSA), mean spatial velocity (MSV), instantaneous flow (IF), flow (F), 0.5 T Philips, TR 800-800, TE=8 ms, 30 degrees flip angle, FOV 280 mm, 128 x 256 matrix, temporal resolution 16 time frames/RR, VENC=120 cm/s) were obtained in 20 major thoracic human vessels (ascending aorta, main, right and left pulmonary artery-AAO, MPA, RPA, LPA) of five patients, suffering from severe chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).

[The value of sonography in the intensive care unit for the diagnosis of diaphragmatic paralysis].

Purpose: To assess the value of bedside sonography in the detection of diaphragmatic paralysis in patients in the intensive care unit.

Methods: In this study, 100 patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit after thoracic operations were evaluated. Sonography of each hemidiaphragm was performed with coronal scans at the mid-axillary line on both sides with the patient supine.