[Value and acceptance of risk assessment for Alzheimer's disease].

Background: It is quite common that people suffering from cognitive impairment only visit a doctor when the symptoms have already reached an advanced stage. This is often due to a fear of Alzheimer’s disease or a dread of exhausting diagnostic procedures and exposure of personal details; however, an early diagnosis and therapy increases the chance of preserving the quality of life for a longer period of time.

Objectives: Evaluation of a risk assessment for Alzheimer’s disease by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with respect to the acceptance and value by participants.

[Use of G-CSF (Neupogen) in multimodal treatment in radiotherapy].

Background: Therapy-induced leukopenias with corresponding consequences repeatedly occur in radiotherapy using combined modalities treatment. In radiotherapy, where G-CSF (granulocyte-colony-stimulating-factor) is not licensed, G-CSF has been used successfully under individual circumstances. These results were confirmed in several studies with small patient groups.

[Diagnosis of pleural effusion in intensive care patients with supine digital thoracic imaging. A study of CT validated cases].

Purpose: The significance of the recumbent chest x-ray using digital luminescence radiography was to be assessed in respect of diagnosis of pleural effusions.

Material And Methods: Three experienced radiologists evaluated 32 digital recumbent chest x-rays of 32 intensive-care patients. The radiologists were asked to estimate the effusion volume and to assess whether typical x-ray signs of pleural effusions were seen.

[Ultrasound volumetry of cervical lymph nodes during radiotherapy as a method of therapy monitoring].

Purpose: Volumetric changes of cervical lymph nodes during radiotherapy (RT) should be evaluated with B-mode sonography. It was our intention to test whether ultrasound could be used for therapeutic monitoring.

Method: 30 lymph nodes of 20 patients were measured.