CT and MRI imaging in Sweden: retrospective appropriateness analysis of large referral samples.

Objectives: The numbers of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations per capita continue to increase in Sweden and in other parts of Europe. The appropriateness of CT and MRI examinations was audited using established European appropriateness criteria. Alternative modalities were also explored.

No volume effect on retrograde colonic spread of rectally-administered ropivacaine gel.

Background: Rectal administration of enemas, foams and suppositories is the most efficient way to deliver locally acting drugs to the distal colon. Ropivacaine, a long-acting local anaesthetic, was chosen as a candidate for a new rectal treatment of ulcerative colitis.

Aim: To determine the colonic spread of a rectal ropivacaine formulation.

V/Q distribution and correlation to atelectasis in anesthetized paralyzed humans.

Regional ventilation and perfusion were studied in 10 anesthetized paralyzed supine patients by single-photon emission computerized tomography. Atelectasis was estimated from two transaxial computerized tomography scans. The ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) distribution was also evaluated by multiple inert gas elimination.

Preoperative radiographic evaluation of implant sites by computed tomography. Radiation dose profiles.

The purpose of the present study was to compare radiation dose profiles for one and two mm slice thicknesses typically used for preoperative computed tomographic examination of potential implant sites. A Siemens Somatom DRH CT-system was used. A single two mm slice absorbed only 29% of the integral dose and a single one mm slice, absorbed only 17% of the integral dose.

Basic technical properties of a system for direct acquisition of digital intraoral radiographs.

The Sens-A-Ray system for direct digital intraoral radiography may be used with any computer compatible with an IBM PC/AT. The system relies on a charge-coupled device designed for direct conversion of x-ray energy to an electronic signal. It is the first such device for direct acquisition of radiographs.