Aims and objectives
Two series for evaluation of liver,
(arterial and venous) are usually used for the localization / diagnosis of hypo and hyper vascular lesions.
The purpose of this research study will be the observed concordance between the images appeared in both phases with the final objective to assess the need or otherwise of its realization,
to try to achieve this optimization of resources and protocols in the service of our hospital radiology,
as well as a decrease in the dose of radiation received by the patient....
Methods and materials
We conducted an observational study of diagnostic concordance between two quantitative methods of detection of liver metastases.
It has been carried out a retrospective data collection of the images of 34 patients to which this study was performed between the months of July 2013 and June 2014,
in any of two Philips Multislice CT equipment,
Brillance model,
with 16 and 64 channels we have.
It will be a statistical analysis using parametric technical t-student,
in order to understand the distribution of collected data: location measures...
Results
With regard to the observations made by the radiologist and ourselves,
the results were:
After analyzing (Fig.
8)we see a homogeneous sample of a population of elderly close to 70 years old,
without a clear genetic predisposition by gender,
since the sample is compensated for both men and women.
In view of (Fig.
9)it is not observed the initial condensation of cancer patients in a clear age profile,
being homogeneously distributed throughout the sample.
During the evaluation of (Fig.
10),
a significant clinical evidence that...
Conclusion
For all scientific data mentioned so far and although our study reveals that in the Arterial phase in some cases all injuries are not valued,
we want to emphasize its importance and its inclusiveness in the routine diagnostic protocol for the scientific evidence that we have found at respect regarding differentiation thereof in the case of being hypervascular metastases (7).
As well as differentiation in the case of very small lesions,
as indicated by Honda et al,
in their article that shows that by adding...
Personal information
Susana Tomé García,
TSID HGU Gregorio Marañón of Madrid,
Madrid,Spain,
Licenciated Radiology Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra,
Coimbra,
Portugal.
Jaime García Calonge,TSID HGU Gregorio Marañón of Madrid,
Madrid,
Spain.
Licenciated Radiology Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra,Coimbra,
Portugal.
Enrique Ramón Botella,
Radiologist HGU Gregorio Marañón of Madrid,
Madrid,
Spain.
Mario Monteiro,
Associate Professor Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde of Coimbra,
Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra,
Coimbra,
Portugal
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