Related to radiology in general and Indian radiology in particular

2005/04/29

Transdermal patches causing burns in MRI

I guess at some point in time we need to start asking if patients are wearing transdermal patches. There have been many reports of patients getting burns when the patches have aluminium or foil backing.

Siemens and Massachusetts General Hospital Explore Prototype Area-Detector Volume CT Scanning; Siemens SOMATOM Sensation Serves as Model to the Future

Wonder when this will be a reality. Imagining 768 CT slices / rotation over 18cm is mind-blogging (sorry boggling). Volume CT, wow!

2005/04/26

Evaluation of interstitial lung disease in mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) -- Bodolay et al. 44 (5): 656 -- Rheumatology

This article from Hungary is an interesting article on the spectrum of HRCT findings in patients with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD). A good number of unselected patients had interstial disease, and many of them responded to treatment.