He-3 Xe-129 Essentially insoluble in biological tissue Weakly soluble in biological tissue Cannot provide gas exchange information Provides gas exchange information No known side effects CNS (euphoric and anesthetic) side…
Basic protocol (without contrast media) Advanced protocol (contrast media) Localizer TrueFISP transverse and coronal and sagittal, overlapping (2 mm slice thickness, effective) T2 HASTE coronal and transverse (PACE) T2 TSE (BLADE)…
Fig. 1 Three projection images of the same 8-year-old child. a Upright PA view at 180 cm SID with fixed grid using DR; b Upright AP view 4 days prior at 180 cm SID…
Fig. 1 Normal ventilation and perfusion scan. There is a very close match in the distribution of the tracer between the ventilation and the perfusion images. ANT anterior, POST posterior, LAO…
Fig. 9.1 Left image: Intravenous pyelogram demonstrating normal configuration of a left kidney with upper-pole (white arrows), mid-pole (red arrows), and lower-pole (blue arrows) calyces. Right image: MR urogram of…
Fig. 11.1 Wilms’ tumor. Grayscale ultrasound of the right kidney (a). Large heterogeneous echogenic soft tissue mass arising from right upper pole, with small cystic regions representing necrosis. Surrounding hypoechoic…
Fig. 17.1 Normal testis. Sagittal (a) and transverse (b) views of normal testes demonstrating homogeneous parenchyma. The markers take measurements of testicular size in both dimensions. Spectral Doppler tracing of…
Fig. 5.1 Diagram shows the components of a fluoroscopic imaging chain [4] (Reprinted from Schueler [4]. With permission from Radiological Society of North America) The x-ray generator allows for the…
Fig. 13.1 Abdominal radiograph demonstrates bilateral renal stones and bladder stones which are radiopaque (arrows) Fig. 13.2 Abdominal radiograph demonstrates a round calcification in the left pelvis (arrow). This calcification…
