Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

[Contrast enhanced CT]

A Kohno1, W Yoshikawa, M Yunoki

  • 1Department of Radiology, Seibo International Catholic Hospital.

Nihon Rinsho. Japanese Journal of Clinical Medicine
|May 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Analysis of Associated Spinal Fractures in Cases of Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage or Skull Fracture.

Malaysian orthopaedic journal·2017
Same author

Impact of T-cell chimerism on relapse after cord blood transplantation for hematological malignancies: Nagoya Blood and Marrow Transplantation Group study.

Bone marrow transplantation·2017
Same author

Hepatitis E virus in donor plasma collected in Japan.

Vox sanguinis·2016
Same author

Influence of melphalan plus fludarabine-conditioning regimen in elderly patients aged ⩾55 years with hematological malignancies.

Bone marrow transplantation·2015
Same author

Patient-reported quality of life after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation or chemotherapy for acute leukemia.

Bone marrow transplantation·2015
Same author

Limited sampling strategies to estimate the area under the concentration-time curve. Biases and a proposed more accurate method.

Methods of information in medicine·2012
Same journal

[Development of novel therapeutics for multiple myeloma and improvement of drug lag].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine·2019
Same journal

[Clinical pharmacy services to patients of immunomodulatory drugs].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine·2019
Same journal

[Therapeutic drug monitoring of the new anti-myeloma drugs in the treatment of multiple myeloma].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine·2019
Same journal

[Prognostic value of minimal residual disease assessment using next-generation sequencing in multiple myeloma].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine·2019
Same journal

[The evaluation of minimal residual disease in multiple myeloma by an allele-specific oligonucleotide real-time PCR].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine·2019
Same journal

[Evaluation of minimal residual disease in myeloma by multiparametric flow cytometry].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine·2019
See all related articles

Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) effectively detects early cancers in organs like the liver and kidneys. However, it is less effective for diagnosing early lung, biliary tract, bladder, uterine, or prostate cancers.

Area of Science:

  • Radiology
  • Oncology
  • Medical Imaging

Background:

  • Computed tomography (CT) is a vital diagnostic imaging tool.
  • The efficacy of CT for early carcinoma detection varies by organ and tumor characteristics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of contrast-enhanced CT, including helical (spiral) CT, in detecting early-stage carcinomas across different organs.
  • To identify the limitations of CT in diagnosing specific early-stage cancers.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of contrast-enhanced CT scans.
  • Comparison of CT's diagnostic capability for early carcinomas in the lungs, liver, pancreas, kidneys, biliary tract, bladder, uterus, and prostate.

Main Results:

  • Contrast-enhanced CT is less effective for early lung carcinoma due to minimal attenuation differences.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Helical (spiral) CT with contrast enhancement significantly improves the detection of small carcinomas in the liver, pancreas, and kidneys.
  • Small carcinomas in the biliary tract, bladder, uterus, and prostate remain difficult to detect even with enhanced helical CT.

    • Conclusions:

    • The utility of contrast-enhanced CT for early carcinoma detection is organ-dependent.
    • Helical CT offers improved diagnostic capabilities for certain abdominal cancers.
    • Further advancements are needed for detecting early-stage carcinomas in the lungs and certain pelvic/biliary organs.