目的 探讨多层螺旋CT血管造影（CTA）在主动脉夹层中的诊断价值及临床应用。 方法 回顾性分析2010年2月－2011年4月35例行CTA检查的主动脉夹层患者，所有患者原始数据在图像后处理工作站采用多平面重建、容积再重建、最大密度投影等方法进行主动脉成像。由2名有经验的放射科副主任医师进行诊断。 结果 35例均可明确显示主动脉夹层的真假腔、内膜片及破裂口部位。Ⅰ型12例，Ⅱ型3例，Ⅲ型20例；累及左锁骨下动脉5例，左颈总动脉2例，无名动脉2例，腹腔干3例，肠系膜上动脉4例，左肾动脉3例，右肾动脉2例，右髂总动脉受累6例，左髂总动脉受累8例，其中双侧髂总动脉均受累4例；合并动脉瘤3例；壁内血肿4例；所有患者均显示了单一或多发破口。 结论 CTA及图像后处理技术能快速、准确地诊断主动脉夹层，为临床治疗方案选择提供重要的影像学依据。
Objective To investigate the relationship between preoperative mean daily step counts and pulmonary complications after thoracoscopic lobectomy in elderly patients. Methods From 2018 to 2021, the elderly patients with pulmonary complications after thoracoscopic lobectomy were included. A 1∶1 propensity score matching was performed with patients without pulmonary complications. The clinical data were compared between the two groups. ResultsTotally, 100 elderly patients with pulmonary complications were enrolled, including 78 males and 22 females, aged 66.4±4.5 years. And 100 patients without pulmonary complications were matched, including 71 males and 29 females aged 66.2±5.0 years. There was no significant difference in the preoperative data between the two groups (P>0.05). Compared to the patients with pulmonary complications, the ICU stay was shorter (8.1±4.4 h vs. 12.9±7.5 h, P＜0.001), the first out-of-bed activity time was earlier (8.8±4.5 h vs. 11.2±6.1 h, P=0.002), and the tube incubation time was shorter (19.3±9.2 h vs. 22.5±9.4 h, P=0.015) in the patients wihout pulmonary complications. There was no statistical difference in other perioperative data between the two groups (P>0.05). The mean daily step counts in the pulmonary complications group were significantly less than that in the non-pulmonary complications group (4 745.5±2 190.9 steps vs. 6 821.1±2 542.0 steps, P＜0.001). The daily step counts showed an upward trend for three consecutive days in the two groups, but the difference was not significant. Conclusion The decline of preoperative mean daily step counts is related to pulmonary complications after thoracoscopic lobectomy in elderly patients. Recording daily step counts can promote preoperative active exercise training for hospitalized patients.
Objective To analyze the ability of spectral CT imaging in displaying breast cancer lesions and explore the value of spectral CT imaging in detecting breast cancer. Methods The spectral CT images with different parameters of sixty-eight breast cancer lesions confirmed by pathology between July 2013 and February 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. The contrast noise ratio (CNR) and signal to noise ratio (SNR) as well as the ability in detecting breast cancer of the images with different parameters were compared. Results Fat-water material decomposition images showed breast cancer lesions best. Iodine-water material decomposition images had the lowest CNR. 70 keV monochromatic images and the monochromatic of best CNR images had better SNR. Fat-water material decomposition images detected all of the breast cancer lesions. Conventional CT plain scan detected least lesions. Conclusion Spectral CT imaging, especially fat-water material decomposition images, can show breast cancer lesions well, which has the potential application for detection of breast cancer lesions.