The phrase "as the first imaging" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to an initial imaging process or instance, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "The results were promising, as the first imaging revealed significant improvements in the patient's condition."
Alternatives: "as the initial imaging" or "as the primary imaging".
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Small Bowel (MR Enterography, or MRE) is becoming increasingly popular as the first imaging modality for the diagnosis and follow-up of small bowel diseases.
US should be used as the first imaging modality in patients with renal colic.
Based on these data, lung US cannot be considered as the first imaging test but a possible alternative to CTPA when the latter is contraindicated.
It is also considered as the first imaging technique for the evaluation of patients with acute onset of flank pain by The American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria [4].
In patients presenting with pain that is thought to originate in the gynaecological tract, ultrasound is usually employed as the first imaging modality as it is highly sensitive, fast and easy to access.
However, it may be difficult to localise the site of origin of the symptoms to the gynaecological tract due to the significant overlap in symptoms and signs with gastrointestinal pathologies, and CT may be selected as the first imaging modality.
As CT is the first imaging method of choice in the diagnosis of acute PE and currently considered the gold standard for PE, assessment of RV function on CT is a practical first step and should be evaluated in every patient with PE at CT. Cardiac echocardiography in general has a lower availability and has no proven additional value once CT has been performed.
Mammography and sonography are considered the first imaging methods performed as standard of care in the nipple discharge diagnostic evaluation.
Importantly, KO neurons exhibited reductions in SV release as early as the second imaging time point (i.e., 1 sec, 20 Hz stimulation), consistent with electrophysiological recordings in Figure 3C.
Not only was gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI assessment associated with the lowest proportion of patients for whom the surgical plan had to be modified, but as the second imaging modality after CE-CT it prevented unnecessary surgery in four patients and contradicted the initial CE-CT assessment of unresectability in one patient, who subsequently underwent successful resection.
Peripheral Doppler ultrasound has substituted for conventional angiography and digital subtraction angiography as the first line imaging technique for the diagnosis of PAD, while MR angiography is another non-invasive technique emerging into clinical practice [83, 91, 92].
