The phrase "as the initial imaging" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a comparison or a reference to the first imaging process or results in a specific context, such as medical imaging or photography.
Example: "The results were consistent with the findings as the initial imaging indicated a significant anomaly."
Alternatives: "like the initial imaging" or "similar to the initial imaging".
Current guidelines recommend CT scan or magnetic resonance imaging as the initial imaging modalities for the work-up of suspected pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs).
We sought to determine whether 16-slice multidetector CT angiography (CTA) has sufficient negative predictive value for use as the initial imaging examination for patients with suspected blunt carotid and vertebral artery injury (BCVI) and to estimate the positive predictive value of different screening criteria in assessing BCVI.
Following presentation, TVUS is widely accepted as the initial imaging modality.
Their pathway established US as the initial imaging modality, and CT was recommended only if US was "equivocal".
High resolution head ultrasound can be performed as the initial imaging, followed by CT or MRI [6].
MRA can be used as the initial imaging test, particularly in young patients or those who cannot receive iodinated contrast.
Excluding the remaining tissue category, the three source regions with the highest mean initial 18F activity uptake (defined as that at the initial imaging time point which was nominally 2 min p.i). were the liver at 18.3 ± 2.9% (range 15.6 23.8%), the lung at 5.1 ± 0.8% (range 3.9 5.9%) and the kidney at 4.5 ± 0.5% (range 3.8 5.1%).
The initial imaging processing defines unique correlation areas known as macro-image facets, typically 5 20 pixels square, across the entire imaging area.
The initial imaging modality in childhood osteomyelitis is conventional imaging.
Radiography is the initial imaging study of choice [41].
The initial imaging reports were used for the primary analysis.
