Usually the SIJs are imaged with a dedicated examination focusing on the sacrum and SIJs.
Quantitative CT (QCT) of the spine was initially established as dedicated examination of the bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine using single-slice CT scanners.
Neuroimaging requires transfer of the patient to a dedicated examination site equipped with special devices, which makes it difficult to apply it to individuals who are receiving high doses of inotropes or circulatory support with an extracorporeal device.
Examination of the cells dedicated for examination of cell viability by Trypan Blue staining showed that the vast majority of recovered cells excluded the dye from their cytoplasm.
The facility includes a dedicated orthopedic examination and treatment area that consists of a day time patient ward, and clinician and technician office space.
Where previously cardiac pathologies required dedicated cardiac examination protocols, these technical improvements enable detailed cardiac assessment on routine standard (not electrocardiographically triggered) chest CTs [1].
He describes this as a period of Apostasy and that he later found his way back to faith: Traherne dedicated considerable examination to the subject of sin and its place vis-a-vis the church doctrines.
The health examinations centers (HEC) perform 550,000 periodic examinations dedicated to screening, prevention and health education each year; people over 60 years old represent about 20% of those receiving periodic examinations.
To our knowledge, this is the first study investigating the possibility of accessing the coronary arteries during whole-chest CT angiographic examinations obtained without ECG synchronisation or beta-blockade, which strongly differs from conditions of dedicated cardiac CT examinations.
As expected, these results are substantially lower than those reported from dedicated cardiac CT examinations [6] and should be compared to those reported from whole-chest CT examinations obtained with ECG gating.
