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G Gozzi

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[A protocol for evaluating screen-film systems].

When a competition is made for the supply of sensitive photographic material, each USL is asked, in a time scan of one or more years, to evaluate the characteristics of the screen-film systems proposed by the various companies. In the last years the authors had several opportunities to check different screen-film systems for many Friuli-Venezia Giulia hospitals. For this reason they have set an evaluation form tested after following changes and recently employed in its final version. The check form is reported on in this paper with some personal considerations originated by the authors' experience. The technical parameters which must be evaluated are reported, together with the instrumentation needed to perform the technical examination, the examination modality, and the score-attributing criteria. The evaluation form is very flexible for it allows each Radiology Department to evaluate each parameter in a personal way and to fit it to its own needs.

Clinical Protocols↗

[Ultrasonic-guided fine-needle biopsy of osteolytic lesions].

Percutaneous biopsy of lytic lesions of the bone, in the past pertaining to orthopedic surgeons, has now become a part of interventional radiology. Fluoroscopic guidance has simplified its execution. US does not, under normal conditions, allow an accurate examination of the skeleton; on the other hand, when the bone tissue is replaced by soft tissue, US can easily demonstrate the presence of a tumefaction, caused by a lytic lesion, and determine its characteristics. Eleven patients with lytic lesions (recognized on plain film) underwent US. The lesions were demonstrated. In such cases, biopsy is essential to define their benign or malignant nature, in the latter case if primitive or metastatic, and their histology as well. US is a simple guide to the biopsy of noncorticalized lytic lesions, and it offers consistent advantages over fluoroscopic guidance--i.e. it is easier to perform, it requires no X-ray exposure, it provides with three-dimensional images, the guide is performed in real time, and a choice of the most appropriate (non-necrotic) areas is possible.

Biopsy, Needle↗

[Mammography].

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[Findings in myelographic block. Correlations with computerized tomography image].

Fifteen cases with complete myelographic stop were examined by CT. CT showed stenosis of the spinal canal in 11/12 cases with extradural lesion (92%). The stenosis was or was not associated to disk pathology; one case was due to a large herniated disk. Three cases were due to a neurinoma and were not visualized at CT without intrathecal contrast medium. This situation represents a limitation of CT and therefore an indication for myelography.

Humans↗

[An experimental study of a new ultrasonic scalpel. Observations on the quality of the ultrasonic effect and the prospects for its clinical use on different parenchyma and tissues].

The ultrasonic scalpel has been used for some time in surgery in tissue with a predominantly cellular component since it can be used selectively on the parenchymatous component while respecting the vasculo-stromal component. On the basis of their earlier experience and using a versatile ultrasonic device currently utilised in plastic surgery, the authors subjected a series of animal organs to ultrasonic action at a frequency of 19800 Hz and with an output of 65 Watt. The aim of the study was to evaluate the widest potential in terms of efficiency and safety for the use of a ultrasonic scalpel on a vast range of animal parenchyma (batches of Sprague-Dawley rats). The authors' comments and histological results highlight the striking efficiency of this form of energy in the dissolution of parenchyma while respecting the organ's vascular and stromal components.

Animals↗

[Ultrasonic lipoemulsification: a working definition and ex-vivo study on human adipose tissue].

On the basis of previous reports by other authors which have become increasingly numerous over the past years, we have focused our attention on the use of ultrasonic energy in the medical field to resolve medical and cosmetic problems, such as lipodystrophy and diffuse subcutaneous adiposity. In order to standardise the dissolution times of human subcutaneous adipose tissue we used a ultrasonic generator operating at a constant frequency of 19800 Hz, but which was able to emit a range of power from 0 to 100 Watt. The ultrasounds were applied (according to a scale of power) using a titanium probe to fat samples with a volume of 1 cm until each sample had fully dissolved. This allowed the levels of greatest working efficiency to be established for the most commonly used probes.

Adipose Tissue↗