W Hruby

Hong Kong J Radiol 2002;5:3-13

The world's first entirely digital radiology system was planned in 1988 and implemented in 1992 in the Danube Hospital of the Socio Medical Care Centre East in Vienna, Austria. An overview is provided of a decade's experience in digital radiology,

PL Munk, SGF Ho, GM Legiehn, MJ Lee, DC Morris

Hong Kong J Radiol 2002;5:14-8

Objective: To determine the frequency and magnitude of decreases in renal function, haemoglobin levels, and platelet count after chemoembolisation in patients with liver tumours.

Materials and Methods: Eighteen patients with a mean age of 59 years (range, 37 to 78

WY Ho, KK Wong, YL Leung, KC Cheng, FTH Ho

Hong Kong J Radiol 2002;5:24-8

Objectives: To measure external radiation doses and estimate internal radiation doses (due to the process of radionuclide injection) to staff members working in a nuclear medicine department over a 1-year period; to assess the possible radiation doses to staff members

KY Lau, M Au-Yeung, TH Tsoi, DJ Roebuck, LTH Tan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2002;5:29-34

Dural sinus thrombosis is a diagnosis that is not commonly thought of in the first instance by radiologists and clinicians, especially when the clinical presentation is not specific. We describe the clinical presentation of three patients with acute thrombosis of

K Wang, SSS Lo, KW Chan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2002;5:39-42

The characteristic imaging features of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension are described. This is a very rare disorder; prompt surgical treatment affords good results. The complementary use of the ventilation/perfusion scan and CT pulmonary angiogram in diagnosis, and exclusion of other

CS Cheng, WH Yeung, WK Kwok, WH Kwan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2002;5:47-9

Primary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung is a rare tumour. We report a patient with a solitary pulmonary nodule, unchanged on follow-up CT scans of the thorax over two years, but subsequently confirmed on histology as a lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of

PL Munk, LO Marchinkow, WC Torreggiani, MJ Lee

Hong Kong J Radiol 2002;5:63-8

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common inflammatory arthropathy worldwide, but may be less prevalent in Asian populations. The spectrum of magnetic resonance imaging findings encountered in the musculoskeletal system in this disease are discussed. The role of magnetic resonance imaging

KY Lau

Hong Kong J Radiol 2002;5:69-72

Traditionally, tunnelled central venous catheter insertions have been performed by surgeons. However, there is an increasing trend towards central catheters being placed by interventional radiologists under image guidance. The many advantages of inserting central catheters via the jugular approach under