Original Articles

JP Coffey, JC Hill

Hong Kong J Radiol 2005;8:226-32

Objective: To assess prospectively the overall prevalence of abnormal cardiac index values in a symptomatic group of patients from gated single photon emission computed tomography perfusion studies and to compare cardiac index of patients with body mass index <30 and

KW Yang, WH Luk, DHY Cho, TKL Loke, JCS Chan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2005;8:222-5

Objective: To compare the clinical response and outcome for direct gallbladder puncture and transhepatic puncture techniques in ultrasound-guided percutaneous cholecystostomy for critically ill and non-surgically fit patients with acute calculous cholecystitis.

Patients and Methods: Twenty seven consecutive critically ill and high

EKC Lee, KK Yuen, WK Sze, OC Li, MK Yuen

Hong Kong J Radiol 2005;8:218-21

Objective: To evaluate the outcome of malignant pleural effusion drainage using small bore catheters.

Patients and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at the Palliative Care Centre at Tuen Mun Hospital, a regional hospital in Hong Kong. Patients with malignant

SF Lee, YL Chan, B Tomlinson, S Ho, NWY Leung, BSP Fok

Hong Kong J Radiol 2005;8:214-7

Objective: To assess the reliability of quantitative measurement of signal intensity change in the liver on breath-hold gradient echo in-phase and opposed-phase imaging in hepatic steatosis.

Patients and Methods: The study population comprised 19 subjects with previous sonographic diagnosis of

KH Yu, M Chua, AC Vlantis, MKM Kam, WY Lee, RKY Tsang, HY Yuen, EP Hui, ATC Chan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2005;8:207-13

Objective: To investigate swallowing function outcome in patients with head and neck cancer who received altered fractionation radiotherapy.

Patients and Methods: Forty nine patients with bulky T2 tumours or American Joint Committee on Cancer stage III/IV disease were treated with

EYL Kan, IYC Wong, SPC Lau

Hong Kong J Radiol 2005;8:202-6

Objective: To assess the appropriateness and outcomes of computed tomography brain scanning for headaches in a paediatric population.

Materials and Methods: Medical records and radiological reports for all computed tomography brain scans performed on paediatric patients aged 18 years or younger

M Wagner, CG Morris, JD Reith, MT Scarborough, WM Mendenhall

Hong Kong J Radiol 2006;9:15-20

Objective: To report outcomes after radiotherapy used to treat diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis.

Patients and Methods: Between 1969 and 2000, 4 patients with pigmented villonodular synovitis were treated with radiotherapy at the Department of Radiation Oncology, Health Science Center, University