Impact of obesity on medical imaging and image-guided intervention
Impact of obesity on medical imaging and image-guided intervention
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DOI：
10.2214/ajr.06.0409
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发表时间：
2007-02-01
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5
通讯作者：
Mueller, Peter R.
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作者：
Uppot, Raul N.;Sahani, Dushyant V.;Mueller, Peter R.
客观的。本文的目的是讨论肥胖对医学成像的影响，并提供一些目前可用的解决方案来应对肥胖患者成像的挑战。结论。越来越多的放射科医生被要求对病态肥胖患者进行成像。放射科面临的挑战包括将患者运送到该科室的困难、当前设计的成像设备无法容纳大型患者以及难以获得所需的图像质量。
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to discuss the impact of obesity on medical imaging and provide some solutions that are currently available to tackle the challenges of imaging obese patients.CONCLUSION. Increasingly, radiologists are asked to image morbidly obese patients. The challenges facing radiology departments include difficulties in transporting patients to the department, inability to accommodate large patients on currently designed imaging equipment, and difficulties in acquiring desired image quality.