Imaging the craniocervical junction

WRK Smoker, G Khanna - Child's Nervous System, 2008 - Springer
Introduction The craniovertebral junction (CVJ) comprises the occiput, atlas, and axis.
Radiographic evaluation of this region involves knowledge of only a few anatomical landmarks, as …

Vascular lesions of the orbit: more than meets the eye

WRK Smoker, LR Gentry, NK Yee, DL Reede… - Radiographics, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
Vascular lesions of the orbit may be classified on the basis of their natural history, growth
pattern, and histologic composition as capillary hemangiomas, venous vascular malformations, …

Diffusion-weighted imaging of acute excitotoxic brain injury

T Moritani, WRK Smoker, Y Sato… - American Journal …, 2005 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Transsynaptic injury caused by excitotoxic amines is a specific type of injury in the peripheral
and central nervous systems. Recent studies have shown that the receptors related to …

Anatomy and embryology of the thyroid and parathyroid glands

BA Policeni, WRK Smoker, DL Reede - Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The thyroid and parathyroid glands are cervical endocrine glands responsible for
metabolism-related functions. Radiologists are frequently asked to evaluate pathology related to the …

[HTML][HTML] Incidental findings on cone beam computed tomography images

…, JW Hellstein, F Qian, WRK Smoker… - International journal of …, 2012 - hindawi.com
Background. Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) has gained widespread acceptance
in dentistry for a variety of applications. Most dentists who are not radiologists/trained in …

Foramen tympanicum, or foramen of Huschke: pathologic cases and anatomic CT study

…, K Marsot-Dupuch, WRK Smoker… - American journal …, 2005 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A persistent foramen tympanicum, or foramen of Huschke,
is an anatomic variation of the tympanic portion of the temporal bone due to a defect in …

Imaging of ectopic thyroid tissue and thyroglossal duct cysts

DA Zander, WRK Smoker - Radiographics, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
When a child or young adult presents with a mass in the anterior portion of the neck, diagnostic
considerations include a thyroglossal duct cyst and ectopic thyroid tissue. These entities …

A segmentation-based method for metal artifact reduction

…, O Saba, B Policeni, MA Howard, WRK Smoker - Academic radiology, 2007 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: We propose a novel segmentation-based interpolation
method to reduce the metal artifacts caused by surgical aneurysm clips. MATERIALS AND …

The many faces of granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a review of the head and neck imaging manifestations

…, Y Sato, T Moritani, WRK Smoker - American Journal of …, 2015 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Wegener granulomatosis has recently been renamed as granulomatosis with
polyangiitis (GPA). In this review, we examine the clinical criteria and pathologic and …

Horner's syndrome: clinical and radiographic evaluation

DL Reede, E Garcon, WRK Smoker… - Neuroimaging clinics of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Horner's syndrome (HS) occurs when there is interruption of the oculosympathetic pathway (OSP).
This article reviews the anatomy of the OSP and clinical findings associated with …