Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was employed to detect and quantify the abundance of Tannerella forsythia, Porphyromonas gingivalis, and Treponema denticola in DNA extracted from bacterial samples obtained from the tongue's dorsum both prior to and three months following the placement of...
One reason for the restricted sensitivity in dense breast tissue is overlay in a planar 2D projection image. Recently spiral breast-CT (BCT), using photon-counting detector technology, a truly 3D breast imaging modality, has been introduced as an alternative to mammography or breast-MRI in the ...