intravenous contrastAn audit was performed of contrast use in 400 CT brain scans performed with and without contrast enhancement; all 400 scans were re-read by a second reader who did not know the result of the original reading. From this initial series 184 scans were identified in which the...
This study investigated the reliability and correlation of two contrast sensitivity test (CST) devices in young adults with normal visual acuity, with or without refractive surgery. 57 patients aged 20–39 years who received both manual (OPTEC-6500)
Averaging imaging features across individuals have identified group-specific patterns of brain structure. This approach has also been assessed in other single organ sites such as the heart [6], lung [7] and prostate [8]. For whole-body imaging, the approach of population-based atlases has been...
et al. Multipotent progenitor cells can be isolated from postnatal murine bone marrow, muscle and brain. Exp. Hematol. 30, 896–904 (2002). 17. Mumme, M. et al. Interleukin-1beta modulates endochondral ossification by human adult bone marrow stromal cells. Eur. Cell Mater. 24, 224–236...
However, its presence in internal structures kept at euthermic temperature26 and its recent description in central brain areas27 suggest additional functions of this protein that may go beyond cold perception. In this line, TRPM8 was previously described as a testosterone receptor in cellular models...
(NTG) compared with control subjects without NTG or other forms of glaucoma.CT cisternography of the brain and orbits was performed in 18 patients with NTG (7 women, 11 men; mean age 64.9 ± 8.9 years) and in four patients without glaucoma or intracranial disease (4 women; mean age 62.8...
An organ such as the bladder consists of complex, interacting set of tissues and cells. Inflammation has been implicated in every major disease of the bladder, including cancer, interstitial cystitis, and infection. However, scanty is the information abo
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) undergoes functional changes with aging which may contribute to cognitive decline. A novel, diffusion prepared arterial spin labeling-based MRI technique can measure the rate of water exchange across the BBB (kw) and may thus be sensitive to age-related alterations ...
22 using a semi-quantitative approach (ELBA) based on the evaluation of the whole brain without specific regions of interest. However, this method was operator-dependent and no data are available on its association with cognitive decrement over time. In the present cohort, only the Aβ-index ...
Conventional imaging methods such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) have been utilized to study tumor vascu- larity and oxygenation in animal models and in patients5,6. However, these technologies are expensive and require the use...