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Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2007 7:1
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Imaging corticospinal tract connectivity in injured rat spinal cord using manganese-enhanced MRI
Manganese-enhanced MRI (MEI) offers a novel neuroimaging modality to trace corticospinal tract (CST) in live animals. This paper expands this capability further and tests the utility of MEI to image axonal fib...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:15 -
Large-scale computations on histology images reveal grade-differentiating parameters for breast cancer
Tumor classification is inexact and largely dependent on the qualitative pathological examination of the images of the tumor tissue slides. In this study, our aim was to develop an automated computational meth...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:14 -
Audit of the change in the on-call practices in neuroradiology and factors affecting it
On call practices had recently changed at the Newcastle General Hospital to accommodate increasing CT scan requests and reduce the workloads of the radiologists. In the new system, the person responsible for d...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:13 -
A three-dimensional multivariate image processing technique for the analysis of FTIR spectroscopic images of multiple tissue sections
Three-dimensional (3D) multivariate Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) image maps of tissue sections are presented. A villoglandular adenocarcinoma from a cervical biopsy with a number of interesting anatomical...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:12 -
Semi-automated segmentation and quantification of adipose tissue in calf and thigh by MRI: a preliminary study in patients with monogenic metabolic syndrome
With the growing prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome, reliable quantitative imaging methods for adipose tissue are required. Monogenic forms of the metabolic syndrome include Dunnigan-variety familial...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:11 -
Echocardiographic partition values and prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive Nigerians
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a well known independent risk factor for cardiovascular events. It has been shown that combination of left ventricular mass (LVM) and relative wall thickness (RWT) can be ...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:10 -
MRCP compared to diagnostic ERCP for diagnosis when biliary obstruction is suspected: a systematic review
Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is an alternative to diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for investigating biliary obstruction. The use of MRCP, a non-invasive p...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:9 -
Chest radiography practice in critically ill patients: a postal survey in the Netherlands
To ascertain current chest radiography practice in intensive care units (ICUs) in the Netherlands.
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:8 -
No evidence of myocardial restoration following transplantation of mononuclear bone marrow cells in coronary bypass grafting surgery patients based upon cardiac SPECT and 18F-PET
We tested the hypothesis, that intramyocardial injection of mononuclear bone marrow cells combined with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery improves tissue viability or function in infarct regions w...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:7 -
Thyroid shields and neck exposures in cephalometric radiography
The thyroid is among the more radiosensitive organs in the body. The goal of this study was twofold: (1) to evaluate age-related changes in what is exposed to ionizing radiation in the neck area, and (2) to as...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:6 -
A method for dynamic subtraction MR imaging of the liver
Subtraction of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced 3D Magnetic Resonance (DCE-MR) volumes can result in images that depict and accurately characterize a variety of liver lesions. However, the diagnostic utility of subtr...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:5 -
Influence of gold nanoparticles on collagen fibril morphology quantified using transmission electron microscopy and image analysis
Development of implantable biosensors for disease detection is challenging because of poor biocompatibility of synthetic materials. A possible solution involves engineering interface materials that promote sel...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:4 -
Percutaneous subclavian artery stent-graft placement following failed ultrasound guided subclavian venous access
Ultrasound guidance for central and peripheral venous access has been proven to improve success rates and reduce complications of venous cannulation. Appropriately trained and experienced operators add signifi...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:3 -
The prevention of anaphylactoid reactions to iodinated radiological contrast media: a systematic review
Anaphylactoid reactions to iodinated contrast media are relatively common and potentially life threatening. Opinion is divided as to the utility of medications for preventing these reactions. We performed a sy...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:2 -
Three-dimensional drip infusion CT cholangiography in patients with suspected obstructive biliary disease: a retrospective analysis of feasibility and adverse reaction to contrast material.
Computed Tomography Cholangiography (CTC) is a fast and widely available alternative technique to visualise hepatobiliary disease in patients with an inconclusive ultrasound when MRI cannot be performed. The m...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2006 6:1 -
Mindboggle: Automated brain labeling with multiple atlases
To make inferences about brain structures or activity across multiple individuals, one first needs to determine the structural correspondences across their image data. We have recently developed Mindboggle as ...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2005 5:7 -
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography for deep vein thrombosis
Ultrasound (US) has largely replaced contrast venography as the definitive diagnostic test for deep vein thrombosis (DVT). We aimed to derive a definitive estimate of the diagnostic accuracy of US for clinical...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2005 5:6 -
Noise correlation in PET, CT, SPECT and PET/CT data evaluated using autocorrelation function: a phantom study on data, reconstructed using FBP and OSEM
Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Computed Tomography (CT), PET/CT and Single Photon Emission Tomography (SPECT) are non-invasive imaging tools used for creating two dimensional (2D) cross section images of ...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2005 5:5 -
A new anisotropy index on trabecular bone radiographic images using the fast Fourier transform
The degree of anisotropy (DA) on radiographs is related to bone structure, we present a new index to assess DA.
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2005 5:4 -
Non-isotropic noise correlation in PET data reconstructed by FBP but not by OSEM demonstrated using auto-correlation function
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful imaging technique with the potential of obtaining functional or biochemical information by measuring distribution and kinetics of radiolabelled molecules in a b...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2005 5:3 -
Molecular mapping of periodontal tissues using infrared microspectroscopy
Chronic periodontitis is an inflammatory disease of the supporting structures of the teeth. Infrared microspectroscopy has the potential to simultaneously monitor multiple disease markers, including cellular i...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2005 5:2 -
Measuring body composition in overweight individuals by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry
Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is widely used for body composition measurements in normal-weight and overweight/obese individuals. The limitations of bone densitometers have been frequently addressed. ...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2005 5:1 -
Identification of hip fracture patients from radiographs using Fourier analysis of the trabecular structure: a cross-sectional study
This study presents an analysis of trabecular bone structure in standard radiographs using Fourier transforms and principal components analysis (PCA) to identify contributions to hip fracture risk.
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2004 4:4 -
Histologic assessment of biliary obstruction with different percutaneous endoluminal techniques
Despite the sophisticated cross sectional image techniques currently available, a number of biliary stenosis or obstructions remain of an uncertain nature. In these pathological conditions, an "intrinsic" pari...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2004 4:3 -
Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography compared to unenhanced CT for stone and obstruction in patients with renal failure
To determine accuracy of ultrasound (US) kidney, ureter and bladder (KUB) compared to un-enhanced helical CT (UHCT) in patients with renal failure in the diagnosis of stone and obstruction.
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2004 4:2 -
Coronary age as a risk factor in the modified Framingham risk score
Clinical guidelines emphasize risk assessment as vital to patient selection for medical primary intervention. However, risk assessment methods are restricted in their ability to predict further coronary events...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2004 4:1 -
Angiographic findings and clinical implications of persistent primitive hypoglossal artery
The primitive hypoglossal artery (PHA) is a rare vascular anomaly, which belongs to the group of carotid-basilar anastomosis that may occur in adults.
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2003 3:2 -
Is fasting a necessary preparation for abdominal ultrasound?
To study the effect of fasting on the technical success of abdominal ultrasound examination.
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2003 3:1 -
CT features in abdominal tuberculosis: 20 years experience.
Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) is endemic in the developing world and is reemerging in the West. Since computed tomography (CT) has the ability to demonstrate changes in the peritonium, mesentry, lymphnodes, bowe...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2002 2:3 -
Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the sarcopenic muscle
Studies about capillarity of the aged muscle provided conflicting results and no data are currently available about the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in vivo characteristics of the microvascular bed in aged ra...
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2002 2:2 -
Endovascular treatment of huge saccular abdominal aortic aneurysm in a young Behcet patient: mid-term result
Abdominal aortic aneurysm formation is among the arterial complications of Behcet's disease. Weakness and fragility of aortic walls leads to the development of arterial complications like pseudoaneurysms.
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2002 2:1 -
Observer variation in chest radiography of acute lower respiratory infections in children: a systematic review
Knowledge of the accuracy of chest radiograph findings in acute lower respiratory infection in children is important when making clinical decisions.
Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2001 1:1
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