imaging of the solitary pulmonary nodule

The solitary pulmonary nodule doc

Ngày tải lên : 29/07/2014, 00:20

... nodule and determining the likelihood of cancer In addition to the features seen on a chest xray film, CT scan of the chest allows better assessment of the nodule The advantages of CT scan over chest ... appearance of the nodule consistent with that of a benign lesion, and (4) unequivocal evidence of another benign disease process CT scan • CT scan is an invaluable aid in identifying features of the nodule ... camera at the end) is inserted through the mouth or nose and down the windpipe From there, it can be inserted into the airways (bronchi) of the lungs During bronchoscopy, the health care professional...

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báo cáo khoa học: "Solitary pulmonary nodule of benign metastasizing leiomyoma associated with primary lung cancer: a case report" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 23:20

... reported that the radiological presentation of BML can be as multiple nodules in 87% of cases (bilateral nodules, 70% and unilateral nodule, 17%) or as a solitary nodule in 13% of cases The main metastatic ... However, the small lung nodule was diagnosed as BML based on the results of the immunohistochemical staining and the past history of hysterectomy for uterine leiomyoma There is no standard therapy ... derived from the pre-existing bronchiolar epithelium, because it is known that TTF-1 is only expressed on the normal epithelium of the lung and thyroid [10] We believe that the diagnosis of BML is...

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imaging of the pulmonary manifestations of systemic disease

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 20:32

... lymphocytic infiltration of the airways causes a follicular lymphocytic 627 Imaging of the pulmonary manifestations of systemic disease Box 4: Pulmonary manifestations of Sjögren’s syndrome Airways ... cysts.209 The main diVerential diagnosis is lymphangiomyomatosis and these can be diVerentiated with reasonable accuracy on HRCT2: the presence of nodules, sparing of the costophrenic angles, and the ... predominantly in the upper lobes or apical segments of the lower lobes.218 219 HRCT confirms these appearances.220 Other non -pulmonary manifestations on the chest radiograph include neurofibromas, either intercostal,...

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Tài liệu Imaging of the nose and paranasal sinuses pdf

Ngày tải lên : 19/02/2014, 08:20

... nasal bones X-rays Plain X rays fracture nasal bones X-rays PLAIN X-RAYS OF THE PARANASAL SINUSES Occipitomental Occipitofrontal NORMAL OCCIPITOMENTAL VIEW (WATER’S VIEW) NORMAL OCCIPITOMENTAL ... COMPLICATIONS OF SINUSITIS Orbital cellulitis Subperiosteal abscess Subperiosteal abscess ORBITAL COMPLICATIONS OF SINUSITIS Orbital cellulitis or abscess ORBITAL COMPLICATIONS OF SINUSITIS CT ... COMPLICATIONS OF BACTERIAL SINUSITIS • Periorbital inflammatory edema • Orbital cellulitis • Subperiosteal abscess • Orbital abscess • Cavernous sinus thrombosis ORBITAL COMPLICATIONS OF SINUSITIS...

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Imaging of the Breast – Technical Aspects and Clinical Implication Edited by Laszlo Tabar pptx

Ngày tải lên : 30/03/2014, 22:20

... on consensus opinions of professionals and experts from the executive committee of the Society of Breast Imaging and the members of the Breast Imaging Commission of the ACR These recommendations ... premenopausal women, the enhancement of the fibroglandular tissue after contrast administration is dependent of the menstrual cycle MR imaging of the breast in the wrong phase of the menstrual cycle ... primary cancer, evaluation of therapy response in neoadjuvant chemotherapy, imaging of the breast after conservative therapy, screening of the high risk patient, breast implant imaging, and MR-guided...

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báo cáo hóa học:" Optical imaging of the peri-tumoral inflammatory response in breast cancer" docx

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 15:20

... several of the in vitro experiments SAK was involved in data analysis and wrote part of the manuscript CA and VR gathered a portion of the in vitro data FVC was the primary investigator on the T32 ... the efficacy of such agents could be assessed by the degree of monocyte accumulation within tumors Given the recent development of handheld OI scanners and dedicated OI breast scanners, the imaging ... angiogenic markers, or the extracellular matrix surrounding cancer [23-25] The inflammatory component of cancer biology, on the other hand, has not been a major target of molecular imaging technologies...

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IMAGING OF THE BREAST – TECHNICAL ASPECTS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATION pptx

Ngày tải lên : 27/06/2014, 10:20

... on consensus opinions of professionals and experts from the executive committee of the Society of Breast Imaging and the members of the Breast Imaging Commission of the ACR These recommendations ... premenopausal women, the enhancement of the fibroglandular tissue after contrast administration is dependent of the menstrual cycle MR imaging of the breast in the wrong phase of the menstrual cycle ... primary cancer, evaluation of therapy response in neoadjuvant chemotherapy, imaging of the breast after conservative therapy, screening of the high risk patient, breast implant imaging, and MR-guided...

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MOLECULAR IMAGING OF THE LUNGS docx

Ngày tải lên : 29/06/2014, 11:20

... gene expression imaging, inﬂammation imaging, imaging pulmonary cytokine regulation, molecular imaging of lung cancer, and imaging cell death, among others Taking advantage of these new capabilities ... SPECT SPECT Imaging Probes for PET and SPECT 23 gene is a transgene placed under the control of the same promoter that activates the expression of the target gene Therefore, expression of the target ... after the conversion of a proton into a neutron, with simultaneous emission of a neutrino (n) The positron is the antiparticle to the electron and the energy of emission can take a continuum of...

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Báo cáo y học: "Proanthocyanidin to prevent formation of the reexpansion pulmonary edema" doc

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 10:20

... severe pulmonary edema in rats with RPE In the process of RPE, two main contributing factors are; the amount of drained fluid or air, and the chronicity of the lung collapse There are other minor ... metabolites [9] They have also suggested that re-expansion of the collapsed lung causes acute inflammation in the lungs, and PMNLs play an important role in the mechanism of the increase in pulmonary ... vascular function [2] These data might be the explanation of finding that PC treatment leads to less pulmonary edema in the animal model of RPE Despite the beneficial effects of PC as mentioned...

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Báo cáo y học: "Musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging of the plantar forefoot in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: inter-observer agreement between a podiatrist and a radiologist" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 21:23

... Overview of MSUS Scanning Protocol The nature of the test was explained The forefeet of all participants were scanned by the investigator using a broadband linear probe of – 10 MHz frequency The participant ... the MTPJs from the plantar aspect of the foot, especially if deformities and/or subluxation of those joints were present Interestingly others have scanned each joint in the dorsal aspect of the ... participated in the design of the study, coordination, confirmation of RA diagnosis and helped to draft the manuscript NA participated in the design of the study, coordination and helped to draft the manuscript...

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báo cáo khoa học: " In vivo imaging of the tonoplast intrinsic protein family in Arabidopsis roots" ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 03:21

... It is therefore possible that these remaining isoforms compensate for the lack of TIP1;1 in the knockout On the other hand, the effect of the absence of TIP1;2 from the root cap may be subtle and ... cell, they appear to localise mainly to the tonoplast of the central vacuole Our identification of the sites of expression of every TIP isoform paves the way to understanding TIP specialisation ... undetected under the experimental conditions adopted for the whole-plant analysis of the double mutants A lack of phenotype in the aerial parts of the single knockout plants may be explained by the fact...

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Báo cáo y học: " In vivo imaging of the airway wall in asthma: fibered confocal fluorescence microscopy in relation to histology and lung function" potx

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 13:22

... biopsies’ of the airway wall are obtained by placing the tip of the miniprobe onto the airway wall surface Another advantage of FCFM and its miniprobe is the ability to reach and therefore visualize the ... a fixed depth of view of 50 μm and therefore captures images at the level of the subepithelial layer Accordingly, elastic fibre patterns in the subepithelial layer were scored in the histological ... of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant The sample size of the present study was based on the estimation that a kappa of 0.8 could be detected with a power of 80% at the 5% level of...

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Báo cáo y học: " Multiple P2Y receptors couple to calcium-dependent, chloride channels in smooth muscle cells of the rat pulmonary artery" ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 18:20

... [18], so this is likely to be one of the sites of action of UTP The molecular identity of the suramin-and PPADS-insensitive site of action of UTP is unclear as the P2Y4 and P2Y6 subtypes are both ... agonists Amplitude of the first inward current induced by P2Y recepAmplitude of the first inward current induced by P2Y receptor agonists The mean ± s.e.mean of the peak amplitude of the initial inward ... application complicated the quantification of the effects of P2Y antagonists, so it was necessary to first quantify the time-course of the currents In order to be able to study the effects of both an agonist...

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Báo cáo thú y: "Survey radiography and computerized tomography imaging of the thorax in female dogs with mammary tumors" pot

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 18:22

... and ending at the lungs Radiographs were classified as either positive or negative for pulmonary metastases, and other pulmonary diseases In addition, the heart aspect, the presence of mediastinal ... 5) Another nodule, measuring 0.4 cm in maximum dimension, located on the medial portion of the left diaphragmatic lobe presented the signal of a nutrient vessel (Fig 6) Case 17 had two nodules, ... The technical quality of the Page of 10 film was considered satisfactory if there was a clear contrast among the structures - pulmonary vessels, heart and air-filled lungs The thoracic radiographs...

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Báo cáo y học: "Use of T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the optic nerve sheath to detect raised intracranial pressure" pps

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 11:22

... could probably increase the precision of the measurement of ONSD Consequently, this test should not be used to predict the exact value of ICP but to estimate the probability of intracranial hypertension ... excluded because of lack of adequate view of both optic nerves In two other cases, ONSD and OND were only measured on one side The overall feasibility of measuring ONSD and OND was therefore calculated ... signal surrounding a region of low signal corresponding to the optic nerve (Figure 1) The axial image slice that provided the best view of the ONSD was chosen and the slice was interpolated to...

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Báo cáo y học: "SPECT/CT imaging of the lumbar spine in chronic low back pain: a case report" docx

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 15:21

... thorough evaluation of soft tissues would require the superior tissue resolution of MRI However, given the findings of intense tracer uptake at the L3/L4 facet, the clinical presentation of low back ... manipulative and stabilization therapies If such therapies are able to affect the biomechanics and stability of the spine, then SPECT/CT offers an avenue for objective assessment of their effectiveness ... FH: The lumbosacral connection: The ligamentous structure of the low back and its relationship to back pain In The Integrated Function of the Lumbar Spine and Sacroiliac Joint, Proceedings of the...

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Imaging of the brachial plexus modified2 (1)

Ngày tải lên : 30/08/2014, 22:18

... Modified Imaging of the Brachial Plexus MODIFIED TECHNIQUE: Modified Imaging of the Brachial Plexus MODIFIED TECHNIQUE: Sagittals are planned on the good axials axials Modified Imaging of the Brachial ... RADIOTHERAPY CHANGES: Modified Imaging of the Brachial Plexus POST TRAUMATIC PSEUDOMENINGOCELE: Modified Imaging of the Brachial Plexus POST TRAUMATIC PSEUDOMENGOCELE: Modified Imaging of the ... Modified Imaging of the Brachial Plexus TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUE MODIFIED TECHNIQUE Modified Imaging of the Brachial Plexus TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUE MODIFIED TECHNIQUE Modified Imaging of the Brachial...

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Báo cáo y học: "The Geography of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Across Time: California in 1993 and 1999"

Ngày tải lên : 26/10/2012, 09:57

... that, the maps are quite similar with respect to their representation of the distribution of geographical areas with high levels of COPD charges In all maps, the central valley of California, the ... at the ZCTA level The MC for total COPD charges was 0.75 in 1999, while the expected value for MC was -0.0004 (or approximately the theoretical mean of zero) For 1993, the MC was 0.73 with the ... representation of the marked increase in COPD charges for 1999 in the Los Angeles metropolitan area compared to the rest of the state There were significant decreases as well, in relatively smaller areas of...

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Tài liệu Role of diffusion-weighted imaging in the diagnosis of gynecological diseases pdf

Ngày tải lên : 13/02/2014, 06:20

... parallel imaging technique (SENSE factor of 2) Imaging time of DWI was 90 s for 20 slices Detection of uterine malignancy The ADC values of uterine cancers are lower than of normal tissue On the other ... respectively These lymph nodes are predicted as metastases Another lymph node is noted in the right (arrowhead) The absolute ADC value of the lymph node is 0.95×10–3 mm2/s; therefore, the relative ... Functional MR imaging of the female pelvis J Magn Reson Imaging 25:1101–1112 25 Koyama T, Tamai K, Togashi K (2006) Current status of body MR imaging: fast MR imaging and diffusionweighted imaging...

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Tài liệu REVISION OF THE CASE DEFINITION FOR SPUTUM SMEAR POSITIVE PULMONARY TB BACKGROUND DOCUMENT ppt

Ngày tải lên : 15/02/2014, 13:20

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