... patient with the mutilans form of PsA There is extensive bone oedema involving the head ofthe proximal phalanx and extending down the shaft ofthe bone On the distal aspect ofthe joint a well ... the base ofthe middle phalanx (long thin arrow) There is synovitis at the proximal interphalangeal joint (long thick arrow) plus increased signal inthe overlying soft tissues indicating oedema ... manual outlining of synovial membrane to quantify synovitis in their study of 84 patients with inflammatory arthritis, 18 of whom had reactive arthritis or PsA MRI ofthe wrist and finger joints (metacarpophalangeal...
... highest score of bone marrow infiltation inthe histopathological assessment Some ofthe patients had inflammatory lesions in other parts ofthe spine, as indicated in Table Page of (page number ... analysis Permission for this study was given by the local ethic committee ofthe Charité Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin All patients gave permission for histopathological analysis ofthe obtained ... correlation of histopathological analysis ofthe spine and inflammation as visualized by MRI has also not previously been done Inthe sacroiliac joints of patients with AS, a correlation of MRI findings...
... diagnosis Based on these findings, a diagnosis of Ewing’s sarcoma ofthe calcaneus was made Discussion Ewing’s sarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm, predominantly affecting young patients ofthe ... and CT ofthe chest MRI is essential inthe determination ofthe true extent ofthe tumor It is important to bear in mind that early recognition of an unusual appearance and location of Ewing’s ... cases of Ewing’s sarcoma ofthe calcaneus inthe literature since 1921 [3] These rare cases are usually misdiagnosed, leading to treatment delay, which is detrimental to the outcome According to...
... Cardiovascular MagneticResonanceImaging (CMR) a) History ofMagneticResonanceImaging and the Development of CMR In 1946, Felix Bloch and Edward Purcell discovered the nuclear magneticresonance ... intravenous injection of a contrast agent by using T1-weighted imagingIn CMR perfusion imaging, the myocardial wash -in of contrast during the first pass of a contrast bolus forms the basis for assessing ... perfusion imaging for the detection of CAD with an iv dosage of 140 μg/kg/min body weight per minute The peak effect of adenosine occurs 2-3 after start ofthe iv infusion, with an increase of the...
... intensity is selected to highlight the air in green (lung) (b) The total lung volume is calculated by summating the volume of all coronal sections ofthe lungs from the front to the back ofthe ... Chicago, Illinois) was used inthe analysis Results The spatial resolution ofthe reformatted axial and coronal images ofthe chest was considered to be ofdiagnostic quality in all subjects The fast ... MR is considered as a promising investigation tool in assessing respiratory mechanism inthe AIS group It might be useful for both short and long term follow up of pulmonary function of AIS patients,...
... study sponsor was not involved inthe study design; inthe collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; inthe writing ofthe report; or inthe decision to submit the paper for publication ... generation of neoepitopes at cleavage sites Since the initial cleavage that generates the neoepitope is followed by subsequent cleavage ofthe alpha chain, there is release ofthe epitope from the tissue ... [4-6] and hip [7] OA The overarching aim of this investigation was to conduct a study within an existing longitudinal dataset of knee OA with serial knee magneticresonanceimaging (MRI) to evaluate...
... that the images are obtained within the first after injection [19] This probably explains the lack of initial rim enhancement in our models after application of low dose Gd-BOPTA In this regard the ... This demonstrates the correlation of both applications (Figure 4C) Discussion MRI as a non-invasive imaging technology plays a key role in preclinical in vivo evaluation of tumor therapies The ... 3C) Monitoring of xenograft tumor growth Apart from tumor detection the quantification of tumor burden is one important aspect of non-invasive in vivo imaging techniques To test whether the BT-...
... differences in severity of brain oedema and in associated hypoxia and herniation, thereby introducing bias into the interpretation ofthe results MRS findings vary greatly according to time since TBI ... days) Characteristics Brain swelling Brain swelling Absence of brain swelling Diffuse atrophy and dilatation ofthe ventricles DWI Hypersignals inthe cortex, inthe thalamus and inthe basal ganglia ... evidence of neuronal damage inthe nucleus basalis of Meynert (the main nucleus ofthe basal forebrain) was found in most ofthe patients who died after head injury [82] The ARAS projects to the reticular...
... for healing of erosions [19] (Figure 1) Strictly speaking, this is not true healing; this apparent repair (in reality, the resolution of inflammation) isin no way the same as healing of radiographic ... Alpers CE, Reinhold CE, Levine J, Genant HK: Magneticresonanceimaging and spectroscopy ofthe periarticular inflammatory soft-tissue changes in experimental arthritis ofthe rat Invest Radiol ... radiographic scoring of structural joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis finger, wrist, and toe joints: a comparison ofthe OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis magneticresonanceimaging score applied...
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... paradigm where a predefined level of demand is managed internally and the remainder augmented with cloud services The apothegm is ‘Own the base and rent the peak’ Conclusion The customer’s overall ... with an assessment of value The assessment of value of cloud services can only include a comparison against other cloud providers The comparison of cost between traditional IT investment and cloud ... Outsourcing RFP COW is too FAT AMS - The next stage inthe evolution of IT Outsourcing Outsourcing’s Two Evils Apply CREAMS to your IT Outsourcing pain Sourcing’s Five Critical Governance Processes The...
... smoking, drinking, exercising and the body mass index - contribute to explaining the gradient The size of this contribution is larger when we consider the entire history of behaviors rather than ... three binary indicators: whether the mother died early, whether the father died early and whether the mother and the father where present when the individual was aged 10 The extracted principal ... smoking, drinking, exercising and the body mass index – contribute to explaining the gradient We find that the effects of education on smoking, drinking, exercising and eating a proper diet account...
... microfinance Appendix 3.2: Details of 35 studies included inthe map Appendix 4.1: Further details of 15 studies included inthe in- depth synthesis Appendix 4.2: Narrative synthesis of findings ... synthesis of findings relating to the impact of microfinance on the wealth ofthe poor Appendix 4.3: Narrative synthesis of findings relating to the impact of microfinance on the non-wealth outcomes ... microfinance Invest inthe future Lift out of poverty Increase education, health etc 1.2.1 Whatis microfinance? The term ‘micro-credit’ was first coined inthe 1970s to indicate the provision of...
... fields; raising the profile of aesthetics and the philosophy of art within the profession of philosophy; collaborating with academic societies of aesthetics in other countries; fostering common interests ... We ask: is there a role for touching inthe aesthetic division of labour, which is indisputably dominated by the seeing and hearing that seem to safeguard the distance between the work of art ... inthe Philosophy of Science, 262, Springer 2010 Croft, J The Challenges of Interdisciplinary Epistemology in Neuroaesthetics.” Mind, Brain, and Education, 2011: 5, 5-11 the second half of the...
... side of r corresponds to the root label of t and the righthand side of r corresponds to the frontier labels of t Indices link the rules to the original subtrees so as to maintain the subtree's internal ... accuracy.) 4.4 The impact of structural context Instead of investigating the impact of lexical context, we may also be interested in studying the importance of structural context We may raise the question ... could be the case that DOP's gain in parse accuracy with increasing subtree depth is due to the model becoming sensitive to the influence of lexical heads higher inthe tree, and that this gain could...
... Houdini-like in its contortions in its findings on whether or not the Keck conditions for removing measures from the scope ofthe Dassonville basic principle are satisfied.10 The issue of whether ... is therefore, in my view, preferable to examine measures of that kind inthe light ofthe Treaty rules rather than to remove them from the scope ofthe Treaty.79 Inthe light of these three reasons, ... rules relating to the use of goods fall within the scope of article 34 TFEU Fortunately, the judgments mark a firm rejection of siren calls in favor ofthe importance ofthe unity ofthe internal...
... Wulf is president ofthe National Academy of Engineering The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate ... Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine ... organization of outstanding engineers It is autonomous in its administration and inthe selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal...
... (AdTLRGDK) increased the expression of transgene in all tested cell lines in comparison with AdTL Interestingly, the optimal location for the RGD modification inthe fiber varied between cell lines In ... Adenoviruses with an avb integrin targeting moiety inthe fiber shaft or the HI-loop increase tumor specificity without compromising antitumor efficacy inmagneticresonanceimagingof colorectal cancer ... forming unit incision Tumors were established by intrasplenic injection of × 10e6 HCT116 cells suspended in 50 μl of serum-free growth media using a 27-gauge needle The injection site of the...