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  1. Brain morphometry is extensively used in cross-sectional studies. However, the difference in the estimated values of the morphometric measures between patients and healthy subjects may be small and hence overs...

    Authors: Mahsa Shokouhi, Anna Barnes, John Suckling, Thomas WJ Moorhead, David Brennan, Dominic Job, Katherine Lymer, Paola Dazzan, Tiago Reis Marques, Clare MacKay, Shane McKie, Steven CR Williams, Stephen M Lawrie, Bill Deakin, Steve R Williams and Barrie Condon
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:23
  2. The current method to determine the efficacy of chemoprevention in TRAMP mouse model of carcinoma of prostate (CaP) is by extracting and weighing the prostate at different time points or by immunohistochemistr...

    Authors: Ali S Arbab, Adarsh Shankar, Nadimpalli RS Varma, Dorrah Deeb, Xiaohua Gao, ASM Iskander, Branislava Janic, Meser M Ali and Subhash C Gautam
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:21
  3. The purpose of this study is to explore how a patient's height and weight can be used to predict the effective dose to a reference phantom with similar height and weight from a chest abdomen pelvis computed to...

    Authors: Robert D Prins, Raymond H Thornton, C Ross Schmidtlein, Brian Quinn, Hung Ching and Lawrence T Dauer
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:20
  4. The application of advanced 3T MRI imaging techniques to study recovery after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is complicated by the presence of image artifacts produced by implanted aneurysm clips. To characteri...

    Authors: Faraz Khursheed, Fiona Rohlffs, Shuichi Suzuki, Dong H Kim and Timothy M Ellmore
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:19
  5. The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the Society of Nuclear Medicine state that incorporation of attenuation-corrected (AC) images in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) will improve image qualit...

    Authors: Elin Trägårdh, Karl Sjöstrand, David Jakobsson and Lars Edenbrandt
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:18
  6. There is recent interest in the role of carotid bifurcation anatomy, geometry and hemodynamic factors in the pathogenesis of carotid artery atherosclerosis. Certain anatomical and geometric configurations at t...

    Authors: Richard J Beare, Gita Das, Mandy Ren, Winston Chong, Matthew D Sinnott, James E Hilton, Velandai Srikanth and Thanh G Phan
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:17
  7. Magnetic Particle Imaging is a novel method for medical imaging. It can be used to measure the local concentration of a tracer material based on iron oxide nanoparticles. While the resulting images show the di...

    Authors: Bernhard Gleich, Jürgen Weizenecker and Jörn Borgert
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:16
  8. With the development of increasingly sophisticated three-dimensional volumetric imaging methods, tumor volume can serve as a robust and reproducible measurement of drug efficacy. Since the use of molecularly t...

    Authors: Sanjay Tiwari, Jan H Egberts, Olena Korniienko, Linda Köhler, Anna Trauzold, Claus C Glüer and Holger Kalthoff
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:15
  9. Together with diagnosis and treatment planning, a good knowledge of the root canal system and its frequent variations is a necessity for successful root canal therapy. The selection of instrumentation techniqu...

    Authors: Ke-Zeng Li, Yuan Gao, Ru Zhang, Tao Hu and Bin Guo
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:14
  10. Consolidation with or without ground-glass opacity is the typical radiologic finding of lung metastases of adenocarcinoma from the gastrointestinal tract. Lung excavated metastases from gastrointestinal carcin...

    Authors: Patrizia Seminara, Gaia Manna, Alessandra Emiliani, Alessandro Iannace and Tania Losanno
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:13
  11. Discomfort characterized by pain and warmth are common adverse effects associated with the use of intra-arterial iodinated contrast media (CM). The objective of this review was to pool patient-reported outcome...

    Authors: Peter A McCullough and Patrizio Capasso
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:12
  12. Computational analysis of tissue structure reveals sub-visual differences in tissue functional states by extracting quantitative signature features that establish a diagnostic profile. Incomplete and/or inaccu...

    Authors: Lindsey McKeen-Polizzotti, Kira M Henderson, Basak Oztan, C Cagatay Bilgin, Bülent Yener and George E Plopper
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:11
  13. Functional and morphological changes of the heart influence blood flow patterns. Therefore, flow patterns may carry diagnostic and prognostic information. Three-dimensional, time-resolved, three-directional ph...

    Authors: Johannes Töger, Marcus Carlsson, Gustaf Söderlind, Håkan Arheden and Einar Heiberg
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:10
  14. Soft tissue foreign bodies are a common cause of orthopedic consultation in emergency departments. It is difficult to confirm their existence because conventional radiology only detects radio-opaque foreign bo...

    Authors: Afshin Mohammadi, Mohammad Ghasemi-Rad and Maryam Khodabakhsh
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:9
  15. We have previously proposed the use of Doppler ultrasound to non-invasively stage sinus infection, as we showed that acoustic streaming could be generated in nonpurulent sinus secretions and helped to distingu...

    Authors: Pernilla Sahlstrand-Johnson, Magnus Jannert, Anita Strömbeck and Kasim Abul-Kasim
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:8
  16. Early diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (PH) can potentially improve survival and quality of life. Detecting PH using echocardiography is often insensitive in subjects with lung fibrosis or hyperinflation. R...

    Authors: Andrew L Chan, Maya M Juarez, David K Shelton, Taylor MacDonald, Chin-Shang Li, Tzu-Chun Lin and Timothy E Albertson
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:7
  17. A precise placement of dental implants is a crucial step to optimize both prosthetic aspects and functional constraints. In this context, the use of virtual guiding systems has been recognized as a fundamental...

    Authors: Gianni Frisardi, Giacomo Chessa, Sandro Barone, Alessandro Paoli, Armando Razionale and Flavio Frisardi
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:5
  18. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has been described as the most important medical innovation in the last 25 years. Over 80 million MR procedures are now performed each year and on average 2.3% (95% confidence i...

    Authors: Judith Enders, Elke Zimmermann, Matthias Rief, Peter Martus, Randolf Klingebiel, Patrick Asbach, Christian Klessen, Gerd Diederichs, Thomas Bengner, Ulf Teichgräber, Bernd Hamm and Marc Dewey
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:4
  19. A variety of neuroimaging software packages have been released from various laboratories worldwide, and many researchers use these packages in combination. Though most of these software packages are freely ava...

    Authors: Kiyotaka Nemoto, Ippeita Dan, Christopher Rorden, Takashi Ohnishi, Daisuke Tsuzuki, Masako Okamoto, Fumio Yamashita and Takashi Asada
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:3
  20. Increased functionality of efflux transporters at the blood-brain barrier may contribute to decreased drug concentrations at the target site in CNS diseases like epilepsy. In the rat, pharmacoresistant epileps...

    Authors: Stina Syvänen, Gert Luurtsema, Carla FM Molthoff, Albert D Windhorst, Marc C Huisman, Adriaan A Lammertsma, Rob A Voskuyl and Elizabeth C de Lange
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2011 11:1
  21. There have been no quantitative standards for volumetric and surface measurements of the mandibular condyle in Caucasian population. However, the recently developed cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) system ...

    Authors: Simona Tecco, Matteo Saccucci, Riccardo Nucera, Antonella Polimeni, Mario Pagnoni, Giancarlo Cordasco, Felice Festa and Giorgio Iannetti
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:28
  22. Plaque imaging based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) represents a new modality for risk assessment in atherosclerosis. It allows classification of carotid plaques in high-risk and low-risk lesion types (I-...

    Authors: L Esposito, T Saam, P Heider, Angelina Bockelbrink, Jaroslav Pelisek, D Sepp, R Feurer, C Winkler, T Liebig, K Holzer, O Pauly, S Sadikovic, B Hemmer and H Poppert
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:27
  23. Congenital spinal abnormalities can easily be misdiagnosed on plain radiographs. Additional imaging is warranted in doubtful cases, especially in a setting of acute trauma.

    Authors: Roman Guggenberger, Gustav Andreisek, Hans Scheffel, Simon Wildermuth, Sebastian Leschka and Paul Stolzmann
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:25
  24. Computed tomography (CT) is the largest source of medical radiation exposure to the general population, and is considered a potential source of increased cancer risk. The aim of this study was to assess the cu...

    Authors: Yoshito Tsushima, Ayako Taketomi-Takahashi, Hiroyuki Takei, Hidenori Otake and Keigo Endo
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:24
  25. The differentiation of the nature of a fluid collection as a complication of kidney transplantation is important for management and treatment planning. Early and delayed radionuclide renography can play an imp...

    Authors: Hongju Son, Sherif Heiba, Lale Kostakoglu and Josef Machac
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:23
  26. Optical imaging is a promising method for the detection of tumors in animals, with speed and minimal invasiveness. We have previously developed a lipid coated quantum dot system that doubles the fluorescence o...

    Authors: Aristarchos Papagiannaros, Jaydev Upponi, William Hartner, Dmitriy Mongayt, Tatyana Levchenko and Vladimir Torchilin
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:22
  27. Both a large lesion volume and abnormalities in diffusion tensor imaging are independently associated with a poor prognosis after cerebral infarctions. Therefore, we assume that they are associated. This study...

    Authors: Maija E Rossi, Eeva Jason, Silvia Marchesotti, Prasun Dastidar, Jyrki Ollikainen and Seppo Soimakallio
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:21
  28. Definite Alzheimer's disease (AD) requires neuropathological confirmation. Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) may enhance diagnostic accuracy, but due to restricted sensitivity and specificity,...

    Authors: Robert Rusina, Jaromír Kukal, Tomáš Bělíček, Marie Buncová and Radoslav Matěj
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:20
  29. Advancement in technology of computer tomography (CT) and introduction of new medical imaging softwares enables easy and rapid assessment of muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) and attenuation. Before using thes...

    Authors: Sören Strandberg, Marie-Louise Wretling, Torsten Wredmark and Adel Shalabi
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:18
  30. Partial volume effects in atrophied areas should be taken into account when interpreting brain perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) images of neurodegenerative diseases. To evaluate bot...

    Authors: Hiroshi Matsuda, Etsuko Imabayashi, Ichiei Kuji, Akira Seto, Kimiteru Ito, Daisuke Kikuta, Minoru Yamada, Yasumasa Shimano and Noriko Sato
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:17
  31. In magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, T1, T2 and T2* relaxation times represent characteristic tissue properties that can be quantified with the help of specific imaging strategies. While there are basic softwar...

    Authors: Daniel R Messroghli, Andre Rudolph, Hassan Abdel-Aty, Ralf Wassmuth, Titus Kühne, Rainer Dietz and Jeanette Schulz-Menger
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:16
  32. In the present study we developed, evaluated in volunteers, and clinically validated an image acquisition stabilizer (IAS) for Sidestream Dark Field (SDF) imaging.

    Authors: Gianmarco M Balestra, Rick Bezemer, E Christiaan Boerma, Ze-Yie Yong, Krishan D Sjauw, Annemarie E Engstrom, Matty Koopmans and Can Ince
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:15
  33. Optic nerve head drusen (ONHD) are white calcareous deposits, seen either superficially on the optic nerve head or buried within it. Diagnosis of ONHD is made by one or more ways: clinical exam, autofluorescen...

    Authors: Ravi K Murthy, Laura Storm, Sandeep Grover, Vikram S Brar and Kakarla V Chalam
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:11
  34. We sought to compare quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by different gated myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) programs with each other and to magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.

    Authors: Fredrik Hedeer, John Palmer, Håkan Arheden and Martin Ugander
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:10
  35. A widespread and fundamental assumption in the health sciences is that muscle functions are related to a wide variety of conditions, for example pain, ischemic and neurological disorder, exercise and injury. I...

    Authors: Michael Peolsson, Tommy Löfstedt, Susanna Vogt, Hans Stenlund, Anton Arndt and Johan Trygg
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:9
  36. Our objective was to study the effect of trauma on texture features in cerebral tissue in mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). Our hypothesis was that a mild trauma may cause microstructural changes, which are ...

    Authors: Kirsi K Holli, Lara Harrison, Prasun Dastidar, Minna Wäljas, Suvi Liimatainen, Tiina Luukkaala, Juha Öhman, Seppo Soimakallio and Hannu Eskola
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:8
  37. Recently, digital photography in medicine is considered an acceptable tool in many clinical domains, e.g. wound care. Although ever higher resolutions are available, reproducibility is still poor and visual co...

    Authors: Sven Van Poucke, Yves Vander Haeghen, Kris Vissers, Theo Meert and Philippe Jorens
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:7
  38. We evaluated pulmonologists variability in the interpretation of Vibration response imaging (VRI) obtained from healthy subjects and patients hospitalized for community acquired pneumonia.

    Authors: Konstantinos Bartziokas, Christos Daenas, Sebastien Preau, Paris Zygoulis, Apostolos Triantaris, Theodora Kerenidi, Demosthenes Makris, Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis and Zoe Daniil
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:6
  39. Using 3D generic models to statistically analyze trends in biological structure changes is an important tool in morphometrics research. Therefore, 3D generic models built for a range of populations are in high...

    Authors: Mei Xiao, Jung Soh, Oscar Meruvia-Pastor, Eric Schmidt, Benedikt Hallgrímsson and Christoph W Sensen
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:5
  40. Left ventricular mass (LVM) is used when expressing infarct or fibrosis as a percentage of the left ventricle (LV). Quantification of LVM is interchangeably carried out in cine steady state free precession (SS...

    Authors: Sigurdur S Stephensen, Marcus Carlsson, Martin Ugander, Henrik Engblom, Goran Olivecrona, David Erlinge and Hakan Arheden
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:4
  41. The purposes of the study were to determine the relevance and validity of in vivo non-invasive radiographic assessment of the CCLT (Cranial Cruciate Ligament Transection) rabbit model of osteoarthritis (OA) an...

    Authors: Caroline B Boulocher, Eric R Viguier, Rodrigo Da Rocha Cararo, Didier J Fau, Fabien Arnault, Fabien Collard, Pierre A Maitre, Olivier Roualdes, Marie-Eve Duclos, Eric P Vignon and Thierry W Roger
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:3
  42. The rupture of gastric varices is associated with high mortality rate. Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO), a minimally invasive procedure that was introduced in the mid-1990s, has bee...

    Authors: Kenichi Katoh, Miyuki Sone, Atsuo Hirose, Yoshihiro Inoue, Yasuhisa Fujino and Makoto Onodera
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:2
  43. Commercially available software for cardiovascular image analysis often has limited functionality and frequently lacks the careful validation that is required for clinical studies. We have already implemented ...

    Authors: Einar Heiberg, Jane Sjögren, Martin Ugander, Marcus Carlsson, Henrik Engblom and Håkan Arheden
    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2010 10:1

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