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  1. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  2. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  3. 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

    Content type: Case report

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  4. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  5. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  6. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  7. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  8. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  9. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  11. 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

    Content type: Technical advance

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  12. 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

    Content type: Study protocol

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  13. 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

    Content type: Software

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  15. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  16. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  17. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  19. 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

    Content type: Case report

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  20. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  21. 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

    Content type: Case report

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  22. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  23. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  24. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  26. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  27. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  28. 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

    Content type: Software

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  29. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  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

    Content type: Research article

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  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

    Content type: Research article

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  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

    Content type: Research article

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  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

    Content type: Research article

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  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

    Content type: Technical advance

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  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

    Content type: Research article

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  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

    Content type: Research article

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  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

    Content type: Research article

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  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

    Content type: Research article

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  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

    Content type: Research article

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  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

    Content type: Software

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  44. Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) often present with significant cognitive deficits without corresponding evidence of cortical damage on neuroradiological examinations. One explanation for this puzzli...

    Authors: And U Turken, Timothy J Herron, Xiaojian Kang, Larry E O'Connor, Donna J Sorenson, Juliana V Baldo and David L Woods

    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2009 9:20

    Content type: Technical advance

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  46. Computed Tomography (CT) has become a widely used supplement to medico legal autopsies at several forensic institutes. Amongst other things, it has proven to be very valuable in visualising fractures of the cr...

    Authors: Christina Jacobsen, Birthe H Bech and Niels Lynnerup

    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2009 9:18

    Content type: Research article

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  47. Normal aging involves a decline in cognitive function that has been shown to correlate with volumetric change in the hippocampus, and with genetic variability in the APOE-gene. In the present study we utilize ...

    Authors: Martin A Ystad, Astri J Lundervold, Eike Wehling, Thomas Espeseth, Helge Rootwelt, Lars Tjelta Westlye, Martin Andersson, Steinunn Adolfsdottir, Jonn Terje Geitung, Anders M Fjell, Ivar Reinvang and Arvid Lundervold

    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2009 9:17

    Content type: Research article

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  48. It is of great clinical importance to exclude myocardial infarction in patients with suspected coronary artery disease who do not have stress-induced ischemia. The diagnostic use of myocardial perfusion single...

    Authors: Bo Hedén, Eva Persson, Marcus Carlsson, Olle Pahlm and Håkan Arheden

    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2009 9:16

    Content type: Research article

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  49. The work presented here investigates parallel imaging applied to T1-weighted high resolution imaging for use in longitudinal volumetric clinical studies involving Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Im...

    Authors: Terri L Lindholm, Lisa Botes, Eva-Lena Engman, Anders Frank, Tomas Jonsson, Leif Svensson and Per Julin

    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2009 9:15

    Content type: Research article

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  50. An important aspect in functional imaging research employing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is how participants perceive the MRI scanning itself. For instance, the knowledge of how (un)comfortable MRI scanni...

    Authors: André J Szameitat, Shan Shen and Annette Sterr

    Citation: BMC Medical Imaging 2009 9:14

    Content type: Research article

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