Bone densitometry [0.03%]
骨密度检测法
Kwang J Chun
Kwang J Chun
Conventional radiographic methods allow physicians to visualize bone structure. However, they do not offer information on the bone mineral density (BMD), which can facilitate early diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis. Bone densitometry,...
Tony Abraham,Janine Feng
Tony Abraham
Computed tomography (CT) and static magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are now the most common imaging modalities used for anatomic evaluation of pathologic processes affecting the brain. By contrast, radionuclide-based methods, including pla...
Cardiac cameras [0.03%]
心脏摄像机
Mark I Travin
Mark I Travin
Cardiac imaging with radiotracers plays an important role in patient evaluation, and the development of suitable imaging instruments has been crucial. While initially performed with the rectilinear scanner that slowly transmitted, in a row-...
Sherman Heller,Pat Zanzonico
Sherman Heller
Gamma probes are now an important, well-established technology in the management of cancer, particularly in the detection of sentinel lymph nodes. Intraoperative sentinel lymph node as well as tumor detection may be improved under some circ...
Wade Koba,Kami Kim,Michael L Lipton et al.
Wade Koba et al.
Imaging devices for small animals have emerged in the past 10 years as extraordinarily useful tools in translational research and drug development. The Food and Drug Administration requires animal testing after in vitro drug discovery but b...
Leonard M Freeman,M Donald Blaufox
Leonard M Freeman
Alternative therapeutic approaches in the treatment of primary and secondary dedifferentiated and medullary thyroid carcinoma [0.03%]
原发性和继发性未分化和髓样甲状腺癌治疗的替代方法
Kim Biermann,Hans-Jürgen Biersack,Amir Sabet et al.
Kim Biermann et al.
The prognosis of patients with surgically unresectable differentiated thyroid tumors deteriorates significantly if radioiodine therapy is or becomes ineffective, considering the limited role of conventional chemotherapies in these patients....
Thyroid cancer--indications and opportunities for positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging [0.03%]
甲状腺癌正电子发射/X线计算机体层成像的适应证及应用前景
Tony Abraham,Heiko Schöder
Tony Abraham
Although thyroid cancer is a comparatively rare malignancy, it represents the vast majority of endocrine cancers and its incidence is increasing. Most differentiated thyroid cancers have an excellent prognosis if diagnosed early and treated...
The problem of the patient with thyroglobulin elevation but negative iodine scintigraphy: the TENIS syndrome [0.03%]
甲状腺球蛋白升高但碘扫描阴性的患者的问题：“TENIS”综合征
Edward B Silberstein
Edward B Silberstein
The available data upon which to act in caring for patients with functioning thyroid cancer and thyroglobulin elevation/negative iodine scintigraphy (TENIS) are imperfect, almost never coming from randomized, blinded studies. When the serum...
I Ross McDougall,Andrei Iagaru
I Ross McDougall
Stunning of thyroid tissue by diagnostic activities of (131)I has been described by some investigators and refuted by others. The support both for and against stunning has at times been enthusiastic and vigorous. We present the data from bo...