Motion Artifact Reduction in Breast Dynamic Infrared Imaging [PDF]
, 2009 Dynamic infrared imaging is a promising technique in breast oncology. In this study a QWIP infrared camera is used to acquire a sequence of consecutive thermal images of the patient's breast for 10 s.
Agostini, Valentina +2 more
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Oncoplastic Breast Reduction: A Systematic Review of Postoperative Complications
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2023 Background:. Breast-conserving therapy with oncoplastic reduction is a useful strategy for partial mastectomy defect reconstruction. The most recently published systematic review of oncoplastic breast reduction outcomes from 2015 showed wound dehiscence ...
Katherine C. Benedict, MD +5 more
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Reducing Radiation Dose to the Female Breast during CT Coronary Angiography: A Simulation Study Comparing Breast Shielding, Angular Tube Current Modulation, Reduced kV, and Partial Angle Protocols Using an Unknown-location Signal-detectability Metric [PDF]
, 2013 Purpose: The authors compared the performance of five protocols intended to reduce dose to the breast during computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography scans using a model observer unknown-location signal-detectability metric.
Badal, Andreu +4 more
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Reductive Augmentation of the Breast [PDF]
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2017 Although breast reduction surgery plays an invaluable role in the correction of macromastia, it almost always results in a breast lacking in upper pole fullness and/or roundness. We present a technique of breast reduction combined with augmentation termed "reductive augmentation" to solve this problem.
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Blockade of insulin-like growth factors increases efficacy of paclitaxel in metastatic breast cancer. [PDF]
, 2017 Breast cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in women owing to metastasis and the development of resistance to established therapies. Macrophages are the most abundant immune cells in the breast tumor microenvironment and can both inhibit and ...
A Fantozzi +66 more
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Technical Note: Phantom study to evaluate the dose and image quality effects of a computed tomography Organ-based Tube Current Modulation Technique [PDF]
, 2015 Purpose This technical note quantifies the dose and image quality performance of a clinically available organ-dose-based tube current modulation (ODM) technique, using experimental and simulation phantom studies.
Crotty, Dominic J. +3 more
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Occult breast cancer in breast reduction specimens [PDF]
Acta Oncologica, 2017 Occult breast cancer in breast reduction ...
Meyer, Lotte +3 more
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A Combination of Direct-to-Implant and Vertical Mastopexy Immediate Breast Reconstruction: A Case Report [PDF]
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2018 Patients with large or ptotic breasts who undergo nipple-sparing mastectomy and direct-to-implant (DTI) reconstruction tend to exhibit poor esthetic outcomes.
Kwang Hyun Park +4 more
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A Review and Measurement Study of the Central Mound Pedicle for Breast Reduction
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021 Background:. The central mound approach to breast reduction has been the subject of recent interest in the literature. However, quantitative evaluation using measurements is lacking.
Eric Swanson, MD
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Early infant feeding and adiposity risk: from infancy to adulthood [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: Systematic reviews suggest that a longer duration of breast-feeding is associated with a reduction in the risk of later overweight and obesity.
Beilin, L J +10 more
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