Bronchial stump aspergillosis after lobectomy for lung cancer as an unusual cause of false positive fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography: a case report [PDF]
Introduction Bronchial stump aspergillosis is a rare entity characterized by cough and hemoptysis. Case presentation We report the case of a 58-year-old Caucasian woman who developed bronchial stump aspergillosis two years after a left upper lobe ...
Ignasi Garcia-Olivé +5 more
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Refraction-corrected ray-based inversion for three-dimensional ultrasound tomography of the breast [PDF]
Ultrasound Tomography has seen a revival of interest in the past decade, especially for breast imaging, due to improvements in both ultrasound and computing hardware.
Cox, Ben +2 more
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Background Thyroid cancer considered the 6th common cancer in female and represents approximately 1% of all cancers. Thyroid cancer is generally characterized by good prognosis, long term survival and low aggressiveness. Its prognosis is related to tumor
Amir Fathy Henfy Younis +2 more
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Modelling and simulation of magnetic induction in magnetic particle imaging system [PDF]
In the last century, tomographic imaging has become an essential tool for disease diagnosis. There are several dominant tomographic imaging methods used for medical application such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron ...
Birahim, Muhamad Fikri Shahkhirin +2 more
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Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a widely used diagnostic tool, but radioactive radiation during imaging poses potential health risks to subjects. Accurate low-dose single-photon emission computed tomography reconstruction is crucial
Zengguo Liang +4 more
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Conflicting or complementary role of computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT in the assessment of thymic cancer and thymoma: Our experience and literature review [PDF]
Background: To evaluate the role of computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT in patients with thymic cancer and thymoma at initial staging.
Calabrese, Fiorella +6 more
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Aging progression is a process that an individual encounters as they become older, and usually results from a series of normal physiological changes over time.
Jiao Wang +10 more
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LncRNAs has been identified as regulators of Myeloid-derived suppressor cells in lung cancer
Lung tumours are widespread pathological conditions that attract much attention due to their high incidence of death. The immune system contributes to the progression of these diseases, especially non-small cell lung cancer, resulting in the fast ...
Yifan Liu +10 more
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Treatment of a mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma with uptake on 68Gallium-DOTATOC positron emission tomography-computed tomography : a case report [PDF]
The case of a 35-year old female patient with a diagnosis of metastatic mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma (MAEC) is investigated in the present study.
De Both, Anneleen +5 more
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Introduction: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is the seventh most common malignant tumor. The advances in treatment have improved the global survival rates in the past years, although the prognosis is still grave.
Fernando García-Curdi +6 more
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