Browse the latest research summaries in the field of medical imaging for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2013 • August 1, 2013
This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of plain abdominal radiography for assessing bowel dysfunction in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). The study found significant correlations between c...
KEY FINDING: There were statistically significant correlations between the total CTT and constipation score, and Starreveld and Leech scores.
J. Pers. Med., 2023 • November 24, 2023
This study explores the use of a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) to reconstruct 3D spinal vertebrae structures from synthetic biplanar X-ray images. The X2CT-GAN model was applied, focusing on an...
KEY FINDING: The GAN-based method can effectively reconstruct 3D spinal vertebrae structures from biplanar X-rays.
eNeuro, 2015 • March 26, 2015
The study introduces optimized methods for visualizing traced axons in cleared spinal cords from transgenic and nontransgenic animals, comparing different AAV serotypes, promoters, and fluorescent pro...
KEY FINDING: AAV8 serotype with UbC promoter expressing GFP provides the strongest fluorescence signal after tetrahydrofuran-based tissue clearing, referred to as 3D imaging of solvent-cleared organs (3DISCO).
Curr Protoc Essent Lab Tech, 2013 • January 1, 2013
Quantification of immunohistochemistry (IHC) and immunofluorescence (IF) using image intensity depends on a number of variables. These variables add a subjective complexity in keeping a standard withi...
KEY FINDING: FFT allows for an objective quantification of photomicrographs based on morphology, which reduces the subjectivity associated with pixel-intensity methods.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2017 • January 1, 2017
This study investigated urological surveillance practices and ultrasonography outcomes in individuals with long-term spinal cord injury (SCI) in the Netherlands. The study revealed that a significant ...
KEY FINDING: 39% of the participants did not have routine urological checkups.
Ann Rehabil Med, 2015 • October 1, 2015
This study examined core and body surface temperatures in patients with incomplete SCI to assess thermoregulatory dysfunction. The results indicated that patients with upper SCIs (T6 or above) had low...
KEY FINDING: Patients with upper SCIs had significantly lower skin temperatures at the lower abdomen, anterior thigh, and anterior tibia compared to healthy individuals and patients with lower SCIs.
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 2016 • December 7, 2016
This study introduces a novel nonlinear trimodal regression analysis methodology for quantifying muscle degeneration using radiodensitometric distributions from CT scans. The method was tested on a ra...
KEY FINDING: The study found significant qualitative differences in the shapes of HU distributions among healthy, elderly, and pathological subjects. The healthy subject had a high-amplitude muscle peak, while the elderly subject had a more pronounced fat peak.
Journal of Pathology Informatics, 2022 • December 20, 2022
This study investigates the use of generative adversarial networks (GANs) to enhance the quality of frozen section images by translating them into virtual paraffin sections, aiming to improve diagnost...
KEY FINDING: Pathologists' detection accuracy of virtual paraffin sections was between 0.62 and 0.97, indicating a challenge in distinguishing real from AI-generated images.
Neural Regeneration Research, 2017 • December 1, 2017
This review explores techniques for quantifying intermuscular (IMAT) and intramuscular (IntraMAT) adipose tissue using MRI, highlighting inconsistencies in past studies. It compares the Otsu and Midpo...
KEY FINDING: Significant differences exist between the Midpoint and Otsu methods in quantifying intramuscular adipose tissue (%IntraMAT) in the knee extensor muscle group.
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2020 • January 1, 2020
This study confirms the safety of musculoskeletal CEUS using sulfur hexafluoride contrast agent, with a lower rate of adverse events compared to other contrast agents. The study analyzed 2268 CEUS exa...
KEY FINDING: The total rate of all adverse events was 0.13%, and the rate of severe adverse events was 0.04%.