First Bloch eigenvalue in high contrast media

First Bloch eigenvalue in high contrast media

[hal-00828333, v1] First Bloch eigenvalue in high contrast media

This paper deals with the asymptotic behavior of the first Bloch eigenvalue in a heterogeneous medium with a high contrast εY -periodic conductivity. When the conductivity is bounded in L1 and the constant of the Poincaré-Wirtinger weighted by the conductivity is very small with respect to ε−2, the first Bloch eigenvalue converges as ε → 0 to a limit which preserves the second-order expansion w...

Organ dose in kidney imaging with contrast media

Introduction:Intravenous urography (IVU) test includes high number of images and extended imaging size. These make IVU as a diagnostic method with high absorbed doses by sensitive organs such as intestine and gonads in pelvic-abdominal area. In this study absorbed doses of pelvic-abdomen sensitive organs such as Adrenal, Bladder, Colon and Gonads in IVU test. <stron...

Contrast Media: Are There Differences in Nephrotoxicity among Contrast Media?

Iodinated contrast agents are usually classified based upon their osmolality--high, low, and isosmolar. Iodinated contrast agents are also nephrotoxic in some but not all patients resulting in loss of glomerular filtration rate. Over the past 30 years, nephrotoxicity has been linked to osmolality although the precise mechanism underlying such a link has been elusive. Improvements in our underst...

Effect of radiographic contrast media on renal perfusion - First results.

BACKGROUND Intra-arterial administration of radiographic contrast media (CM) is discussed to impair renal perfusion. The pathogenesis of contrast-induced Nephropathy (CIN) is still not clarified. OBJECTIVE This trial was performed to prove the effects of two CM with different molecular structure on renal perfusion. METHODS A prospective, randomized study on 16 pigs was designed to compare t...