Transient osteoporosis of the hip (TOH), also referred to as bone marrow edema syndrome (BMES) of the femoral head and neck, is an uncommon and therefore underdiagnosed benign skeletal disorder, affecting primarily women, particularly in their last trimester of pregnancy, and middle-aged men. The disease is characterized by self-limiting hip pain and radiographically evident osteopenia, but the...

A fluorescent tridentate phosphine, BodP3 (2), forms rhenium complexes which effectively image cancer cells. Related technetium analogues are also readily prepared and have potential as dual SPECT/fluorescent biological probes.

Materials that simultaneously mimic soft tissue in vivo for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound (US), and computed tomography (CT) for use in a prostate phantom have been developed. Prostate and muscle mimicking materials contain water, agarose, lipid particles, protein, Cu++, EDTA, glass beads, and thimerosal (preservative). Fat was mimicked with safflower oil suffusing a random mesh ...

Primary mitral regurgitation (MR) is the first cause of valvular regurgitation in Western countries. Echocardiography is the cornerstone for diagnosing MR and more specifically for establishing its aetiology and mechanism, for quantifying its severity, progression, and repercussion and for assessing the likelihood of successful of valve repair. Two-dimensional/three-dimensional transthoracic an...

Objectives Although echocardiography has traditionally been used to diagnose myxoma, invasive or non-invasive coronary angiography can be useful diagnostic tool before surgery. Methods We present a case of an angiographically detected left atrial myxoma feeding from the left circumflex coronary artery. Results The patient underwent open-heart surgery to remove the left atrial myxoma. After ...

The development of effective multi-modality imaging methods typically requires an efficient information fusion model, particularly when combining structural images with a complementary imaging modality that provides functional information. We propose a composition-based image segmentation method for X-ray digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and a structural-prior-guided image reconstruction for ...

Functional mitral regurgitation (MR) is a common finding occurring in 20% of the general population1 and nearly 40% of heart failure patients exhibiting at least moderate regurgitation.2 severity of MR predicts mortality3 and increased morbidity in ischaemic and non-ischaemic aetiologies4, regardless of revascularisation techniqueas well as in asymptomatic patients.5 Mitral valve repair, by sur...