background: knee pain is one of the most common reasons patients visit their physician. in this regard magnetic resonance imaging (mri) is the tool of preference for diagnosis. the aim of this study was to determine appropriate guidelines for knee mri administration using the rand appropriateness method (ram)-2013   methods: this qualitative study was done in the mashhad university of medical s...

parameters that have to be measured in gel dosimetry. however, the resolution in gel is strongly dependant on gel composition. selection of optimum method in dose response readout and proper values of parameters can result in noise reduction as well as improvement of contrast, and spatial resolution considerably. materials and methods: magica polymer gel dosimeters were manufactured and irradia...

introduction:  image  distortion  is  one  of  the  major  problems  of  magnetic  resonance  imaging  (mri) for use in 3dmri, velocity mri, fmri and radiotherapy treatment planning (rttp). it is  widely known that the most obvious effect of the inhomogenity of the magnetic fields and the  nonlinearity  of  the  gradient  is  the  geometric  distortion  of  mr  tomograms.  in  this  study,  the...

introduction: one of the major causes of image non-uniformity in mri is due to the existence of  non-homogeneity in rf receive and transmit. this can be the most effective source of error in  quantitative  studies  in  mri  imaging.  part  of  this  non-homogeneity  demonstrates  the  characteristics of rf coil and part of it is due to the interaction of rf field with the material being  imaged...

recent advances in nanotechnology have rapidly developed new therapeutic and diagnostic concepts in all aspects of medicine. magnetic nanoparticles (mnps) can be simultaneously functionalized and guided by a magnetic field, thus providing promising tools for several biomedical applications. mnps contrast agents at low concentrations offer the potential to significantly improve existing methods o...