BACKGROUND To evaluate diffusion-weighted MR neurography (DW-MRN) for visualizing the brachial plexus and for the assessment of brachial plexopathy. METHODS 40 oncological patients with symptoms of brachial plexopathy underwent 1.5 T MRI using conventional MR sequences and unidirectional DW-MRN. The images were independently reviewed by two radiologists. Anatomic visualization of the brachial...

AIM To evaluate the efficacy and efficiency of three-dimensional (3D) fast spin-echo (FSE) with variable flip angle ("CUBE") magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in knee imaging as compared with conventional MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-nine patients (single knee) with joint injuries of varying degrees were enrolled in this study between January, 2011 and December, 2011. All patients underwe...

• Imaging detects the cause of death in a majority deceased dogs and cats. Conventional necropsies are not competed; however, they can be simplified supplemented. In cases space-occupying lesions trauma, imaging finds causes most reliably. with systemic inflammatory disease, it is difficult for to arrive at correct diagnosis. Post mortem (PM) examination euthanized or individual animals herd im...

BACKGROUND Purpose of the study is to define the role of conventional radiology and MRI in the evaluation of pelvic floor hernias in female pelvic floor disorders. METHODS A MEDLINE and PubMed search was performed for journals before March 2013 with MeSH major terms 'MR Defecography' and 'pelvic floor hernias'. RESULTS The prevalence of pelvic floor hernias at conventional radiology was hig...

Ankylosing spondylitis and other seronegative arthropathies are conventionally diagnosed using clinical criteria xrays of SI joints spine. The introduction MRI particularly the STIR sequence has revolutionised diagnosis assessment activity diseease. But as inferred from this study is not infallible maybe superior to identify structural changes low dose CT a good alternative even establish Diagn...

Recent years have witnessed impressive advances in the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the assessment of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Complementary to the clinical evaluation, conventional MRI provides crucial pieces of information for the diagnosis of MS. However, the correlation between the burden of lesions observed on conventional MRI scans and the clinical manifestati...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used in preclinical research and drug development and is a powerful noninvasive method for assessment of phenotypes and therapeutic efficacy in murine models of disease. In vivo MRI provides an opportunity for longitudinal evaluation of tissue changes and phenotypic expression in experimental animal models. Ex vivo MRI of fixed samples permits a thorou...

the incidence of multiple myeloma (mm) affecting the jaws is 30% and on rare occasions the oral involvement can be the first indication of the disease. authors report a case of mm in a 40-yearold woman who presented with a multilocular radiolucent lesion in the left mandible initially mistaken as an ameloblastoma. conventional radiographs revealed a multilocular lesion on the molar region. comp...