BACKGROUND Activated platelets promote tumor cell growth, aberrant angiogenesis, and invasion. However, the value of platelet indices for predicting survival in gastric cancer remains unknown. The goal of this study was to investigate the predictive significance of platelet indices in gastric cancer. RESULT Reduced platelet distribution width (PDW) was significantly correlated with age, carci...

This research realizes and analyze Multi-legged Passive Dynamic Walking(PDW). Although various PDW studies have been conducted based on its interesting features, most of them dealt with bipedal robots. There are many kinds of multi-legged creatures, not only quadrupedal animals but also creatures with more than six legs. In this paper, we focus on a “Multi-legged PDW,” which is a PDW with more ...

OBJECTIVE While the relationship between platelet crit (PCT), platelet distribution width (PDW) and hypertension has been well-documented, data on the association between PCT, PDW and preeclampsia are scant at best. In our study we aimed to investigate the possible correlation of PCT and PDW with preeclampsia and disease severity MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 110 preeclamptic and 100 health...

Introduction Rupture of vertebrobasilar plaque with subsequent thrombosis or distal embolization represents the principal pathophysiology of acute atherothrombotic stroke in the posterior circulation [1]. Multicontrast high-resolution MR imaging (HRMRI) has emerged as an effective tool for the assessment of carotid plaque vulnerability because its lipid-rich/necrotic core (LR/NC), intraplaque h...

Passive dynamic bipedal walking (PDW) is an attractive topic not only for robotics field but also the other scientific fields, i.e. physics and biology. In order to clarify its mechanism of walking, many researchers have developed various PDW machines. We also have developed several 3D PDW with flat feet and ankle springs. However there are no researches on the measurement of 3-D PDW gait, whic...

PURPOSE To test a newly developed fat suppression magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prepulse that synergistically uses the principles of fat suppression via inversion recovery (STIR) and spectral fat saturation (CHESS), relative to pure CHESS and STIR. This new technique is termed dual fat suppression (Dual-FS). MATERIALS AND METHODS To determine if Dual-FS could be chemically specific for fat...

There is a considerable similarity between proton density-weighted (PDw) and T2-weighted (T2w) images acquired by dual echo fast spin-echo (FSE) sequences. The similarity manifests itself not only in image space as correspondence between intensities of PDw and T2w images, but also in phase space as consistency between phases of PDw and T2w images. Methods for improving the imaging efficiency an...

Purpose The change of serum platelet indices such as platelet distribution width (PDW) has been reported in a series of inflammatory reaction and clinical diseases. However, the relationship between PDW and the incidence of persistent organ failure (POF) in acute pancreatitis (AP) has not been elucidated so far. Materials and Methods A total of 135 patients with AP admitted within 72 hours fr...

One could easily argue that, when imaging head and neck malignancy, evaluation of possible perineural spread is more important than identifying the primary tumor or finding metastatic nodes. In almost every case, the clinician has already identified the primary lesion and has made a good estimate of the margins. The location and size of the primary tumor determine the treatment of lymph nodes a...

Thyroid cancer is the most rapidly increasing cancer type among women and the second among men. Early detection greatly improves the prognosis. For this purpose, the platelet distribution width (PDW), an early indicator of platelet activation, might be useful. The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of PDW and serum albumin levels individually or in combination to distinguish betwe...