Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) is utilized in Korean medicine for the treatment of various inflammatory diseases. The aim of the present study was to explore the effects of Fructus sophorae extract (FSE) isolated from the dried ripe fruit of S. japonicum (L.) on the development of type II collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) in BALB/c mice. The CIA mice were orally administered FSE or saline daily fo...

Two modified fast spin-echo (FSE) techniques (a 2-point and a single-scan triple-echo Dixon) were used for T2-weighted imaging of the head and neck in 7 patients along with conventional FSE with fat saturation. Both Dixon techniques provided consistent and more uniform fat suppression (FS) than conventional FSE. The 2-point Dixon technique was noted to be more susceptible to motion artifacts. T...

Ensemble learning technique attracted much attention in the past few years. Instead of using a single prediction model, this approach utilizes a number of diverse accurate prediction models to do the job. Many methods have been proposed to build such accurate diverse ensembles, of which bagging and boosting were the most popular. Another method, called Feature Subset Ensembles FSE, is thoroughl...

PURPOSE To evaluate motion artifacts, tissue contrasts, and lesion detectability in the neck with the periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction (PROPELLER) (BLADE) technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 46 patients referred for MRI of the neck were included in a comparison of T2-weighted BLADE (T2W-BLADE) sequence and T2W fast spin-echo (T2W-FSE) sequen...

In the course of routine fast spin echo (FSE) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of knees, we have noticed a distinct and recurrent artifact on MR sagittal knee images. The artifact usually appears as a focal dot of high signal intensity and/or c-shaped ripples at a non-orthogonal angle (Figure 1). The technical features of this artifact have been previously described in an ISMRM abstract in 1995,...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction (PROPELLER or PROP) is an effective means of compensating for head motion during MR imaging in adults. The aim of this study was to assess the value of this novel technique in unsedated children. METHODS PROP T2-weighted fast spin-echo (FSE) imaging (TR/TE/NEX, 4000/83/2; 50 seconds) and T2-wei...

This paper shows for a class of differential games that the global Stackelberg equilibrium (GSE) coincides with feedback (FSE), although GSE assumes leader/regulator announces at initial time regulatory instrument rule she will follow rest game, while in FSE, regulator any chooses optimal level rate. coincidence is based on fact FSE calculated using dynamic programming what implies rate maximiz...

This paper introduces a multi-criteria method for solving classification problems, called TODIM-FSE. This name was chosen because its structure merges characteristics from two different methods: TODIM and FSE. In order to demonstrate TODIM-FSE, a model was constructed aimed at helping potential users to decide upon suitable contingency plans for oil spill situations. The model is envisaged as e...

The effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to monitor thermal lesions created by High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) in rabbit liver in vivo is investigated. The MRI sequences of T1-weighted, and T2-weighted fast spin echo (FSE) were evaluated. The main goal in this paper was to find the range of repetition time (TR) and range of echo time (TE) which maximizes the contrast to no...

conclusion using standard imaging parameters, each mri sequence reaches its maximum si in a specific contrast concentration, which is highest in se and least in ir in a comparison between se, fse and ir sequences. results this study shows that maximum si will appear at different ranges in different sequences. the maximum si can be seen at concentrations of 5.95, 4.96 and 3.98mmol/l for se, fse ...