Introduction: Cardiac complications secondary to iron overload are the leading cause of death in thalassemia major (TM). Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) can provide a noninvasive means of measuring the amount of tissue iron. With CMR, tissue iron is detected indirectly by the effect on relaxation times of hydrogen nuclei in the presence of ferritin and hemosiderin iron. The iron results...

A major focus of attention in structural brain-imaging research in major depression is the increased prevalence of T2-weighted image 'hyperintensities' (T2-WIH). Our aims in this study were to characterize the distribution and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) presentation of brain hyperintensities in major depression patients compared to healthy control subjects and to explore the association b...

BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a useful non-invasive tool for evaluating abnormalities of intervertebral discs. However, there are few studies which applied functional MRI techniques to investigate degenerative changes in cervical and cervicothoracic junction (CTJ) spine among adults. The aim of this study was to compare T2 relaxation time measurement evaluation with morphologic...

Objective: 1. To evaluate different pulse sequence options available for T2 Mapping of human myocardium vis-à-vis accuracy of T2 measurements in phantoms. 2. To propose a practical approach to T2 evaluation that can be used in clinical setting to distinguish tissues with T2 differences 3. To get a range of values for human myocardial T2 values using the most accurate and practical approach. 4. ...

PURPOSE To demonstrate the potential benefits of T2 relaxation time of intervertebral discs (IVDs) regarding the detection and grading of degenerative disc disease using 3.0-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a clinical setting. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cervical sagittal T2-weighted, T2 relaxation MRI was performed at 3.0-T in 61 subjects, covering discs C2-3 to C6-7. All discs were morpholog...

BACKGROUND It is frequently reported that bariatric surgery often leads to resolution of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2 DM). Limited experience with duodenal-jejunal bypass (DJB) for the treatment of T2 DM has shown controversial results. We present the first study of DJB for T2 DM patients in China. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of DJB in nonobese Chinese patients with ...

BACKGROUND While most patients recover from suspected acute myocarditis (sAMC) some develop progressive disease with 5-year mortality up to 20%. Recently, parametric Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) approaches, quantifying native T1 and T2 relaxation time, have demonstrated the ability to increase diagnostic accuracy. However, prognostic implications of T2 values in this cohort are unkno...

INTRODUCTION An international database was collected to inform the 8 edition of the anatomic classification of lung cancer. The present analyses concern its primary tumor (T) component. METHODS From 1999 to 2010, 77,156 evaluable patients, 70,967 with non-small-cell lung cancer, were collected; and 33,115 had either a clinical or a pathological classification, known tumor size, sufficient T i...