Tracer kinetics analysis of dynamic contrast-enhanced CT and MR data in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract: comparison of the results.

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen is a widely established imaging modality in the diagnostic workup of patients suffering from abdominal disorders. Small-bowel motility analyses using MRI have recently been introduced to provide functional information about the intestine not provided by morphological ana...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Bickelhaupt S,Froehlich JM,Wentz KU,von Weymarn C,Patak MA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this randomized, double-masked, cross-over study was to compare the cardiovascular effects of two glaucoma formulations, ophthalmic 0.5% timolol aqueous solution and 0.1% timolol hydrogel. Twenty-four young healthy subjects received for 2 weeks either twice daily 0.5% timolol solution or once daily 0....

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Niño J,Tahvanainen K,Uusitalo H,Turjanmaa V,Hutri-Kähönen N,Kaila T,Ropo A,Kuusela T,Kähönen M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of the study was to validate the accuracy of the EXINI heart software (EXINI) package in assessing left ventricular end-diastolic/systolic volumes (EDV, ESV) and ejection fraction (LVEF) from gated (99m)Tc-MIBI single-photon emission tomography (SPECT). Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) was u...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Winz OH,Meyer PT,Knollmann D,Lipke CS,Kühl HP,Oelve C,Schaefer WM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that low-intensity [50% of one repetition maximum (1RM)] resistance training with slow movement and tonic force generation (LST) causes muscle hypertrophy and strength gain in older participants. The aim of this study was to determine whether resistance training with slow movement and much more ...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Watanabe Y,Madarame H,Ogasawara R,Nakazato K,Ishii N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study takes a novel approach to describing time-related changes in dynamic cerebral autoregulation (dCA). It is well-recognized that dCA exhibits both intra- and inter- subject variability, and this study seeks to characterize the extent to which intra-subject variability occurs after a significant period of time...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Brodie FG,Panerai RB,Foster S,Evans DH,Robinson TG

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose was to investigate the acute effects of blood flow restriction (BFR) on arterial and venous hemodynamic parameters. Nine participants completed a 10-min time control (resting condition) and then a lower body BFR protocol. The protocol was five, 5-min bouts of restrictive cuff inflation with 3-min of deflat...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Loenneke JP,Fahs CA,Thiebaud RS,Rossow LM,Abe T,Ye X,Kim D,Bemben MG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lung scintigraphy using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) allows accurate regional measurement of the ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) relationship. Objective V/Q analysis has been shown to be useful in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE). By using anatomical information provided by co-register...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Harris B,Bailey DL,Chicco P,Bailey EA,Roach PJ,King GG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This retrospective study aimed to determine the diagnostic performance of exercise-induced ST response in relation to findings by myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (MPS), with focus on gender differences, in patients with suspected or established stable ischemic heart disease. ...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Akil S,Hedén B,Pahlm O,Carlsson M,Arheden H,Engblom H

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of radioactive compounds for sentinel node biopsy is now a generally accepted part of the surgical treatment of breast cancer and melanoma, with the risk of radiation exposure to the operating team. The aim of this investigation was to study the levels of this exposure in relation to the permissible ...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Klausen TL,Chakera AH,Friis E,Rank F,Hesse B,Holm S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Notwithstanding recent progress on molecular mechanisms underlying heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), multiple pathophysiological aspects of this condition including the basis of anaemia and other haematological disorders remain unresolved. In this study, we sought to determine the rel...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Diaz-Canestro C,Haider T,Lundby C,Montero D

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between muscle oxygen uptake (VO(2)) and perfusion or perfusion heterogeneity (relative dispersion, RD) was studied in eight healthy male subjects during intermittent isometric (1 s on, 2 s off) one-legged knee-extension exercise at variable intensities using positron emission tomography and a-v blood ...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Laaksonen MS,Björklund G,Heinonen I,Kemppainen J,Knuuti J,Kyröläinen H,Kalliokoski KK

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone Scan Index (BSI) is a validated imaging biomarker to objectively assess tumour burden in bone in patients with prostate cancer, and can be used to monitor treatment response. It is not known if BSI is significantly altered when images are acquired at a time difference of 1 h. The aim of this study was to investig...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Kaboteh R,Minarik D,Reza M,Sadik M,Trägårdh E

更新日期：2018-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cigarettes and Swedish snuff contain nicotine, which influence the cardiovascular system. Cigarette smoke has been shown to give an acute impairment in diastolic heart parameters. The systolic and diastolic heart function in snuff users is not thoroughly enough investigated. The aim of this study was to investigat...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Sundström D,Waldenborg M,Emilsson K

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cerebral deoxygenation, as determined by near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), seems to predict postoperative complications following cardiac surgery. We identify the type of non-vascular abdominal surgery associated with cerebral deoxygenation and/or hyperoxygenation, how such deviations affect patient outcome, a...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Sørensen H,Grocott HP,Secher NH

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tissue dielectric constant (TDC) measurement may become an important tool in the clinical evaluation of chronic lower extremity swelling in women; however, several factors are known to influence TDC measurements, and comparative data on healthy lower extremities are few. METHODS:Thirty-four healthy women vo...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Jensen MR,Birkballe S,Nørregaard S,Karlsmark T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study provides values for lumbar spine bone mineral content (BMC) and density (BMD) in 41 healthy full-term born Finnish infants, 19 boys and 22 girls, during the first year of life measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) using the Lunar DPX densitometer. Lumbar BMC correlated with the ...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Kurl S,Heinonen K,Jurvelin JS,Länsimies E

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A vasomotor reflex triggered by a rapid and deep inspiration causes arteriolar vasoconstriction and a transient decrease in skin blood flow in most people. This is the inspiratory gasp vascular response (IGVR). The most common site of its measurement has been on the palmar or plantar aspect of the digits and little is...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Mayrovitz HN,Groseclose EE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects the balance between cardiac parasympathetic and sympathetic autonomic influences. Reduced HRV has adverse prognostic implications. The time course for changes in HRV over prolonged periods of time and the influence of an acute coronary event on HRV are not well establish...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Björkander I,Forslund L,Ericson M,Rehnqvist N,Hjemdahl P,Kahan T

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In MRI studies of carotid plaques, ultrasound is used to find plaques, which are later imaged using MRI. The performance in plaque detection has not been compared between the modalities. The aim of the current study was to compare the performance of MRI and ultrasound in detecting carotid artery plaques and ...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Hjelmgren O,Schmidt C,Johansson L,Bergström GML

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Myocardial perfusion imaging with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is useful for the evaluation of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Parameters of interest are the reduction in the blood perfusion (severity) and the lesion volume (extent). The aim of this study was t...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Bartosik J,El-Ali HH,Nilsson U,Dahlström J,Edenbrandt L,Ljungberg M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to evaluate the functionality of an adapted inspiratory muscle training device designed to allow pressures higher than 41 cmH(2)O that can be precisely controlled. The adaptation was made in a commercially available Threshold IMT device, and the opening pressures and linearity of load were evaluated in...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Fregonezi GA,Azevedo IG,Araujo TL,Dias FA,Resqueti VR

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:It has been reported that the endocardium in Fabry disease has a binary appearance on transthoracic echocardiography. It has been suggested that this sign could be used with good accuracy to differentiate Fabry disease from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and even as a first filter to screen for suspecte...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Koskenvuo JW,Engblom E,Kantola IM,Hartiala JJ,Saraste A,Kiviniemi TO,Mononen I,Saraste M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have indicated that, during mechanical ventilation, an inspiratory pause enhances gas exchange. This has been attributed to prolonged time during which fresh gas of the tidal volume is present in the respiratory zone and is available for distribution in the lung periphery. The mean distribution time o...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Aboab J,Niklason L,Uttman L,Kouatchet A,Brochard L,Jonson B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is used to relieve acute and chronic pain. TENS electrodes are applied at the site of pain or in segments related to the pain, although there is limited research to support either approach. This study investigated the effects of unilateral TENS on mechanical and therm...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Dean J,Bowsher D,Johnson MI

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autonomic dysfunction (AD) and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters have been associated with masked heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in the general population. Their clinical significance for masked HFpEF in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is however elusive....

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Cherneva R,Denchev S,Cherneva ZV

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been frequently argued that haemodynamic limitations are poor predictors of exercise performance in people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and intermittent claudication. This review has tried to address this argument through a review of published data that appears to support or counterbalance it, brief c...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Green S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We questioned whether electromyographic (EMG) signs of neuromuscular fatigue accompany the changes in respiratory variables measured at the ventilatory threshold (VTh) during exercise on a cycloergometer. This was based on the assumption that the activation of muscle afferents sensitive to accumulation of lactate and ...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Hug F,Faucher M,Kipson N,Jammes Y

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During recent years, the radial movement of the arterial wall has been extensively studied, and measurements of the radial movement are now an important tool in cardiovascular research for characterizing the mechanical properties of the arterial wall. In contrast, the longitudinal movement of vessels has gained little...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Persson M,Ahlgren AR,Jansson T,Eriksson A,Persson HW,Lindström K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New advances in computer processing and imaging have allowed the development of innovative techniques to assess lung function. A promising methodology is optoelectronic plethysmography (OEP). OEP evaluates ventilatory kinematics through the use of infrared imaging. Markers are placed, and images read on the chest, bac...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Layton AM,Garber CE,Basner RC,Bartels MN

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown training induced morphological changes in the heart. Our aim was to assess how frequent, low-intensity exercise (walking and cycling) influences heart function and morphology in abdominally obese women. Fifty women with abdominal obesity (mean age 47.0 +/- 7.5 years, waist circumference (WC)...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Eriksson M,Uddén J,Hemmingsson E,Agewall S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00