Objective: In view of the characteristics of Whole-Body Diffusion-Weighted MRI (WB-DWI) and the difficulties in the diagnosis of bone metastases from lung cancer, our study aimed to explore the possible application of WB-DWI in diagnosis of bone metastases from lung cancer. Methods: 70 patients with lung cancer were selected in our hospital from August 2012 to June 2014. All the patients were s...

Ubiquicidin (UBI) [29-41] is a synthetic cationic antimicrobial peptide that preferentially binds to bacterial cell membrane at the site of infection. We aimed to assess diagnostic value of 99mTc-UBI [29-41] as a radiopharmaceutical in differentiation of bacterial infection from sterile inflammation in suspected orthopedic implants. Nine patients suspected for orthopedic implant infection, all ...

purpose the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of an eight-week progressive resistance training and vibration program on strength and ambulatory function in multiple sclerosis (ms) patients. methods twenty-four female ms patients with the following demographics: age 27-45 years, and expanded disability status scale (edss) 2-4, participated in this study. the subjects were randomly...

us damages to the ovary storage and the matrix muscle state. some of these patients may admit to infertility clinics for having pregnancy and on the other hand hormonal administration for superovulation induction is a routine procedure in assisted reproduction technology (art) clinics.objective: this study aimed to investigate fertility and fetuses of hormone treated super ovulated female mice ...

Abstract Background Metastases to the bones are a frequent location of metastasis in advanced breast cancer and responsible for substantial morbidity healthcare expenses. Imaging has been crucial directing patient therapy decades, contributing staging response evaluation skeleton. This research aimed assess diagnostic value whole-body magnetic resonance imaging with diffusion-weighted added rad...

objective(s): studies have reported that whole body vibration (wbv) played a vital role in bone remodeling. circulating serotonin is also involved in negative regulating bone mass in rodents and humans. however, both wbv and inhibition of serotonin biosynthesis may suppress receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappab ligand (rankl)-induced osteoclastogenesis in vitro . the purpose of the curren...

despite the establishment of extensive and successful control programmes in some countries or regions, echinococcus granulosus still has a very wide geographical distribution. mature e. granulosus (n = 120) obtained from parasitology department, school of veterinary medicine, ferdowsi university of mashhad (iran). soluble protein of whole body of parasite was prepared by freeze-thawing in liqui...

original article   noise and vibration are the common problems in industrialized countries which can affect individual's job performance. the present study aimed to investigate the combination of the whole body vibration and the noise and their effects on the students' mental performance in the laboratory setting. twenty male students of tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran were ...

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to systematically review the emerging role of whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in patients with sarcoidosis. DESIGN A comprehensive literature search of published studies through December 2010 in PubMed/MEDLINE and Embase databases regarding whole-body FDG-PET and PET/CT in patients with sarcoidosis was performed...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic efficiency of (99m)Tc-EDDA/HYNIC-Octreotate in comparison with (111)Inpentetrotide scintigraphy in the detection of neuroendocrine tumors. This study also evaluates the impact of SPECT-CT hybrid imaging on somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) interpretation and clinical management of these tumors. METHODS Fourteen patients were ...