UNLABELLED A major part of morbidity and mortality after liver resections is caused by inadequate remnant liver function leading to liver failure. It is therefore important to develop accurate diagnostic tools that can predict the risk of liver resection-related morbidity and mortality. In this study, preoperative hepatobiliary scintigraphy of the future remnant liver and CT volumetric measurem...

The rationale and objectives for radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation remain perplexing to many. This review addresses the meaning, clinical context and the goals of "ablation": the RAI treatment after a total thyroidectomy. This article also aims to clarify the definition of a total thyroidectomy and how a thyroid remnant can introduce a confounding factor in the postoperative management of patie...

introduction:differentiated thyroid carcinoma (dtc) follow-up after thyroidectomy and radioiodine-ablation is performed mainly by thyroglobulin (tg), diagnostic iodine-131 whole body scan (dxwbs) and sonography. some patients with undetectable tg have thyroid-bed uptake after ablation in whom decision making regarding the need for retreatment is still controversial. methods: in this study, we e...

It is pointed out that a cavity supernova explosion of a moving massive star could result in a significant offset of the neutron star birthplace from the centre of the nearly spherical supernova remnant. Therefore: a) the high implied transverse velocities of a number of neutron stars (e.g. PSR B 1757-24, SGR 0526-66, 1E 0820-4247) could be reduced; b) the proper motion vector of the neutron st...

We investigate the high-energy photon emission around Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) remnants caused by ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) from the GRBs. We apply the results to the recent report that the supernova remnant W49B is a GRB remnant in our Galaxy. If this is correct, and if GRBs are sources of UHECRs, a natural consequence of this identification would be a detectable TeV photon emission a...

We report on new Australian Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) observations of SNR J0519–6902. The Supernova Remnant (SNR) is small in size (∼8 pc) and exhibits a typical SNR spectrum with α = −0.53± 0.07, with steeper spectral indices towards the northern limb of the remnant. SNR J0519–6902 contains a low level of radially orientated polarisation at wavelengths of 3 and 6 cm, which is typical of y...