Optical technologies are being used increasingly to perform real-time assessment of tissue abnormalities. Many groups have demonstrated that quantitative optical spectroscopic approaches, including fluorescence spectroscopy1-4 and reflectance spectroscopy,5, 6 have the potential to deliver a highly sensitive, specific, and costeffective diagnosis in real time and without the removal of tissue. ...

Background: Cervix insufficiency is diagnosed based on a previous history of pregnancy loss in the second trimester, followed by painless cervical dilatation or premature rupture of the fetal membranes. Abnormal cervical tissue structural appears to be the cause of this complication. There are no diagnostic methods for cervical insufficiency before pregnancy, but magnetic resonance imaging (MRI...

Cervical cancer, a malignant disease that invades the uterine cervix, is preceded by a long phase of precursor lesion known as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. (CIN). The present study investigated the clinical utility of total sialic acid and lipid-bound sialic acid (LSA) levels in CIN and cervical cancer. The present study also investigated histochemical expression of glycoproteins in cerv...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patients with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and multiple sclerosis (MS) have a similar pattern of abnormalities on conventional MR images. We used magnetization transfer and diffusion tensor MR imaging to quantify normal-appearing brain tissue and cervical cord disease in patients with ADEM and to compare findings with those in healthy volunteers and patient...

bilateral vocal cord paralysis is a rare and preventable complication of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. herein, we report a fatal case of bilateral vocal cord paralysis after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (acd/f). a 65-year-old man with cervical spine trauma and anterior cord syndrome, following car overturn presented to our emergency department. the patient had c6-t10 prola...

Fluorescence spectroscopy offers an effective, noninvasive approach to the detection of precancers in multiple organ sites. Clinical studies have demonstrated that fluorescence spectroscopy can provide highly sensitive, specific and cost-effective diagnosis of cervical precancers. However, the underlying biochemical mechanisms responsible for differences in the fluorescence spectra of normal an...

BACKGROUND After surgery for degenerative spinal disease by the anterior approach, the degree of soft tissue swelling can be assessed simply using plain radiographs. However, there are little studies according to the surgical methods or extent of surgery, and no study had addressed the clinical meaning of swelling determined by plain radiography. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cl...

Objective. To define the presence and prevalence of incidental findings in and around the base of skull from large field-of-view CBCT of the maxillofacial region and to determine their clinical importance. Methods. Four hundred consecutive large fields of view CBCT scans viewed from January 1, 2007, to January 1, 2014, were retrospectively evaluated for incidental findings of the cervical verte...

The electrical properties of cervical squamous epithelium have been modelled in the frequency range 100 Hz to 10 MHz. The hierarchical modelling process comprises a cellular level stage, which includes detailed models of cells typical of different depths within the epithelium and a tissue model, which utilizes electrical properties obtained from the cellular models. The fit between the modelled...

Objective: it is important to know the thicknesses of alveolar bone plates (ABPs) based on current literaturefor planning and success orthodontic treatment. However, studies have scientific limitations regarding ABPsas image resolution not adequate restricted a few teeth or buccal face only. This study was aimedat reporting reference standard for upper teeth, in which 15 patients (mean age 21.7...