Mineral loss from bone can be measured accurately and reproducibly by neutron activation of the hand bones using a 5-min irradiation (10(6) n/cm2-sec) with two 200-microgram sources of Cf-252. The hand dose is 7.5 rad equivalent and the dose to the rest of body is 1.5 mrem. Controls (132) and osteoporotic patients (45) were compared. Between ages 20 and 60 the control group showed a bone calciu...

Phalanx bone metastasis as the initial presenting sign of lung cancer is a rare presentation. Lung cancer is known to metastasize to the bone, but rarely to the fingers. A 61-year-old male smoker presented with pain in the left ring finger. Severe pain discouraged the patient from using his left hand. An X-ray of the left hand showed a lytic bone lesion. The patient was treated with finger radi...

Human being can perceive natural scenes very well under various illumination conditions. Partial reasons are due to the contrast enhancement of center/surround networks and opponent analysis on the human retina. In this paper, we propose an image enhancement model to simulate the color processes in the human retina. Specifically, there are two center/surround layers, bipolar/horizontal and gang...

introduction: almost all malignant tumors have the potential to eventually produce bone metastasis. the aim of the current study was to report the distribution pattern and imaging characteristics of bone metastases detected by conventional whole body bone scintigraphy in patients with different types of malignancies and to assess their relationship with the complaint of bone pain. methods: as ...

HRP was injected into the peripheral branches of the trigeminal nerve, of rats and ducks, and the subdivisional organization of the trigeminal ganglion was observed in relation to food seeking behavior. In both the rat and the duck, there were definite regions of cellular localization corresponding to the peripheral local regions. In the rat, particularly the regions demarcating the respective ...

In the present study, the spatiotemporal pattern of chicken retinal ganglion cells' firing activity in response to full-field white light stimulation was investigated. Cross-correlation analysis showed that ganglion cells of sustained subtype fired in precise synchrony with their adjacent neurons of the same subtype (delay lag within 2 ms, narrow correlation). On the other hand, the activities ...

The enormous range of animal size raises a fundamental problem: How do larger animals maintain adequate control of peripheral structures that are many times more massive and extensive than the homologous structures in smaller animals? To explore this question, we have determined neuronal number, the number of axons that innervate each neuron (convergence) and the number of neurons innervated by...

We report 5 cases of a localized lesion (4 with osteomyelitis and 1 with an intraosseous ganglion cyst) that were treated successfully by medulloscopy. Medulloscopy is a standard arthroscopic technique for visualizing the intramedullary canal of the tibia. Two portals were created to allow easy access and triangulation to the lesion, one for the 5-mm arthroscope and the other for the instrument...

The expression of the disialoganglioside GD2 was analyzed in 67 solid tumors and normal tissues from children by using the GD2-specific murine monoclonal antibody 3A7 and the indirect immunoperoxidase method. GD2 was expressed in all of 28 neuroblastomas and was most abundant in stroma-poor tumors. In differentiating stroma-rich neuroblastomas, neuroblastic clusters, neurofibrils, and most gang...