Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) have been analyzed for objective assessment of hearing function and monitoring of the influence of noise exposure and ototoxic drugs. This paper presents a novel application of the Hilbert–Huang transform (HHT) for detection and time-frequency mapping of TEOAEs. Since the HHT does not distinguish between signal and noise, it is combined with ensem...

To implement different digital processors in optical domain, encoding and decoding of optical data are the prime issues. Till now several encoding/decoding techniques have been reported for representing the optical information. In this connection spatial encoding [Toyohiko Y., 1986], intensity encoding [Mukhopadhyay S.,et-al., 2004], polarization encoding [Awwal A.A.S., et-al., 1990; Zaghloul Y...

Introduction: One of the major causes of image non-uniformity in MRI is due to the existence of  non-homogeneity in RF receive and transmit. This can be the most effective source of error in  quantitative  studies  in  MRI  imaging.  Part  of  this  non-homogeneity  demonstrates  the  characteristics of RF coil and part of it is due to the interaction of RF field with the material being  imaged...

PURPOSE Our goal was to compare contrast enhancement of recurrent herniated disk fragments and scar after intravenous injection of a new high-molecular-weight contrast medium, Gadomer 17 (gadomer), with that after injection of a low-molecular-weight contrast medium, (gadopentetate dimeglumine). METHODS Recurrent herniated disks were modeled in dogs by placing a fragment of intervertebral disk...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlations between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in anterior displacement with reduction (ADDR) and anterior displacement without reduction (ADDWR). Two hundred patients with temporomandibular disorder (TMD) symptoms were examined clinically by a clinician experienced with this disorder. There were 130 joints with ADDR and 45 joints with A...

Objectives: To establish the age-related distribution of clival marrow magnetic resonance imaging appearances in ethnic Chinese and to compare these findings with the clival marrow magnetic resonance imaging appearances seen in Chinese patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Materials and Methods: T1-weighted sagittal cranial magnetic resonance images of 41 normal individuals and 40 patients ne...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Gadolinium based contrast agents (GBCAs) are widely used in magnetic resonance imaging, but recently, high signal intensity in the cerebellum structures was reported after repeated administrations of contrast- enhanced magnetic resonance images. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the association between increased signal intensity in the dentate nucleus a...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE MR imaging has been shown to be of prognostic significance in the evaluation of asphyxiated neonates. The purpose of this project was to determine whether the use of intensity ratios in key regions of the brain might better detect regions of injured brain and thus improve the correlation of imaging findings with 12-month neurodevelopmental outcome. METHODS Prospectively...

PURPOSE To describe the MR appearance of Warthin tumor and correlate the images with pathologic sections. METHODS MR studies of seven patients with Warthin tumors in the parotid gland were retrospectively reviewed; MR results were compared with pathologic specimens in five instances. FINDINGS One patient had a bilateral tumor; another had three tumors in the right parotid gland and one in t...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In the search for a diagnostic marker in ALS, we focused our attention on the hyperintense signal intensity in T1 MTC MR images along the CST, detected in some patients and not found in other patients with ALS and in control subjects. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the hyperintense signal intensity in T1 MTC images and white matter damag...