M-mode echocardiographic findings are described in 21 patients with endomyocardial fibrosis. Features associated with right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis include: (i) exaggerated motion and thickening of the anterior right ventricular wall; (ii) increased right ventricular end-diastolic dimension; and (iii) paradoxical septal motion. Pericardial effusion (viz an echo-free space behind the...

A quantification methodology is proposed for the analysis of DTI M-mode images. After an enhancement stage, the cardiac wall is divided into several layers from which time curves and parameters are computed. A clinical study has been carried out, comparing normal and ischemic patients, in order to characterise the most relevant parameters that assess the intramyocardial left ventricle function....

would serve this purpose for most non-specialists. The index (which must be difficult to compile in a biochemistry text) is excellent. I am not saying that this book should grace every bookshelf in the land, but for those at any stage of their careers who want a good grounding in biochemistry, this text, written by an experienced teacher, is worth the price. Auscultation and electrocardiography...

Introduction and Overview Two of the most important advantages of lasers over other light sources is their ability to propagate over long distances without spreading significantly (that is, to be highly collimated), and their capacity for being focused to small spots so as to deliver very high optical power densities. The easiest way to characterize how well a real world laser beam can be colli...

Recently, there has been growing interest in the development of photoacoustic flow measuring methods aimed to study microvascular blood flow in biological tissue. Here, we describe the M-mode photoacoustic particle flow imaging, using an optical resolution photoacoustic microscope equipped with a high-repetition-rate pulsed dye laser. We studied the flow of a diluted dyed particle suspension in...

we investigate the temperature-dependences of the Brillouin frequency shift in three different kind of single-mode fibers using a heterodyne method for sensing temperature. Positive dependences coefficients of 0.77, 0.56 and 1.45MHz/0C are demonstrated for 25 km long single-mode fiber, 10 km long non-zero dispersion shifted fiber and 100 m photonic crystal fiber, respectively. The results indic...