Three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonography (US) is rapidly gaining popularity as it moves out of the research environment and into the clinical setting. This modality offers several distinct advantages over conventional US, including 3D image reconstruction with a single pass of the US beam, virtually unlimited viewing perspectives; accurate assessment of long-term effects of treatment; and more ac...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective radiographic analysis. OBJECTIVE To retrospectively review a group of patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) to determine the relative risk of adjacent level disc degeneration after incorrect needle localization. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The needle puncture technique is a well-established method to cause disc degeneration in experimen...

Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of thyroid nodules is minimally invasive and safe and is usually performed on an outpatient basis. However, the optimal application of FNA requires not only technical skill but also an awareness of the limitations of the procedure, the indications for its use, the factors that affect the adequacy of the biopsy specimen, and the postprocedural management strat...

Automatic mapping and monitoring of agricultural landscapes using remotely sensed imagery has been an important research problem. This paper describes our work on developing automatic methods for the detection of target landscape features in very high spatial resolution images. The target objects of interest consist of hedges that are linear strips of woody vegetation and orchards that are comp...

From 03/2009 to 09/2009, 50 patients underwent digital Full Field Mammography (detector: resolution 70lm) (Fa. Siemens) and, after diagnosis and preoperative wire localization, digital Full Field Mammography (detector: resolution 50lm) (Fa. FujiFilm) with the same exposure parameters. Five investigators retrospectively determined the diagnosis after the operation from randomly distributed medio...

BACKGROUND Wire localization for planned surgical treatment in the management of breast cancer is underutilized in our environment. The objective of this study is to assess the role of ultrasound-guided wire localization of breast masses detected on screening mammography and its impact on biopsy and breast conservative surgery in our environment. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective study of 1...