BACKGROUND A subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) due to the rupture of a cerebral aneurysm (CA) is a devastating event associated with high rates of mortality. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), as a noninvasive technique, is typically used initially. The object of our study is to evaluate the feasibility of 4D time-resolved MRA with keyhole (4D-TRAK) for the diagnostic accuracy and reliability of...

background traditional digital subtraction angiography (dsa) is currently the gold standard diagnostic method for the diagnosis and evaluation of cerebral arteriovenous malformation (avm) and dural arteriovenous fistulas (davf). objectives the aim of this study was to analyze different less invasive magnetic resonance angiography (mra) images, time-resolved mra (tr-mra) and three-dimensional ti...

BACKGROUND Traditional digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is currently the gold standard diagnostic method for the diagnosis and evaluation of cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVF). OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to analyze different less invasive magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) images, time-resolved MRA (TR-MRA) and three-dimensional ...

PURPOSE To present a new 4D method that is designed to provide high spatial resolution MR angiograms at subsecond temporal resolution by combining different techniques of view sharing with parallel imaging at 3.0T. MATERIALS AND METHODS In the keyhole-based method, a central elliptical cylinder in k-space is repeated n times (keyhole) with a random acquisition (CENTRA), and followed by the re...

Time-resolved MRA has recently been reported, and high-resolution MRA that does not miss timing is possible. In this examination, CEMRA that used 4D time-resolved angiography using keyhole (4D-TRAK) at 3T for the pelvic region was studied. 4D-TRAK is a method of using keyhole imaging together with sensitivity encoding (SENSE) and contrast-enhanced timing robust angio (CENTRA). The method change...

BACKGROUND TRAK is a web-based intervention that provides knee patients with health information, personalised exercise plans and remote clinical support. The aim of this study was to fully define TRAK intervention content, setting and context and develop the training through an implementation study in a physiotherapy out-patient service. METHODS A mixed methods study. Phase 1 was a qualitativ...

In this paper we discuss the design and development of TRAK (Taxonomy for RehAbilitation of Knee conditions), an ontology that formally models information relevant for the rehabilitation of knee conditions. TRAK provides the framework that can be used to collect coded data in sufficient detail to support epidemiologic studies so that the most effective treatment components can be identified, ne...

PURPOSE To evaluate the role of core antigen (Ortho trak-C assay) as a marker of active HCV infection in comparison to HCV RNA as detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). METHODS This evaluation was carried out during January 2000 to December 2003 in HCV infected individuals who were treatment naomicronve or were on anti-viral therapy. Additionally, sequential pla...

Radio receptor assays for the detection of TSH receptor antibodies in serum are typically based on binding the competition of TSH-R antibodies and (125)I "labeled" TSH for membrane preparation of thyrocytes (TBII tests). The sensitivity of the available tests utilizing porcine cell membranes was found to be around 80%. A new test (TRAK Dyno human, BRAHMS) utilizes human recombinant TSH receptor...

Radio receptor assays for detection of TSH receptor antibodies in serum are typically based on binding competition of TSH-R antibodies and 125 I “labeled” TSH for membrane preparation of thyrocytes (TBII tests). Sensitivity of available tests utilizing porcine cell membranes was around 80%. New test (TRAK Dyno human, BRAHMS) utilizes human recombinant TSH receptor and human standard material th...