Browsing by Subject "Ultrasound"

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The effect of selective ultrasound screening on late presenting DDH

Zenios, Michalis; Wilson, B.; Galasko, C. S. B. (2000)

We examined the impact of selective ultrasound screening on late presenting Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH) in the Salford area. In the years 1991-1995, babies with suspected clinical hip instability and a number ...

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Imaging of the Ovine Corpus Luteum Microcirculation with Contrast Ultrasound

Sboros, Vassilis; AVERKIOU, MICHALAKIS A.; Lampaskis, M.; Thomas, D. H.; Silva, N.; Strouthos, Costas; Docherty, J.; McNeilly, A. S. (2011)

Ultrasound contrast agents have been the subject of microvascular imaging research. The sheep corpus luteum (CL) is a microvascular tissue that provides a natural angiogenic and antiangiogenic process, which changes during ...

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Lung cancer in pregnancy: Report of nine cases from an international collaborative study

Boussios, Stergios; Han, S. N.; Fruscio, R.; Halaska, M. J.; Ottevanger, P. B.; Peccatori, Fedro A.; Koubková, L.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Amant, F. (2013)

Objective: Lung cancer is an uncommon diagnosis during pregnancy. The combination of smoking in young women, increased maternal age during pregnancy, and increasing incidence of lung cancer worldwide may cause an increase ...

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Measurement of motion of carotid bifurcation plaques

Nasrabadi, H.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Griffin, Maura B.; Makris, Gregory C.; Fisher, P.; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (2012)

Video loops of B-mode ultrasound images of 35 carotid bifurcation plaques were obtained (4 symptomatic and 31 asymptomatic) from patients with carotid bifurcation atherosclerosis. Video loops were classified visually as ...

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Neuroblastoma: A rare cause of a limping child. How to avoid a delayed diagnosis?

Parmar, R.; Wadia, F. D.; Yassa, R.; Zenios, Michalis (2013)

Neuroblastoma is the most common solid extracranial tumor of childhood. Even though >25% of presentations are orthopaedic in nature, ranging from a limp to lower limb paralysis, neuroblastoma is a rare cause of limping in ...

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Review on endocrine disrupting-emerging compounds in urban wastewater: occurrence and removal by photocatalysis and ultrasonic irradiation for wastewater reuse

Belgiorno, V.; Rizzo, L.; Rocca, C. Della; Lofrano, G.; Naddeo, V.; Meric, S.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Nikolaou, A. (2007)

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Serum total homocysteine, folate, 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) 677C→T genotype and subclinical atherosclerosis

Panayiotou, Antonia; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Griffin, Maura B.; Tyllis, Theodosis K.; Georgiou, Niki; Martin, R. M.; Bond, Dawn; Tziakouri-Shiakalli, C.; Fessas, Charris H.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2009)

Objective : To determine the relationship of serum total homocysteine (tHcy), serum folate and 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) 677C→T genotype with ultrasonic arterial wall measurements associated with ...

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Texture Analysis of Ultrasonic Images of Symptomatic Carotid Plaques can Identify Those Plaques Associated with Ipsilateral Embolic Brain Infarction

Kakkos, Stavros K.; Stevens, J. M.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Geroulakos, George; Thomas, Dominique (2007)

Objectives: The aim of our study was to determine the association between objective, computerised texture analysis of carotid plaque ultrasonic images and embolic CT-brain infarction in patients presenting with hemispheric ...

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Variogram methods for texture classification of atherosclerotic plaque ultrasound images

Jeromin, O. M.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N. (2006)

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the western world and the major cause of disability in adults. The type and stenosis of extracranial carotid artery disease is often responsible for ischemic strokes, transient ...