Browse the latest research summaries in the field of medical imaging for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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BMC Neurology, 2013 • May 29, 2013
This case report describes a patient who experienced deterioration of pre-existing hemiparesis due to an injury of the ipsilateral anterior corticospinal tract following a pontine infarct. Diffusion t...
KEY FINDING: Deterioration of pre-existing right hemiparesis was ascribed to the injury of the right anterior CST following the new right pontine infarct.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2013 • May 1, 2013
This study investigated skin thickness over bony prominences in patients with SCI using ultrasonography, comparing them to healthy controls. The objective was to determine if ultrasound could detect d...
KEY FINDING: The skin was significantly thinner over the sacrum in SCI individuals compared with healthy volunteers.
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2013 • August 1, 2013
This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of plain abdominal radiography for assessing bowel dysfunction in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). The study found significant correlations between c...
KEY FINDING: There were statistically significant correlations between the total CTT and constipation score, and Starreveld and Leech scores.
Journal of Translational Medicine, 2013 • December 20, 2013
The study compared CT-guided stem cell transplantation with open surgical transplantation for treating spinal cord injury sequelae, finding CT-guided transplantation to be safer and more effective. Cl...
KEY FINDING: CT-guided stem cell transplantation resulted in better clinical outcomes compared to open surgical transplantation and the control group.
Curr Protoc Essent Lab Tech, 2013 • January 1, 2013
Quantification of immunohistochemistry (IHC) and immunofluorescence (IF) using image intensity depends on a number of variables. These variables add a subjective complexity in keeping a standard withi...
KEY FINDING: FFT allows for an objective quantification of photomicrographs based on morphology, which reduces the subjectivity associated with pixel-intensity methods.
Photoacoustics, 2021 • July 17, 2021
This study focuses on enhancing the photostability of gold nanostars (GNSs) by coating them with silica shells for improved performance in photoacoustic imaging (PAI) and photothermal therapy (PTT). T...
KEY FINDING: Silica-coated GNSs exhibit a threefold improvement in photoacoustic stability compared to uncoated GNSs, making them more reliable for PAI.
Journal of Pathology Informatics, 2022 • December 20, 2022
This study investigates the use of generative adversarial networks (GANs) to enhance the quality of frozen section images by translating them into virtual paraffin sections, aiming to improve diagnost...
KEY FINDING: Pathologists' detection accuracy of virtual paraffin sections was between 0.62 and 0.97, indicating a challenge in distinguishing real from AI-generated images.
Photoacoustics, 2021 • August 26, 2021
This study investigates the feasibility of using multi-wavelength photoacoustic (MWPA) analysis to detect collagen in bone as a biomarker for bone health assessment, focusing on the wavelength range o...
KEY FINDING: The study successfully demonstrated the feasibility of using multi-wavelength photoacoustic (MWPA) analysis for detecting collagen content in bone.
Photoacoustics, 2022 • December 14, 2021
This study investigates the feasibility of using photoacoustic physicochemical spectrograms (PCSs) for bone health assessment, focusing on variations in bone mineral density (BMD), bone microarchitect...
KEY FINDING: PAPCA can effectively characterize both the microstructure and content of multi-biomarkers highly related to bone health.
Biomedical Optics Express, 2022 • May 1, 2022
The study introduces a multi-wavelength photoacoustic time-frequency spectral analysis (MWPA-TFSA) method for simultaneous detection of changes in bone minerals, lipids, and bone marrow cluster size, ...
KEY FINDING: Osteoporotic bones exhibit a lower content ratio of hemoglobin (Hb) to lipid compared to normal bones, as indicated by the lower energy ratio of E760/E930 in MWPA measurements.