正常成人脑外段视神经的MRI研究

目的 评价正常成人视神经-眼平面(NOP)视交叉以外段颅神经的MRI表现,建立正常标准。方法 随机选择正常成人志愿者50例,采用GB1.5T MR/i echo spood plus超导型磁共振成像仪及相控阵头线圈,成像序列包括自旋回波T1加权成像(SET1WI)和自旋回波T2加权成像(SET2WI);扫描方位以NOP平面为基准扫描。分别测量两组视神经眼球后神经膨大段直径、眶内段视神经直径、长度,管内段视神经直径及该段视神经起始至同侧视交叉的长度,后者与眶内段视神经长度之和即代表颅外段视神经的长度。结果 NOP平面上,正常人眼球后神经膨大段直径为4.2±0.56mm,眶内段直径为3.1±0.45mm、长度为24.6±2.88mm,管内段视神经直径为3.2±0.49mm,至同侧视交叉的长度为18.7±2.40mm,颅外段视神经的长度为43.3±3.83mm。统计分析,正常成人组内性别和年龄、双侧视神经之间无显著差异。 结论 NOP平面评价视神经有很大优势,MRI可以很好显示视神经的形态,是研究其解剖和疾病的有效检查手段。     

盐酸帕罗西汀治疗躯体疾病伴发焦虑的疗效观察

目的：评价盐酸帕罗西汀治疗躯体疾病伴发焦虑的疗效。方法：对我院2002年1月-2003年．3月内外科躯体疾患伴发焦虑患者进行开放性平行对照研究，对照组用多虑平治疗，为期六周，采用HAMA、CGI量表评定临床效果，以TESS评定不良反应。结果：共65例(帕罗西汀31例，多虑平组34例)，临床判断帕罗西汀与多虑平的显效率分别为66．7％和69．4％，无显著差异，治疗后一周，多虑平组HAMA减分率优于帕罗西汀组，治疗二周后无显著差异。副反应的发生率，帕罗西汀组为17．6％，远低于多虑平组的34．6％。结论：帕罗西汀是一种疗效好，安全性高的治疗躯体疾病伴发焦虑的首选药物。     

体重对腰椎后路开窗减压手术疗效的影响

目的对不同体重老年腰椎管狭窄患者行单纯腰椎后路开窗减压手术,并评价其治疗效果。方法回顾性分析1996年12月～2002年12月间145例因老年腰椎管狭窄而采用单纯腰椎后路开窗减压手术治疗患者的病例资料,结合问卷调查患者对手术的满意程度,比较不同体重患者住院期间及术后症状改善情况,评估手术疗效。结果不同体重患者术后腰腿疼痛明显缓解、日常生活质量改善,患者对手术的满意率达67.59%。而且患者的各种统计数据表明,不同体重组之间差异无显著性意义(P>0.05)。结论体重在一定程度上影响老年腰椎管狭窄患者的手术治疗结果。单纯腰椎后路开窗减压手术,可以达到较为理想的治疗效果。     

数字图像分析在面部整形中的应用

将数字图像分析、模拟技术应用于隆鼻术及烧伤后口唇畸形的整复中，通过测量分析，在术前模拟出术后的面部图像，并输出手术数据，在医生及患者认可后，指导手术进行，否则，继续图像的修改，在手术允许的范围内，直到医、患双方认可。力求美容手术精确化、定量化及图像化并就如何应用数字图像技术于畸形整复进行了探讨     

An Evaluation of the Residual Activity of Antiseptic Handrub Lotions: An ‘In Use’ Setting Study

An evaluation of the residual activity of quick-drying agents (alcoholic solutions) used for hygienic hand disinfection is described. We looked for residual efficacy following hand disinfection with soap and water alone or followed by one of two alcoholic handrub lotions supplied from an automatic hand washing machine. The bacterial counts on the hands obtained before and within 2 successive hours after disinfection showed that alcoholic chlorhexidine was the most effective for 10 minutes after contamination of the hands. WELPAS® (alcoholic chlorbenzarconium) followed this in its immediate effect and was better than soap and water alone. There were no significant differences after 30‘ or 120‘ between the three disinfecting methods.     

Evaluation of renal first pass blood flow with a functional image technique in hypertensive patients

The renal circulation of patients with essential hypertension and renovascular hypertension was evaluated using ^99mTc-DTPA. The first renal peak count (the first C_max; FC_max), time phase distribution (the first T_max; FT_max), and blood velocity (the FC_max/FT_max) were calculated by digital imaging. This yields a visual image of the renal circulation. We consider that the increase in the renal first pass blood flow in patients with essential hypertension is best observed pixel by pixel. The FC_max and FC_max/FT_max images before and after treatment by percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty in patients with renovascular hypertension clearly show its therapeutic effect. The FI technique, therefore, has the advantage that it can be performed at the same time as the conventional routine examinations of renal function. This makes it very useful clinically.     

Single photon emission computerized tomography in childhood hydrocephalus

Single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) is now widely used as one of the tools in evaluating cerebral blood flow (CBF). The authors report the CBF changes in childhood hydrocephalus. Five pediatric cases studied by ¹²³I-IM SPECT in children are presented. The authors counted radioactivities both in early and delayed images in each patient, and calculated the reabsorption ratio (RR). Two negative-RR cases and three positive-RR cases were found. All of the negative-RR patients had a poor prognosis, while all of the positive-RR patients had a favorable outcome.     

Correlations between bone mineral density and demographic, lifestyle, and biochemical variables in community-dwelling Japanese women 69 years of age and over

Introduction A few epidemiologic studies have comprehensively attempted to identify risk factors for low bone mineral density (BMD) in elderly Asian women. The purpose of this study was to identify demographic, lifestyle, and biochemical factors correlated with BMD in elderly Japanese women 69 years of age and over.Methods The study design was cross-sectional. The subjects were 583 ambulatory women aged 69 years and over, and their average age was 74.3 (SD 4.4) years. Predictor variables were age, reproductive history, anthropometric indices, grip strength, calcium intake, lifestyle information, and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)₂D), osteocalcin (OC), and undercarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC) values. The outcome variable was forearm BMD measured with a DTX-200 osteometer.Results Simple linear regression analyses showed that BMD was significantly positively associated with body height, weight, body mass index, grip strength, serum albumin concentration, and “housework,” and negatively associated with age, years since menopause, age at menarche, number of children, serum 1,25(OH)₂D concentration, serum OC concentration, and ucOC concentration. The stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that weight (β=0.00316, SE=0.00028, R²=0.180), age (β=−0.00321, SE=0.00050, R²=0.108), log-transformed serum OC (β=−0.0445, SE=0.0064, R²=0.053), log-transformed serum 1,25(OH)₂D (β=−0.0401, SE=0.0074, R²=0.050), “farmwork” (β=0.00904, SE=0.00426, R²=0.005), and serum 25(OH)D concentration (β=0.000281, SE=0.000120, R²=0.003) were significantly associated with BMD.Conclusion It was concluded that body weight is a major predictor of forearm BMD among the factors measured in this study in independent Japanese women 69 years of age and over and that serum 1,25(OH)₂D concentration may be associated with cortical BMD. Maintenance of body weight is very important for maintaining BMD in this population, unless a large weight aggravates obesity-related diseases. A follow-up study is needed to confirm these findings.     

adaptive fourier threshold filtering: A method to reduce noise and incoherent artifacts in high resolution cardiac images

We introduce an image processing method which reduces white noise and random artifacts in sets of high resolution, time resolved images. At each pixel, the processing consists of: (1) the isolation of a time intensity curve (TIC), (2) Fourier transformation of each TIC, (3) application of a threshold to remove low intensity coefficients, (4) inverse transformation to generate noise reduced TICS which are recombined to form images with improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Noise filtering by Fourier thresholding is demonstrated on a set of cardiac images, resulting in a reduction of the noise energy by approximately 90%.     

体重指数对全膝关节置换术后功能的影响

目的回顾性分析体重指数(BMI)对骨关节炎(OA)患者全膝关节置换术(TKA)后功能的影响.方法由同一组医生使用同一种假体对320例(520膝)骨关节炎患者行全膝关节置换.按体重指数分为4组非肥胖组(BMI＜25.0 kg/m2)、超重组(BMI 25.1～27.0 kg/m2)、肥胖组(BMI 27.1～30.0kg/m2)和病理性肥胖组(BMI＞30.0 kg/m2),分别记录术前及随访时HSS膝评分、功能评分、膝关节最大屈曲、伸直度数和并发症.结果术前超重组、肥胖组和病理性肥胖组功能评分较非肥胖组低(P＜0.05),但膝评分差异无显著性.通过平均28.3个月的随访,无论膝评分和功能评分各组术后均明显提高,各组提高的幅度比较差异无显著性.虽然超重组、肥胖组和病理性肥胖组术后最大屈曲、伸直度数较非肥胖组小,但是改善幅度仍相当,差异无显著性(P＞0.05).肥胖组和病理性肥胖组围手术期并发症明显增高(P＜0.05),在总共93例(181膝)中,有14膝(9.2%)出现伤口并发症,其中1膝(0.5%)感染,感染发生于术后10周内,与伤口并发症有关;2膝(1.3%)内侧副韧带损伤.超重组166例(258膝)中有6膝(2.3%)出现伤口并发症,无感染及内侧副韧带损伤病例.非肥胖组61例(81膝)中有1膝(1%)出现伤口并发症,无感染及内侧副韧带损伤病例.结论TKR是进展期OA患者有效的治疗措施,肥胖并不是膝关节置换手术的障碍.但围手术期并发症增多,包括伤口愈合、感染、内侧副韧带损伤,应注意伤口缝合技术和保护内侧副韧带.