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.     

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%.     

磁共振扩散加权成像在肝癌介入治疗前后应用的初步研究

目的探讨肝癌经导管动脉化疗栓塞术(TACE)前后不同b值下瘤区组织的平均表观扩散系数(ADC)的变化及其意义。方法对17例临床及影像学诊断为肝癌并行介入治疗的患者,术前及术后7天行常规平扫和磁共振扩散加权成像,比较不同b值下瘤区组织的平均ADC值的变化。结果在b值为50和100s/mm2时术前术后比较无统计学意义。在b值为300、500和700s/mm2时,术前术后的平均ADC值变化有显著性差异。当b值大于300s/mm2时,随着b值的升高平均ADC值逐渐升高,术后瘤区组织的平均ADC值较术前升高,在b值为1000和1300s/mm2时图像质量太差无法测量。结论对肝癌TACE术后疗效进行评价时,b值最好选择300～700s/mm2之间。DWI通过瘤区DWI图像、eADC图像、ADC图像信号的变化和平均ADC值可以反映TACE术后瘤组织内的微观及超微结构的变化,平均ADC值可以为其早期疗效的判断提供量化标准。     

颅内表皮样囊肿的常规T_1WI、T_2WI、FLAIR及DWI对比分析

目的:通过定性分析和定量比较来探讨颅内表皮样囊肿(ECs)的FLAIR和DWI特征。方法:ECs16例,测量其T1WI、T2WI、FLAIR及DWI上病灶信号强度和ADC值,计算组织间对比度(CR)和对比噪声比(CNR)。结果:在FLAIR上ECs平均信号强度高于脑脊液(CSF),低于脑组织。在T1WI上,表皮样囊肿与脑脊液间的CR和CNR分别是0.11±0.06和1.02±1.11;在T2WI上,ECs与CSF间的CR和CNR分别是0.05±0.04和1.05±0.58;而在DWI上,ECs与CSF间的CR是12.56±2.87,CNR是18.23±5.42。16例患者示踪DWI图像上均呈明显高信号。ECs平均ADC值明显低于CSF(P<0.001),而高于脑白质(P=0.002)。结论:FLAIR对颅内表皮样囊肿显示优于常规MRI序列,DWI描述ECs轮廓优于其它MRI序列。     

Development of phantom for radiographic image optimization of standard patient in the lateral view of chest and skull examination

We present the construction of a homogeneous phantom to be used in simulating the scattering and absorption of X-rays by a standard patient chest and skull when irradiated laterally. This phantom consisted of lucite and aluminium plates with their thickness determined by a tomographic exploratory method applied to the anthropomorphic phantom. Using this phantom, an optimized radiographic technique was established for chest and skull of standard sized patient in lateral view. Images generated with this optimized technique demonstrated improved image quality and reduced radiation doses.     

人脑桥内部的动脉供应和毛细血管构筑

采用血管灌注和透明切片,在立体解剖显微镜下对30例脑桥内部动脉的分群,经行分支和供应范围进行了观察。并应用图像分析系统测算了脑桥内部主要神经核团和纤维束的毛细血管密度。脑桥内部前正中群有三组长动脉,分别由脚间窝下端,基底沟中部和盲孔处穿入,这些动脉在向脑桥被盖部经行和分布的过程中,可形成多级直角分支,使之呈“垂柳状”外观。脑桥内部的毛细血管构筑,在透明切片上,可显示出神经结构的轮廓。其中上橄榄核的毛细血管密度最高,小脑上脚的毛细血管密度最低。     

不同形状界面对界面射流的影响──彩色多普勒与激光荧光染料方法的研究

本文通过应用彩色多普勒及激光荧光染料显示射流方法研究了不同形状界面对射流的影响。结果表明对照组及平坦界面射流时，彩色多普勒与激光荧光染料两种方法无显著差异；在弯曲界面条件下，彩色多普勒射流小于激光荧光染料射流（Ｐ＜０．０１～０．０００１）。彩色多普勒研究表明不同形状界面射流大小分别与每搏容量相关好（ｒ＝０．８３～０．９９），但射流大小明显不同。凹形界面射流面积最小，平坦及凸形界面射流面积也小于对照组。研究提示不同形状界面可以导致界面射流不同程度地减小，并且彩色多普勒也不易对弯曲界面的射流完全成像。在临床上应用彩色多普勒对返流定量时，需考虑上述影响。