Comparison of segmented thermal images versus a CT scanning for detection of maxillofacial pathology.

Objectives: To evaluate thermal images (TIs) by using an algorithm for optimized region of interest (ROI) and image segmentation, in order to find zones of the facial skin surface with asymmetrical temperature, and to test consistency with CT findings, to detect maxillofacial pathologies ( tumours).

Methods: The following steps for the TI evaluation were applied: data acquisition/pre-processing of frontal face and mouth projection, detection of face and mouth external contour, finding face and mouth symmetry axis, calculation of differences in average and maximal temperatures between left and right face and mouth sides, image segmentation of the selected ROI, and evaluation of diagnostic accuracy by comparing the TI results with CT findings.

Results: In healthy subjects, the average temperature difference between left/right sides of facial and mouth ROI was negligible (0.

Ten-year follow-up of a prospective, randomized clinical study of mosaic osteochondral autologous transplantation versus microfracture for the treatment of osteochondral defects in the knee joint of athletes.

Background: Various techniques have proven to be effective for treating articular cartilage defect (ACD) and osteochondral defect (OCD) of the knee joint, but knowledge regarding which method is best still remains uncertain.

Purpose: To evaluate and compare the outcomes of mosaic-type osteochondral autologous transplantation (OAT) and microfracture (MF) procedures for the treatment of articular cartilage defects of the knee joint in young active athletes. This article represents an update of the clinical results at 10 years.

Superficial siderosis: a case report.

Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system is the result of chronic recurrent hemorrhages (e.g., arteriovenous malformations, tumors, or trauma), which leads to the accumulation of cytotoxic hemosiderin and presents with hearing loss, cerebellar dysfunction, and myelopathy.

The accuracy of different imaging techniques in diagnosis of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to establish and compare diagnostic accuracy (sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio) of plain x-ray, ultrasonography, bone scintigraphy, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in pediatric acute hematogenous osteomyelitis.

Material And Methods: Analysis of patients' data, hospitalized at the Department of Pediatric Surgery with suspected acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in the period of 2002-2008, was carried out prospectively. Inclusion criteria were age of 1-18 years, pain in bone area, fever, functional disorder, and (or) signs of infection.

Osteochondral autologous transplantation versus microfracture for the treatment of articular cartilage defects in the knee joint in athletes.

The purpose of this prospective randomized clinical study was to compare the outcomes of mosaic type autologous osteochondral transplantation (OAT) and microfracture (MF) procedures for the treatment of the articular cartilage defects of the knee joint in athletes. Between 1998 and 2002, a total of 57 athletes with a mean age of 24.3 years and with a symptomatic lesion of the articular cartilage in the knee were randomized to undergo either OAT or MF procedure.

[Osteochondral transplantation (mosaicplasty) in the treatment of knee joint cartilage defects].

Between 1998 and 2001 thirty-five patients underwent osteochondral transplantation (mosaicplasty) and 35 patients (controls) - microfracture procedure for osteochondral or chondral knee joint pathology treatment. Average age of patients was 24.74+/-7.