Usability and utility of the CONSORT calculator for FSH starting doses: a prospective observational study.

This prospective, multicentre, observational study assessed usability and utility (co-primary endpoints) of the consistency in r-hFSH starting doses for individualized treatment (CONSORT) calculator in French routine clinical practice. Physicians first planned their recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone (r-hFSH) starting dose. The CONSORT calculator was then used to recommend a starting dose.

Evaluation of adipose tissue distribution in obese fa/fa Zucker rats by in vivo MR imaging: effects of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonists.

High-resolution MRI of obese (fa/fa) Zucker rats was investigated to characterize and assess in vivo adipose tissue distribution. Thirty animals were gavaged with a placebo, a PPARgamma activator (pioglitazone), or a dual PPARalphagamma activator (LM 4156). At day 15, T1-weighted images were acquired in vivo using a 2TMRI system with a high in-plane spatial resolution (254 microm).

In vivo magnetic resonance imaging of large spontaneous aortic aneurysms in old apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.

Unlabelled: Old ApoE-deficient mice were studied in vivo by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to prospectively evaluate vascular remodeling associated with atherosclerotic lesions.

Material And Methods: Old female ApoE-/- mice on a normal diet were followed by MRI at 2 Tesla for a 3-month period and killed for histopathology. Aortic dimensions were measured and compared.

High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging at 2 Tesla: potential for atherosclerotic lesions exploration in the apolipoprotein E knockout mouse.

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential of high-resolution MRI at 2 Tesla (T) for direct noninvasive imaging of the aortic wall in a mouse model of atherosclerosis.

Material And Methods: A specific mouse antenna was developed and sequence parameters were adjusted. T(1)- and T2-weighted images of abdominal aorta were obtained at 2 T with a spatial resolution of 86 x 86 x 800 microm3 in vivo.