Factors related to the absorption rate of benign thyroid nodules after image-guided microwave ablation: a 3-year follow-up.

Purpose: To assess the absorption rate and factors related to the development of benign thyroid nodules (BTNs) following image-guided microwave ablation (MWA).

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study reviewed nodule efficacy in patients who underwent MWA of BTNs between January 2016 and January 2018. The endpoint was a third-year follow-up.

UBQLN4 is an ATM substrate that stabilizes the anti-apoptotic proteins BCL2A1 and BCL2L10 in mesothelioma.

ATM serine/threonine kinase (ATM; previously known as ataxia-telangiectasia mutated) plays a critical role in maintaining genomic stability and regulates multiple downstream pathways, such as DNA repair, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. As a serine/threonine kinase, ATM has an array of downstream phosphorylation substrates, including checkpoint effector checkpoint kinase 2 (CHK2). ATM inhibits cell cycle progression by phosphorylating and activating CHK2, which plays an important role in the formation and development of tumors and participates in DNA repair responses after double-stranded DNA breaks.

Gender-related differences in concomitant articular injuries after acute lateral patellar dislocation.

Objectives: To explore the gender differences in the concomitant articular injuries after acute lateral patellar dislocation (LPD).

Methods: Magnetic resonance images were prospectively analyzed in 166 patients after an acute LPD. Concomitant articular injuries included bone contusion, medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) injury, articular cartilage lesion, and vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) lesion.

Can Combined Screening of Ultrasound and Elastography Improve Breast Cancer Identification Compared with MRI in Women with Dense Breasts-a Multicenter Prospective Study.

: To assess the performance of elastography (ES) and ultrasound (US) in predicting the malignancy of breast lesions and to compare their combined diagnostic value with that of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). : The study prospectively enrolled 242 female patients with dense breasts treated in 35 heath care facilities in China between November 2018 and October 2019. Based on conventional US and elastography, radiologists classified the degree of suspicion of breast lesions according to the US Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) criteria.

Incidence of second-time lateral patellar dislocation is associated with anatomic factors, age and injury patterns of medial patellofemoral ligament in first-time lateral patellar dislocation: a prospective magnetic resonance imaging study with 5-year follow-up.

Purpose: To examine the predictors of the second-time lateral patellar dislocation (LPD) in patients after acute first-time LPD in a 5-year follow-up.

Methods: Data were collected prospectively from patients after acute first-time LPD with conservative treatment. Factors included sex, age at the first-time LPD, anatomical variants [trochlear dysplasia, patellar height, tibial tuberosity-trochlear groove (TT-TG) distance], and injury patterns of medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) in acute first-time LPD.

The Correlation between the Injury Patterns of the Medial Patellofemoral Ligament in an Acute First-Time Lateral Patellar Dislocation on MR Imaging and the Incidence of a Second-Time Lateral Patellar Dislocation.

Objective: To evaluate the correlation between the injury patterns of the medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) on magnetic resonance imaging in an acute first-time lateral patellar dislocation (LPD) and incidence of a second-time LPD.

Materials And Methods: Magnetic resonance images were prospectively analyzed in 147 patients after an acute first-time LPD with identical nonoperative management. The injury patterns of MPFL in acute first-time LPDs were grouped by location and severity for the analysis of the incidence of second-time LPD in a 5-year follow-up.

Correlation analysis between injury patterns of medial patellofemoral ligament and vastus medialis obliquus after acute first-time lateral patellar dislocation.

Purpose: To evaluate the correlation between injury patterns of the medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) and vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) after acute first-time lateral patellar dislocation (LPD) in adults.

Methods: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was prospectively performed in 132 consecutive adults with acute first-time LPD. Images were acquired and evaluated using standardized protocols.

Injury patterns of medial patellofemoral ligament after acute lateral patellar dislocation in children: Correlation analysis with anatomical variants and articular cartilage lesion of the patella.

Objectives: To assess the relationship between injury patterns of medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) and anatomical variants and patellar cartilage lesions after acute lateral patellar dislocation (LPD) in children.

Methods: MR images were obtained in 140 children with acute LPD. Images were acquired and evaluated using standardised protocols.

Injury patterns of medial patellofemoral ligament and correlation analysis with articular cartilage lesions of the lateral femoral condyle after acute lateral patellar dislocation in adults: An MRI evaluation.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the injury characteristics of medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL), and to analyse the correlations between the injury patterns of MPFL and articular cartilage lesions of the lateral femoral condyle in adults with acute lateral patellar dislocation (LPD).

Methods: Magnetic resonance (MR) images were prospectively obtained in 121 consecutive adults with acute LPD. Images were acquired using standardised protocols and these were independently evaluated by two radiologists.

Injury patterns of medial patellofemoral ligament and correlation analysis with articular cartilage lesions of the lateral femoral condyle after acute lateral patellar dislocation in children and adolescents: An MRI evaluation.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the injury characteristics of medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL), and to analyse the correlations between the injury patterns of MPFL and articular cartilage lesions of the lateral femoral condyle in children and adolescents with acute lateral patellar dislocation (LPD).

Methods: Magnetic resonance (MR) images were prospectively obtained in 127 consecutive children and adolescents with acute LPD. Images were acquired using standardised protocols and these were independently evaluated by two radiologists.

Evaluation of medial patellofemoral ligament tears after acute lateral patellar dislocation: comparison of high-frequency ultrasound and MR.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of high-frequency ultrasound with MR in the evaluation of medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) lesions after acute lateral patellar dislocation (LPD).

Methods: High-frequency ultrasound and MR images were prospectively obtained in 97 consecutive patients with acute LPD. Images were acquired using standardised protocols and were independently evaluated by two radiologists.

Sonography on injury of the medial patellofemoral ligament after acute traumatic lateral patellar dislocation: Injury patterns and correlation analysis with injury of articular cartilage of the inferomedial patella.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the accuracy of high-frequency ultrasonography in the diagnosis of injuries of medial patellofemoral ligaments (MPFLs), analyse the characteristics of MPFL injury and correlations between injury of the MPFL and articular cartilage of the inferomedial patella in patients with acute traumatic lateral patellar dislocation.

Methods: High-frequency sonographic images of 49 patients with acute traumatic lateral patellar dislocations treated surgically were reviewed. The χ(2) tests were performed for statistical analysis.

[Analysis of arterial spin labeling in 33 patients with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy].

Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic value of arterial spin labeling (ASL) technology in newborns with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).

Method: Seven full-term newborn infants without any history of asphyxia and other nervous system diseases were selected as the control and 33 full-term newborn infants were assigned into HIE group. The patients in HIE group were further divided into three subgroups (19 cases of mild, 6 cases of moderate and 8 cases of severe HIE) based on their clinical diagnosis.

Magnesium sulfate as an oral contrast medium in magnetic resonance imaging of the small intestine.

Background: To explore the use of magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) as an oral contrast medium (CM) in MRI of the small intestine.

Methods: By comparing MgSO4 SNRs at different concentrations, we determined that 2.5% MgSO4 is the ideal concentration for small bowel MRI.

[Diffusion weighted imaging: its diagnostic and differential value for prostate cancer].

Objective: To explore the diagnostic and differential value of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) for prostate cancer.

Methods: Included in the study were 50 patients with prostatic diseases, including 19 cases of prostate cancer (PCa) and 31 cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and another 16 healthy volunteers were recruited as controls. All underwent DWI sequence on a 1.