Gamma camera-specific reference standards for radioactive iodine uptake measurements.

Background: Current guidelines of the radioiodine uptake (RAIU) test allow the use of different equipment, isotopes, activity and region-of-interest (ROI). We evaluated presence and extent of these differences in clinical practice and evaluated the effect of some of these variations on RAIU outcomes. Also, gamma camera-specific reference standards were calculated and retrospectively compared with measurements obtained during clinical RAIU tests.

Randomized controlled trial comparing magnetic marker localization (MaMaLoc) with wire-guided localization in the treatment of early-stage breast cancer.

Wire-guided localization (WGL) is the standard of care in the surgical treatment of nonpalpable breast tumors. In this study, we compare the use of a new magnetic marker localization (MaMaLoc) technique to WGL in the treatment of early-stage breast cancer patients. Open-label, single-center, randomized controlled trial comparing MaMaLoc (intervention) to WGL (control) in women with early-stage breast cancer.

Heterogeneity in outcomes of repeated instances of percolation experiments.

We investigate the heterogeneity of outcomes of repeated instances of percolation experiments in complex networks using a message-passing approach to evaluate heterogeneous, node-dependent probabilities of belonging to the giant or percolating cluster, i.e., the set of mutually connected nodes whose size scales linearly with the size of the system.

[Touched by an angel].

The case of a 4-year-old boy with a symmetrical deformity of the 5th fingers is presented. Radiographs showed dysplastic development of the middle phalanx resembling the shape of ''Christmas tree angels''. A finding typical for Angel-shaped phalango-epiphyseal dysplasia (ASPED).

ACL reconstruction with hamstring tendon autograft and accelerated brace-free rehabilitation: a systematic review of clinical outcomes.

Objective: To investigate the clinical outcomes after hamstring tendon autograft ACL reconstruction (ACLR) with accelerated, brace-free rehabilitation.

Design: Systematic review according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines.

Data Sources: Embase, MEDLINE Ovid, Web of Science, Cochrane CENTRAL and Google scholar from 1 January 1974 to 31 January 2017.