The Wavelia Microwave Breast Imaging system-tumour discriminating features and their clinical usefulness.

Objective: The Wavelia Microwave Breast Imaging (MBI) system, based on non-ionising imaging technology, has demonstrated exciting potential in the detection and localisation of breast pathology in symptomatic patients. In this study, the ability of the system to accurately estimate the size and likelihood of malignancy of breast lesions is detailed, and its clinical usefulness determined.

Methods: Institutional review board and Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) approval were obtained.

Microwave Imaging in Breast Cancer - Results from the First-In-Human Clinical Investigation of the Wavelia System.

Rationale And Objectives: Microwave Breast Imaging (MBI) is an emerging non-ionising technology with the potential to detect breast pathology. The investigational device considered in this article is a low-power electromagnetic wave MBI prototype that demonstrated the ability to detect dielectric contrast between tumour phantoms and synthetic fibroglandular tissue in preclinical studies. Herein, we evaluate the MBI system in the clinical setting.

The Impact of Preoperative Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Surgical Management in Symptomatic Patients With Invasive Lobular Carcinoma.

Objective: Due to an insidious proliferative pattern, invasive lobular breast cancer (ILC) often fails to form a defined radiological or palpable lesion and accurate diagnosis remains challenging. This study aimed to determine the value of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for ILC and its impact on surgical outcomes.

Methods: Consecutive symptomatic patients diagnosed with ILC in a tertiary centre over a 9-year period were reviewed.

Is there a role for locoregional surgery in stage IV breast cancer?

Current guidelines do not recommend locoregional surgery for Stage IV breast cancer at presentation despite some studies suggesting a survival benefit. We aimed to assess outcomes in patients with Stage IV breast cancer who underwent surgery. In a cohort study of all Stage IV breast cancers diagnosed at our tertiary-referral specialist centre between 2006 and 2012, we assessed patient survival in the context of demographics, histopathology, metastatic burden, and type of surgery performed.

Use of social networking for dental hygiene program recruitment.

Social networking has become a popular and effective means of communication used by students in the millennial generation. Academic admissions officers are beginning to utilize social networking methods for recruitment of students. However, the dental hygiene literature has reported little information about the use of social networking for recruitment strategies.

The dental hygiene faculty shortage: causes, solutions and recruitment tactics.

Peer-reviewed professional publications were examined for pertinent information associated with faculty shortages in the dental professions. The review found 6 suggested causes, including inadequate compensation, lack of diversity amongst faculty, inadequate mentoring for new faculty, lack of modeling to prospective dental hygiene educators, little awareness of faculty shortages and lack of institutional support for dental hygiene faculty. The causes and solutions for faculty shortages and recruitment tactics employed by parallel professions were evaluated to determine their applicability to the dental hygiene faculty shortage.

Coronal oblique turbo STIR imaging of the sacrum and sacroiliac joints at routine MR imaging of the lumbar spine.

The objective of the study was to evaluate the clinical impact of coronal oblique imaging of the lumbrosacral junction and the sacrum at initial presentation for MR imaging of the lumbar spine in patients presenting with low back pain or sciatic pain. Two hundred and sixty consecutive patients attending for MRI of the lumbar spine underwent simultaneous coronal oblique turbo short tau inversion recovery (STIR; TR 2500, TE 40, TI 150, echo train length 7, number of scan acquisitions 2) imaging of the sacrum and the sacroiliac joints with a field of view of 30-cm and 3-mm slices (acquisition time 3 min and 20 s). Images were reviewed by two experienced radiologists to determine the cause of back pain, with and without images of the sacrum and sacroiliac joints.