The proton magnetic resonance imaging contrast of experimental mammary tumors in rats has been dramatically improved. The technique developed combines T2 weighting and chemical-shift imaging in order to suppress the thoracic wall, muscle, and subcutaneous fat contributions to the image. The technique is demonstrated using the R3230AC mammary adenocarcinoma in F344 rats at 4.7 T.
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Anal Chem
December 2024
Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Siming South Road 422, Xiamen 361005, China.
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December 2024
Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
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December 2024
Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119074, Singapore.
Intracranial hemorrhage associated with primary or metastatic brain tumors is a critical condition that requires urgent intervention, often through open surgery. Nevertheless, surgical interventions may not always be feasible due to two main reasons: (1) extensive hemorrhage can obscure the underlying tumor mass, limiting radiological assessment; and (2) intracranial hemorrhage may occasionally present as the first symptom of a brain tumor without prior knowledge of its existence. The current review of case studies suggests that advanced radiological imaging techniques can improve diagnostic power for tumoral hemorrhage.
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December 2024
Department of Radiation Convergence Engineering, College of Software and Digital Healthcare Convergence, Yonsei University, 1, Yeonsedae-gil, Heungeop-myeon, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea.
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December 2024
"Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Grigore Ghica Voda Alley 41A, 700487 Iasi, Romania.
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