Ultrasound above 14 MHz images epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissues in real time. Tumor depth is ascertained with B-mode. Three-dimensional imaging depicts nonpalpable, in-transit, and satellite lesions. Doppler blood flow technologies measure tumor neovascularity and map vascular structures. Three-dimensional Doppler histogram reconstruction measures tumor aggression and metastatic potential proportional to the percentage of malignant vessels. Subcutaneous investigation reveals nonpalpable metastatic disease and nodal basin lymphadenopathy. Adjacent nerves may be studied. Preservation of the fat-fascia border refines surgical staging of deeper malignancies. Image-guided biopsy is facilitated. Treatment under image guidance is optimized with radiation and various photo and thermal technologies.
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Diagnostics (Basel)
January 2025
Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan.
High-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) has been reported to be useful for the diagnosis of cutaneous diseases; however, its two-dimensional nature limits the value both in quantitative and qualitative evaluation. Three-dimensional (3D) visualization might help overcome the weakness of the currently existing HFUS. 3D-HFUS was newly developed and applied to various skin tumors and inflammatory hair diseases to assess its validity and advantages for dermatological use.
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January 2025
Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350005, China.
Urinary tract injuries represent a significant clinical challenge, necessitating precise diagnosis and effective treatment strategies. Rat models are preferred for studying urinary tract injuries due to their size, visibility of external genitalia, and robust reproductive and growth capabilities. However, there is a lack of standardized methodologies for evaluating the endpoints of rat urinary tract injury models.
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January 2025
Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, No.6 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
Nutritional status is associated with prognosis in a variety of cancers. Studies analyzing the association between the measurements of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue obtained from Computerized Tomography (CT) images at the time of diagnosis of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and overall survival (OS) are relatively few. Data from 425 patients diagnosed with advanced NSCLC between January 2016 and December 2017 were retrospectively analyzed, with an average follow-up of 15.
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January 2025
Departments of1Neurological Surgery and.
The infiltrative and diffuse nature of gliomas makes complete resection unfeasible. Unfortunately, regions of brain parenchyma with residual, infiltrative tumor are protected by the blood-brain barrier (BBB), making systemic chemotherapies, small-molecule inhibitors, and immunotherapies of limited efficacy. Low-frequency focused ultrasound (FUS) in combination with intravascular microbubbles can be used to disrupt the BBB transiently and selectively within the tumor and peritumoral region.
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January 2025
College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Purpose: To characterize frequency-dependent wave speed dispersion in the human cornea using microliter air-pulse optical coherence elastography (OCE), and to evaluate the applicability of Lamb wave theory for determining corneal elastic modulus using high-frequency symmetric (S0) and anti-symmetric (A0) guided waves in cornea.
Methods: Wave speed dispersion analysis for transient (0.5 ms) microliter air-pulse stimulation was performed in four rabbit eyes ex vivo and compared to air-coupled ultrasound excitation.
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