Subjective well-being in Europe ...
As an attempt to measure the ‘experienced’ utility of individuals in economics, the investigation of individuals’ subjective well-being (SWB) was pi ...
Physical activity, genes, and l ...
This mini-review summarizes the main associations between physical activity and chronic diseases and discusses the basic concepts related to the rol ...
Cavernous vessels around a pate ...
Objectives: Cavernous transformation of the portal vein (CTPV) is considered a sequel to extrahepatic portal vein obstruction. However, we have obse ...
Life-course perspective for phy ...
The purpose of this paper was to discuss physical activity and sports participation in a life-course framework, long-term tracking, determinants, an ...
The value of dual-energy CTA fo ...
Objective Comparison of image quality in DE-CTA with and without automatic head bone removal (BR) versus CTA with 16-detectors as a tool in postoper ...
Dose and image quality at CT pu ...
Objective To compare dose and image quality of 64-slice, first and second generation dual-energy CT (DECT) for CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA). Met ...
Development and evaluation of a ...
Objective The purpose of this study is to (i) design a small and mobile Magnetic field ALert SEnsor (MALSE), (ii) to carefully evaluate its sensors ...
Accuracy of hydro-multidetector ...
Objective To evaluate the accuracy of multidetector computed tomography with water filling (Hydro-MDCT) in the T-staging of patients with oesophagea ...
Clinical significance of primar ...
Objectives To correlate primary oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) uptake with pathological factors and examine ...
A method of adjusting SUV for i ...
Objective A time normalisation method of tumour SUVs in 18F-FDG PET imaging is proposed that has been verified in lung cancer patients. Methods A t ...
Acute exacerbation of idiopathi ...
Objectives To determine high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings helpful in predicting mortality in patients with acute exacerbation of i ...
Multidetector CT imaging of mec ...
Objectives Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) can detect the cause of prosthetic heart valve (PHV) dysfunction but is hampered by valve-induce ...
The added value of contrast-enh ...
Objectives To evaluate the added value of pre- and intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound (transabdominal, or TCEUS and intraoperative, or ICEU ...
High-resolution spiral CTof the ...
Objective Mammography, today’s standard imaging approach, has deficits with respect to the superimposition of anatomical structures. Dedicated CT of ...
Making renal stones change size ...
Objectives The objectives of this study were to quantify the impact of image post-processing parameters on the apparent renal stone size, and to qua ...
An iterative two-threshold anal ...
Objectives Current thresholding strategies for the analysis of functional MRI (fMRI) datasets may suffer from specific limitations (e.g. with respec ...
Role of 68Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT in ...
Objective The objective of the present study was to evaluate the role of 68Ga-DOTA(0)-Phe(1)-Tyr(3)-octreotide (68Ga-DOTATOC) positron emission tomo ...
Acute appendicitis: prospective ...
Objectives To evaluate an algorithm integrating ultrasound and low-dose unenhanced CT with oral contrast medium (LDCT) in the assessment of acute ap ...
Height restoration and wedge an ...
Objective To evaluate effects of vertebroplasty on restoration of vertebral body height and wedge angle and relief from pain in patients with osteop ...
Percutaneous local ablation of ...
Objectives To assess the ablative effectiveness, the oncological and cosmetic efficacy of image-guided percutaneous cryoablation in the treatment of ...
Quantitative analysis and predi ...
Objectives To quantitatively evaluate regional lymph nodes in rectal cancer patients by using an automated, computeraided approach, and to assess th ...
Macromolecule content influence ...
Objectives Different compositions of the extra cellular matrix with changing concentrations of more or less hydrophilic components like proteins may ...
Visual assessment of posterior ...
Objective To develop a visual rating scale for posterior atrophy (PA) assessment and to analyse whether this scale aids in the discrimination betwee ...
Radio-opaque ethylcellulose-eth ...
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of gelified ethanol, a newly developed sclerosing agent for slow-flow vascular malformations. Methods ...
Delayed enhancement imaging of ...
Objectives To evaluate the accuracy of high-pitch delayed enhancement (DE) CT for the assessment of myocardial viability with MRI as the reference s ...