Sentences with phrase «in magnetic resonance images»

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Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), Xiaosi Gua and Shihui Hana induced increased activation in the ACC / paracingulate and the right middle frontal gyrus by having subjects look at painful images in VR.

The brain activity for these two tasks is sufficiently differentfor the researchers to be able easily to distinguish the responses in the functional - magnetic - resonance (fMRI) images of the patients» brains.

The turquoise kidneys and the blue - green hearts form a kind of magnetic resonance image of Los Angeles: a many - chambered nautilus of pools in the prosperous precincts of Hollywood and Beverly Hills, while in South Central L.A. — where municipal pools must often close for lack of funds — the organs appear blackened and necrotic.

More praise for the yummy stuff resulted from brain researcher Todd Parrish of Northwestern University in 2009, when he examined functional magnetic resonance images of gum chewers and found increased activity in areas of the brain associated with memory and emotional responses.

Progress has recently been made in implementing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques that can be used to obtain images in a fraction of a second rather than in minutes.

The eyes glowed so brightly on those images due to gadolinium, a harmless, transparent chemical often given to patients during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to highlight abnormalities in the brain.

For this research, a total of 28 subjects were imaged with a variety of imaging modalities, including standard imaging with computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and molecular bone scan (SI); PET with a common radiotracer called fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG - PET); and PET with computed tomography and the agent Zr - 89 IAB2M (IAB2M PET / CT) assessed in escalated doses.

In the last few years, however, some neuroscientists have begun to look at the bigger picture, generating magnetic resonance images of PTSD patients» brains and carefully measuring the volumes of the organs» many bewildering regions.

Since scientists created the first magnetic resonance images (MRIs) in the early 1970s, the technology has grown more powerful by leaps and bounds — so much so that the Food and Drug Administration has capped the level of magnetism to which humans can be exposed.

Sinha and her colleagues used functional magnetic resonance imaging to study brain activity in people exposed to stimuli ranging from highly stressful — images of mutilated bodies or someone pointing a gun — to neutral, such as a chair, table or lamp.

At a meeting in Sheffield this week, organised by the Physiological Society, Holdcroft described how the researchers built up three sets of magnetic resonance images to give three - dimensional pictures of the brains of 10 healthy women.

Traditional magnetic resonance imaging works in a similar way, tracking the magnetic response of protons to assemble a 3 - D image.

For this study, researchers in Chen's group used Magnetic Resonance and Diffusion Tensor images for the mesh - free simulation.

Another article in the series tackles incomplete or unusable reports of biomedical research, noting that in 241 functional magnetic resonance imaging studies, fewer than two - thirds reported the number of examinations and their duration; the resolution, coverage, and slice order of images appeared in fewer than half.

Polarized xenon is also used as a contrast agent to enhance images in experimental magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of human lungs, but conventional systems for producing and using this gas can be as big as a car.

One issue — which comes up in all of the sciences — is how to get the clearest image out of an imaging device such as positron emission tomography (PET) or magnetic resonance imaging.

«When studying magnetic resonance images of the brains of patients suffering from CRPS, we noticed that the choroid plexus was nearly one - fifth larger in patients than in healthy control subjects,» says Postdoctoral Researcher Guangyu Zhou from Aalto University Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering (NBE), who analysed the images.

They placed each kid in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine and asked them to rate how much they liked images ranging from bland foods such as cauliflower and plain noodles to mouthwatering sweets including cakes and ice cream.

They compared and analyzed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain images of 1,680 healthy individuals and 884 patients with schizophrenia from 11 research institutes participating in Cognitive Genetics Collaborative Research Organization (COCORO), and examined the differences between schizophrenia and healthy controls in the subcortical regional volumes and their asymmetries.

Thanks to the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) capabilities in Beckman's Biomedical Imaging Center (BIC), Johnson can view dynamic images of vocal movement at 100 frames per second — a speed that is far more advanced than any other MRI technique in the world.

In this study, we have assessed the validity and reliability of an automated labeling system that we have developed for subdividing the human cerebral cortex on magnetic resonance images into gyral

City of Hope is a leader in image - driven radiation planning, using advanced imaging technologies — such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography scans — to determine tumor size and location and «sculpt» radiation delivery to the cancerous areas.

Recently featured in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, the experiment used functional magnetic resonance imaging or fMRI to measure neural responses triggered by emotionally sensitive images.

The neural and cognitive correlates of aimed throwing in chimpanzees: a magnetic resonance image and behavioural study on a unique form of social tool use.

Computed tomographic scan in 1 infant and magnetic resonance imaging in another infant with prenatal Zika exposure show scattered punctate calcifications (A, B, C, and E; white arrowheads), very low forehead and small cranial vault (D), striking volume loss shown by enlarged extra-axial space and ventriculomegaly (all images), poor gyral development with few and shallow sulci (A and E; long white arrows), poor gyral development with irregular «beaded» cortex most consistent with polymicrogyria (F, white arrowheads), flattened pons and small cerebellum (D; black arrowhead and asterisk).

This paper provides an overview of magnetic resonance imaging of the neonatal brain, presents the challenges involved in segmenting the neonatal brain images and reviews the existing techniques for

Dr. Johnson's research uses advanced magnetic resonance images of the animal brain in order to study the structure and connectivity of the white matter in the equine brain as well as to identify MRI biomarkers for canine degenerative myelopathy and to improve our ability to understand and diagnose canine epilepsy.

ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)

We conducted a retrospective volumetric study of magnetic resonance (MR) images from small breed dogs, Labradors and CKCS with CM to compare the volume of the cerebellum and the remaining hindbrain (i.e. brainstem) in these groups.

Neuroanatomy and brain structure volumes of a live California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) from magnetic resonance images: utility in determining effects of domoic acid.

Other works featured in LIVESupport include «Church State,» a two - part sculpture comprised of ink - covered church pews mounted on wheels; «Ambulascope,» a downward facing telescope supported by a seven - foot tower of walking canes, which are marked with ink and adorned with Magnetic Resonance Images (MRIs) of the spinal column; «Riot Gates,» a series of large - scale X-Ray images of the human skull mounted on security gates and surrounded by a border of ink - covered shoe tips, objects often used by the artist as tenuous representation of the body; «Role Play Drawings» a series of found black and white cards from the 1960s used for teaching young children, which Ward has altered using ink to mark out the key elements and reshape the narrative, which leaves the viewer to interpret the remaining psychological tension; and «Father and Sons,» a video filmed at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network House of Justice, which comments on the anxiety and complex dialogue that African - American police officers are often faced with when dealing with young African - American teenImages (MRIs) of the spinal column; «Riot Gates,» a series of large - scale X-Ray images of the human skull mounted on security gates and surrounded by a border of ink - covered shoe tips, objects often used by the artist as tenuous representation of the body; «Role Play Drawings» a series of found black and white cards from the 1960s used for teaching young children, which Ward has altered using ink to mark out the key elements and reshape the narrative, which leaves the viewer to interpret the remaining psychological tension; and «Father and Sons,» a video filmed at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network House of Justice, which comments on the anxiety and complex dialogue that African - American police officers are often faced with when dealing with young African - American teenimages of the human skull mounted on security gates and surrounded by a border of ink - covered shoe tips, objects often used by the artist as tenuous representation of the body; «Role Play Drawings» a series of found black and white cards from the 1960s used for teaching young children, which Ward has altered using ink to mark out the key elements and reshape the narrative, which leaves the viewer to interpret the remaining psychological tension; and «Father and Sons,» a video filmed at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network House of Justice, which comments on the anxiety and complex dialogue that African - American police officers are often faced with when dealing with young African - American teenagers.

Warhol meets Hammons in a set of magnetic - resonance images of skulls, painted on riot gates and festooned with shoelaces.

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MRI Techs operate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to create 3D images of a patient's bodily tissues, which physicians then use as aids in diagnoses.

South Jersey Healthcare, Elmer Hospital, Elmer • NJ 2008 — Present Regional Medical Center, Vineland • NJ 2010 — Present MRI Technologist Accountable for operating a magnetic resonance scanner to obtain MRI / MRA images used by physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of pathologies.