«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.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
His primary tool is functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI), which can create
images of the
brain responding as the body is hurting.
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.
Suddenly, the defense asks if it can present
images of Bill's
brain, produced by magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI).
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.
Peering into the subjects»
brains using functional magnetic
resonance imaging, the researchers found that on average the regions
of the
brain that usually light up when an individual is aroused, the hypothalamus and fusiform gyrus, responded normally to moderately erotic
images.
Neuroscientists Scott Murray
of the University
of California, Davis, and Daniel Kersten
of the University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and their colleagues used functional magnetic
resonance imaging to monitor the
brains of people viewing moving
images.
Each subject's
brain is comprehensively
imaged once a year using magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI), a technique that employs an electromagnetic field to detect the shape and density
of tissue.
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.
We describe a system
of parcellation
of the human
brain that is based on the functional anatomy
of the cerebral cortex and that is applied to the analysis
of magnetic
resonance images.
Magnetic
resonance images (MRI scans)
of everyone's
brains were taken before and after they completed the meditation training, and a control group
of people who didn't do any mindfulness training also had their
brains scanned.
The automated tissue classification
of pediatric
brain magnetic
resonance images, specially proper segmentation
of myelinated white matter, is a highly challenging task.
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
Using an MRI, a Magnetic
Resonance Imaging machine, the scientists trained 13 dogs
of different breeds to enter the chamber and lie down without moving, while
images recorded the dogs»
brain activity.
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)
Neuroanatomy and
brain structure volumes
of a live California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) from magnetic
resonance images: utility in determining effects
of domoic acid.