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J Magn Reson Imaging ; 27(6): 1362-70, 2008 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18504756

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PURPOSE: To improve vessel visibility in time-of-flight MR angiography (TOF-MRA) by careful consideration of coil choice, coil position, and frequency offset and profile of the nonspatially selective chemical shift selective (CHESS) presaturation pulse. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The effects of both the CHESS and the excitation radiofrequency (RF) pulses on flow signal and signals from stationary substances were evaluated by changing the spatial area where RF pulses were applied to upstream flow in a flow phantom and in human subjects. The difference between the eight-channel phased-array receive-only coil and the transmit-receive coil was evaluated. RESULTS: The CHESS pulse suppresses the flow signal over a wider frequency range than the signals from stationary substances, especially when using the body coil for transmission. Even without presaturation pulse, the excitation pulse slightly suppressed the flow signal. Adjusting the position of the transmit-receive coil relative to the head improved these TOF-MRA images. The results were better than those obtained with the eight-channel coil. CONCLUSION: The excitation and the nonspatially selective CHESS pulses degraded the flow signal. Our results suggest that reduced spatial extent of RF pulse application to upstream flow can improve image quality of TOF-MRA. This result can be implemented on conventional scanners.


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Brain/blood supply , Cerebral Arteries/anatomy & histology , Image Enhancement/methods , Magnetic Resonance Angiography/methods , Phantoms, Imaging , Adult , Female , Humans , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods , Male , Middle Aged , Reference Values
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Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo ; 30(4): 313-21, jul.-ago. 1988. tab, ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-56495

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Exames parasitológicos foram realizados em 187 pacientes do Hospital do IMIP e 464 habitantes de vários vilarejos no município do Cabo, 50 Km à sudeste de Recife, durante os meses de abril a agosto. Aproximadamente 71% dos pacientes examinados do IMIP e 92% dos examinados do Cabo apresentavam-se infectados com, no mínimo, uma espécie de parasita intestinal. Houve uma diferença mínima na taxa de prevalência de trichiura entre as duas áreas, entretanto a prevalência de Ascaris lumbricoides, família Ancylostomidae, Strongyloides stercoralis, Schistosoma mansoni e Entamoeba histolytica foi maior entre os habitantes do Cabo. Somente a Giardia lamblia apresentou uma taxa de prevalência maior nos pacientes do IMIP. O cultivo em tubo de ensaio revelou que a prevalência do Necator americanus em relaçäo a do Ancylostoma duodenale era muito maior em ambas as áreas e que a do S. stercoralis entre os pacientes do IMIP e dos habitantes do Cabo era, respectivamente, 4.5% e 9.6%. A amebíase foi verificada através de exames sorológicos, imunodifusäo em gel (GDP) e enzima imunoensaio (ELISA), usando como antígeno extrato bruto preparado a partir dos trofozoitos de E. histolytica (cepa HM-1: IMSS), realizados em 615 soros, onde nenhuma reaçäo positiva aparente foi observada através da imunodifusäo, contudo foram observados resultados positivos em 32 dos 615 casos através da enzima imunoensaio


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Humans , Male , Female , Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology , Brazil , Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/diagnosis , Serologic Tests
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