Effect of mechanically simulated diaphragmatic respiratory motion on...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......of diaphragmatic respiratory motion on inferior wall cold artifact in myocardial SPECT and...Subdiaphragmatic attenuation reduces inferior wall counts and this component of inferior wall artifact is fully corrected by AC relative...

Determinants of functional outcome after simple and complex acetabular...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......acetabular fractures involving the posterior wall, and identified factors associated...operatively for a fracture involving the posterior wall of the acetabulum between 1982 and...acetabular fractures have involvement of the posterior wall which is the most common pattern,1...

Electrocardiographic prediction of the severity of posterior wall...

Journal of Electrocardiology;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......predicting the severity of previous posterior wall myocardial infarction as measured by...agreement between ECG criteria and posterior wall perfusion defects (PWPDs) in 236 patients...score; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Posterior wall perfusion defect 1. Introduction In...

Clinical pearls: Postpartum hemorrhage.

OB GYN News;  April 15, 2002 ;     575 words ......the incision. Do not touch the posterior wall yet. Now pass the suture over the fundus and enter the posterior wall of the uterus at the same level...uterus. Next, exit through the posterior wall on the left side. You will see...

Prognostic implications of combined prone and supine acquisitions in...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......was performed only in patients with inferior wall perfusion defects that might represent...imaging. Conclusion: Patients with inferior wall defects on supine MPS that are not...with diaphragmatic attenuation of the inferior wall, thus subject to false-positive inferior...

Clinical impact of combination of scatter, attenuation correction, and...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......related to false-positive defects on the inferior wall. The application of depth-dependent...RR generated overcorrection on the inferior wall, leading to false estimation of viability...PER decreased overcorrection on the inferior wall, but without improving sensitivity...

Management of an above-knee amputee with complex medical problems using...

Physical Therapy;  June 1, 1990 ;     700+ words ......ischial tuberosity, which rests on a posterior wall brim, much like a person sitting in...over the neurovascular bundles. The posterior wall encloses the hamstring muscles medially...gluteus maximus muscle. [1] Distally, the posterior wall is slanted anteriorly to maintain the...

Heart of Stone

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  March 1, 2006 ;     210 words ......of diastolic filling and unusually bright echoes in the posterior wall of the left ventricle. Noncontrast computed tomography showed...ventricular myocardium of the septum (straight arrows) and posterior wall (curved arrows). The diffuse intravascular calcification...

Duodenogastric reflux on (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin myocardial SPECT mimics left...

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......resultant gastric activity can overlap the inferior wall of the left ventricle (LV) and can thus mimic reverse redistribution of the LV inferior wall on dual-- isotope SPECT. We report...mistaken for reverse redistribution in the inferior wall of the LV with concomitant ...

Non-operative management of acetabular fractures: The use of dynamic...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......displacement of less than 50% of the posterior wall, and congruence on the AP and Judet...acetabular roof and a minimum of 50% of the posterior wall is intact on all CT cuts. In these...and the amount of involvement of the posterior wall are indirect determinants of hip stability...

Diagnostic dilemma: Calyceal diverticulum vs complicated cyst

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......renal parenchymal cyst with a focus of posterior wall calcification. CT scan [Figure 1] done...peripheral calcific density in the posterior wall. The cyst was situated in the renal...a left renal parenchymal cyst with posterior wall calcification on USG. CT scan showed...

The External Ear

The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  August 1, 1997 ;     440 words ......cholesteatoma, collapse of the meatus from the relaxation of the posterior wall of the cartilaginous meatus falling against the anterior wall, and partial necrosis of the posterior wall producing a spontaneous canal wall down cavity. (This is rare...

Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma.

Radiologic Technology;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......findings are: * Anterior bowing of the posterior wall of the maxillary sinus. * Opacity of...sinus.[4] The anterior bowing of the posterior wall of the antrum seen on lateral skull...subtemporal space; indentation of the posterior wall of the antrum by pressure erosion from...

mesentery

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      72 words ......x2C8;mes- / • n. ( pl. -ies ) Anatomy a fold of the peritoneum that attaches the stomach and other organs to the posterior wall of the abdomen. DERIVATIVES: mes·en·ter·ic / ˌmezənˈterik; ˌme- / adj. ORIGIN: late...

Technetium-99m-MIBI myocardial SPECT: Supine versus right lateral imaging...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  October 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......SPECT using the prone position improves inferior wall counts and decreases motion problems...observed in the RL than in supine images. Inferior wall defects (especially mild ones) were...extent of jeopardized myocardium (1-3). Inferior wall attenuation by the left hemidiaphragm...