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Correction to: Evaluation of the association between osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures and psoas major/paraspinal muscle mass and ADC measured on MRI
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Retrospective case–control study examining the relationship between recurrence-free survival and changes in pre- and post-radioiodine therapy serum thyroglobulin levels in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer
Thyroglobulin assay is important to assess the residual or recurrence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Patients with positive serum thyroglobulin levels after radioactive iodine (RAI) adjuvant therapy c...
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Evaluation of the association between osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures and psoas major/paraspinal muscle mass and ADC measured on MRI
Evaluate magnetic resonance imaging factors associated with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.
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Open AccessEvaluation of the correlation between multiple organ calcification on CT and disease severity in patients with TAFRO syndrome
The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of multiple organ calcification and the correlation between multiple organ calcification and clinical severity in patients with thrombocytopenia, anas...
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Optimal threshold score of aortic valve calcification for identification of significant aortic stenosis on non-electrocardiographic-gated computed tomography
This study evaluated the association between aortic valve calcification (AVC) and aortic stenosis (AS) by scoring the AVC to determine the threshold scores for significant AS on non-electrocardiographic (ECG)–...
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Open AccessImaging predictor of ophthalmic involvement in maxillary sinus cancer during super selective intra-arterial cisplatin infusion and concomitant radiotherapy (RADPLAT)
To investigate the predictability of ophthalmic artery involvement in maxillary sinus cancer using preprocedural contrast enhanced CT and MRI.
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Usefulness of texture analysis for grading pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors on contrast-enhanced computed tomography and apparent diffusion coefficient maps
To determine whether texture analysis of contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps could predict tumor grade (G1 vs G2–3) in patients with pancreatic neuroendoc...
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Relapse-free survival after adjuvant radioactive iodine therapy in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma with a microscopically positive tumor margin
In patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) with a microscopically positive tumor margin, the optimal first dose of I-131 during adjuvant radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy to improve relapse-free su...
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Diagnostic value of ultrasonography and TI-201/Tc-99m dual scintigraphy in differentiating between benign and malignant thyroid nodules
To evaluate the performance of ultrasonography (US) and TI-201/Tc-99m dual (Tl/Tc) scintigraphy in differentiating between benign and malignant thyroid nodules.
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Open AccessA rare solitary fibrous tumor in the ischiorectal fossa: a case report
A solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare mesenchymal tumor that occurs mostly in pleural sites, and an SFT occurring in the ischiorectal fossa is extremely rare. Because of the rarity, there are few reports de...
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Preoperative breast MRI: reproducibility and significance of findings relevant to nipple–areolar complex involvement
Eligibility of nipple-sparing mastectomy has been expanded. The purpose of this study was to evaluate interobserver agreement regarding magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) descriptors important in determining eli...
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Distinguishing gastric anisakiasis from non-anisakiasis using unenhanced computed tomography
This study aimed to assess the diagnostic performance of unenhanced computed tomography (CT) for distinguishing gastric anisakiasis from non-anisakiasis gastric conditions and the reproducibility of CT findings.
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Feasibility and potential limitations of abbreviated breast MRI: an observer study using an enriched cohort
Breast cancer screening using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been introduced in Western countries primarily for populations with an elevated risk of breast cancer. We conducted an observer study involvin...
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Quantitative differentiation of benign and malignant mammographic circumscribed masses using intensity histograms
To investigate the usefulness of density gradient of mammographic masses for differentiating benign from malignant lesions, particularly circumscribed masses, which are difficult to diagnose by shape.
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Phase II clinical study of DD-723 (perflubutane): dose–response study in patients with breast tumors
We compared the contrast effect of three doses of DD-723 in subjects with breast tumors to determine the recommended dose. We then evaluated differential diagnosis results using plain ultrasonography, contrast...
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Inactivation of exogenous β-lactamase in transformed yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
The stability of bacterial β-lactamase in transformedSacharomyces cerevisiae grown on glucose was studied. A culture of a prototrophic strain showed marked inactivation shortly before the stationary phase. This w...
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Effect of auxotrophic mutation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae on the decay of intracellularly accumulated β-lactamase during vegetative growth, encoded on YEp vector
Using aura3 − and a multi-marked yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae strain, both of which carried YEp24, changes in β-lactamase activity per ml of culture were monitored. This enzyme was subject to inactivation depend...
