• Cardiac testing encompasses diagnostic coronary angiography (invasive) or a variety of noninvasive tests. (medscape.com)
  • CircRNAs and microRNAs have emerged as noninvasive and efficient biomarkers. (bvsalud.org)
  • Conclusions: Therefore, the examined circRNAs and miRNAs may represent a novel noninvasive biomarker for diagnosing and staging DKD. (bvsalud.org)
  • A total of 61 computed tomography scans in 21 patients were evaluated independently by four reviewers according to the LC, of which 21 scans were done at baseline, 21 at initial restaging and 19 at follow-up restaging. (sajr.org.za)
  • Methods: We explored Cannabinoid receptor 1 (CNR1), C reactive protein (CRP), hsa_circ_ 0000146 and 0000072, and hsa-miR-21 and 495 as diagnostic biomarkers in DKD. (bvsalud.org)
  • The total amount of coronary calcium is predictive of future cardiac events. (medscape.com)
  • The technique relies on ECG "gating" to compensate for cardiac motion. (medscape.com)
  • The American Heart Association recommends that in nonemergency settings, patients should be informed of the risks (including those associated with radiation) and benefits involved in the use of cardiac CT scanning, radiopharmaceuticals, and fluoroscopy. (medscape.com)
  • However, there are currently no reliable biomarkers for renal impairment diagnosis, prognosis, or staging in DKD patients. (bvsalud.org)
  • To determine the Inter-observer variability in response assignment when applying the LC in patients with lymphoma who were staged and restaged with computed tomography. (sajr.org.za)
  • Ogasawara K, Shiraishi S, Tsuda N, Sakamoto F, Oda S, Takashio S, Tsujita K, Hirai T.Usefulness of quantitative (99m)Tc-pyrophosphate SPECT/CT for predicting the prognosis of patients with wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. (kumadai-radiology.jp)
  • MRI does not involve X-rays or the use of ionizing radiation, which distinguishes it from computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans. (wikipedia.org)
  • PMID- 24110224 TI - Parametric imaging via kinetics-induced filter for dynamic positron emission tomography. (nih.gov)
  • AB - Due to the noisy measurement of the voxel-wise time activity curve (TAC), parametric imaging for dynamic positron emission tomography (PET) is a challenging task. (nih.gov)
  • AB - In this paper, a high-resolution and one-cycle conversion time-to-digital converter (TDC) architecture with cell-based design for positron emission tomography (PET) applications is presented. (nih.gov)
  • Detailed radiosynthesis of [ F]mG4P027 as a positron emission tomography radiotracer for mGluR4. (harvard.edu)
  • Careful evaluation of the patient's history and physical examination (including signs of congestion, such as jugular venous distention) can provide important information about the underlying cardiac abnormality in heart failure (HF). (medscape.com)
  • HFpEF (heart failure with preserved ejection fraction) diagnosis requires evidence of cardiac structural or functional abnormalities as well as elevated plasma NP (natriuretic peptide) concentrations consistent with LV diastolic dysfunction and increased LV filling pressures. (medscape.com)
  • Multislice helical CT of focal and diffuse lung disease: comprehensive diagnosis with reconstruction of contiguous and high-resolution CT sections from a single thin-collimation scan. (rsna.org)
  • Organ segmentation in CT volumes is an important pre-processing step in many computer assisted intervention and diagnosis methods. (midl.io)
  • Finally, the evolutionary steps from traditional single-section spiral image-reconstruction algorithms to the most recent approaches toward multisection spiral reconstruction are traced. (rsna.org)