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Literature review Primary Concerns and Challenges in Treating Nasopharyngeal Cancers Head and neck cancers remain a daunting challenge in oncology mainly due to the presence of many vital structures in this area, as well as its location at the base of the skull.... hellip; This makes approach to the tumour surgically difficult and radiological approach a challenge....
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Dissertation
In this context, this paper provides an overview of the value of early detection in reducing mortality rates, the role of new techniques and technologies that need to be understood and utilized in this regard, and the potential role of health educators in working with and between physicians and patients to ensure the awareness and cooperation needed to bring among patients and are trying their level best to highlight the advantages of early detection resources to as many patients as possible....
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Apart from, lacking sufficient sensitivity and specificity, these techniques pose a challenge when defining the anatomic extent of disease, in case of planning highly conformal radiation treatment or highly targeted therapeutic regimens (Zaidi et al.... In order to address these shortcomings of stand-alone CT and PET imaging modalities, whilst taking advantage of the less redundant and highly complimentary information from different imaging techniques, the present technology explores software- and/ or hardware-based correlative functional-anatomic imaging combining PET with CT or MR imaging modalities (PET/CT and PET/MRI) (Judenhofer et al....
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Research Paper
The techniques applied are based on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), psychophysics, electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) as noted by Moore and Pareek (195).... This paper will explore the reasons why marketers need to embrace neuromarketing technology....
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Term Paper
One method of obtaining tissue samples from the patient is the use of a minimally-invasive procedure called fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy, along with an imaging modality such as ultrasound, mri scan or CT scan by the laboratory technician to increase the specificity of locating the mass or lesions in the abdominal area properly (Wee, 2011)....
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mri diagnostics produce clearer images of soft tissue and blood flow inside arteries and veins than ultrasound images and are also easier to interpret for the medical technician.... The very large cost of mri machines and their large size and specialized installation requirements acts as a deterrent to wider use of this technology.... There is work underway that promises reduced costs and size of mri machines, especially in the form of specialized machines for the scan of extremities such as wrists and ankles....
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Research Paper
The core reason for conducting this research study was to examine the function played by CT and MRI imaging techniques in diagnosing and managing strokes among patients.... Time-of-flight MRA (TOF-MRA) is one of the most commonly used techniques in stroke assessment, since injection of contrast material is not required (Garcia-Bermejo et al.... ITERATURE REVIEW 6 Significance 6 Ischaemic stroke 7 Acute infarct (6–24 hours) 9 Subacute and chronic infarct (1–7 days) 11 Haemorrhagic stroke 11 Computer tomography 12 Advantages of CT 12 Limitations of CT 14 Magnetic resonance imaging (mri) 14 Advantages of mri 14 Limitations of mri 16 2....
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Dissertation
However, it is not possible to develop high quality images of certain tissues just by using traditional mri techniques.... Thus, in order to combat this issue, new techniques were discovered and this included DCE MRI, DW MRI, MRSI, MRI with... Dynamic Nuclear Polarization mri Introduction: The research paper at hand focuses on mri, in specific terms with dynamic nuclear polarization mri.... First, the paper will define mri and dynamic nuclear polarization, and then it will talk about the relation between the two....
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