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View article: Ultrasound Imaging of Nonlinear Media Response Using a Pressure-Dependent Nonlinearity Index
Ultrasound Imaging of Nonlinear Media Response Using a Pressure-Dependent Nonlinearity Index Open
It has been shown that within the range of acoustic pressures used in ultrasound imaging, waveforms are distorted during propagation in tissue due to the physically nonlinear behavior of the tissue. This distortion leads to changes in the …
View article: Mutually Orthogonal Complementary Golay Coded Sequences: An In-vivo Study
Mutually Orthogonal Complementary Golay Coded Sequences: An In-vivo Study Open
Fast and high-quality ultrasound imaging allows to increase the effectiveness of detecting tissue changes at the initial stage of disease. The aim of the study was to assess the quality of ultrasound imaging using mutually orthogonal, comp…
View article: Imaging of nonlinear media response using pressure dependent nonlinearity index
Imaging of nonlinear media response using pressure dependent nonlinearity index Open
Background: In the range of acoustic pressures used in ultrasound imaging, the waves propagating in tissue are distorted due to the nonlinear properties of the tissue. The adipose tissue exhibits up to 2 times greater nonlinear behavior th…
View article: Curated benchmark dataset for ultrasound based breast lesion analysis
Curated benchmark dataset for ultrasound based breast lesion analysis Open
A new detailed dataset of breast ultrasound scans (BrEaST) containing images of benign and malignant lesions as well as normal tissue examples, is presented. The dataset consists of 256 breast scans collected from 256 patients. Each scan w…
View article: Ultrasonic Experimental Evaluation of the Numerical Model of the Internal Fluid Flow in the Kidney Cooling Jacket
Ultrasonic Experimental Evaluation of the Numerical Model of the Internal Fluid Flow in the Kidney Cooling Jacket Open
Kidney Cooling Jacket (KCJ) preserves the kidney graft, wrapped in the jacket, against the too fast time of temperature rise during the operation of connecting a cooled transplant to the patient’s bloodstream. The efficiency of KCJ depends…
View article: Enhanced biological activity of liposomal methylated resveratrol analog 3′-hydroxy-3,4,5,4′-tetramethoxystilbene (DMU-214) in 3D patient-derived ovarian cancer model
Enhanced biological activity of liposomal methylated resveratrol analog 3′-hydroxy-3,4,5,4′-tetramethoxystilbene (DMU-214) in 3D patient-derived ovarian cancer model Open
3'-hydroxy-3,4,5,4'-tetramethoxystilbene (DMU-214) belongs to methoxystilbenes family and is an active metabolite of 3,4,5,4'-tetramethoxystilbene (DMU-212). In several of our previous studies, the anti-apoptotic activity of DMU-214 was si…
View article: Comparison of the radial and brachial artery flow-mediated dilation in patients with hypertension
Comparison of the radial and brachial artery flow-mediated dilation in patients with hypertension Open
Our findings show that FMD-RA, supplementary to FMD-BA measurements, can be used to assess endothelial dysfunction in the group of HT patients. In addition, the FMD-RA measurements met the criteria of high concordance with the FMD-BA measu…
View article: Erratum to: Expression changes in fatty acid metabolic process related genes in porcine oocytes during in vitro maturation
Erratum to: Expression changes in fatty acid metabolic process related genes in porcine oocytes during in vitro maturation Open
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View article: Erratum to: Fatty acids related genes expression undergo substantial changes in porcine oviductal epithelial cells during long-term primary culture
Erratum to: Fatty acids related genes expression undergo substantial changes in porcine oviductal epithelial cells during long-term primary culture Open
Sciendo provides publishing services and solutions to academic and professional organizations and individual authors. We publish journals, books, conference proceedings and a variety of other publications.
View article: Ovarian Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells—Cellular and Molecular Characteristics, Signaling Pathways, and Usefulness as a Diagnostic Tool in Medicine and Oncology
Ovarian Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells—Cellular and Molecular Characteristics, Signaling Pathways, and Usefulness as a Diagnostic Tool in Medicine and Oncology Open
Despite the increasing development of medicine, ovarian cancer is still a high-risk, metastatic disease that is often diagnosed at a late stage. In addition, difficulties in its treatment are associated with high resistance to chemotherapy…
View article: Bones Characterisation with Ultrasound
Bones Characterisation with Ultrasound Open
Macroscopic, X-ray methods for bone quality assessment are mainly based on porous bone density measurements. The bone quality is a property that is difficult to define, as it is related to both density and structure of the bone. In recent …
View article: Adversarial attacks on deep learning models for fatty liver disease classification by modification of ultrasound image reconstruction method
Adversarial attacks on deep learning models for fatty liver disease classification by modification of ultrasound image reconstruction method Open
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have achieved remarkable success in medical image analysis tasks. In ultrasound (US) imaging, CNNs have been applied to object classification, image reconstruction and tissue characterization. However, …
View article: Comparison of Acoustocerebrography Measurement and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Methods in the Assessment of White Matter Lesions in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Comparison of Acoustocerebrography Measurement and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Methods in the Assessment of White Matter Lesions in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Open
The brain is subject to damage, due to ageing, physiological processes and/or disease. Some of the damage is acute in nature, such as strokes; some is more subtle, like white matter lesions. White matter lesions or hyperintensities (WMH) c…
View article: DOES FLOW-MEDIATED DILATION NORMALIZATION FOR BASE-SCALED SHEAR RATE IMPROVE ITS VALUE IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS?
DOES FLOW-MEDIATED DILATION NORMALIZATION FOR BASE-SCALED SHEAR RATE IMPROVE ITS VALUE IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS? Open
The article presents a new normalization of flow-mediated dilation (FMD) in the radial artery, taking into account the parameter BSSR being equal to the ratio of the basal shear rate (BS) measured before the cuff inflation and post occlusi…
View article: The Effect of 4′-hydroxy-3,4,5-trimetoxystilbene, the Metabolite of Resveratrol Analogue DMU-212, on Growth, Cell Cycle and Apoptosis in DLD-1 and LOVO Colon Cancer Cell Lines
The Effect of 4′-hydroxy-3,4,5-trimetoxystilbene, the Metabolite of Resveratrol Analogue DMU-212, on Growth, Cell Cycle and Apoptosis in DLD-1 and LOVO Colon Cancer Cell Lines Open
Resveratrol is a phytoalexin that naturally occurs in grapes, blueberries, cranberries, peanuts and many other plants. Although resveratrol inhibits carcinogenesis in all three stages, its clinical application is restricted due to poor pha…
View article: Safety of ultrasonic examinations; thermal and mechanical indices
Safety of ultrasonic examinations; thermal and mechanical indices Open
This review article combines the reports on the biophysical effects in ultrasonography and provides the rationale behind the mechanical index (MI) and thermal index (TI) complying with the Output Display Standard (ODS). Safe ultrasonic dos…
View article: Psycho-Oncological Aspects of the Functioning of Women Who Have Breast Cancer: Discussion of the Author’s Research
Psycho-Oncological Aspects of the Functioning of Women Who Have Breast Cancer: Discussion of the Author’s Research Open
Breast cancer interferes with the emotional sphere of a woman, causes body distortion and permanent disability, and evokes strong negative emotional reactions, such as anxiety, the feeling of insecurity, and anxiety. Also, during and after…
View article: The Effect of 3′-Hydroxy-3,4,5,4′-Tetramethoxy -stilbene, the Metabolite of the Resveratrol Analogue DMU-212, on the Motility and Proliferation of Ovarian Cancer Cells
The Effect of 3′-Hydroxy-3,4,5,4′-Tetramethoxy -stilbene, the Metabolite of the Resveratrol Analogue DMU-212, on the Motility and Proliferation of Ovarian Cancer Cells Open
Targeting tumor cell motility and proliferation is an extremely important challenge in the prevention of metastasis and improving the effectiveness of cancer treatment. We recently published data revealing that DMU-214, the metabolite of f…
View article: Breast mass segmentation based on ultrasonic entropy maps and attention\n gated U-Net
Breast mass segmentation based on ultrasonic entropy maps and attention\n gated U-Net Open
We propose a novel deep learning based approach to breast mass segmentation\nin ultrasound (US) imaging. In comparison to commonly applied segmentation\nmethods, which use US images, our approach is based on quantitative entropy\nparametri…
View article: Breast mass segmentation based on ultrasonic entropy maps and attention gated U-Net
Breast mass segmentation based on ultrasonic entropy maps and attention gated U-Net Open
We propose a novel deep learning based approach to breast mass segmentation in ultrasound (US) imaging. In comparison to commonly applied segmentation methods, which use US images, our approach is based on quantitative entropy parametric m…
View article: Il concetto di immortalità culturale e gli artefici della presenza postuma nella cultura
Il concetto di immortalità culturale e gli artefici della presenza postuma nella cultura Open
In Nowicki's philosophical system there is no place for the immortality of the soul. Rather, he believes in the immortality of the individual through his works. They continue to live after the death of those who made them and have active l…
View article: P1833 Ultrasonic imaging of radial artery reactive response in patients with hypertension with and without left ventricular hypertrophy
P1833 Ultrasonic imaging of radial artery reactive response in patients with hypertension with and without left ventricular hypertrophy Open
Background Endothelium plays an important role in anti-inflammatory process and regulating vascular tone. It has been shown in numerous studies that increase of vessel dilation after several minutes hyperemia, was induced by mechanical tra…
View article: Assessment of High Frequency Imaging and Doppler System for the Measurements of the Radial Artery Flow-Mediated Dilation
Assessment of High Frequency Imaging and Doppler System for the Measurements of the Radial Artery Flow-Mediated Dilation Open
Objectives: In the article we describe the new, high frequency, 20 MHz scanning/Doppler probe designed to measure the flow mediated dilation (FMD) and shear rate (SR) close to the radial artery wall. Methods: We compare two US scanning sys…
View article: Binomial sequences
Binomial sequences Open
We present a description of all binomial sequences of polynomials in one variable over a field of characteristic zero.
View article: Sense of coherence and acceptance of the disease in patients with lung cancer during palliative chemotherapy
Sense of coherence and acceptance of the disease in patients with lung cancer during palliative chemotherapy Open
Most patients during palliative chemotherapy because of lung cancer had average or high level of coherence and acceptance of the disease. The level of sense of coherence and acceptance of the disease was not affected by gender, age, educat…
View article: Finitely generated subrings of R[x]
Finitely generated subrings of R[x] Open
In this article all rings and algebras are commutative with identity, and we denote by R[x] the ring of polynomials over a ring R in one variable x. We describe rings R such that all subalgebras of R[x] are finitely generated over R.
View article: Using Empirical Mode Decomposition of Backscattered Ultrasound Signal Power Spectrum for Assessment of Tissue Compression
Using Empirical Mode Decomposition of Backscattered Ultrasound Signal Power Spectrum for Assessment of Tissue Compression Open
Quantitative ultrasound has been widely used for tissue characterization. In this paper we propose a new approach for tissue compression assessment. The proposed method employs the relation between the tissue scatterers’ local spatial dist…
View article: Fatty Acids Related Genes Expression Undergo Substantial Changes in Porcine Oviductal Epithelial Cells During Long-Term Primary Culture
Fatty Acids Related Genes Expression Undergo Substantial Changes in Porcine Oviductal Epithelial Cells During Long-Term Primary Culture Open
The process of reproduction requires several factors, leading to successful fertilization of an oocyte by a single spermatozoon. One of them is the complete maturity of an oocyte, which is acquired during long stages of folliculogenesis an…
View article: Expression Changes in Fatty acid Metabolic Processrelated Genes in Porcine Oocytes During in Vitro Maturation
Expression Changes in Fatty acid Metabolic Processrelated Genes in Porcine Oocytes During in Vitro Maturation Open
Mammalian oocytes undergo compound processes of nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation that allow them to reach MII stage. Only fully mature, oocyte can be successfully fertilized by a single spermatozoon. Fatty acids, apart from their role in…
View article: Transfer learning with deep convolutional neural network for liver steatosis assessment in ultrasound images
Transfer learning with deep convolutional neural network for liver steatosis assessment in ultrasound images Open
The proposed approach may help the sonographers automatically diagnose the amount of fat in the liver. The presented approach is efficient and in comparison with other methods does not require the sonographers to select the region of inter…