With growing dependence on picture archiving and communication systems(PACS) for viewing images,a quality assurance program to the condition of workstation displays and image quality guidelines for better cost-efficacy and diagnostic accuracy has become increasingly important.This article analyses and synthesizes the quality control of the PACS phantom workstation mainly from such aspects as the monitor resolution and brightness,the environment degree of illumination,statistics assessment method(ROC curve) and so on.

Accidents ; Humans ; Hydrogen Sulfide ; poisoning ; Vegetables

Purpose:To validate further the importance of r adiotherapy following breast-conserving surgery in early breast cancer. Methods:From 1994.12 to 2001.12,237patients with early stage breast can cer were treated Of these patients,eighty-three received breast-conserving surgery followed by radiotherapy,and one hundred and fifty-four received modified radical mastectom y.All patients with breast-conserving surgery underwent postoperative radiother apy.The range of radiation dose depends on the size,location of tumor,and involv ement of axillaty nodes.Tangential chest wall fields delivered 5000cGy with 8MV -X ray beam in 5 weeks .An additional 1500cGy was delivered in 8 days to tumor bed with electron beam.Among the patients with modified radical mastectomy.only 3 received postoperative radiotherapy.Results:In both the breast-conserving surgery group and modified radical mastectomy gro up,one patient recurred regionally,and one died respectively .In the modified ra dical mastectomy group,there were no regional lymph nodes recurrence,but two of them had distant metastasis.The 5year survival of the two groups were 96.49%and 98.61%,respectively.The breasts are soft and resilient in the breast-conserving surgery group,and breast shape whole after surgery.Conclusions :Breast-conserving surgery plus postoperative radiotherapy in early breast can cer can obtain treatment results similar to modified radical mastectomy,with goo d cosmetic

Objective To screen HCV NS3 mimotopes by using monoclonal antibody and phage peptide library. Methods Using HCV NS3 monoclonal antibody as selective molecule, a 7 mer phage peptide library was biopanned and positive clones were selected by ELISA, competition assay and DNA sequencing. Results 13 positive clones were chosen for DNA sequencing. From the experiment and sequen-cing comparsion results, one epitope was confirmed as the mimotope of HCV NS3. Conclusions HCV mimotope is obtained by phage peptide library screening.

Objective To screen the genes differentially expressed in gene expression in human lymphoma cell line Jurkat cells treated with phosphonoformate (PFA). Methods cDNA microarray technique was employed to detect the mRNA expressed in Jurkat cells treated with PFA or 0.9 percent sodium chloride, respectively. Results Among 1 152 genes there were 94 genes with different expression, of which 38 genes were upregulated and 56 genes were downregulated in Jurkat cells treated with PFA compared with those treated with 0.9 percent sodium chloride. Conclusions cDNA microarray technique was successfully used to screen the genes with different expression in Jurkat cells treated with PFA, and the results brought some new clues for the study of the immune regulation mechanism of PFA.

[Objective]To determine whether discectomy resulted in improvement in low back pain(LBP)associated with lumbar disc herniation. [Method]Two hundred and one consecutive single-level lumbar discectomy were followed up,one hundred patients underwent microendoscopic discectomy(MED group) and 101 patients were treated with conventional open discectomy(COP group).Outcomes were assessed using Visual Analog Scale(VAS) and patient satisfaction.The changes in LBP were compared between the MED group and COP group.The effects of severity of low back pain before surgery on the improvement of back and leg pain were also determined.The mean duration of follow-up was 45 months.[Result]The mean VAS leg pain significantly decreased from 70.02?15.80 before operation to 7.73?12.13 at final follow-up.A significant improvement was also noted in LBP,the mean VAS LBP score was 43.61?26.18 before surgery and 16.89?14.73 at the time of final follow-up.The important improvement in LBP and leg pain was seen in 70.1%～78.1% and 97.0% patients respectively.Improvements in back pain and leg pain were correlated(r= 0.1656,P=0.0304).The rate of important improvement of low back pain was greater in MED group than in COP group.The rate of important improvement in LBP was similar in the patients of a preponderance of LBP,a preponderance leg pain and an equivalence of LBP and leg pain,the patients with a preponderance of LBP showed a lower rate of important improvement in leg pain than the others.[Conclusion]Discectomy for relief of sciatica of lumbar disc herniation provides effective relief of LBP.The MED is more likely effective as a surgery way to relief LBP.Furthermore,it certified that the severe LBP maybe a negatively predictive factor for the follow-up outcome of leg pain.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the status of related substances in bromhexine hydrochloride tablets and to find the existing problems. METHODS: 95 batches of samples from six domestic manufacturers were tested using statutory methods combined with exploratory research, and the results were evaluated by statistical analysis. RESULTS: The related substances in 95 batches of bromhexine hydrochloride tablets met the requirement of current specification. The total amount was not more than 0.4%. The exploratory studies on domestic tablets, raw materials and tablets produced by original manufacturer revealed that 12 impurities were detected in the samples from six domestic manufacturers, which originated mainly from the raw material. The species and contents of the impurities in domestic samples were different with those in the product of original manufacturer. The structure of the unknown impurity with the highest content was identified by LC-MS/MS, and it was judged to be produced in the manufacturing process of the raw material. CONCLUSION: The related substances in domestic bromhexine hydrochloride tablets are in good control overall and have met the requirement of current statutory specification. The impurities originate mainly from the raw material, so improving the quality of the materials at the source is the critical factor for promoting the quality level of bromhexine hydrochloride tablets.

0.05).Conclusions RFA treatment of PHC patients does not lead to hematogenous tumor dissemination.

Adult ; Faculty ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Sampling Studies ; Sleep ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVE To apply 3M standardized chemical indicator(CI) process challenge device(PCD) to the practice of batch monitoring to guarantee sterility assurance.METHODS The standardized CI PCD and biological indicator(BI) PCD to two different sterilizers were applied with the test parameters of 132 ℃,3.5min and 8min,and 134 ℃,3.5min and 8min,respectively.RESULTS A total of 310 trials of CI PCD were obtained as negative results,with the ink moved into the accept area of the moving-front style indicator,and 240 trials of BI PCD were obtained as negative results.CONCLUSIONS Standardized CI PCD can provide further sterility assurance with more accurate monitoring and batch release capabilities.