Objective To study the effect of thyrotrophin releasing hormone (TRH) analogue, YM14673, on the brain edema and blood brain barrier after brain injury in rat.Methods The model of brain injury of rats was built by Feeney's methods. The Evans blue solution had been injected i.v. into the rats before the models were made. The rats were divided into four groups: normal, treated with saline, treated with YM14673(Ⅰ:0.1mg/kg and Ⅱ:1mg/kg). The water content in brain was measured 24 h after brain injured. The concentration of Evans blue in brain tissue and blood was measured with fluorometry.Results The rats treated with saline after traumatic injury showed significantly high water content compared with normal group(P<0.01)and the water content of the left hemisphere, which was hit straightly, was higher significantly than that of the right global(P<0.01). The brain water content decreased in the rats treated with YM14673 in all global(P<0.05).There was no significant different between the treated group Ⅰ and groupⅡ.After brain injury, the concentration of Evans blue in brain tissue showed a higher level contrasted with normal group. YM14673 did not influence the concentration of Evans blue in brain tissue. Conclusion YM14673 can decrease the brain edema after brain injury but it cannot decrease the permeability of blood brain barrier.

Objective: To establish the quality assessment of Cordyceps and its cultured Cmycelia by TLC fingerprint, and to compare the content of the nucleotides between them. Methods: Adenosine, Uridine and Guannosine were detemined by TLC-Scanning samples were perfomed by fluorescence quenching analyis. Results: The contents of adenosiue, uridine, and guanosine from cordyceps mycelia were more than that of cordyceps from wildlife. Conclusion: This method is convenient and rapid, and it can effectively evaluate nucleotides in nature Cordyceps and culture Cordyceps.

Objective:To study the clinical effect of early postoperative enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition after radical ex-cision of gastric cancer to provide a better way of treating gastric cancers. Methods:Retrospective analysis of 140 gastric cancer pa-tients who were admitted to the PLA General Hospital between February 2009 and February 2011 was conducted. These patients were randomized into two groups based on the clinical trial, i.e., 70 in the control group received an intravenous parenteral nutrition for the treatment, and for the other 70 in the observation group, jejunostomy was done 1 to 5 days after the radical surgery by using Supportan as the enteral nutritional agent with a dose of at TPF-T 500 mL/d to 1 000 mL/d. The postoperative long-term survival rate of the pa-tients, the serum albumin, hemoglobin, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase levels before and after the treatment, as well as the situation of IgA, IgG, IgM and CD4+cells, NK cells, and B lymphocytes in the blood at the first and the seventh day after surgery were observed in the patients. Results:After the implementation of early enteral nutrition in the observation group, the 1-and 3-year survival rates were 84.29% (59/70) and 61.43% (43/70) respectively, whereas in the control group, the survival rates were 64.29% (45/70) and 47.143% (33/70) respectively, with statistically significant differences between the two groups (P<0.05). At the first and seventh day after surgery, the serum albumin, hemoglobin, alanine aminotransferase, and aspartate aminotransferase levels were significantly better in the observation group than in the control group, with statistically significant differences between the two (P<0.05). Compared with the parameters in the observation group at the first day after surgery and those in the control groups at the eighth day after surgery, the levels of IgA , IgG, IgM and CD42+cells, NK cells, and B lymphocytes were significantly increased in the obser-vation group at the seventh day after surgery. The differences among them were statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: Early postoperative enteral nutrition for the gastric cancer patients undergoing radical surgery can be effective in improving the nutrition level of the patients and in enhancing their long-term survival rate, Thus, the treatment has value in clinical application.

Objective To investigate the optimal workflow and protocol for integrated PET/MR by comparison with PET/CT.Methods A total of 228 patients were enrolled in this study for PET/CT and PET/MR evaluation on the same day.Six PET/MR protocols with different MR sequences but the same PET acquisition protocol were investigated and the optimal protocol was identified based on image quality,acquisition time and diagnostic performance.Results PET/MR workflow was similar to PET/CT,however,some special issues needed to be considered for PET/MR.Among the 6 protocols,protocol No.6 outperformed others for body and head regions.Types of artifacts were found more often in PET/MR than in PET/CT.Conclusions By optimizing the protocol,PET/MR could achieve almost the same diagnostic performance as PET/CT.However,the issues of long acquisition time and artifacts on PET/MR need to be further improved.

Objective To establish the reference intervals(RIs) for plasma presepsin in healthy population.Methods The document C28-A3 issued by CLSI was a guideline about how to define,establish,and verify reference intervals in the clinical laboratory.Plasma values were determined with CLEIA for 1 250 healthy adults(aged 20-90 years old),including 624 males and 626 females.The central 95 percentile of RIs were determined using nonparametric statistical methods.Results The presepsin values in elderly population showed a Gaussian distribution and age/sex related changes.The RIs for plasma presepsin in the reference population respective of age(ranged from 20-＜30,30-＜ 60,60-＜ 90 years) were 50-195,47-170,41-142 pg/mL for males and 43-173,44-162,38-137 pg/mL for females respectively.Conclusion The RIs for plasma presepsin were established according to the gender and age groups in the healthy adults,and could provide a reference for the clinical and laboratory.

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic efficiency of the parameters obtained from PET/MR in brain tumors.Methods In this prospective study,28 patients (21 males,7 females,age range: 6-82 years) with clinical suspicion of brain tumor from November 2012 to September 2015 underwent PET/MR multi-modality imaging.The examination of PET/MR included 11C-MET PET and multiple MR sequences.The qualities of images were estimated firstly.The ROC curve and the accuracy of SUVmax,ADCmean,rCBF and NAA/(Cho+Cre) ratio were calculated.The pathology or final clinical diagnosis was taken as the standard.The diagnostic efficiency of the multi-modality imaging was determined based on the cutoff values of the four parameters.Two-sample t test was used to analyze the differences of parameters between glioma group and inflammatory group.Results SUVmax,ADCmean,rCBF and NAA/(Cho+Cre) ratio were validated to be effective parameters in diagnosing brain tumors with the diagnostic accuracy of 89.3％(25/28),82.1％(23/28),78.6％(22/28) and 75.0％(21/28),respectively.The SUVmax exhibited the highest diagnostic accuracy,while the diagnostic efficiency of the combination of four parameters was superior to the separate parameter.The values of SUVmax,rCBF and NAA/(Cho+Cre) ratio were significantly different between glioma group(n=10) and inflammatory group(n=11;t values:-2.31,-3.11,-2.77,all P<0.05).Conclusions PET/MR can provide a one-stop examination with multi-modality imaging of brain.The obtained parameters SUVmax,ADCmean,rCBF and NAA/(Cho+Cre) ratio,especially their combination,have effective diagnostic values on brain tumor.

Objective To evaluate the value of SUVmax/ADCmin obtained by 11 C?choline PET/MR imaging in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant prostate disease. Methods Suspicious prostate cancer patients who underwent PET/MR before transperineal prostate biopsy in People′s Liberation Army General Hospital from April 2014 to January 2015 were observed. Prostate gland was divided into five dis?tricts. A ROI with the diameter of 1 cm was drawn at the highest radioactivity concentration and/or lowest ADC signal area in each district, and SUVmax , ADCmin and SUVmax/ADCmin were then calculated. Taking the pathological results as the gold standard, malignant and benign prostate disease districts were separated. Pearson correlation analysis and two?sample t test were used for statistical analysis. Results Biopsy pathol?ogy showed 9 cases were malignant ( 25 prostate cancer districts, and 20 benign prostate disease districts) , and 6 cases were benign (30 benign prostate disease districts). The SUVmax had a negative correlation with ADCmin( r=-0.521, P<0?05) . The SUVmax/ADCmin of benign and malignant districts was significantly dif?ferent(5.67±3.03 and 13?76±7.13; t=6.9, P<0.01). The ROC AUC for ADCmin, SUVmax and SUVmax/ADCmin were 0?880, 0?809 and 0.898. Using SUVmax/ADCmin of 7.78 as a cutoff, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of 11 C?choline PET/MR imaging for differentiating the benign and malignant prostate lesions were 84.0%(21/25), 86.0%(43/50) and 85.3%(64/75), respectively. Conclusions Simultaneous 11C?choline PET/MR could be used for detecting prostate cancer. SUVmax/ADCmin may serve as an effective diag?nostic indicator for differentiating benign and malignant prostate lesions.

Objective To detect the influence of the perfusion quantity and distribution of bone cement by percutaneous ky-phoplasty(PKP) on the early treatment result of thoracolumbar osteoporotic compression fractures(OVCF) .Methods From May 2011 to May 2013 ,62 cases of osteoporotic fractures of thoracic or lumber vertebra were treated by PKP .CT scans were performed postoperatively to analysis the distribution of the bone cement in the vertebra .According to the bone cement distribution on the transverse plane CT film ,the results were classified into four degrees :excellence ,good ,fair and poor .The cases were followed-up regularly .Preoperative and postoperative visual analogue scale(VAS) ,oswestry dysfunction index(ODI) ,height of the operated ver-tebra ,cobb angle ,the incidences of complications during and after the surgery were compared between groups of different degrees of bone cement distribution and different amount of bone cement injection .Results Among the 62 cases ,the follow-up time ranged from 3 to 36 months[average(10 .5 ± 5 .3)months] .In all of the cases ,there was statistically significant difference between the pre-operative and postoperative VAS scoring(P< 0 .05) .3 months after suergery ,there were no statistically significant influence on the results of VAS scoring ,the ODI scoring ,the height lost of the operated vertebra and the improvement of the Cobb angle(P> 0 .05) . In cases of bone cement injection more than 5 mL ,adjacent vertebra fractures happened in 3 cases 6 months postoperatively and 6 cases 12 months postoperatively .In cases of bone cement injection less than 4 mL ,there were only 2 cases of adjacent vertebra frac-tures happened 12 months posoperatively .The degree of vertebra height lost between the bone cement excellent group and poor group was statistically significant in 6 months and 12 months postoperatively .In cases when the distribution of bone cement was ex-cellent ,the improvement of pain and function was significantly different(P< 0 .05) .Conclusion OVCF is treated by PKP .Through conventional operation ,the ultra-early(within 3 months)efficacy is excellent ,in cases of different amount of bone cement injection and different degree of bone cement distribution .However ,with appropriate amount of bone cement ,the more eventfully and sym-metrically the distribution of the bone cement is ,the better of the early clinical results ,probably .

OBJECTIVETo assess the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT) in evaluating the stability of carotid atherosclerosis.

METHODSSeventeen patients with 21 carotid artery plaques received examinations with CEUS. According to the nature of the plaques, the patients were divided into soft and mixed plaque group and hard and calcified plaque group. The maximal enhancement intensity of the plaques (I(MAX)) and maximal plaque density (D(MAX)) were measured to quantify the neovasculature. The patients also underwent concurrent ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT, and ¹⁸F-FDG uptake was quantified by the mean standard uptake values (SUV(mean)), an index reflecting the inflammatory activity in the plaque. The findings in CEUS and PET/CT were comparatively analyzed for these cases.

RESULTSThe D(MAX) of the plaque in soft and mixed plaque group was significantly greater than that in hard and calcified plaque group (4.26±3.65 vs 1.41±1.47, P<0.05); the I(MAX) was also greater in the former group, but this difference was not statistically significant (26.83±19.61 vs 24.73±29.85, P=0.869). The soft and mixed plaques tended to have higher SUVmean than the hard and calcified plaques (1.70±0.45 vs 1.47±0.12, P=0.099). The values of I(MAX) and D(MAX) were not found to correlate to SUV(mean) in these patients.

CONCLUSIONCEUS can sensitively show the status of neovascularization within the carotid atherosclerosis plaques, and PET/CT reflects the inflammatory activity in the plaques. The combination of these two imaging modalities allows the evaluation of plaque stability in terms of neoangiogenesis and inflammatory activity.

Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Carotid Stenosis ; diagnostic imaging ; Female ; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Positron-Emission Tomography ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Objective:To evaluate the value of 18F-prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-3Q PET/CT imaging in prostate cancer patients with serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) less than 1.00 μg/L after radical prostatectomy. Methods:From May 2021 to August 2022, 18F-PSMA-3Q PET/CT images and clinical data of 58 patients with prostate cancer (age 52-82 years) after radical prostatectomy with PSA less than 1.00 μg/L in Chinese PLA General Hospital were analyzed retrospectively. According to the level of PSA, patients were divided into three groups (0-0.19 μg/L group, 0.20-0.49 μg/L group, and 0.50-0.99 μg/L group). 18F-PSMA-3Q PET/CT images were analyzed according to the standardized evaluation criteria of molecular imaging, and lesions with the scores of molecular imaging PSMA (miPSMA)≥1 were defined as recurrent or metastatic lesions. The detection rates of 18F-PSMA-3Q PET/CT for patients in different PSA level groups were compared ( χ2 test). The PSA levels of patients with positive and negative scans were compared by using independent-sample t test. Results:Of the 58 patients, 36(62.1%, 36/58) patients and 85 lesions were found by 18F-PSMA-3Q PET/CT. There was 91.7%(33/36) with oligofocal lesions (1≤number of foci≤3) and 8.3%(3/36) with multiple lesions (number of foci>3). According to the location, 5.2%(3/58) of the recurrent lesions were found in the prostatic bed, 39.7%(23/58) in the bone lesions, 37.9%(22/58) in the pelvic lymph nodes, 12.0%(7/58) in the retroperitoneal lymph nodes and 5.2%(3/58) in the left clavicular lymph node metastases. There were 15 cases in 0-0.19 μg/L group, 22 cases in 0.20-0.49 μg/L group, and 21 cases in 0.50-0.99 μg/L group. The detection rates of 18F-PSMA-3Q PET/CT in the above groups were 5/15, 59.1%(13/22) and 85.7%(18/21), respectively ( χ2=10.33, P=0.006). There was significant difference in PSA level between patients with positive ( n=36) and negative ( n=22) 18F-PSMA-3Q PET/CT scans ((0.48±0.28) vs (0.28±0.25) μg/L; t=2.67, P=0.010). Conclusions:18F-PSMA-3Q PET/CT can be used to detect the recurrence or metastasis in prostate cancer patients with PSA level lower than 1.00 μg/L after radical prostatectomy. In this kind of patients, the common sites of lesions are bone, pelvic lymph nodes, retroperitoneal lymph nodes, left clavicular lymph nodes and prostatic bed, and oligofocal patients are more common.