In the past few years, many techniques were used to study brain perfusion imaging;each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages. The principle, specification, clinical application, contradistinction and the current research situation of these techniques were reviewed in this article.

[Objective] Posteroanterior weight-bearing radiographs,made with the knee in 45 degrees of flexion while the patient was standing on the homolateral foot,were compared with the weight-bearing anteroposterior radiographs with both knees in full extention,in order to find a more sensitive method to detect knee osteoarthritis.[Methods]Seventeen osteoarthritis knees were radiographed in the weight-bearing anteroposterior view with both knees in full extention and in the weight-bearing posteroanterior view with the knee in 45 degrees of flexion while standing on the homolateral foot.The minimum joint space width of all the radiograph were measured.The data were analysed statistically with SPSS 11.5.[Results]The mean minimum joint space width of the medial compart in extended knee view and standing on the homolateral foot were 4.65 mm?1.44 mm and 2.52 mm?1.69 mm,respectively(P

Objective To study the diagnostic value of transperineum color Doppler ultrasonography (TPCDU) and transabdominal color Doppler ultrasonography (TACDU) in pelvic varicosis (PV). Methods Thirty-eight patients with PV were detected by using TACDU and TPCDU separately, and the diagnostic value between the two ways was compared. Operational results was used as standard, and the degree of lesion in patients with PV was evaluated based on the results of surgery. Results The rate of diagnostic accuracy was high in both methods (TACDU 92% and TACDU 79%, separately). However, the rate of diagnostic accuracy and the site detectable were significantly higher by TPCDU than by TACDU (P

Objective Taking the total amino-acid, total flavones, chlorogenic acid, and volatile oil in Chrysanthemum morifolium as index to investigate the internal quality which relates to collection periods and processing methvods in order to compare the quality of species from oringinal habitats. Methods The contents of colorogenic acid in C. morifolium was analyzed by HPLC; the content of total flavones and amino-acid in C. morifolium were measured by spectrophotometery; and the volatile oil obtained by steam distilation extraction was weighted. Results The every indexes of viviparious chrysanthemum except chlorogenic acid was the best among various flowering periods so the viviparious chrysanthemum can be used as the first-class tea. The common tea produced by half-booming and full-booming flowers with higher yield and appropriate index. The machine processing is fast and suitable for the production to a large-scale. Conclusion The quality of C. morifolium planted in Ruicheng, Shanxi Province is equal to that in Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province, which depends on the collecting periods and processing methods, so does the volatile oil rather than the evironment of the habitat.

Objective:To evaluate the clinical sensitivity and specificity of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for oral cancer.Methods:By searching Medline,CENTRAL,EMBSE,CBM,CNKI,WANFANG,etc,an studies about SLNB for the patients with oral cancer array for lymph node metastasis were retrieved.The quality of included studies was evaluated by QUADAS items.The data were analyzed by statistic software Meta-DiSc 1.4.Results:25 studies including 934 subjects were analyzed in the current systematic review.The pooled values of sensitivity,specificity were 91％ (95％ CI 88％-94％) and 100％ (95 ％ CI 99％-100％) respectively.The area under summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve (AUC) of SLNB for cervical lymph node metastasis was 0.99.Conclusion:SLNB procedure has high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of cervical lymph node metastasis,it can be used as an useful method for cervical lymph node metastasis screening in patients with oral cancer.

The fluorescence characteristics of reaction products of sparfloxacin with halide (F, Cl, Br, I) have been studied. It was found that sparfloxacin was oxidized by nitrous acid then reacted with halide further to formstrong fluorescence substances in acid media. Their fluorescence intensitites enhanced with aggrandizing of atom radii of halides, which could emit the strong fluorescence 58～151 fold more than that of sparfloxacin itself. Thus a new sensitive method for the direct determination of sparfloxacin in human urine by derivative-synchronous fluorescence was presented. A plausible mchanism was proposed to explin this behavior.

Objective To investigate the effects of benazepril on urinary excretion of endothelin 1(Et 1) and the level of plasmic Et 1 (PEt) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and diabetic nephropathy(DN).Methods PEt and 24 hours urinary excretion of Et 1 (UEtV) in 54 patients with DM and 39 patients with DN before and after taking benazepril (7.5～12.5mg/d) for two months were measured using radioimmunoassay method.Results PEt and UEtV in patients with DM were significantly higher than in normal control group ( P

BACKGROUND: It has reported that nicotinamide is capable of protecting intervertebral disc (IVD) against interleukin-1β (IL-1β) or tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) induced degeneration. However, the protective mechanism of nicotinamide on IVD cells apoptosis and proliferation remains unclear.OBJECTIVE: To investigate regulatory effects of nicotinamide on rabbit nucleus pulposus cell apoptosis and proliferation in vitro.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: Randomized control grouping design, which was carried out in the Laboratory of Orthopaedics and Stem Cell Center, Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology from April to October 2007.MATERIALS: Ten Japanese white rabbits (aged 2-3 months weighing 1.5-2.0 kg) were used in this study. Furthermore, nucleus pulposus cells obtained from L1-6 lumbar spine were harvested and cultured for further experiments.METHODS: The NP cells were divided into 6 groups, including control group (without any drug as control), nicotinamide group (0.5 g/L nicotinamide), IL-1β group (10 μg/L IL-1β), IL-1β + caspase group (10 μg/L IL-1β and non-specific caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK), IL-1β + small-dose nicotinamide group (10 μg/L IL-1β and 0.05 g/L nicotinamide), and IL-1β + large-dose nicotinamide group (10 μg/L IL-1β and 0.5 g/L nicotinamide). After 3 days of culture, the cells were examined with Annexin V-PI staining, caspase-3, 8 and 9 activity staining and MTT assay.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The apoptotic rates, the positive rates of caspase-3, 8 and 9 activity staining and the absorbance of MTT assay of each group.RESULTS: ① As compared to IL-1β group, the apoptotic rates were decreased in the IL-1β + caspase group and IL-1β + large-dose nicotinamide group (P < 0.01). ②As compared to IL-1β group, the positive rates of caspase-3, 8 and 9 activity staining were decreased in the IL-1β + caspase group, IL-1β + large-dose and small-dose nicotinamide groups (P < 0.01 or P < 0.01). ③As compared to IL-1β group, the absorbance was increased in the IL-1β + caspase group and IL-1β + large-dose nicotinamide group (P < 0.01).CONCLUSION: Nicotinamide is capable of promoting cell proliferation and inhibiting IL-1β induced apoptosis of nucleus pulposus cells in vitro. The inhibition of apoptosis mainly acts via inhibition of the mitochondrial pathway.

Objective To investigate the feasibihty and effectiveness of the fluorescence in situ hybridization(FISH)technique in the diagnosis of renal pelvic tumor.Methods FISH technique were used to detect the abnormalities of chromosome 3,7,17 and 9 p16 from 20 people without malignancy.The morning's first urine were availahled from 15 patients with hematuria and suspected of renal mass by imaging,then were studied by FISH technique and urine cytology respectively.The sample was considered positive if two or more probes results were higher than the criteria,or one probe had two or more abnormal results.Results Eight of 15 patients with hematuria were renal pelvic urothehal carcinoma,5 were renal clear cell carcinoma,1 was renal chromophobe cell carcinoma,1 was xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis,confirmed by pathology.All of the 8 renal pelvic carcinoma were considered positive by FISH technique,while only 1 was considered positive by urine cytology.The variation rate of chromosome 3,7,17 were 100%(8/8)and chromosome 9 p16 was 75%(6/8).Six of 7 non-renal pelvic carcinoma were negative by FISH technique,but all Were negative by urine cytology.Conclusion FISH technique is a non-invasive and effective method for the diagnosis of renal pelvic tumor,and it's more sensitive than urine cytology.

OBJECTIVE To study the effect of frequency difference and intensity difference on mismatch negativity (MMN) change in normal persons. Emphatically to observe the effect on the latency and amplitude of normal people's MMN, as well as the threshold of the acoustic difference which may induce the MMN. METHODS Twenty-four adults were included in this study. Their thresholds of pure tone audiometry were within 20dBHL. The MMN were measured by using the Smart EP ( ear potentiometer provided by the company of Intelligent Hearing) and the rule of the change by the difference of frequency and intensity to the latency and amplitude of normal people’s MMN were studied. RESULTS Along with the decreasing of the difference of the frequency, the MMN latency prolonged gradually. The amplitude of the MMN decreased gradually as the decreasing of the intensity difference. CONCLUSION A stable MMN graph is an important indicator of objective physiological test with hearing distinguish.