The progress and clinical application of medical image post-processing technology are introduced from the aspects of image preprocessing, image segmentation; registration-fusion and 3D reconstruction. Correlated problems and development trends are put forward.

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.

Objective To explore the clinical significance of cytokeratin(AE1/AE3) immunohistochemical staining in detecting the lymph node micrometastasis of gastric cancer.Methods Immunohistochemical S-P method was used to examine AE1/AE3 in 118 lymph nodes in 64 cases of primary gastric cancer.Results Among 118 lymph nodes,micrometastasis was found in 13 lymph nodes of 8 patients with primary gastric cancer by AE1/AE3 staining.The positive rate of micrometastasis was 12.5% and the positive rate of lymph nodes was 11.02%.The incidence of micrometastasis was related with the depth of invasion,and in the cancer with deep invasion,the positive rate of micrometastasis was higher than that in the cancer with superficial invasion(P

Using a novel hybrid technology combined differential ion mobility spectrometry ( DMS) with drift time ion mobility spectrometry DMS-IMS2 , we detected the typical chemical warfare agent simulants dimethyl methylphosphonate ( DMMP ) and methyl salicylate ( MS) . With carrier gas 800 mL/min and DMS RF voltage 1100 V, the chemical warfare agents DMMP and MS could be detected and characterized by DMS-IMS2 under DIMS mode. In addition, DMS-IMS2 is capable to monitor positive and negative ions of DMMP and MS simultaneously, and provides the two-dimensional separation parameters DMS compensation voltage ( CV) and IMS drift time ( Td ) , which provides more information for the identification of two chemical warfare agents. DMS-IMS2 has potential application in on-site detection and instrument miniaturization due to its advantages including small size, low power consumption and rapid response time.

Objective To explore the technique and clinical effect of Fogarty catheter in treatment of acute limb arterial embol-ism.Methods Eight cases of acute limb arterial embolism treated by Fogarty catheter were analyzed retrospectively.The technique of thrombectomy,curative effect,complications,prognosis,and 6-24 months follow-up results were assessed to evaluate the safe-ty,effectiveness and operative skills.Results Seven cases were cured,and 1 case was efficacious.The endangium injury and vaso-spasm was occurred in 1 case,respectively.During follow-up from 6 to 24 months,6 cases recovered activity,1 case was hemiplegia because of cerebral infarction after 12 months,and 1 case died of respiratory function failure after 6 months.Conclusion Fogarty catheter is safe and effective in treatment of acute limb arterial embolism.

Objective To explore the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of acute perforation of gnstric cancer. Methods The clinical data of 24 patients with acute perforation of gastric cancer who had been admitted to Guangzhou General Hospital of PLA from July 1996 to December 2008 were retrospectively analyzed. Results Of all patients, 4 were treated by perforation repair, 2 by perforation repair combined with gastrojejunostomy, 11 by palliative subtotal gastrectomy, 2 by radical gastrectomy, and 5 by radical gastrectomy after perforation repair. The mean survival time of patients treated by perforation repair, perforation repair combined with gastro-jejunostomy, partial gastrectomy and radical gastrectomy were (4±5), (6±9), (12±7), and (25±9) months, respectively. Conclusions Early diagnosis and reasonable operation are the keys to decrease the morality and increase life quality for patients who suffered from acute perforation of gastric cancer. Different pathologic stages maybe an important factor in deciding the prognosis.

Objective To assess the efficacy and safety of a newly-designed temporary covered cardia stent for the treatment of achalasia in canine models and to investigate the histopathological changes at different points of follow-up time after the stent was removed. Methods The canine achalasia model was created by injecting benzyl-dimethyl-tetradecyl ammonium chloride (BAC) circumferentially into the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) of the dogs. Twenty-four dogs with achalasia were randomly and equally divided into two groups with 12 dogs in each group:control group (using routine esophageal stents) and study group (using newly-designed temporary covered cardia stents). Under fluoroscopic guidance stents were implanted in the esophagus and were taken away from the esophagus 4 days after stent insertion in experimental dogs of both groups. LES pressures and timed barium esophagography (TBE) were performed in all dogs before and immediately after the stenting procedure,as well as at one week,3 and 6 months after the stent was removed. Every three dogs were sacrificed each time at one week,3 and 6 months after the stent was removed. The esophageal cardia was excised and sent for pathological examination. Results All animals well tolerated the stent insertion / removal and the follow-up procedures. No severe complications such as esophageal perforation occurred. Comparison between two groups showed that stent migration occurrence was much lower in study group (n = 1) than that in control group (n = 5). The reduction of LES pressures in study group was more significant in comparison with control group (at 6-month follow-up,P = 0.027). The difference in barium column product (height ? width) between 0-min and 5-min TBE was statistically significant in study group (at 3-month follow-up,P = 0.009). Integrated analysis of multi-comparison for LES pressures among subgroups of each group revealed that the dogs in study group exhibited better outcomes than the dogs in control group. Both proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and ?-smooth muscle actin (?-SMA) immuno-staining revealed that the inflammatory reaction reached its peak at 1-month follow-up. Trichrome staining indicated that the collagenous fiber proliferating index inclined to be stable at 3-month follow-up. Conclusion In treating achalasia in canine models the newly-designed temporary covered cardia stent is superior to the routine esophageal stent in respect of safety and efficacy.

Objective To observe the effect of TGF-β1 on activation and epithelial mesenchymal transition(EMT) in rat hepatic stellate cell-T6.Methods Adopt the MTT method to screen the optimum concentration of TGF-β1 in vitro HSC-T6 cultured.After the HSC-T6 stimulation by TGF-β1 of 10 μg/L for 24 hours, the morphology of the cells was observed under inverted phase contrast microscope, the expression of F-actin which on behalf of cotoskeletal structure was detected by immunofluorescence staining;the expression of α-SMA and N-cadherin,vimentin,E-cadherin was measured by RT-qPCR;The changes of α-SMA,N-cadherin,vimentin and E-cadherin were assessed by Western blot after different concentrations (0,5 and 10 μg/L) of TGF-β1 interventing HSC-T6 for 24 h.Results The optimal cell survival rate was recorded when 10 μg/L TGF-β1 dealt withcells for 24 h.After HSC-T6 were treated with TGF-β1,cells stretched, pseudopodia increased and turn into stellate, cells connections were looser, so that represented a significantly activated state.F-actin filaments gathered to form stress and distributed along the long axis of the cells;The expression of α-SMA mRNA and vimentin mRNA in experimental group was significantly higher while E-cadherin mRNA was obviously lower than the control group(P<0.05).TGF-β1 made the protein expression of α-SMA and N-cadherin, vimentin in dose-dependent increased while E-cadherin was decreased.Conclusions TGF-β1 may induce activation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition of HSC-T6.