1.Current status and confusion in comprehensive interventional therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2016;32(1):44-48
In recent years,hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)has become the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide.Due to the insidious onset of this disease,only 20%-30%of the patients with HCC have the opportunity for surgical resection or liver transplan-tation.At present,interventional therapy has become the first choice for patients with intermediate-stage HCC and some patients with late-stage HCC,and more and more scholars have realized the importance and necessity of comprehensive interventional therapy for HCC.The comprehensive interventional therapy of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE)in combination with various methods (TACE com-bined with local treatment,TACE sequential surgery,or TACE combined with systemic treatment)provides many therapeutic approaches and achieves good therapeutic effects.However,the indications,timing,and recurrence and metastasis after treatment for such combination ther-apies await further investigation.
2.Role of cell apoptosis regulated by P53 in treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
Si GAO ; Xiangxuan ZHAO ; Zaiming LU
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2017;33(7):1373-1376
P53 abnormality or mutation is commonly seen in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and therefore, restoration of P53 function has become a research hotspot in the treatment of HCC.This article reviews the association of P53 with Bcl-2 protein family, microRNA, TGFβ, HBV, HCV, and AKT and the role of P53 in regulating cell apoptosis, in order to provide clues for improving the therapeutic outcome of HCC.
3.The role of apoptosis in pancreatic cancer therapy
Xiangxuan ZHAO ; Feng WEN ; Zaiming LU
Practical Oncology Journal 2016;30(4):375-379
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma ( PAC) is still a refractory human digest malignancies due to multi-faceted causes ,late diagnosis and insensitive to traditional chemo -and radio-therapy .Resistance to apoptosis could be one of the most relevant mechanisms for PAC to escape any non -surgical therapy .This review aims to clear up the main deregulated apoptosis signal pathways over the years and to find out the abnormal molecule tar -get(s),and therefore,provide novel concepts for PAC molecular targeting therapy .
4.Imaging performance of hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
Xiaonan MAO ; Zaiming LU ; Qiyong GUO
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2017;33(4):554-557
Objective To assess the radiological imaging findings of hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor and to discuss the appropriate morphological classification.Methods A total of 22 patients with hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor confirmed by pathology were enrolled.Imaging performance of hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor were analyzed and the lesions were classified into appropriate type based on the imaging findings.Results Totally 23 lesions were found in 22 patients.The typical imaging features included great enhancement at later phase (13/20),moth eat en central necrosis (12/23) and peripheral shell (12/23).Seed in fruit was the most typical classification (8/23),followed by Seedless fruit (7/23).Conclusion Hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumur typically shows as a single nodular lesion with moth eaten necrosis and peripheral shell like a Seed in fruit.The enhancement at later phase (especially the peripheral enhancement) can be regarded as a particular feature.
5.Assessment of muscle perfusion in ischemic rabbit hindlimb treated by intravenous implantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells with perfusion CT
Fei HUANG ; Zaiming LU ; Hui WANG ; Guoqiang REN ; Xiaomei LU
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2013;47(8):745-748
Objective To evaluate the application of CT perfusion in the assessment of muscle perfusion in ischemic rabbit hindlimb treated by implantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.Methods Twenty rabbits were divided into two groups randomly (each n =10).Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were injected into the left ischemic hind limbs of animal models of intravenous injection group,with same volume of normal saline injected into the control group.Twenty-eight days later,the collateral circulation and blood vessel neogenesis were examined by Toshiba Aquilion One 320-MSCT and pathological approaches.t test and Pearson test were used to compare the parameters.Results The results show that rAF,rBV,rClearance,rMVD were 1.15 ±0.67,1.19 ±0.32,0.62 ±0.20,and 1.34 ±0.28 in intravenous injection group and 0.57 ±0.17,0.74 ±0.19,2.06 ±0.15,0.62 ±0.19 in the control group respectively.There was significant difference of rAF,rBV,rClearance and rMVD between the intravenous injection group and the control group(t =5.75,5.01,-2.81,6.43 respectively,P < 0.01).There was significant correlation between rBV,rAF,rC and rMVD (r =0.857,0.811,0.615,P < 0.01).Conclusion CT perfusion imaging is a relatively accurate technique to assess changes of muscle perfusion in ischemic rabbit hindlimb treated by implantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.
6.3.0T MRI features of normal acetabular labrum in children
Dongmei SUN ; Shinong PAN ; Zaiming LU ; Qiyong GUO
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2010;26(3):532-534
Objective To observe the 3.0T MRI features of normal acetabular labrum and variation in children. Methods MR appearances of normal acetabular labra in 53 children aged from 4 days to 14 years were reviewed retrospectively. The children were divided into four groups according to the age:group A:0-3 years; group B:4-7 years; group C:8-11 years; group D:12-14 years. All of them were examined with 3.0T MR including axial and coronal sequences. Results ①MR appearances of normal acetabular labra could be classified into 3 types:triangle, flat-shape and absent in shape. Triangle was the most common (78.29%). ②There was remarkable difference in the distribution of labra morphology among different groups and different portions of hip. Triangle was most commonly observed in group D and on the anterior portion. ③High signal intensity of normal acetabular labra in MRI was most frequently seen on the anterior site of hip. Conclusion The shape and signal intensity of normal acetabular labrum in children varies in different age groups and different portions.
7.Cortical activations for covert and overt picture naming on fMRI
Hongzan SUN ; Qiyong GUO ; Xiaoming WANG ; Bing YU ; Zaiming LU
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2010;26(3):444-447
Objective To investigate cortical activation patterns for covert and overt picture naming with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Methods fMRI data were collected on 24-27 years old volunteers during performance of covert and overt picture naming. After statistical postprocessing analysis, head movement data were compared across tasks and average neural activation maps were available for both tasks. Results Mean and maximal translations of head movement in covert picture naming were less than those in overt picture naming, but the difference has no statistical significance (P=0.23). It was shown that covert picture naming involved an orchestration of bilateral occipital gyri and cerebellums, bilateral supplementary motor area, postcentral gyri, inferior frontal gyrus and anterior cingulate cortex. Activations in overt picture naming included those in covert naming (but more intensive), bilateral precentral gyri and posterior superior temporal gyri, left anterior superior temporal gyrus, bilateral thalamus, basal ganglia, and left insula. Conclusion Covert and overt picture naming are two different tasks involving different neural processing networks and levels. They can not be taken as substitutes for each other.
8.Comparison of body artery imaging between dual-energy CT angiography and traditional 3D CT angiography
Daowei LI ; Wenli GUO ; Zaiming LU ; Qiyong GUO
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2010;26(2):361-364
Objective To evaluate the effect of automatic bone and plaque removal on image quality and grading of steno-occlusive lesions in patients undergoing dual energy CT angiography (DE-CTA) of body artery. Methods DE-CTA was performed in 23 patients with suspected body vascular disease. Separate datasets were calculated for each of the two tubes and used to generate automatically bone-subtracted images (ABS) as well as additional manual bone removes after plaque subtracted images (ABPS). In addition, a weighted average dataset from both dual energy acquisitions resembling routine 3D CT acquisition was used for automatic bone remove (ABR). Residual bone in the ABR dataset was removed manually (ABR-M). Operator time for bone removal was measured, while effectiveness of bone subtraction and the time needed of ABPS and ABR-M was assessed. Compared with MPR, ABR images and stenosis grading in plaque subtracted were assessed with two radiologists. Results The imaging quality of ABR was superior to that of ABS (P<0.05). The time needed of ABPS was (7.8±4.3) min, significantly lower than that of ABR-M (11.4 min±2.5 min, P<0.05). A total of 325 steno-occlusive lesions were assessed. The sensitivity, specificity of DE-CTA and traditional 3D CTA was 95.74%, 96.19% and 92.93%, 97.87%, respectively. Conclusion The imaging quality is good after automatic bone and plaque subtraction of DE-CTA. Automatic plaque subtraction for the first time provides a true CTA imaging which is easy to interpret and reduces the need for further post-processing. The diagnosis of vascular stenosis with DE-CTA is also accurate, and the time spent in post-processing is less than that of traditional 3D angiography.
9.Influence of monochrome LCDs with different resolutions for the detection performance of pulmonary micro-nodule
Jiandong YIN ; Qiyong GUO ; Wei ZHANG ; Zaiming LU
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2010;26(1):157-160
Objective To assess the influence of medical monochrome liquid crystal displays (LCD) with different resolutions for the detection performance of micro-nodules (diameter <10 mm) on chest radiograms. Methods Eighty-seven DR chest images that were verified with CT were selected from PACS on-line, including 32 positive images, 32 suspected images and 23 normal images. The diameters of all nodules were lower than 10 mm. Three of high-, mid- and low-experienced radiologists who participated in the ROC study interpreted these 87 images using three types of LCDs with different resolutions, respectively. Regarding the presence of nodule, five-point confidence level rating scale was used, i.e. definitely absent, probably absent, possibly present, probably present and definitely present. All observers marked their confidence levels of every image according to the presence of pulmonary nodule on different displays. Software SPSS 13.0 was used for statistical analysis. Results AUC increased with the increasing resolutions and radiologists' experiences in 2MP, 3MP, 5MP displays. For the detection performance of pulmonary nodules (diameter <10 mm), there was no significant difference among different types of displays or different aptitudes of radiologists. Conclusion It's equivalent for the detection performance of pulmonary nodule (diameter <10 mm) on 2MP, 3MP and 5MP medical monochrome LCD when no restriction on the use of image post-processing tools. Highly-experienced radiologist can get the most information when using 5MP display. It is advisable to combine the diagnostic workstation system with high-, mid- and low-resolution monitors, and reasonable equipment scheme between different types of displays and different aptitudes of radiologists could result in better cost-efficacy.
10.Application of energy subtract angiography of dual source CT in diagnosis of arterial diseases of the lower extremities
Daowei LI ; Wenli GUO ; Zaiming LU ; Wenxu QI ; Qiyong GUO
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2009;25(10):1806-1809
Objective To observe the value of dual source CT (DSCT) dual energy subtract method in diagnosis of lower extremity arterial occlusion. Methods Thirty-two patients with lower extremity arterial occlusive diseases underwent DSCT direct bone removal CT angiography (DE-BR-CTA) and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) within 2 weeks. Raw data were reconstructed with techniques including MIP and VR. Arterial visibility of DE-BR-CTA was analyzed by two experienced radiologists taking DSA as the standard. Results A total of 328 arterial segments were selected in 32 patients with lower extremity arterial occlusive diseases. The correlation between DSA and DE-BR-CTA was good. There was no significant difference in arterial visibility between DE-BR-CTA and DSA (P>0.05). Compared with DSA, 12 of the segmental stenosis were overestimated and 6 were underestimated with DE-BR-CTA. When stenosis was over 10%, the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of DE-BR-CTA was 94.51%, 96.15%, 93.02%, 92.59% and 96.39%, respectively. Conclusion DSCT energy subtraction angiography is an accurate diagnostic method and non-invasive imaging technology in the assessment of lower extremity arterial occlusive diseases. It may provide precious information for pre-surgery evaluation and screening the arterial diseases of the lower extremities.