A modified dye test with microplate was to be established to detect Toxoplasma antibodies with cell-cultured Toxoplasma gondii. Numbers of stained and unstained tachyzoites were estimated in every 100 tachyzoites in each well after dyeing with methylene blue. The dilution with 50% tachyzoites stained was used as final dilution. Better results of the microplate dye test has been received when the concentration of tachyzoites in suspension reaches 109/ml with 1% sodium citrate as accessory factor.

Objective: To investigate the value of self-made auxiliary device for shimming on thyroid DWI, in order to improve image quality. Methods Totally 42 healthy volunteers underwent identical DWI sequence scanning (b=0, 400, 800 s/mm2) twice to obtain images of thyroid, while the auxiliary device-silicone bags filled with high concentratianon silicone oil was used for the second scanning. The signals of thyroid and background noise were measured, and SNR was calculated with and without the device, then image quality was graded. SNR and grading of DWI images before and after using the auxiliary shimming device were compared. Results: All 42 volunteers completed the examination and without discomfort such as neck discomfort or poor breathing. For b=400, 800 s/mm2 DWI images, the image quality was greatly improved after using the auxiliary shimming device, and the differences of grading were statistically significant (both P<0.001). SNR of DWI images with the auxiliary shimming device were 10.20 (95% CI [4.05, 23.23], b=400 s/mm2) and 6.79 (95% CI [3.24, 18.85], b=800 s/mm2), much higher than those of DWI images without the device (3.62, 95% CI [1.97, 8.10]; 4.41, 95% CI [2.66, 8.69]) respectively (both P<0.05). Conclusion: Using the self-made auxiliary shimming device can significantly improve SNR and image quality of thyroid DWI images, which is easy to use without complaint and worthy of promotion in clinical practice.

Objective To study the clinical application and value of transcranial Doppler (TCD) monitoring senile cerebral blood flow autoregulation in elderly.Methods Two hundred cases patients with elderly hypertension and 200 cases normal eldly from May 2011 to December 2014 in the Second People 's Hospital of Fengrun District of Tangshan were chosen as hypertension group and control group.Cerebral artery peak systolic velocity,supine with a vertical artery in the brain(MCA) cerebral blood flow difference (CBFV) and X-W wave duration, cerebrovascular hemodynamic parameters of two group were monitored by TCD method and compared.Results The peak values of left vertebral artery (LVA), right vertebral artery (RVA), the left coronary artery(LCS), and right vertebral artery(RCS) of hypertension group were significantly lower than those in the control group((38.01±12.42) cm/s vs (45.21±8.95) cm/s, (35.54±13.25) cm/s vs (43.52±7.06) cm/s, (66.12±9.52) m/s vs (76.54±8.19) cm/s, (71.24± 11.25) cm/s vs (77.98± 10.74) cm/s, (55.34 ±14.52) cm/s vs (61.24±12.58) cm/s,(48.12±15.24) cm/s vs (58.46±18.85) cm/s;t=4.6821, 5.6987,6.2589,4.3671,2.2854,4.9875;P＜ 0.01).The peak Vp, the difference between the horizontal and vertical position CBFV, X-W wave duration, the parameter of DR, Cp, C, Co, Zc, Wv of arterial blood vessels (left internal carotid artery (LICA), right internal carotid artery (RICA), left middle cerebral artery (LMCA), right middle cerebral artery(RMCA) ,left anterior cerebral artery(LACA), right anterior cerebral artery(RACA), left anterior cerebral artery (LOA), right middle cerebral artery (ROA)) of hypertension group were significantly higher than those of control group((96.38±18.85) cm/s vs (83.56±13.41) cm/s, (103.04±35.42) cm/s vs (85.62±29.63) cm/s, (99.85±23.54) cm/s vs (83.12±22.67) cm/s, (102.84± 16.42) cm/s vs (86.23 ±21.34) cm/s, (85.06± 15.36) cm/s vs (73.16± 10.35) cm/s, (85.64± 15.34) cm/s vs (70.52± 18.56) cm/s, (34.85±8.74) cm/s vs (28.56±7.85) cm/s, (35.12± 11.20) cm/s vs (30.05± 6.88) cm/s, (7.22 ± ±2.54) cm/s vs (2.78± 1.87) cm/s, (23.74±5.23) cm/s vs (20.85±4.35) cm/s, (378.35±35.12) Pa? s/cm vs (314.53±36.21) Pa? s/cm, (8.16± 0.62) P/kPa vs (7.25± 0.68) P/kPa, (0.41 ± 0.05) ml/kPa vs (0.33±0.06) ml/kPa, (1.15±0.16) mL/kPa vs (0.84±0.13) ml/kPa, (346.13±42.63) dyn? s/cm5 vs (241.68±50.21) dyn? s/cm5, (21.47± 3.85) V/(cml? s) vs (11.24 ± 3.67) V/(cml? s);t =5.8954, 4.2589,4.8792,6.3985,6.3874,6.9852,5.6387,4.6892,6.0387,4.8562, 11.475,8.041,12.422, 11.820, 12.854,20.412;P＜0.01).Conclusion The function of automatic adjustment shows obvious abnormal cerebral blood flow in patients with hypertension, andthe TCD technology can response of cerebral blood flow autoregulation,which has important clinical value for diagnosis and treatment of cerebral infarction, stroke and other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Objective To evaluate the value of MSCT and MRI in diagnosis of early postoperative complications of inguinal hernia repair (IHR).Methods Imaging and clinical data in 1 6 patients with early complications of IHR were analyzed retrospectively.Re-sults Among the complications,postoperative infection in 2 was found including incision infection in 1 and groin cellulitis in other 1. CT showed swelling abdominal wall and heterogeneous enhancement for incision infection,and inguinal mass,deep inguinal ring thickening,edema of residual sac with fluid and air collections for groin cellulitis.Seroma was found in 8,and CT and MRI demon-strated residual sac effusion,spermatic cord thickening and spermatic vascular tortuosity.Residual sac edema was found in 4,and CT and MRI showed thickening spermatic cord without effusion in residual sac or scrotum.Effusions between patch and anterior abdom-inal wall were detected by MRI in 2,one of which was accompanied by patch shrinking.Conclusion With specific clinical background for early complications of IHR,MSCT and MRI provide more anatomical information of inguinal region,which may contribute to di-agnosis and treatment of early postoperative complications.

Objective:To investigate the effects of different tube voltages combined with artificial intelligence reconstruction algorithm(CI)on the computed tomography(CT)imaging quality and radiation dose of chest phantom on the basis of the CT scan for an adult male simulated chest phantom(PH-N1).Methods:A 512-slice CT scanner of ultrahigh-end was adopted to conduct scan,and the images were divided into 70 kV group,80 kV group,100 kV group and 120 kV group according to different tube voltage.For 4 groups of CT scan images with different tube voltages,the 10%,30%,50%,70%and 90%CI were adopted to reconstruct 1mm thin layer image.The CT volume dose index(CTDIvol)and the dose-length product(DLP)of the scans of 4 groups were compared.The CT values and standard deviation(SD)values of the aorta,abdominal wall fat and erector spine muscle were measured.Two senior diagnostic physicians with more than 5 years of work experience independently and double-blindly evaluated the image quality by using 5-point scale.A Kappa consistency test was conducted.One-way analysis of variance was adopted to compare the differences of CT values and SD values of the tissues of image targets.The Friedman rank-sum test was adopted to compare the differences of subjective image qualities among different groups.Results:The differences of CTDIvol and DLP among 4 groups with different tube voltages were significant(F=1855.617,3996.118,P<0.05),respectively.Under 70 kV tube voltage,there were no significant differences in CT values of the aorta,abdominal wall fat and erector spine muscle,which were reconstructed by using 10%,30%,50%,70%and 90%CI(P>0.05),while the differences of SD values among them were statistically significant(F=32.267,53.327,14.873,P<0.05),respectively.Under the different tube voltages of 4 groups,which were reconstructed by 90%CI,the CT values of aorta,abdominal wall fat and erector spine muscle gradually decreased with decreasing of tube voltage,the differences were significant(F=139.899,2563.93,219.231,P<0.05),respectively.The consistency of subjective scores between two diagnostic physicians was better for each group of images(Kappa=0.712～0.869).Conclusion:Compared with 80 kV,90 kV and 120 kV images,the reconstructed images with 90%CI algorithm under 70 kV tube voltage can significantly reduce the radiation dose,and the images have a favorable signal-to-noise ratio at the same time.

Objective To compare and study the two kinds of quality control methodologies related to intelligent quality management system ( iQM) and traditional quality control , and the quality control performance of iQM equivalent to traditional quality control were evaluated , ensuring the accuracy of the results of blood gas testing.Methods Beijing Chaoyang Hospital of Capital Medical University , Beijing Tiantan Hospital of Capital Medical University , Shanghai Longhua Hospital of Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine, and Sichuan Provincial People′s Hospital, these 4 medical institutions were selected to implement this study.During the period from June 2016 to December 2016, in the routine detection of total 3 712 specimen, the iQM and traditional quality control modes were used simultaneously to calculate the mean values of all blood gas parameters quality controls , SD, CV (%) and Sigma values, to evaluate the quality control performance and difference of the two quality control modes .Results During the process of testing blood gas samples from 3 712 specimen in 4 hospitals, iQM process control solution ( PCS) A, B, C ran 1 089, 7 678 and 154 quality control samples respectively , and 732 external quality control samples were run by traditional quality control mode .Considering the most sensitive parameters of blood gas testing pO 2, iQM PCS A, B, C′s Sigma value are higher than 8, however, the traditional quality control′s Sigma value are less than 6; For parameters pCO2, pO2and Na+, there exists significant difference between two quality control methods (P＝0.004 8,P＝0.000 1,P＝0.004 4,P＜0.01), other parameters pH, K+, Ca ++, Glu, Lac and Hct, there exists no significant difference between two quality control methods (P＝0.250 6, P＝0.062 3,P＝0.034 0,P＝0.346 9,P＝0.186 3,P＝0.823 1,P＞0.01).Totally 22 errors detected by iQM, includes 14 micro-clots and 8 interferences samples, which were not detected by traditional quality control .Conclusions The error in blood gas analysis mainly comes from the pre-analytical phase.iQM enhanced specimen inspection capabilities and make up for the inability of traditional quality control to monitor the quality of specimens , enabling full-scale, real-time, and dynamic monitoring of each specimen , powerful error detection capabilities , and automatic error correction capabilities . Besides, automatic documentation saves staff much time.The system can effectively ensure the accuracy of blood gas test results, meet the quality requirements of related laws and regulations and related industry standards , and also can meet the clinical intended use , providing new ideas for POCT quality management and improvement.