1.Effect of Brain Wave-Biofeedback on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Hong-hui LI ; Ning-zhen LI ; Zhao-de XIE ; Shaoling MO ; Jing CHANG
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2006;12(3):188-189
ObjectiveTo explore the effect of brain wave-biofeedback on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Methods29 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder used VBFB3000 Brain Wave-Biofeedback system to control the 4~8 Hz brain wave and activate the 12~16 Hz wave twice a week.Results84.6% children primarily with attention deficit became normal,as well as 100% with hyperactivity,91.6% with mixed appearing.ConclusionBrain Wave-Biofeedback is effective on any types of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
2.Efficacy and safety of single high-dose versus multiple low-dose ATG-Fresenius induction in de novo renal transplantation
Liping CHEN ; Chunbai MO ; Jun TIAN ; Guanghui PAN ; Changxi WANG ; Jianghua CHEN ; Tao LIN ; Xiaodong ZHANG ; Yaowen FU ; Long LIU ; Zhishui CHEN ; Aimin ZHANG ; Minzhuan LIN ; Xuyong SUN ; Jinsong CHEN ; Hang LIU ; Shaoling ZHENG ; Tongyu ZHU ; Qingshan QU ; Bingyi SHI
Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 2017;38(11):665-670
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of single bolus high dose (SD group) ATG-Fresenius induction therapy in kidney transplantation vs.multiple low dose (MD group) administration.Methods A multiple center,prospective,randomized and controlled clinical study was performed on 280 de novo renal transplant recipients from 19 centers.Patients were randomized into 2 groups as follows:SD group,a single high dose (7-9 mg/kg) of ATG-F infused as an induction agent before the vessel anastomoses;MD group,2 mg/kg of ATG-F daily administrated in postoperative 4 days.All the patients accepted maintenance immunosuppressive protocol including tacrolimus,mycophenolate and prednisone.Patients were assessed and data were collected at regular schedule clinic visits on the day 1,3,7,14,30,90,180,270 and 365.The primary end point of efficacy was therapeutic failure rate [the number of death,grafts loss and acute rejection (AR)].The event first occurred should be used in the classification of patients.The non-inferiority evaluation of the two treatment regimens was done based on treatment failure rate.The secondary end points of efficacy were the incidence of AR,delayed graft function (DGF),1-year survival rate of patients and grafts,and serum creatinine at each visiting point.The indicators for safety evaluation included hemotologic variation and incidence of adverse events.Results The therapeutic failure rate in SD group was non-inferior to the MD group (17.24% vs.23.08%).AR was the major cause of therapeutic failure and there was similar incidence of AR between SD gronp and MD group (12.07% vs.21.37%).There was no significant difference in the incidence of DGF between SD group and MD group (12.07% vs.6.84%,P =0.1721).The 1-year patient's survival rate and 1-year graft survival rate in SD group and MD group showed no significant difference (96.55% vs.98.29%,P =0.6714;94.83% vs 98.29%,P =0.2750).The serum creatinine level showed no significant differences between two groups at each visit point.There was also no significant difference in total incidence of adverse events between the two groups.In addition,there was also no statistically significant difference in the incidence of concerned and drug-related adverse events between the two groups,including infection,hemotologic abnormality,liver or renal dysfunction,gastrointestinal disorder,etc.After ATG--F administration,peripheral blood lymphocytes in the SD and the MD group immediately decreased but nearly restored to the normal level on the postoperative day 30 and 90 respectively.No severe granulocytopenia,erythropenia or thrombocytopenia occurred in both two groups.Conclusion The efficacy and safety of single high dose of ATG-F induction are non-inferior to multiple low dose ATG-F induction,moreover,single high dose of ATG-F induction is administered more conveniently and economically.
3.Robustness of MRI-based manual segmentation of organs at risk for cervical cancer
Shaoling MO ; Yimei LIU ; Xin YANG ; Liru HE ; Sijuan HUANG
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2020;40(9):674-678
Objective:The aim of the study is to investigate the inter-observer and intra-observer precision in manually segmentation of organs-at-risk(OARs) for cervical cancer on the basis of MR image, and to preliminarily explore sequence selection designed for radiotherapy planning.Methods:Thirty cervical cancer patients scanned by MR-sim from 2016 to 2018 in the department of radiotherapy of Sun Yat-sen university cancer center were retrospectively analyzed. T1WI, T1dixonc and T2WI sequence from MR-simulator were selected and imported into Monaco planning system. Manual segmentation of 5 organs-at-risk (bladder, rectum, anal canal, and left/ right femoral head) was done by 2 independent experienced physicians on three sequences acquired from these patients. A month later, the second segmentation of the OARs in the T1WI sequence was done by one of the two physicians. Dice similarity coefficient (DSC), Hausdorff distance (HD) and position difference(Δ x, Δ y, Δ z) of each OAR were used to analyze the robustness of inter-observer and intra-observer segmentation OARs. Results:The HD values of five OARs segmentation by the two physicians in T1WI, T1dixonc and T2WI sequences and the same physician in T1WI at different time were all less than 2 mm; the position differences were less than 5 mm. The DSC values, HD values and difference position values of the two physician and the same physician at different time was positively correlated with the volume of OARs ( R=0.178-0.582, P<0.05). Due to the small volume of the anal canal (7.385±1.555) cm 3, the DSC values were less than 0.7 and the performance was slightly worse. The average DSC values of other OARs were all greater than 0.82. Comparing the DSC, HD and position differences of OARs in the three sequences, DSC values of rectum, left / right femoral head and bladder, HD values of left/right femoral head and rectum, and Δ z axis difference of anal canal and right femoral head of T1WI sequence were better than T1dixonc ( t=-3.116-3.604, P<0.05); DSC value of rectum and HD value of anal canal in T1WI sequence were better than T2WI sequence( t= 2.934, 3.677, P<0.05 ); T1dixonc sequence rectal DSC, right femoral head Δ z axis difference were slightly better than T2WI( t=6.806, 2.130, P<0.05 ). T2WI sequence bone tissue (left/right femoral head) stability was better than T1WI, T1dixonc, and the difference was statistically significant ( t=-6.580-6.542, P<0.05). Conclusions:From three index of DSC, HD and position difference, the robustness of inter-observer and intra-observer segmentation of bladder, rectum and femoral head are fine based on MR sequence, followed by anal canal. In addition, the robustness of OARs segmentation by T1WI sequence is better than that of T1dixonc and T2WI sequence.