Objective To design a mobile device for patient information query.Methods Linux was used as operating system,and embedded SQL was used to access the database.Data transmission was realized by socket programming.Results The correctness of data access and transmission was proved by test,and the validity of the system was also confirmed.Conclusion Embedded system technology meets the need of mobile medical care.

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate clinical efficacy through comparing the change of CT image in infrapatellar fat pad before and after Xiaoding ointment in the treatment of acute patellar bursitis of knee joint. METHODS:73 patients with acute patellar bur-sitis were randomly divided into observation group(39 cases)and control group(34 cases). Observation group was given Xiaoding ointment for local application,qd,7 d as a courses,3 courses in total;control group was given triamcinolone acetonide 30 mg af-ter the extraction of articular cavity effusion,once a week,totally for 3 times. All patients of two groups underwent knee CT exami-nation for observation of the infrapatellar fat pad and articular cavity effusion volume change before and after treatment. Clinical ef-ficacies were compared between 2 groups. RESULTS:CT image alterations of treatment group showed that infrapatellar fat pad den-sity were decreased,anteroposterior diameter,vertical diameter,internal to external diameter were significantly reduced. The total effective rate of treatment group was 92.31%,which was better than that of control group(88.24%),with statistical significance (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Xiaoding ointment demonstrate markedly curative effects in the treatment of acute patellar bursitis, and CT image is an effective method for diagnosis of infrapatellar fat pad.

ObjectiveTo determine if the three-dimensional proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic(MRS) imaging helps in diagnosing metastasis ofprostate cancer(Pca).MethodsSixty-five patients with biopsy proven Pca were recruited and divided into two groups:group 1 with metastasis(bone and/or lymph node metastasis)(n=34)and Group 2 without metastasis(n=31).Voxels were placed on cancerous area in peripheral zone and the ratios of(Cho+Cre)/Cit were measured.The mean ratio in each patient was calculated and ROC curve was drawn to determine the optimal operating point(OOP)for the prediction of Pca metastasis by the metabolite ratio.ResultsThe mean ratio of(Cho+Cre)/Cit in cancerous area of Pca without metastasis was 1.3 ±0.5,whereas that of Pca with metastasis was 2.2±0.6.Statistically significant difference existed between the two groups(t=6.38,P＜0.05).According to the ROC analysis,the OOP was determined and interpreted at 1.53 with higher sensitivity and specificity.If Pca with metastasis was predicted as whose the mean ratio of(Cho+Cre)/Cit in cancerous area larger than 1.53,the sensitivity,specificity and accuracy for metastasis determination were 94.12%(32/34),67.74%(21/31),and 81.54%(53/65)respectively.Conclusion MRS may be a useful noninvasive method to predict the metastasis of Pca.

Objective To investigate the clinical value of tumor's longest diameter and volume in assessing pathologic response in locally advanced breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy(NAC).Methods A prospective study was undertaken in women undergoing NAC for locally advanced breast cancer in order to determine the ability of quantitative MRI to assess the final pathologic response. 36 cases with pathologically confirmed locally advanced breast cancer who had been undergone four courses of NAC underwent preoperative breast MRI three times during the NAC. Pathologic response was assessed according Miller & Payne grading system, of which grade 4 and 5 defined as major histological response (MHR), and grade 1 to 3 as non-major histological response (NMHR). The tumor's longest diameters and volumes in MHR were compared with those in NMHR by Mann-Whitney U test before, after the second and fourth cycle of NAC. Concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) were assessed to evaluate the agreement between the two method. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis was carried out to assess the clinical value of tumor size and the change rate.Results Before,after the second and the fourth cycle of NAC, the difference of tumor's longest diameters and their first change rate between MHR [(2.75±1.16) cm,(2.19±1.07) cm ,(1.58±0.75) cm and (21.70±15.09)%]respectively,and NMHR [(2.71±1.10) cm,(2.33±0.90) cm,(2.01±0.94) cm and (11.68±10.27)%] respectively were not significant(P>0.05). The second change rate of tumor's longest diameter in MHR [(39.00±15.38)% ] was significantly higher than that in NMHR[ (25.83±21.77)% ](P=0.04). Before, after the second and the fourth cycly of NAC, the differences of tumor volumes and their first change rate between MHR [ median 14.00 cm~3 ( range 2.96～83.41 cm~3 ) , median 7.31 cm~3 (range 0.05～55.35 cm~3), median 2.69 cm~3 (range 0～33.40 cm~3 ) , median 48.65% (range 33.64%～98.48%) ] and NMHR [median 4.25 cm~3 (range 4.78～106.55 cm~3), median 10.53 cm~3 (range 1.72～42.85 cm~3), median 7.56 cm~3 (range 0.68～156.58 cm~3), median 52.04% (range-35.79%～78.31%) ] were not significant. The second changing rate of tumor's volume in MHR [median 85.37% (ranged 27.52%～100%)] was significantly higher than that in NMHR [median 68.80% (ranged -289.60%～94.24%)](P=0.01). CCC was computed before and (0.82), after the second cycle (0.67) and after the fourth cycle (0.55), in all examinations pooled together (0.78).The second change rates of tumor's longest diameter and volume were equal to predict the final pathologic response, and the area under curve were 0.75 and 0.80, respectively (P=0.61). Conclusion The agreement between the tumor's longest diameters and tumor's volumes is good in all in breast carcinoma. The assessment efficacy of the change rate of tumor's longest diameter and that of volume were low.

Objective To investigate the clinical value of tissue polypeptide specific antigen(TPS),neuron-specific enolase(NSE),carcinoembryonie antigen(CEA)and CA125 in serum of small cell lung cancer(SCLC)patients and its significance in diagnosis and disease monitoring.Methods Serum leveh of TPS was detected using ELISA and serum levels of NSE,CA125 and CEA was detected using ECLin 27 1 SCLC patients.80 pulmonary benign disease patients and 224 normal healthy people.Diagnostic values of these tumor markers were analyzed by receiver operative characteristic(ROC)curve.Results The levels of TPS,NSE,CA125 and CEA iu the serum of SCLC group were signifieanfly higher than those in pulmonary benign disease and healthy group(Z＞1.90,P＜0.01).The levels of TPS and NSE in the serum of extensive stage small cell lung cancer(ESCLC)patients were significantly higher than those in limited stage small cell lung cancer(LSCLC)(Z=2.69,2.27,P=0.009,0.02 respectively).,The level of TPS and NSE showed statistical significance among SCLC patients with different prognosis after therapy(Z=4.06,3.11.P=0.001,0.007 respectively).The TPS+NSE showed the highest sensitivity of 86.7%,and the specificity,PPV and NPV were 75.0%,81.0% and 82.2%,respectively.Conclusions Serum levels of TPS,NSE,CA125 and CEA are useful for SCLC diagnosis.TPS+NSE shows the highest clinical values in SCLC diagnosis and prognosis.

Objective To quantitatively analyze and testify the diagnostic value of combined MRS and DWI for prostate cancer based on sextant localization.Methods Patients who underwent prostate MR examinations in our hospital had MRS and DWI scanning in addition to conventional MRI.The(choline+creatine)/citrate(CC/C)value in each measurable voxel and the minimal ADC value(ADC_(mini))in each sextant were measured.Taking CC/C of no less than 0.911 as the cutoff value for prostate cancer,the ratios of positive voxel(PVR)in sextants were calculated.The selected patients were divided into 2 groups according to the date of examination,for the quantitative analysis and the verification respectively.Group 1 was from Feb,2006 to Dec,2006,and group 2 from Jan,2007 to Jul,2007.The diagnostic efficacy of PVR,ADC_(mini) and their combination was tested by ROC analysis.Results There were 40 patients in group 1 and group 2 respectively for the linear discrimination of the cluster analysis,including 20 patients with prostate cancer and 20 patients without prostate cancer.The linear discrimination equation calculated from group 1 was 'D=3.264×ADC_(mini)-0.205×PVR-4.407'.The areas under curve(Az)of ROC for PVR,ADC_(mini) and D were 0.769,0.910 and 0.909,respectively.In group 2,the Az of ROC for PVR,ADC_(mini) and D were 0.838,0.912 and 0.915,respectively.There were no statistical difference between ADC_(mini)-alone and D in both groups(X~2=0.32 and 1.50,P＞0.05).Conclusions Quantitative prostate DWI had higher diagnostic value than MRS.The combined use of MRS and DWI was not superior to the DWI-alone in the diagnostic efficacy of prostate cancer.

Objective To compare the diagnostic value of MRS acquired by body coil(BODY)and endorectal Coil(ERC)in the detection of prostate cancer.Methods MRI and 3D MRS were performed in 12 patients with prostate disease,in which 6 of them were proved to have prostate cancer and the other 6 noncancerous disease.Both BODY and ERC MRS were performed in 7 patients,and only BODY MRS was performed in the other 5 patients.All MRS data were quantitatively assessed with a per-sextant method.The metabolic ratio of(Choline+Creatine)/Citrate[(Cho+Cre)/Cit]was measured in each ROI.ROC analysis was carried out to assess and to compare the diagnostic value of BODY and ERC MRS in patients with prostate cancer with Wilcoxon test.Results (1)The ratios of(Cho+Cre)/Cit in the prostate cancer group(median 1.744,0.295 to 7.998)was statistically higher than that in the non-prostate cancer group (median 0.412,0.112 to 2.113)acquired by using BODY MRS(Z=-9.159,P＜0.01).(2)The ratios of(Cho+Cre)/Cit in the prostate cancer group(median 1.975,0.479 to 7.998)was statistically higher than that in the lion-prostate cancer group(median 0.400,0.104 to 2.232)acquired by using ERC MRS(Z=-9.200,P＜0.01).(3)The mean ratios of(Cho+Cre)/Cit in the prostate cancer group and in the non-prostate cancer group acquired by using both coils were not of statistically significant difference(P＞0.05).(4)ROC analysis for diagnosing prostate cancer showed no significant difference(P=0.851)between the areas under the curve of BODY and that of ERC MRS(Az=0.93 1 and 0.935 respectively).Conclusion The BODY MRS could provide comparable diagnostic efficacy to ERC MRS in patients with prostate cancer.

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of MRS in prostate cancer based on sextant localization. Methods There were 110 patients, 54 patients with pathologically confirmed prostate cancer and 56 patients confirmed non-prostate cancer proved by ultrasound guided systemic biopsy. The (choline + creatine)/citrate (CC/C) value in each voxel and ratio of positive voxel (PVR) in sextant localization were measured. The ROC analysis was used to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of CC/C in single voxel and PVR in sextant localization. Results There are 1673 and 2426 voxel in prostate cancer and non-prostate cancer respectively. The median of CC/C in cancer sextants was 2. 137; the median of CC/C in noncancer sextants was 0. 600. The difference of these two groups was statistically significant (Z = -41.7, P < 0. 01 ). The diagnostic sensitivity was 81.4% ( 1362/1673 ), the specificity was 83.1% (2018/2426), and the accuracy was 82.4% [ (1362+2018)/4099] for prostatic cancer with the cutoff point 0. 911 of the CC/C value. The median of PVR in cancer sextants and noncancer sextants were 1 and 0 respectively, the difference of PVR was statistically significant (Z = -11.7,P < 0.01 ). The diagnostic sensitivity was 77. 5% (148/191), the specificity was 76. 9% (247/321), and the accuracy was 77. 1% [ ( 148 + 247 )/ 512] for prostatic cancer with the cutoff point 0. 519 of the PVR. Conclusion Detecting the cutoff point of the CC/C value in single voxel and the PVR in sextant localization may be valuable in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effect of endocrine for prostate cancer with bone metastases with MR diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). Methods Forty patients with bone metastases from prostate cancer were examined with DWI. Seventeen patients underwent endocrine therapy were recruited as the test group, the other 23 were regarded as the control group. There was no relapse of the metastases according to clinical diagnosis in the test group. DWI sequences were based on steady-state free precession with b value (800 s/mm~2). After identifying the metastasis according to the T1WI and T2WI, ROIs were marked at the metastases, normal muscle, normal bone and bladder on DWI, and the ADC values of the ROIs were calculated respectively. Non-parameter two independent samples test was applicated to compare the ADC values of the metastases between the two groups.Results ADC values of the bone metastases were (1.10±0.50)×10~(-3)mm~2/s in the test group and (1.12±0.30) ×10~-3mm~2/s in the control group (P>0.05).Conclusion MR DWI shows no help in evaluating the therapeutic effect of endocrine for prostate cancer with bone metastases.

40 years, old group) without prostate diseases, underwent MRI and MRS examinations. The peripheral zone (PZ) and central gland (CG) of the prostate were distinctly demonstrated on MRI, the right and left side of PZ and CG were divided into bottom, middle and tip regions,totally 12 samples were obtained from each case. The levels of (Cho+Cre)/Cit ratios were calculated on the basis of the MRS metabolic map. Results ①The mean level of (Cho+Cre)/Cit ratios in PZs and CGs of different regions in young group and old group was not significantly different. Statistically significant variation of the (Cho+Cre)/Cit ratio in PZs and CGs in the two groups was detected. ②The mean level of (Cho+Cre)/Cit ratios of PZs between young group and old group was not significantly different. Only Statistically significant variation of (Cho+Cre)/Cit ratios in CGs between two groups was detected. Conclusion The normal levels of prostatic metabolites fluctuate dramatically among individuals. There is metabolic difference between the peripheral and central zone and that of young and old group.