This article describes a phantom holder in CT couch which adjusted easily and accurately, installed easily. The holder mainly include removing and locking equipment between phantom holder and table top, move horizontally equipment between left and right, rotating equipment between left and right. After holder and table top fixed one part, holder with phantom can move horizontally, front and back, rotate between left and right in a small angle, in order to make operator test phantoms accurately and easily. At the same time, this phantom holder realized free adjustment after first adjustments, which shortened operator work time.
Equipment Design ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; instrumentation

Objective To analyze the examination results of external quality assessment(EQA),at all levels of iodine deficiency disorders(IDD) net work laboratories in Ningxia from 2002 to 2012,and to provide a reliable laboratory quality assurance for surveillance and control of IDD.Methods The data of IDD network laboratories at Ningxia provincial,municipal and county levels from 2002 to 2012 were collected and analyzed.Results Both of the response rate and qualification rate of salt iodine and urinary iodine laboratories at the provincial level were 100％ in the past 11 years.The response rate and qualification rate of salt iodine laboratories at municipal level were also 100％ ; the response rate of urinary iodine was 100％ since 2005,and the qualification rate had been 100％ for six years since 2007.The response rate of salt iodine at county level had been 100％ since 2004,and the qualification rate had been 100％ for four years since 2009.Conclusions IDD network laboratory in Ningxia Province runs good,and the quality control measures are solid and effective.

Objective:Analysis of the clinical characteristics and genetic mutations of ten tuberous sclerosis complex(TSC) families to provide support for clinical diagnosis of TSC.Methods:Retrospective analysis of ten TSC family probands and their members were performed with detailed medical history collection and physical examination. The study consisted of 26 patients in 10 TSC families, including 12 males and 14 females, with male to female ratio of 1∶1.17, and aged 7-65 years. In terms of skin lesions, there were 24 cases of facial angiofibromas, 20 cases of hypomelanotic macules, 16 cases of ungual fibromas, and 9 cases of shagreen patch. There were 12 cases of renal angiomyolipoma, 4 cases of subependymal nodules based on craniocerebral CT, and 1 case of lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Four cases had a history of seizures. Peripheral blood was extracted for next generation DNA sequencing.Results:A total of 23 TSC patients were genetically tested, and a total of 14 patients in 6 families were TSC2 mutations(5 frameshift mutations, 5 heterozygous deletions, and 4 nonsense mutations), a total of 4 patients in 2 families were TSC1 nonsense mutations, and no mutations were seen in the 2 families.Conclusions:A total of 10 TSC families were summarized, and the patients mainly had skin manifestations and kidney lesions.There were 18/23 patients having TSC1/2 mutations, of which TSC2 mutations accounting for 14/18. In the two non-mutant families, patients mainly had facial angiofibroma and/or hypomelanotic macules.

Objective To investigate serum interferon-inducible protein 16 (IFI16) level in the patients with preeclampsia (PE) and its correlation with PE pathogenesis.Methods Forty-five PE pregnant women in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from August 2015 to March 2016 were selected as the PE group and contemporaneous 30 healthy pregnant women undergoing the routine pregnant examination were selected as the control group.The biochemical indexes of serum urea,uric acid,creatinine,etc.were detected by using the automatic biochemical analyzer.The serum levels of IFI16 and ET-1 were measured by ELISA.Then the correlations between serum IFI16 level with these detected indicators were analyzed.The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to evaluate the value of serum IFI16 for predicting PE disease.Results The serum IFI16 and ET-1 levels in the PE group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0.01).Furthermore the serum IFI16 level in severe PE was significantly higher than that in mild PE (P<0.01).Serum IFI16 level in PE was positively correlated with systolic blood pressure,diastolic blood pressure,24-h urine protein quantitation and serum ET-1 level,and negatively correlated with serum albumin.Serum IFI16 levels 14.47 ng/mL and 17.09 ng/mL as the critical values for predicting preeclampsia and discriminating between mild preeclampsia and severe preeclampsia has a higher sensitivity and specificity.Conclusion The high level of serum IFI16 in pregnant women has a certain correlation with PE pathogenesis and may be a novel biomarker for predicting PE occurrence.

Objective To investigate the effects of penehyclidine hydrochloride ( PHC) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS) -induced endothelial cells injury and its mechanism. Methods ECV-304 was cultured in RPMI1640 in a 5% humidified CO2 atmosphere at 37 ℃. Then cultured cells were used to assess the following treatments: control group, LPS group (1 μg/mL) and PHC group(2 μg/mL). At the end of the experiments, supernatant was collected for determination of lactate dehydrogenase ( LDH), and cells were collected for determination of malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and nitric oxide (NO) levels. And extracellular regulated kinasel/2( ERKl/2)and JNK MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinases, MAPK) protein expressions were determined using Western blot technique. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for statistical analysis to compare values among all groups. A significant difference was presumed for a probability value < 0.05. Results Compared with control group, LDH leakage [(1642 ± 367) U/L vs (169±33)U/L], the contents of MDA[(13. 2 ± 1. 2) nmol/L vs (7. 2 ±0. 8)nmol/mL] and NO levels [(143.2 ± 10.3) μmol/L vs(85.5 ±4.1) μmol/L], expressions of ERK1/2 and JNK were remarkably increased and SOD activities[(41.2 ±2.7) U/mL vs (61. 1 ±2.8) U/mL] were obviously decreased in LPS group. PHC markedly decreased LDH leakage [(392 ±90) U/L], MDA contents [(8. 6 ± 1. 3) nmol/ mL] and NO levels [(92.1 ±6.6) μmol/L], ERK1/2 activation and enhanced SOD activities [(58.0± 3.0) U/mL]. Conclusions PHC could protect endothelial cells against LPS-induced cell injury. The effect of PHC is likely mediated through inhibition of ERK1/2 MAPK activation.

Purpose　The aim is to investigate the effects of BSP on immunological function in normal and immunosuppressed mices.Methods　Thymus and spleen indexes, peripheral blood WBC number,the lymphocyte proliferation response, IL-2 production and serum and splenocyte hemolysin contents were measured after intraperitoneal injection of BSP in normal and immunosuppressed mices.Results　(1)BSP 100 mg/（kg*d）×10d significantly increased the thymus and spleen indexes and peripheral blood WBC number in immunosuppressed mice.The thymus and spleen indexes in normal mice was also increased. In addition,BSP markedly improved T,B lymphocyte proliferation responses and IL-2 production in normal and immunosupressed mices.(2) BSP improved the serum and splenocyte hemolysin contents in normal and immunosuppressed mice. Conclusion　It was suggested that BSP was a kind of immunomodulator, and could improve the immunological function of normal and immunosuppressed mices.

Objective:To compare the drug release of nifedipine sustained-release tablets from four manufacturers to evaluate the intrinsic quality. Methods:The drug release rate was determined by UV respectively with pH 1. 2 HCl solution, pH 4. 0 sodium ace-tate buffer, pH 6. 8 phosphate buffer and water as the dissolution medium. The dissolution curves were compared by f2 factor. Results:The drug release rate of nifedipine sustained-release tablets from the four manufacturers all met quality standard of our country, al-though the dissolution curves in the different dissolution medium was various. Conclusion:There are differences in intrinsic quality a-mong the nifedipine sustained-release tablets from the four manufacturers. The dissolution examination standard should be improved fur-ther.

Objective To investigate the effect of MMP-9 on severe acute pancreatitis(SAP) associated with lung injury,and the preventive function of MMP-9 inhibitor (BB-94) in SAP associated with lung injury in rats. Methods SD rats were randomly divided into three groups: Shamed-operated groups (control groups,n=10);SAP groups (n=14);SAP with MMP-9 inhibitor preconditioning groups (BB-94 group,n=15). The samples for test of the wet weigh index of lung,serum amylase level,white cell count,the number of cells and protein in bronchoalveolus lavage fluid,histologic scoring of lung injury and MMP-9 in lung were detected 24 hours after SAP models were set up.Results The parameters mentioned above in SAP group were significant higher than those in controll group and BB-94 group (P

Measurement of cervical lordosis is the basic method for evaluating cervical function, and important reference for determine treatment decision. However, how to choose appropriate measurement in accordance with different situation, as well as the relationship among these methods is not clear. An increasing number of studies suggested that different measurements could directly affect the judgment of cervical lordosis. Therefore, comparative study of cervical vertebrae plays an important role in clinical treatment for cervical spondylosis under different cervical curvature conditions.
Cervical Vertebrae ; anatomy & histology ; Humans ; Lordosis ; diagnosis ; pathology

Objective To investigate the influencing factors for the short-term prognosis in elderly patients with posterior circulation infarction after intravenous thrombolysis.Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 67 elderly patients with posterior circulation infarction treated with thrombolysis from March 2011 to December 2012.Clinical data of age,sex,hypertension,hyperlipidemia,glucose abnormalities,and thrombolysis,National Institute of Health stroke scale (NIHSS) score on admission,hyperhomocystinemia,the infarction area,anticoagulation and antiplatelet treatment were collected.All patients were followed up after discharge.The prognosis was assessed by the Rankin scale (mRS) after 3 months of thrombolysis.Patients were divided into good (MRS score ≤2) prognosis group and poor (mRS＞2) prognosis group.Results There were 43 cases (64.2％) in good prognosis group and 24 cases (35.8％) in poor prognosis group.Logistic regression analysis showed that NIHSS score＞12 (95％CI:1.087-1.569,P=0.005),thrombolysis time＞4.5 h (95％CI:1.362-2.258,P=0.004),high homocysteine levels (95％CI:0.612-0.956,P =0.000),platelet after 24 h (95％ CI:0.785 1.133,P=0.001) were the independent risk factors for the poor prognosis of posterior circulation infarction in elderly patients after intravenous thrombolysis.Conclusions Early thrombolysis and timely anticoagulant treatments have certain significances in improving the short-term prognosis in patients with posterior circulation infarction.