The degree of steatosis was assessed by the fall in echo amplitude with depth (rate of posterior beam attenuation), increasing discrepancy of echo amplitude between liver and kidney, and loss of echoes from the walls of the portal veins (28).
More than half (15/28) of the studies used the widely accepted criteria for subjective visual steatosis evaluation of bright liver with increased liver-kidney contrast; blurring of intrahepatic vessels and diaphragm and loss of echoes of posterior hepatic segments [ 57, 60].
Table 5 Heckmatt Scale: visual grading scale to classify muscle echo intensity (Ref 17) Grade Ultrasound appearance Grade 1 Normal Grade 2 Increased muscle echo intensity with distinct bone echo Grade 3 Marked increased muscle echo intensity with a reduced bone echo Grade 4 Very strong muscle echo and complete loss of bone echo.
In summary, at high-field MR, systems the loss of spin echo or FSE T1 tissue contrast has not been well understood, and the role of slice crosstalk versus magnetization transfer effects has not been sorted out.
Overall, Mr Haddon-Cave said many of the organisational causes for the loss of XV230 echoed other major accident cases including the loss of the Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia, the Zeebrugge ferry disaster, the sinking of the Marchioness and the King's Cross fire.
When we can no longer believe in such "absolutisms of everyday life," many of us feel that the universe becomes unpredictable, random, and unsafe, and it is especially traumatizing when this loss of innocence echoes what happened to us in childhood.
And our loss echoed and echoed.
Outside the euro zone, the loss of confidence also echoed.
In one, Kyle would face the loss of his mother, echoing the death of Mr. Marz's father.
His memoir about the loss of his wife echoes Joan Didion's similar, memorable stories, but Barnes's book ties in elements of magical, historical fiction.
The loss of a mother echoes through the community, leading to a ripple effect of loss in income for her family and a mother for her children, and a higher rate of infant mortality.
