Owing to this unique property, BLI has become the most important and wide spread modality of detecting bacteria in vivo[ 31].
In order to improve survival rates, clinicians need to be armed with new diagnostic modalities capable of detecting breast cancer at an early stage before tumour cells spread to regional lymph nodes or distant sites [ 26].
This review article discusses the usefulness of imaging modalities for detecting, staging and assessing treatment response for GC and the potential role of newer applications including CT volumetry, virtual gastroscopy and perfusion CT in the management of GC.
MRI is currently considered to have the highest sensitivity and specificity of imaging modalities for detecting acute haematogenous osteomyelitis and is able to identify soft-tissue/joint complications.
Such research may revolve around the association with mortality (particularly those with normal systolic function), the impact of fluid balances, ventilation, beta blockade therapy and the comparative use of novel modalities for detecting diastolic dysfunction.
Some of the common imaging modalities for detecting heart defects are electrocardiography, echocardiography, and chest radiography.
To explore alternative screening modalities for detecting ALK fusions, we designed a combination of two transcript-based assays to detect for presence or absence of ALK fusions using NanoString's nCounter technology.
To date, a number of modalities to detect early changes in the process of atherogenesis such as carotid intima-media thickness [ 18– 20], coronary calcium [ 21– 23], speckle-tracking strain echocardiogram [ 24, 25], and endothelium-dependent vasodilation [ 26– 30] have been reported in patients with SLE and related autoimmune disorders such as scleroderma and systemic vasculitides [ 18– 25].
To date, no modality that is capable of detecting the hardness and/or softness of tissues has been developed.
The data obtained also confirm the results of previous studies showing that, in addition to sensing arterial levels of PO2, PCO2, and pH, peripheral chemoreceptors are capable of detecting other modalities, including glucose concentration, various electrolytes, neurohormones, and inflammatory mediators (21), many of which are released and/or their levels are altered during systemic inflammation.
