From the CT scans, radiological intensities were analyzed by measurements of HU values in the newly generated bones using image analyzing software (Syngo CT 2004A, Siemens, Munich, Germany) and compared between the two groups.
At study entry, baseline evaluations included complete medical history and physical examination, chest X-ray, ECG, MUGA scan, and radiological imaging of assessable disease.
One of the few overtly political items in Party was a page dedicated to the radiological scan of Ai Weiwei's skull during a hospitalization for a brain injury that he attributed to a beating by police.
In particular, brain atrophy was excluded on the basis of a preoperative MRI scan and a radiological analysis.
The CT scan remains the radiological gold standard in the diagnosis of sinusitis.
All patients had biopsy evidence of prostate cancer, normal bone scan and no radiological evidence of extra prostatic spread.
Three out of four patients who underwent imaging for suspected progression showed disease not detected by bone scan or by radiological techniques.
Exclusion criteria included a history of sleep disorders, psychiatric illness requiring medication, a known diagnosis of dementia or central neurological impairment confirmed by radiological scan.
In all, 154 patients with a CT scan available for radiological grading underwent LUS, however, the procedure was unsuccessful in two patients.
At study entry, all patients underwent physical examination, including bone pain assessment and neurological examination, routine blood chemistry studies, serum PSA, serum ALP, bone scan followed by radiological confirmation of hot spots, chest X-ray and whole abdomen CT.
