Even though disc degeneration also affects Cobb angles and sagittal spine lordosis, it may be assumed that disc degeneration in our patients remained steady between acquisition of the WBCT and X-ray.
Q2 trends were no worse than Q1 09: venture financings were up 20% and mergers & acquisitions held steady (excluding Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems) in comparison to Q1.
In many cases, such as in pregnant woman, when administration of contrast material or radiation exposure is contra-indicated, the examination can be limited to the first step, the free breathing or breathhold acquisition of steady-state GRE sequences alone.
In 1965, Congress created the Land and Water Conservation Fund to provide a steady source of money for the acquisition of threatened lands, the protection of significant landmarks and the expansion of outdoor recreational opportunities.
This technique is based on acquisition of time-resolved steady-state free precession images after injection of the gadolinium-based contrast agent and was recently validated against myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
Qwest has been buffeted by bandwidth price declines through its acquisition of U S West Inc., which provides steady revenue from local telephone operations in 14 states in the western United States.
Executives at Universal Music say Mr. Bronfman astutely overruled opposition within his family and backed them in the acquisition of the rap label Interscope, which became a steady source of hits.
Each experiment, which was preceded by the acquisition of 12 dummy images to allow the signal to reach a steady state, thus took approximately 9.5 minutes.
Nextel's nxtl share held steady after The Wall Street Journal reported that MCI WorldCom wcom is in preliminary talks regarding acquisition of the wireless carrier.
