Sentence examples for utility of this imaging from inspiring English sources

The utility of this imaging modality in the preoperative assessment of thyroid nodules is unclear.

Given the apparent utility of this imaging modality (with a published sensitivity of 87.5% and specificity of 95.2% [11]), a unified mechanism that explains the clinically observed results is reassuring that the fundamental biology of the tumors is dictating the degree of 99mTc-sestamibi uptake.

68, 69 In spite of the advantages associated with PET, long-term utility of this imaging modality is primarily limited to washout of radioactive tracers once islets have made contact with blood in the portal vein.

Innovative OCT systems with significant improvements with regard to the speed of image acquisition, resolution, and scan field have recently been developed, increasing the utility of this imaging technique for noninvasive studies of the human skin.

New tracers that are currently being developed for PET will assist the development of targeted anti-cancer agents by acting as predictive, pharmacological and surrogate response biomarkers, and extend the utility of this imaging technique making it well placed to facilitate development of new drugs.

In addition, matched comparison with standard bremsstrahlung SPECT/CT imaging (Symbia T16, Siemens Healthcare) was performed to further assess the practicality and clinical utility of this dPET/CT imaging approach.

Positron emission tomography (PET) has been used in oncologic imaging for about three decades now, however in the last several years scientific data has consolidated the utility of this biologic imaging technique in the diagnosis and management of patients with cancer.

Therefore, studies encompassing patients reflecting the target population and using a MRI protocol including both SpA-related and degenerative changes are needed to validate the utility of this new imaging modality for the diagnosis of SpA.

However, the clinical utility of these imaging modalities is limited by poor tissue penetration and low spatial resolution, making them impractical for use in patient trials.

These examples were provided to illustrate the utility of the imaging and analysis methods we have been using in our studies and continue to develop.

Slides were also imaged on a Leica TCS SP5 confocal laser-scanning microscope (CLSM; Leica Microsystems, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, USA) with a 63× oil objective and excitation by the 543 line of the HeNe laser at 100% power yielding the same quality images as shown, which demonstrates the flexibility and utility of this method for imaging cells (Appendix S1).