International Journal of Medical Imaging

Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014

  • Characterization of Urinary Bladder in Khat Chewing Yemeni Students Using Ultrasonography

    Elsafi Ahmed Abdalla, Caroline Edward Ayad, Amin Mohsen Amer, Amel AlGadal

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 10-13
    Received: 3 February 2014
    Published: 10 March 2014
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    Abstract: Khat is a natural stimulant from the Catha Edulis plant and is cultivated in the Republic of Yemen and certain areas of East Africa. Khat produces a modest degree of euphoria and slight hypomania. It results in insomnia and appears to improve the users' alertness and concentration. The main objective of this study was to determine ultrasound findin... Show More
  • Dynamic Features Creating (Which Cause) the Blood Direction Inside the Left Ventricle

    Mersedeh Karvandi, Saeed Ranjbar, Seyed Ahmad Hassantash

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 14-18
    Received: 27 February 2014
    Published: 20 March 2014
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    Abstract: Background: Demonstration of blood flow direction inside cardiac chambers can provide valuable information in normal subjects and pathologic cardiac processes. In our center we have already created a software able to generate the left ventricle (LV) model, the most important chamber of the heart. Method: The fundamental quantity that describes the ... Show More
  • Brief Communication: Mathematical Concepts of Mechanisms of Left Ventricular Myocardium

    Mersedeh Karvandi, Saeed Ranjbar, Seyed Ahmad Hassantash, Mahnoosh Foroughi

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 19-23
    Received: 21 February 2014
    Published: 20 March 2014
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    Abstract: Background: How can mathematics help us to understand the mechanism of the cardiac motion? The best known approach is to take a mathematical model of the fibered structure, insert it into a more-or-less complex model of cardiac architecture, and then study the resulting fibers of activation that propagate through the myocardium. In our paper, we ha... Show More
  • Mechanical Mitral Valve Modeling: Advancing the Field through Emerging Science

    Mersedeh Karvandi, Saeed Ranjbar, Seyed Ahmad Hassantash

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 24-28
    Received: 24 February 2014
    Published: 30 March 2014
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    Abstract: Background: Successful mitral valve repair and replacement are dependent upon a full understanding of normal and abnormal mitral valve anatomy and function. The functional components of the mitral valve include: the left atrial wall, the annulus, the leaflets, the chordae tendineae, the papillary muscles, segments of the left ventricular myocardium... Show More
  • The Role of Ultrasonography (US), Doppler US Artifacts and Elastography in the Detection of Foreign Bodies

    Cemil Goya, Alpaslan Yavuz, Cihad Hamidi, Mehmet Guli Cetincakmak, Salih Hattapoglu, Memik Teke

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 29-33
    Received: 5 March 2014
    Published: 30 March 2014
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    Abstract: Purpose: The aim of the study is to characterize the ultrasound and Doppler ultrasound artifact patterns of foreign bodies and to define the role of elastography in their detection. Material and method: Two in-vitro environments including a lamb leg and a lamb stomach coated with ultrasound gel, were prepared. Twenty-seven foreign bodies grouped as... Show More
  • Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula

    Mersedeh Karvandi, Saeed Ranjbar

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 34-38
    Received: 5 March 2014
    Accepted: 8 April 2014
    Published: 10 April 2014
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    Abstract: Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas (PAVFs) are rare vascular malformations (PAVMs) of the lung that could lead to severe hypoxiemia due to right-to-left intrapulmonary shunts. They may occur as isolated entities or associated with Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome or hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). We study 3 patients with Rendu-Osler-Weber di... Show More
  • Color Doppler Blood Flow Indices of the Superior Mesenteric Artery as an Early Predictor of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Neonates

    Sameh Ahmad Khodair, Usama Elsaied Ghieda, Sameh Abdallah Abdelnaby

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 39-43
    Received: 26 March 2014
    Accepted: 9 April 2014
    Published: 10 April 2014
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    Abstract: Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis is the most common sever gastrointestinal emergency that affects premature newborns. It is often has a rapid onset with few signs that can be used to predict its occurrence. Its rapid onset and progression to morbidity and mortality initiates the researchers for seeking early diagnostic tools helping in detecti... Show More