Fetal MRI 2011 Pg

Fetal MRI 2011 Pg

Fetal MRI

(Medical Radiology / Diagnostic Imaging)

Daniela Prayer and Albert L. Baert

ISBN-10: 3540732705

ISBN-13: 978-3540732709

This is the most comprehensive book to be written on the subject of fetal MRI. It provides a practical hands-on approach to the use of state-of-the-art MRI techniques and the optimization of sequences. Fetal pathological conditions and methods of prenatal MRI diagnosis are discussed by organ system, and the available literature is reviewed. Interpretation of findings and potential artifacts are thoroughly considered with the aid of numerous high-quality illustrations. In addition, the implications of fetal MRI are explored from the medico-legal and ethical points of view. This book will serve as a detailed resource for radiologists, obstetricians, neonatologists, geneticists, and any practitioner wanting to gain an in-depth understanding of fetal MRI technology and applications. In addition, it will provide a reference source for technologists, researchers, students, and those who are implementing a fetal MRI service in their own facility.

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MicroRNA and Cancer, 2011, Pg

MicroRNA and Cancer, 2011, Pg

MicroRNA and Cancer: Methods and Protocols

(Methods in Molecular Biology)

Wei Wu

ISBN-10: 1607618621

ISBN-13: 978-1607618621

The tiny microRNAs (miRNAs) can have huge impacts on the regulation of a variety of genes and play crucial roles in the fundamental cellular processes. Recent miRNA studies change the landscape of cancer genetics by scrutinizing the alterations of genome-wide miRNA expressions in most common cancers and their regulatory functions during the development of cancer. The connections between miRNAs and cancer are widespread enough to warrant more comprehensive investigations in the systems biology perspective. In MicroRNA and Cancer: Methods and Protocols, internationally renowned experts provide the latest miRNA knowledge, the various techniques and methodologies currently available for cancer research application. Ranging from the fundamental concepts to practical applications, this book presents: • Overview of microRNA biogenesis, computational prediction of new miRNAs in the cancer genome, and miRNA-based therapeutic approaches for cancer treatment • Detailed experimental protocols in miRNA detection with novel and high-throughput technology, miRNA library cloning, miRNA epigenetic regulation, and miRNA pathway study • Stepwise computational and bioinformatic procedures for miRNA complex networks in cancer genomes with a variety of softwares and programs • Cross-cited notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls Authoritative and cutting-edge, MicroRNA and Cancer: Methods and Protocols serves researchers with the basic principles of experimental and computational methods for microRNA study in cancer research and provides a firm grounding for those who wish to further develop their own applications and tailor them to their own specific research needs.

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Textbook of Pulmonary Vascular Disease 2011 Pg

Textbook of Pulmonary Vascular Disease 2011 Pg

Textbook of Pulmonary Vascular Disease 2011 

Jason X. -J. Yuan, Joe G.N. Garcia, Charles A. Hales, Stuart Rich, et al. 

ISBN-10: 0387874283 

ISBN-13: 978-0387874289 

Textbook of Pulmonary Vascular Diseases combines basic scientific knowledge on the pulmonary circulatory system at levels of the molecule, cell, tissue, and organ with clinical diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary vascular diseases. State-of-the-art techniques and their potential applications in research, diagnosis, and treatment of pulmonary vascular diseases are also covered. 

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The Eye the Physiology of Human Perception 2011 Pg

The Eye the Physiology of Human Perception 2011 Pg

The Eye: The Physiology of Human Perception

(The Human Body)

Kara Rogers

ISBN-10: 161530116X

ISBN-13: 978-1615301164

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2011 Nurses Drug Handbook

2011 Nurses Drug Handbook

2011 Nurses Drug Handbook

Jones and Bartlett Publishers

ISBN-10: 0763792381

ISBN-13: 978-0763792381

A new and updated version of this best-selling resource! Jones and Bartlett Publisher s 2011 Nurse s Drug Handbook is the most up-to-date, practical, and easy-to-use nursing drug reference! It provides: Accurate, timely facts on hundreds of drugs from abacavir sulfate to Zyvox; Concise, consistently formatted drug entries organized alphabetically; No-nonsense writing style that speaks your language in terms you use everyday; Index of all generic, trade, and alternate drug names for quick reference. It has all the vital information you need at your fingertips: Chemical and therapeutic classes, FDA pregnancy risk category and controlled substance schedule; Indications and dosages, as well as route, onset, peak, and duration information; Incompatibilities, contraindications; interactions with drugs, food, and activities, and adverse reactions; Nursing considerations, including key patient-teaching points; Vital features include mechanism-of-action illustrations showing how drugs at the cellular, tissue, or organ levels and dosage adjustments help individualize care for elderly patients, patients with renal impairment, and others with special needs; Warnings and precautions that keep you informed and alert..

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Advances in Optical Imaging for Clinical Medicine - 2011

Advances in Optical Imaging for Clinical Medicine 

(Wiley Series in Biomedical Engineering and Multi-Disciplinary Integrated Systems.) 

Nicusor Iftimia, William R. Brugge and Daniel X. Hammer 

ISBN-10: 9780470619094 

ISBN-13: 978-0470619094 

The most comprehensive review of applications of optical imaging in clinical medicine. This authoritative resource covers the latest advances in optical technologies for clinical medicine, providing students, teachers, researchers, and clinicians with the necessary information to solve technical and clinical challenges in optical imaging. Based upon the research and opinions of practitioners who are leaders in their respective fields, the text offers numerous examples of clinical applications, including traditional imaging modalities in clinical medicine, diagnostic imaging needs in clinical medicine, advance optical imaging approaches in dermatology and ophthalmology, high-resolution optical imaging in interventional cardiology and gastroenterology, optical mammography, and much more. 

In sharing the most recent developments in optical imaging, the contributors clarify the clinical potential of these advanced technologies. Clustered by clinical application and technical content, the chapters highlight optical imaging technologies that are in early development stage, already in use, or undergoing clinical trials, such as: 

Fourier domain optical coherence tomography, parallel and line field optical coherence tomography, confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, scanning laser polarimetry, and adaptive optics for ophthalmic imaging 

Optical coherence tomography and endoscopic microscopy for gastroimaging 

Optical coherence tomography for cardiovascular imaging 

Confocal microscopy of skin cancer 

Fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy in cardio- and neuroimaging 

Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for brain imaging 

Continuous wave, frequency-domain, and time-domain systems diffuse optical tomography for breast imaging 

Optoacoustic tomography for breast imaging 

Laser doppler and speckle contrast imaging, optical coherence tomography, multiphoton microscopy, optoacoustic imaging, diffuse spectroscopy, and optical tomography for tissue angiogenesis 

Time-domain and spectral-domain phase sensitive interferometry for functional biomedical imaging 

Polarization microscopy for clinical medicine and developmental biology 

Nanotechnology approaches for contrast enhancement in optical imaging and disease targeted therapy 

Molecular probes for optical contrast enhancement of gastrointestinal cancers

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Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis, 1st ed. 2011

Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis, 1st ed. 2011 

Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis

Karl S. Drlica and David S. Perlin

ISBN-10: 0131387731

ISBN-13: 978-0131387737

The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance is a growing medical and public health emergency. Misuse and overuse of antibiotics is putting us at risk of losing our ability to cure infectious diseases. Karl Drlica and David S. Perlin give an authoritative and thorough explanation of all aspects of antibiotic resistance, from the basic science to the strategies that could minimize resistance problems and extend the life spans of existing antibiotic agents. Intended as the definitive book on a major biomedical issue, Antibiotic Resistance will be required reading for investigators and serious students in microbiology, infectious disease, pharmaceutics, and public health; physicians; and students in pharmacy, medicine, and veterinary medicine.

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Casebook of Clinical Neuropsychology, 1st ed. 2011

Casebook of Clinical Neuropsychology, 1st ed. 2011 

Casebook of Clinical Neuropsychology

Joel E. Morgan, Ida Sue Baron, and Joseph H. Ricker

ISBN-10: 0195374258

ISBN-13: 978-0195374254

Casebook of Clinical Neuropsychology features actual clinical neuropsychological cases drawn from leading experts' files. Each chapter represents a different case completed by a different expert. Cases cover the lifespan from child, to adult, to geriatric, and the types of cases will represent a broad spectrum of prototypical cases of well-known and well-documented disorders as well as some rarer disorders. Chapter authors were specifically chosen for their expertise with particular disorders. When a practitioner is going to see a child or an adult with "X" problem, they can turn to the "case" and find up to date critical information to help them understand the issues related to the diagnosis, a brief synopsis of the literature, the patient's symptom presentation, the evaluation including neuropsychological test results and other results from consultants, along with treatments and recommendations.

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Introduction to Medical Imaging: Physics, Engineering and Clinical Applications, 1st ed. 2011

Introduction to Medical Imaging: Physics, Engineering and Clinical Applications, 1st ed. 2011

Introduction to Medical Imaging: Physics, Engineering and Clinical Applications

(Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering)

Nadine Barrie Smith and Andrew Webb

ISBN-10: 0521190657

ISBN-13: 978-0521190657

Covering the basics of X-rays, CT, PET, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and MRI, this textbook provides senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students with a broad introduction to medical imaging. Over 130 end-of-chapter exercises are included, in addition to solved example problems, which enable students to master the theory as well as providing them with the tools needed to solve more difficult problems. The basic theory, instrumentation and state-of-the-art techniques and applications are covered, bringing students immediately up-to-date with recent developments, such as combined computed tomography/positron emission tomography, multi-slice CT, four-dimensional ultrasound, and parallel imaging MR technology. Clinical examples provide practical applications of physics and engineering knowledge to medicine. Finally, helpful references to specialised texts, recent review articles, and relevant scientific journals are provided at the end of each chapter, making this an ideal textbook for a one-semester course in medical imaging.

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Surgical Management of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disorders, 2nd ed. 2011

Surgical Management of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disorders, 2nd ed. 2011   

Surgical Management of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disorders

(Oncologysurgery)

Graeme J Poston, Michael D'Angelica and Rene ADAM

ISBN-10: 1841846937

ISBN-13: 978-1841846934

Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) surgery is now firmly established within the repertoire of modern general surgery. This new edition has been completely rewritten by world-leading surgeons to reflect the considerable advances made in the surgical management of HPB disorders since the highly successful first edition. Surgical Management of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disorders, Second Edition, comprehensively covers the full spectrum of common HPB diseases and associated surgical techniques to assist not only the general surgeon in regular practice, but also surgical trainees and those in related specialties of oncology, radiology, gastroenterology, and anesthesia.

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Neuroimaging in Dementia, 1st ed. 2011

Neuroimaging in Dementia, 1st ed. 2011

Neuroimaging in Dementia

Frederik Barkhof, Nick C. Fox, António J. Bastos-Leite, Philip Scheltens

ISBN-10: 3642008178

ISBN-13: 978-3642008177

This up-to-date, superbly illustrated book is a practical guide to the effective use of neuroimaging in the patient with cognitive decline. It sets out the key clinical and imaging features of the various causes of dementia and directs the reader from clinical presentation to neuroimaging and on to an accurate diagnosis whenever possible. After an introductory chapter on the clinical background, the available "toolbox" of structural and functional neuroimaging techniques is reviewed in detail, including CT, MRI and advanced MR techniques, SPECT and PET, and image analysis methods. The imaging findings in normal ageing are then discussed, followed by a series of chapters that carefully present and analyze the key findings in patients with dementias. Throughout, a practical approach is adopted, geared specifically to the needs of clinicians (neurologists, radiologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians) working in the field of dementia, for whom this book will prove an invaluable resource.

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Laser and IPL Technology in Dermatology and Aesthetic Medicine

Laser and IPL Technology in Dermatology and Aesthetic Medicine

Laser and IPL Technology in Dermatology and Aesthetic Medicine 

Christian Raulin and Syrus Karsai 

ISBN-10: 3642034373 

ISBN-13: 978-3642034374 

The editors have gathered 15 laser experts from the United States, Europe and Asia to present the most up to date information in cutaneous laser surgery and intense pulsed light technologies. This innovative book describes new laser techniques (laserlipolysis, fractional photothermolysis, among others) and provides expert guidance on using lasers successfully in over 80 clinical indications.




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Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring 3rd 2011

Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring 3rd 2011

Aage R. Møller 

ISBN-10: 9781441974358 

ISBN-13: 978-1441974358 

The third edition of this classic text again provides practical, comprehensive coverage of the anatomical and physiological basis for intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. Written by a leading authority in the field, Dr. Aage Moller has updated this important title to again offer all the leading-edge knowledge needed to perform electrophysiological recordings in the operating room, to interpret the results, and to present the results to the surgeon. The field known as "intraoperative monitoring" has expanded rapidly to cover other uses of neurophysiology and electrophysiologic recordings during surgical operations that affect the brain, spinal cord, and other parts of the nervous system. These new areas are covered in this new edition. To better represent the content of the book and the field as it now stands, many of the chapters have been revised and new material has been added. While the general organization of the book is maintained, chapters such as monitoring of motor systems have been revised and extended with new material, including more detailed description of the anatomy and physiology of motor systems and new information about intraoperative monitoring. 

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A Patient’s Guide to Medical Imaging, 1st ed. 2011

 A Patient’s Guide to Medical Imaging, 1st ed. 2011

A Patient's Guide to Medical Imaging

Ronald Eisenberg and Alexander Margulis

ISBN-10: 0199729913

ISBN-13: 978-0199729913

Medical imaging now plays a major role in diagnosis, choice of therapy, and follow-up. However, patients are often intimidated by the multiple imaging modalities available, the indications for their use, the imposing equipment, what the examinations are like and how long they last, and the advantages and disadvantages of various procedures. This book is designed to provide explanations for these and other issues in order to relieve some of the anxiety related to medical imaging studies. free download

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A Color Atlas of Comparative Pathology of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Franz Joel Leong, Veronique Dartois and Thomas Dick

ISBN-10: 1439835276

ISBN-13: 978-1439835272

An annual death toll of 2 million, coupled with rising drug resistance, highlights the need for the development of new drugs, better diagnostics, and a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine. Addressing these key issues, A Color Atlas of Comparative Pathology of Pulmonary Tuberculosis introduces TB histopathology to the non-histopathologists, students, scientists, and doctors working, learning, and teaching in the field of TB. It contains 100 color photographs and illustrations that bring clarity to the information presented. The atlas takes the unusual approach of covering multiple species histopathology, arguably the first and quite possibly the only resource to do so. It provides a simple, annotated, and visual presentation of the comparative histopathology of TB in human and animal models. The editors have compiled information that helps TB scientists to distinguish between the features of all major animal models available and to use them with their strengths and limitations in mind. The book provides guidance for selecting the best animal model(s) to answer specific questions and to test the efficacy of drug candidates.

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5HT2C Receptors in the Pathophysiology of CNS DISEASE

5HT2C Receptors in the Pathophysiology of CNS Disease

(The Receptors)

Giuseppe Di Giovanni, Ennio Esposito, and Vincenzo Di Matteo

ISBN-10: 1607619407

ISBN-13: 978-1607619406

Research of 5-HT2c receptors stretches back twenty-five years, and while much of it has been productive, the past decade of research has been extraordinary in terms of both amount produced and insights gained. It is hardly surprising that 5-HT2c receptor research has grown so fruitful, given that it is a prominent central serotonin receptor subtype widely expressed within the central and the peripheral nervous system and is thought to play a major role in the regulation of numerous behaviors. It has further been shown by experimental and clinical observation that it may represent a possible therapeutic target for the development of drugs for a range of central nervous system disorders. The time, therefore, is more than appropriate to offer the first ever overview of the research of 5-HT2c receptors. Part of the popular and important series, “The Receptors,” The 5-HT2c Receptor provides a thorough update of the functional status of the 5-HT2c receptor. It covers the molecular, cellular, anatomical, biochemical and behavioral aspects of this receptor so as to highlight its distinctive regulatory properties and the emerging functional significance of constitutive activity and RNA-editing in vivo. In addition, the book investigates the receptors’ therapeutic potential in a range of different diseases, treated individually in separate chapters, including depression, drug abuse, schizophrenia, eating disorders, Parkinson’s disease, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy. While not exhaustive, this text is a vital tool in understanding the past and inspiring the future of interdisciplinary research on the 5-HT2c receptor. 

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