Breast cancer: conventional diagnosis and treatment modalities and recent patents and technologies

MI Nounou, F ElAmrawy, N Ahmed… - Breast cancer: basic …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women worldwide. However, increased
survival is due to the dramatic advances in the screening methods, early diagnosis, and …

Magnetic resonance imaging tracking of stem cells in vivo using iron oxide nanoparticles as a tool for the advancement of clinical regenerative medicine

M Mahmoudi, H Hosseinkhani, M Hosseinkhani… - Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Stem cells are primitive cells found in many multicellular organisms. Self-renewal and
differentiation potency are two defining properties of stem cells. Self-renewal is the ability to …

Readout-segmented echo-planar imaging improves the diagnostic performance of diffusion-weighted MR breast examinations at 3.0 T

W Bogner, K Pinker-Domenig, H Bickel, M Chmelik… - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To qualitatively and quantitatively compare the diagnostic value of diffusion-
weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging based on standard single-shot echo …

Invasive ductal carcinoma: correlation of apparent diffusion coefficient value with pathological prognostic factors

AAKA Razek, G Gaballa, A Denewer… - NMR in …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to correlate the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value of
invasive ductal carcinoma with pathological prognostic factors. A prospective study was …

Novel nanomedicine-based MRI contrast agents for gynecological malignancies

VV Mody, MI Nounou, M Bikram - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
Gynecological cancers result in significant morbidity and mortality in women despite
advances in treatment and diagnosis. This is due to detection of the disease in the late …

Stem cell tracking with nanoparticles for regenerative medicine purposes: an overview

L Accomasso, C Gallina, V Turinetto… - Stem cells …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate and noninvasive stem cell tracking is one of the most important needs in
regenerative medicine to determine both stem cell destinations and final differentiation fates …

Characterization of breast tumors using diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI)

D Wu, G Li, J Zhang, S Chang, J Hu, Y Dai - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Aim The aim of this study was to investigate and evaluate the role of magnetic resonance
(MR) diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) in characterizing breast lesions. Materials and …

Discrimination of benign and malignant breast lesions by using shutter-speed dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging

W Huang, LA Tudorica, X Li, SB Thakur, Y Chen… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To assess the accuracy of the shutter-speed approach compared with standard
approach dynamic contrast material–enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging …

MRS and MRSI guidance in molecular medicine: targeting and monitoring of choline and glucose metabolism in cancer

K Glunde, L Jiang, SA Moestue… - NMR in …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
MRS and MRSI are valuable tools for the detection of metabolic changes in tumors. The
currently emerging era of molecular medicine, which is shaped by molecularly targeted …

Diffusion‐weighted imaging of normal fibroglandular breast tissue: influence of microperfusion and fat suppression technique on the apparent diffusion coefficient

P Baron, MD Dorrius, P Kappert… - NMR in Biomedicine …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of microperfusion and fat suppression technique on the apparent diffusion
coefficient (ADC) values obtained with diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) of normal …