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MEDICAL IMAGING IN CLINICAL PRACTICE Edited by Okechukwu Felix Erondu MEDICAL IMAGING IN CLINICAL PRACTICE Edited by Okechukwu Felix Erondu Medical Imaging in Clinical Practice http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/45925 Edited by Okechukwu Felix Erondu Contributors Zongjin Li, Mojtaba Salouti, Akram Fazli, Marco Antonio Gutierrez, Francesco Alessandrino, Alfredo La Fianza, Giorgia Ricci, Esmeralda Eshja, Francesco Alfano, Carolina Della Fiore, Chiara Cassani, Carlos Costa, Frederico Valente, Augusto Silva, Patricia Carreño Moran, Julian Breeze, Michael Rees, Sonia Marta Moriguchi, Paulo Henrique Alves Togni, Katia Hiromoto Koga, Marcelo Santos, Tsuicheng D. Chiu, Takuya Osada, Laurence B Lovat, Rehan Haidry, Martín Gallegos- Duarte, Okechukwu Felix Erondu, Begona Garcia Zapirain, Maria Viqueira, Amaia Mendez Zorrilla Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2013 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Danijela Duric Technical Editor InTech DTP team Cover InTech Design team First published February, 2013 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from [email protected] Medical Imaging in Clinical Practice, Edited by Okechukwu Felix Erondu p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0986-0 Contents Preface VII Section 1 General Perspectives in Medical Imaging 1 Chapter 1 Content Based Retrieval Systems in a Clinical Context 3 Frederico Valente, Carlos Costa and Augusto Silva Chapter 2 Challenges and Peculiarities of Paediatric Imaging 23 Okechukwu Felix Erondu Chapter 3 Clinical Applications of Nuclear Medicine 37 Sonia Marta Moriguchi, Kátia Hiromoto Koga, Paulo Henrique Alves Togni and Marcelo José dos Santos Chapter 4 Current Perspectives on Molecular Imaging for Tracking Stem Cell Therapy 63 Lingling Tong, Hui Zhao, Zuoxiang He and Zongjin Li Section 2 Innovations in Medical Imaging Techniques 81 Chapter 5 Spin Average Supercompound Ultrasonography 83 Tsuicheng D. Chiu, Sonia Contreras and Martin Fox Chapter 6 Ocular Movement and Cardiac Rhythm Control using EEG Techniques 113 María Viqueira, Begoña García Zapirain and Amaia Mendez Zorrilla Chapter 7 Novel Imaging Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract 137 Rehan Haidry and Laurence Lovat VI Contents Chapter 8 Vocal Folds Stroboscopic Image Processing for Otolaryngology 175 A. Méndez Zorrilla and B. García Zapirain Chapter 9 Infectious Foci Imaging with Targeting Radiopharmaceuticals in Nuclear Medicine 193 Mojtaba Salouti and Akram Fazli Section 3 Specific Clinical Applications 231 Chapter 10 Quantitative Assessment of Peripheral Arteries in Ultrasound Images 233 Marco Antonio Gutierrez, Maurício Higa, Paulo Eduardo Pilon, Marina de Sá Rebelo and Silvia Gelás Lage Chapter 11 The Top Ten Cases in Cardiac MRI and the Most Important Differential Diagnoses 253 Patricia Carreño-Morán, Julian Breeze and Michael R. Rees Chapter 12 Determination for the Comprehensive Arterial Inflows in the Lower Abdomen Assessed by Doppler Ultrasound: Methodology, Physiological Validity and Perspective 283 Takuya Osada Chapter 13 Plasticity of the Visual Pathway and Neuroimaging 307 M. Gallegos-Duarte, S. Moguel-Ancheita, J.D. Mendiola- Santibañez, V. Morales-Tlalpan and C. Saldaña Chapter 14 Differential Diagnosis for Female Pelvic Masses 327 Francesco Alessandrino, Carolina Dellafiore, Esmeralda Eshja, Francesco Alfano, Giorgia Ricci, Chiara Cassani and Alfredo La Fianza Preface Everyday, millions of medical images are produced worldwide, to aid diagnosis and treat‐ ment of patients. A typical patient’s diagnostic work-up is often incomplete without a medi‐ cal imaging technique. The various techniques for achieving this have continued to evolve, from the basics through the sophisticated and now to the abstract. The concept of Medical imaging has therefore continued to widen, from the conventional like X-rays, ultrasound, CT, PET CT, MRI and nuclear Scintigraphy, to include various other recording and meas‐ urement techniques which may be documented by mapping or graphs. This new book on ‘Medical Imaging in Clinical practice’ is another bold attempt to highlight the various research efforts and adaptations of newer and emerging techniques in the ever increasing world of medical Imaging. It seeks to explore the clinical applications of these newer techniques, while drawing parallels with the more conventional methods. It is by no means exhaustive, but achieves the overall purpose of widening the scope of knowledge and the readers’ perception of the amazing world of medical Imaging. I am sure, that most readers will not only be impressed, but encouraged to explore this ever evolving specialty of Medical Imaging and the bright hopes it offers in the future of clini‐ cal practice. Dr. Okechukwu Felix Erondu University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria Section 1 General Perspectives in Medical Imaging
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