Abstract:
The present invention provides nanoscale and microscale compositions useful for a variety of purposes, including the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a disease treatment system comprising a thermal induction agent and a radiation source, wherein the thermal induction agent comprises at least one carbon nanotube, at least one carbon microtube, or a mixture thereof.
Abstract:
Methods, systems and circuits predict cardiotoxicity induced cardiac injury prior to an irreversible state by electronically generating at least one histogram of mean intensities of voxels/pixels in an MRI image of a left ventricle myocardium and electronically determining a likelihood of cardiac injury due to cardiotoxicity based on data from the at least one histogram.
Abstract:
Evaluating tissue characteristics including identification of injured tissue is provided by obtaining a first image of tissue including a region of interest from a first acquisition, for example, after administration of a contrast agent and obtaining a second image of the tissue including the region of interest during a second, subsequent acquisition, for example, after administration of a contrast agent. A global characteristic of the region of interest of the first image and of the second image is determined to allow a comparison of the global characteristic of the first image and the second image to determine a potential for a change in global tissue characteristics. Such a comparison may include comparison of mean, average characteristics, histogram shape, such as skew and kurtosis, or distribution of intensities within the histogram.
Abstract:
Evaluating tissue characteristics including identification of injured tissue or alteration of the ratios of native tissue components such as shifting the amounts of normal myocytes and fibrotic tissue in the heart, identifying increases in the amount of extracellular components or fluid (like edema or extracellular matrix proteins), or detecting infiltration of tumor cells or mediators of inflammation into the tissue of interest in a patient, such as a human being, is provided by obtaining a first image of tissue including a region of interest from a first acquisition, for example, after administration of a contrast agent to the patient, and obtaining a second image of the tissue including the region of interest during a second, subsequent acquisition, for example, after administration of a contrast agent to the patient. The subsequent acquisition may be obtained after a period of time to determine if injury has occurred during that period of time. The region of interest may include heart, blood, muscle, brain, nerve, skeletal, skeletal muscle, liver, kidney, lung, pancreas, endocrine, gastrointestinal and/or genitourinary tissue. A global characteristic of the region of interest of the first image and of the second image is determined to allow a comparison of the global characteristic of the first image and the second image to determine a potential for a change in global tissue characteristics. Such a comparison may include comparison of mean, average characteristics, histogram shape, such as skew and kurtosis, or distribution of intensities within the histogram.
Abstract:
Un sistema de tratamiento de enfermedad que comprende: un agente de inducción térmica y una fuente de radiación, caracterizado por que el agente de inducción térmica comprende una pluralidad de nanotubos de carbono dopados con boro y/o nitrógeno, una pluralidad de microtubos de carbono dopados con boro y/o nitrógeno o una mezcla de los mismos.
Abstract:
Evaluating tissue characteristics including identification of injured tissue is provided by obtaining a first image of tissue including a region of interest from a first acquisition, for example, after administration of a contrast agent, and obtaining a second image of the tissue including the region of interest during a second, subsequent acquisition, for example, after administration of a contrast agent. A global characteristic of the region of interest of the first image and of the second image is determined to allow a comparison of the global characteristic of the first image and the second image to determine a potential for a change in global tissue characteristics. Such a comparison may include comparison of mean, average characteristics, histogram shape, such as skew and kurtosis, or distribution of intensities within the histogram.
Abstract:
Evaluating tissue characteristics including identification of injured tissue is provided by obtaining a first image of tissue including a region of interest from a first acquisition, for example, after administration of a contrast agent, and obtaining a second image of the tissue including the region of interest during a second, subsequent acquisition, for example, after administration of a contrast agent. A global characteristic of the region of interest of the first image and of the second image is determined to allow a comparison of the global characteristic of the first image and the second image to determine a potential for a change in global tissue characteristics. Such a comparison may include comparison of mean, average characteristics, histogram shape, such as skew and kurtosis, or distribution of intensities within the histogram.
Abstract:
Evaluating tissue characteristics including identification of injured tissue is provided by obtaining a first image of tissue including a region of interest from a first acquisition, for example, after administration of a contrast agent, and obtaining a second image of the tissue including the region of interest during a second, subsequent acquisition, for example, after administration of a contrast agent. A global characteristic of the region of interest of the first image and of the second image is determined to allow a comparison of the global characteristic of the first image and the second image to determine a potential for a change in global tissue characteristics. Such a comparison may include comparison of mean, average characteristics, histogram shape, such as skew and kurtosis, or distribution of intensities within the histogram.
Abstract:
Evaluating tissue characteristics including identification of injured tissue or alteration of the ratios of native tissue components such as shifting the amounts of normal myocytes and fibrotic tissue in the heart, identifying increases in the amount of extracellular components or fluid (like edema or extracellular matrix proteins), or detecting infiltration of tumor cells or mediators of inflammation into the tissue of interest in a patient, such as a human being, is provided by obtaining a first image of tissue including a region of interest from a first acquisition, for example, after administrati on of a contrast agent to the patient, and obtaining a second image of the tiss ue including the region of interest during a second, subsequent acquisition, fo r example, after administration of a contrast agent to the patient. The subsequent acquisition may be obtained after a period of time to determine i f injury has occurred during that period of time. The region of interest may include heart, blood, muscle, brain, nerve, skeletal, skeletal muscle, liver , kidney, lung, pancreas, endocrine, gastrointestinal and/or genitourinary tissue. A global characteristic of the region of interest of the first image and of the second image is determined to allow a comparison of the global characteristic ofthe first image and the second image to determine a potential for a change in global tissue characteristics. Such a comparison m ay include comparison of mean, average characteristics, histogram shape, such a s skew and kurtosis, or distribution of intensities within the histogram.