As more diagnostic testing options become available to physicians, it becomes more difficult to combine various types of medical information together in order to optimize the overall diagnosis. To improve diagnostic performance, ...

STUDY DESIGN: The inflammatory responses of primary human intervertebral disc (IVD) cells to tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) and an antagonist were evaluated in vitro. OBJECTIVE: To investigate an ability for soluble TNF ...

Chondrocytes maintain cartilage by transducing joint load into appropriate biosynthetic activity, a process commonly known as mechanotransduction. Malfunctioning mechanotransduction leads to cartilage degradation ...

Aberration is a correctable phenomenon that degrades diagnostic quality in a significant number of ultrasound images. Previous aberration correction studies have focused on development of aberration estimation algorithms ...