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691). Clinical correlations for all six readers suggested moderate correlation with R values ranging from 0.380 to 0.566. There was moderate correlation between grade and clinical manifestation within each group (R = 0.562-0.669). CONCLUSION The Kang MRI grading system of CCSS based on mid-sagittal MRI provides objective, reliable, and reproducible assessment regardless of field proficiency of the reader although the reproducibility of the clinician is slightly lower than radiologist and trainee of the radiology department. There was moderate correlation between image interpretation and clinical findings irrespective of the reader's main field of research. PURPOSE To evaluate the impact of increasing levels of accuracy for mean glandular dose (MGD) evaluation in the era of the European Directive 2013/59/Euratom transposition. METHOD 4028 women who had a mammography examination by one of five mammography units using different detector technologies were included in this study. 16,006 images were processed by a software algorithm that determines breast glandularity quantitatively and uses this to estimate patient-specific MGD (psMGD). Entrance dose (ED) values and half value layers (HVLs) measured for each mammography system were collected to evaluate the effect of equipment calibration in psMGD calculation. The psMGD values adjusted for system calibration were compared with organ dose (OD) provided by manufacturers as image metadata. RESULTS Overall median relative difference between calibrated psMGD and organ dose was below 3%, with larger differences for individual systems. The psMGD adjustment for system calibration was particularly useful for one system for which ED had an evident miscalibration issue. The mean difference between psMGD with calibration and organ dose provided by manufacturers was 4.1 %, ranging from -16.3 % to +24.5 %. The proportion of images for which organ dose was more than 10 % 'inaccurate' compared to psMGD was between 11 % and 46 %, depending on the mammography system. CONCLUSION Patient-specific mean glandular dose, possibly adjusted for system calibration, allows more accurate individual breast dosimetry than what would be performed using organ dose provided by manufacturers. Conversely, definition of diagnostic reference levels could be achieved using either psMGD or organ dose. The craniocervical junction (CCJ) or upper cervical spine (UCS) has anatomic features and a biomechanics completely different from the other spinal segment of the spine. Several ligaments and muscles control its motion and function and ensure the maximum mobility and the visual and auditory spatial exploration. UCS traumas represent approximately one-third of all cervical spine injuries. Most of UCS traumas results from blows to the head and sudden deceleration of the body. Thanks to the improvement of the Advanced Trauma Life Support protocols dissociative injuries of CCJ have become less lethal onsite. In other less severe but unstable injuries, patients are neurologically intact at presentation, but they may deteriorate during the stay in hospital, with important clinical and medico-legal consequences. Knowing the peculiarities of UCS is fundamental for the early detection of imaging findings that influences the patient management and outcome. The classification of UCS traumas is mechanistic. More than in any other spinal segment, fractures of CCJ bones can occur without generating instability; on the contrary highly unstable injuries may not be associated with bone fractures. PS-341 Proteasome inhibitor An early and correct diagnosis of occipito-cervical instability may prevent secondary neurological injury. The goal of imaging is to identify which patients can benefit of surgical stabilization and prevent secondary neurologic damage. Actual helical multidetector-CT (MDCT) offers high sensitivity and specificity for bone lesions and displacements in cervical spine traumas, but magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly being used to evaluate soft tissues and ligaments, and mainly to identify possible spinal cord injury. It has been suggested that unconscious semantic processing is stimulus-dependent, and that pictures might have privileged access to semantic content. Those findings led to the hypothesis that unconscious semantic priming effect for pictorial stimuli would be stronger as compared to verbal stimuli. This effect was tested on pictures and words by manipulating the semantic similarity between the prime and target stimuli. Participants performed a masked priming categorization task for either words or pictures with three semantic similarity conditions strongly similar, weakly similar, and non-similar. Significant differences in reaction times were only found between strongly similar and non-similar and between weakly similar and non-similar, for both pictures and words, with faster overall responses for pictures as compared to words. Nevertheless, pictures showed no superior priming effect over words. This could suggest the hypothesis that even though semantic processing is faster for pictures, this does not imply a stronger unconscious priming effect. Cross-liked poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) seeds with different morphologies such as cauliflower-like, lobed spherical, and spherical were used in seeded emulsion polymerization (SEP) of 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA), 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), and methacrylic acid (MAA). The morphological structure of produced composite particles was observed using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). The origin of the formation of different morphologies was discussed using various thermodynamic parameters such as solubility parameters and intermolecular forces between polymeric components involved. Also, the effect of the morphology of seed particles on the resultant structures was investigated. Results showed that morphology of fabricated composite particles is induced from morphology of seed particles with larger sizes. Finally, the fabricated composite particles were utilized in the controlled release of DOX. The effect of morphological changes of synthesized composite particles on the cumulative release behavior at acidic environment indicated the pH-sensitive nature of drug release through carriers.
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