Developmental Considerations in the Transition from Child and Adolescent to Adult Survivorship

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© Springer New York 2015Grace A. Mucci and Lilibeth R. Torno (eds.)Handbook of Long Term Care of The Childhood Cancer SurvivorSpecialty Topics in Pediatric Neuropsychology10.1007/978-1-4899-7584-3_2 2. Developmental Considerations in the Transition from Child and Adolescent…

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Physics of Diagnostic Ultrasound

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(1) where c is the propagation speed, v is the oscillation frequency, and λ is the wavelength. The mechanical properties (e.g., “rigidity”) of the propagation medium determine c; the source…

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Anatomy of the Male Pelvis

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Fig. 1 Zonal anatomy of the prostate Reprinted from (2) with permission The prostate is composed of tuboalveolar glands surrounded by fibromuscular stroma. This stroma is composed of collagen and…

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Ultrasound Artifacts and How to Fix Them

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Fig. 1 As the incident wave bounces back and forth between surfaces A and B (yellow arrows), the returning waves are perceived by the probe as returning from reflectors progressively…

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Elastography

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and represents the change in displacement with depth (i.e., how tissue compresses). Strain is related both to the applied stress (σ, i.e., force per unit area) and the inherent tissue…

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Infertility and Prostate Ultrasound

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Pre-testicular etiologies  Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (congenital, acquired)  Coital Disorders (Erectile Dysfunction, Ejaculatory disorders) secondary to organic etiologies (diabetes mellitus, spinal injury, vascular/neurogenic, multiple sclerosis) and iatrogenic etiologies (RPLND, bladder neck surgery)…

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the Prostate with Quantitative Ultrasound: Implications for Guiding Biopsies, Targeting Focal Treatment, and Monitoring Therapy

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Fig. 1 ROC curves produced (1) by an MLP ANN using a leave-one-patient-out approach (upper curve) and (2) by LOS assignments primarily based on B-mode appearance (lower curve). The vertical…

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