The aim of this paper is to provide a complete overview of the existing methods for quantitative evaluation of spinal curvature from medical images, and to summarize the relevant publications, which may not only assist in the introduction of other researchers to the field, but also be a valuable resource for studying the existing methods or developing new methods and evaluation strategies. Key evaluation issues and future considerations, supported by the results of the overview, are also discussed.
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Quantitative evaluation of axial vertebral rotation is essential for the determination of reference values and for understanding the mechanisms of the progression of spinal deformities. The review addresses existing methods for quantitative evaluation of axial vertebral rotation from medical images along with all relevant publications, which may provide a resource for studying existing or developing new evaluation strategies. Key evaluation issues, supported by the results of the review, are also discussed.
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It was explored whether earlier hip arthroplasty for idiopathic osteoarthritis (OA) can be explained by enlarged contact stress in the hip joint, and to what amount can that be attributed to obesity and biomechanical constitution of the pelvis. Fifty subjects were selected and for 65 hips resultant hip force (R) and peak contact hip stress were determined from the radiographs. The results of the study suggest that enlarged contact stress plays an important role in rapid progression of hip OA with both obesity and unfavorable biomechanical constitution of the pelvis contributing.
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Heparin is an endogenous molecule. Heparin of an animal origin is widely used as an anticoagulant while its effect in suppression of development of metastases in some types of cancer has been observed. Ba using giant phospholipid vesicles we found that heparin mediates attractive interaction between membranes and enhances the mediating effect of plasma. Consideration of the hypothesis that mediating attractive interaction between membranes suppresses microvesiculation explains the anticoagulant and antimetastatic effect of heparin by the same mechanism.
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The paper reports analyses of brain signals (EEG data) from rats under anaesthesia. A Fokker–Planck analysis is used to reveal dramatic changes between deep and light anaesthesia, which fall into different universality classes with an associated change in the P(?, ?) joint probability. In addition, it is shown that the predominant direction of their interaction is such that the EEG ?-wave drives the ?-wave.
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