We performed multiple drilling as a femoral head-preserving procedure for osteonecrosis of
the femoral head thinking the therapeutic effects of core decompression could be achieved …

Background: Ceramic-on-ceramic couplings are attractive alternative bearing surfaces that
have been reported to eliminate or reduce problems related to polyethylene wear debris. …

The finger-vein pattern is one of the human biometric signatures that can be used for personal
verification. The first task of a verification process using finger-vein patterns is extracting …

Response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a significant prognostic factor for osteosarcoma;
however, this information can be determined only after surgical resection. If we could predict …

We evaluated the potential of 18 F-FDG PET/CT and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) to
monitor the histologic response in patients with extremity osteosarcoma receiving neoadjuvant …

The increasing penetration of cyber-physical system (CPS) technologies in industry is
transforming this environment into a multifaceted system featuring a tight combination of its …

Objective We compared the diagnostic performance of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron
emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and (99 m)Tc-methylene …

Background The receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand (RANKL/TNFSF11) is
expressed in metastatic bone cancer cells and has been suggested to play a key role in cell …

… As we think that abovementioned curvature-based methods, Miura et al.’s and Song’s, are
two of the better finger vein extraction methods existing, we introduce them here and take …

Purpose We evaluated the potential of sequential fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG)
positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) and MRI (PET/MRI) after …