http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/433 In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared minds. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/433/comment-page-1#comment-339 Jacobo Kirsch, MD Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:56:00 +0000 http://www.thepreparedminds.com/?p=433#comment-339 Very interesting concept! While it does not appear to be a robust technique for detecting edema, more work needs to be done to fully understand its real capacity. The one example presented in Figure 1 is striking. However, it comes to my attention that on the non-enhanced images, the myocardium appears significantly hyperdense when compared with the adjacent blood pool, a sign that has been described in anemic patients. Are pigs physiologically anemic? Would this finding be harder to detect in humans? Very interesting concept! While it does not appear to be a robust technique for detecting edema, more work needs to be done to fully understand its real capacity.
The one example presented in Figure 1 is striking. However, it comes to my attention that on the non-enhanced images, the myocardium appears significantly hyperdense when compared with the adjacent blood pool, a sign that has been described in anemic patients. Are pigs physiologically anemic? Would this finding be harder to detect in humans?

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