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Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging by Fenster, A, Downey, D B, Cardinal, H N

“…Ultrasound is an inexpensive and widely used imaging modality for the diagnosis and staging of a number of diseases. In the past two decades, it has benefited…”
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A Multicenter Case-control Study of the Effect of Acute Rejection and Cytomegalovirus Infection on Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients by Hosseini-Moghaddam, S M, Shokoohi, M, Singh, G, Dufresne, S F, Boucher, A, Jevnikar, A, Prasad, G V R, Shoker, A, Kabbani, D, Hebert, M J, Cardinal, H, Houde, I, Humar, A, Kumar, D

“…Late-onset pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) occurs beyond the first year after transplantation. PCP is associated with significant graft loss. Cytomegalovirus…”
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Antiperlecan Antibodies Are Novel Accelerators of Immune‐Mediated Vascular Injury by Cardinal, H., Dieudé, M., Brassard, N., Qi, S., Patey, N., Soulez, M., Beillevaire, D., Echeverry, F., Daniel, C., Durocher, Y., Madore, F., Hébert, M. J.

“…Acute vascular rejection (AVR) is characterized by immune‐mediated vascular injury and heightened endothelial cell (EC) apoptosis. We reported previously that…”
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Disparities in Deceased Donor Kidney Offer Acceptance: A Survey of Canadian Transplant Nephrologists, General Surgeons and Urologists by Vinson, A. J., Cardinal, H., Parsons, C., Tennankore, K. K., Mainra, R., Maru, K., Treleaven, D., Gill, J.

“…Background: Significant variability in organ acceptance thresholds have been demonstrated across the United States, but data regarding the rate and rationale…”
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Anti‐LG3 Antibodies Aggravate Renal Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury and Long‐Term Renal Allograft Dysfunction by Yang, B., Dieudé, M., Hamelin, K., Hénault‐Rondeau, M., Patey, N., Turgeon, J., Lan, S., Pomerleau, L., Quesnel, M., Peng, J., Tremblay, J., Shi, Y., Chan, J. S., Hébert, M. J., Cardinal, H.

“…Pretransplant autoantibodies to LG3 and angiotensin II type 1 receptors (AT1R) are associated with acute rejection in kidney transplant recipients, whereas…”
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The impact of repeated mismatches in kidney transplantations performed after nonrenal solid organ transplantation by Côté, J. M., Zhang, X., Dahhou, M., Sapir‐Pichhadze, R., Foster, B., Cardinal, H.

“…The aim of this study was to determine whether kidney transplantations performed after previous nonrenal solid organ transplants are associated with worse…”
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POS-707 USE OF HYPOTHERMIC MACHINE PERFUSION IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION by Goulamhoussen, N., Slapcoff, L., Baran, D., Houde, I., Masse, M., Boucher, A., Albert, M., Marsolais, P., Cardinal, H., Bouchard, J.

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Semiautomatic three-dimensional segmentation of the prostate using two-dimensional ultrasound images by Wang, Yunqiu, Cardinal, H. Neale, Downey, Donal B., Fenster, Aaron

“…In this paper, we report on two methods for semiautomatic three-dimensional (3-D) prostate boundary segmentation using 2-D ultrasound images. For each method,…”
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Automatic needle segmentation in three-dimensional ultrasound images using two orthogonal two-dimensional image projections by Ding, Mingyue, Cardinal, H. Neale, Fenster, Aaron

“…In this paper, we describe an algorithm to segment a needle from a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image by using two orthogonal two-dimensional (2D) image…”
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Intra- and inter-observer variability and reliability of prostate volume measurement via two-dimensional and three-dimensional ultrasound imaging by Tong, S, Cardinal, H N, McLoughlin, R F, Downey, D B, Fenster, A

“…We describe the results of a study to evaluate the intra- and inter-observer variability and reliability of prostate volume measurements made from transrectal…”
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A three-dimensional ultrasound prostate imaging system by Tong, S, Downey, D B, Cardinal, H N, Fenster, A

“…We have developed a three-dimensional (3D) transrectal ultrasound imaging system, based on using a motorized 5 MHz transducer assembly, rotated under…”
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Characterization of Atherosclerotic Plaques and Mural Thrombi With Intravascular Ultrasound Elastography: A Potential Method Evaluated in an Aortic Rabbit Model and a Human Coronary Artery by Maurice, Roch Listz, Fromageau, JÉrÉmie, Cardinal, Marie-HÉlÈne, Doyley, Marvin, de Muinck, Ebo, Robb, John, Cloutier, Guy

“…Plaque rupture is correlated with the plaque morphology, composition, mechanical properties, and with the blood pressure. Whereas the geometry can accurately…”
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Evaluation of a Preemptive Strategy for BK Polyomavirus-Associated Nephropathy Based on Prospective Monitoring of BK Viremia: A Kidney Transplantation Center Experience by Renoult, E, Coutlée, F, Pâquet, M, St Louis, G, Girardin, C, Fortin, M.-C, Cardinal, H, Lévesque, R, Schürch, W, Latour, M, Barama, A, Hébert, M.-J

“…Abstract Introduction BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (BKPVAN) is a major cause of renal failure early after kidney transplantation. The present study…”
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Conversion From Calcineurin Inhibitors to Sirolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Cardinal, H, Froidure, A, Dandavino, R, Daloze, P, Hébert, M.J, Colette, S, Boucher, A

“…Abstract Background Replacing a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) with sirolimus (SRL) may preserve kidney graft function. However, at the present time, only short…”
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The Evolution of Kidney Function After Lung Transplantation: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Cardinal, H, Poirier, C, Fugère, J.A, Ferraro, P, Girardin, C

“…Abstract Background Little information exists regarding the rate of kidney functional loss after lung transplantation. The aim of this study was to assess the…”
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A real vessel phantom for flow imaging: 3-D Doppler ultrasound of steady flow by Dabrowski, W, Dunmore-Buyze, J, Cardinal, H N, Fenster, A

“…Vascular phantoms are used to assess the capabilities of various imaging techniques, such as x-ray CT and angiography, and B-mode, power Doppler, and colour…”
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An accurate method for direct dual-energy calibration and decomposition by Cardinal, H N, Fenster, A

“…We propose the use of conic and cubic surface equations (surfaces of second and third order) to directly approximate the dual-energy equations (the integral…”
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Analysis of geometrical distortion and statistical variance in length, area, and volume in a linearly scanned 3-D ultrasound image by Cardinal, H.N., Gill, J.D., Fenster, A.

“…A linearly scanned three-dimensional (3-D) ultrasound imaging system is considered. The transducer array is initially oriented along the x axis and aimed in…”
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Differentiating diabetic foot ulcers that are unlikely to heal by 12 weeks following achieving 50% percent area reduction at 4 weeks by Warriner, Robert A, Snyder, Robert J, Cardinal, Matthew H

“…This retrospective analysis included intent‐to‐treat control patient data from two published, randomised, diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) trials in an effort to…”
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Next-level approach to AMR and TCMR diagnosis in kidney transplantation; the dynamic duo of urine CXCL10 and donor-derived cell free DNA by Fantus, D., Casas, S., Viard, T., Tangprasertchai, N., Belair, J., Daniel, C., Saw, C., Ho, J., Cardinal, H.

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