A stent phantom.

<p>(A) Photograph of a stent phantom. A phantom study was performed using a nitinol Enterprise stent, which was immersed in a nonionic iodinated contrast medium. (B) Close-up of the stent phantom. The white arrow indicates a lump of cheese in the stent.</p

An intracranial stent in a patient.

<p>Multiplanar reconstruction of (A) monochromatic 70-keV image, (B) monochromatic 140-keV, (C) iodine (calcium), (D) iodine (HAP), and (E) iodine (water) images. The radiopacity of the stent marker was reduced in the iodine (water) images (white solid arrow). A soft plaque or intimal hyperplasia is visible in the in-stent lumen (white open arrow).</p

The mean of maximal diameter, contrast/noise ratio and grading score of visibility of intraluminal area at marker location.

<p>Three bar graphs showed that iodine (water) images markedly reduced radiopacity diameter of the stent marker, provided satisfactory image contrast and had the highest mean grading score, which was significantly different from those in the other modes.</p

Stent phantom with cheese.

<p>(A) Monochromatic 70-keV, (B) monochromatic 140-keV, (C) iodine (calcium), (D) iodine (HAP), and (E) iodine (water) images of the marker location of the stent phantom show more areas of cheese (white arrow) on iodine (water) images because of decreased density of the radiopaque marker. (F) Monochromatic 70-keV, (G) monochromatic 140-keV, (H) iodine (calcium), (I) iodine (HAP), and (J) iodine (water) images of the lumen location of the stent phantom show that cheese can be more clearly observed on 70-keV and iodine (water) images.</p

Stent phantom without cheese.

<p>(A) Monochromatic 70-keV, (B) monochromatic 140-keV, (C) iodine (calcium), (D) iodine (HAP), and (E) iodine (water) images of the marker location of the stent phantom show metallic artifacts on the iodine(water) images (white arrow) are considerably reduced. (F) Monochromatic 70-keV, (G) monochromatic 140-keV, (H) iodine (calcium), (I) iodine (HAP), and (J) iodine (water) images of the lumen location of the stent phantom reveal that nitinol produces few metallic artifacts in all modes.</p

Intracranial stent and aneurysm coiling in a patient.

<p>Multiplanar reconstruction of (A) monochromatic 70-keV, (B) monochromatic 140-keV, (C) iodine (calcium), (D) iodine (HAP), and (E) iodine (water) images. The vessel lumen near the aneurysm coiling (white open arrow) is visible on the iodine (water) image (white solid arrow) and invisible on other images because of severe artifacts.</p

Plasmids used for the expression of F1 or V antigen for an attenuated typhimurium strain

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "A comparison of immunogenicity and protective immunity against experimental plague by intranasal and/or combined with oral immunization of mice with attenuated serovar Typhimurium expressing secreted F1 and V antigen"</p><p></p><p>Fems Immunology and Medical Microbiology 2007;51(1):58-69.</p><p>Published online 19 Jul 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC2121146.</p><p>© 2007 Wen-Tssann Liu Journal compilation © 2007 Federation of European Microbiological Societies</p> The CafMF1- or LcrV-encoding gene was cloned into the expression vector pYA3495 (see ‘Materials and methods’ section) downstream of the Bla-secretion system. This Bla-secretion system consisted of the β-lactamase signal sequence and 12 amino-acid residues of the -terminus of the mature β-lactamase signal sequence, which derived from plasmid pBR322, and which was expressed under the control of the Ptac promoter. 5ST1T2 is a transcriptional terminator

F1 and/or V antigen-specific IgG1 and IgG2a responses in sera collected on day 14 after the delivery of a dose of (a) X85MF1 and (b) X85V, following i

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "A comparison of immunogenicity and protective immunity against experimental plague by intranasal and/or combined with oral immunization of mice with attenuated serovar Typhimurium expressing secreted F1 and V antigen"</p><p></p><p>Fems Immunology and Medical Microbiology 2007;51(1):58-69.</p><p>Published online 19 Jul 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC2121146.</p><p>© 2007 Wen-Tssann Liu Journal compilation © 2007 Federation of European Microbiological Societies</p>n. × 3 and/or oral-i.n. × 2 prime–boost immunization regimens. Error bars indicate SD

Protection against challenge following mucosal prime–boost immunization with X85MF1 and X85V

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "A comparison of immunogenicity and protective immunity against experimental plague by intranasal and/or combined with oral immunization of mice with attenuated serovar Typhimurium expressing secreted F1 and V antigen"</p><p></p><p>Fems Immunology and Medical Microbiology 2007;51(1):58-69.</p><p>Published online 19 Jul 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC2121146.</p><p>© 2007 Wen-Tssann Liu Journal compilation © 2007 Federation of European Microbiological Societies</p> Two weeks after the last immunization following i.n. or oral − i.n. × 2 administration with vaccine, mice were i.p. challenged with 2 × 10 CFU of , and individual test-mouse survival was recorded daily for a period of 2 weeks

Confocal immunofluorescent microscopy images of F1- and V-antigen expression for X85MF1 and X85V bacterial strains within mouse macrophage-like J774 A1 cells

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "A comparison of immunogenicity and protective immunity against experimental plague by intranasal and/or combined with oral immunization of mice with attenuated serovar Typhimurium expressing secreted F1 and V antigen"</p><p></p><p>Fems Immunology and Medical Microbiology 2007;51(1):58-69.</p><p>Published online 19 Jul 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC2121146.</p><p>© 2007 Wen-Tssann Liu Journal compilation © 2007 Federation of European Microbiological Societies</p> The J774 A.1 cells were infected with the vaccine strain, and the intracellular bacteria were probed with anti-F1 or anti-V mAb and then detected with Alex-Red conjugated anti-mouse IgG (red). The cell morphology, as characterized by the cytoskeleton, was observed by Phllodin-FITC-conjugated antitubulin antibody (green)