The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) today pledged to extend the emergency phase of its work in Haiti for up to twelve months and committed more than $300 million towards Haiti’s long-term recovery and reconstruction following the devastating earthquake of January 12.
The announcement was made at [...]
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International Federation Of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Pledges More Than $300 Million To Haiti’s Long-Term Recovery
Posted by admin on Nisan 6th, 2010
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No Comments »Osteoporosis Risk Factors For Women
Posted by admin on Nisan 6th, 2010
Underscoring what researchers call a serious international public health concern, results from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW) showed that among women at an elevated level of risk for osteoporosis-associated fractures, there is a failure to perceive the implications of having important risk factors. For example, among [...]
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Posted by admin on Nisan 5th, 2010
UroToday.com – The most common curative treatments for localized prostate cancer (PC), radical prostatectomy (RP) and radiation therapy (RT), have significant effects on quality of life. Most studies measured quality of life using psychometric instruments. Another approach uses the concept of utility. Utility is a global measure, scaled between 0 (dead) and [...]
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Posted by admin on Nisan 5th, 2010
Treating non-osteoporotic compression fractures in patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, shows that the use of vertebroplasty – a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists using imaging guidance that stabilizes collapsed vertebrae with the injection of medical-grade bone cement into the spine – results in a reduction of [...]
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Posted by admin on Nisan 5th, 2010
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) unveiled a redesigned logo, conceived to join past, present and future and to unify the Society’s products and services under one umbrella.
“As medical imaging evolves, we believe it is appropriate for RSNA to evolve also-so we have updated our look,” said RSNA Chairman of the [...]
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Posted by admin on Aralık 30th, 2009
Energetic Quanta: Gamma-Rays
Gamma rays…
Are emitted from the nucleus to trim excess energy.
Tend to carry higher energies than X-rays, but this does not have to be the case
For example, after a larger energy decay particle (e.g. a beta particle) is emitted, the nucleus may still be slightly unstable (i.e., the atom [...]
Posted in medicine, radiation biology, radiology Tags: (i.e., 3), a, after, amount, an, and, are, at, atom, be, Beta, but, by, carried, carry, case For, cesium-137, cobalt-60, contrast, Decay, does, e.g., electromagnetic, electron-volts., emission, emitted, emitters:, energetic, Energetic Quanta: Gamma-Rays, energies, energized, energy, energy. Important, EV., example, examples, excess, excited, from, gamma, Gamma-Rays Gamma, have, higher, in, is, isomeric, larger, light, lose, may, means, millions, not, nucleus, of, or, particle, photons, potassium-40, provides, quanta., ranging, ray, rays, rays…, relative, remains, scale, Simplified, slightly, smaller, spectrum, state)., still, technetium-99m, Tend, than, the, this, thousands, to, trim, unstable, visible, wavelength, with, X-rays 2 Comments »Ultrasound Lectures 18 (Lower Extremity DVT)
Posted by admin on Aralık 10th, 2009
Lower Extremity DVT
Clinical
DVT is a common clinical problem with significant associated mortality from pulmonary embolism. There are approximately 2 million cases per year and nearly 60,000 related deaths per year. DVT can be a difficult disease to diagnose because the signs and symptoms are non-specific and unreliable. Some of [...]
Posted in Emergency, medicine, radiologic emergencies, radiology Tags: (i.e., 000 related deaths per year. DVT can be a difficult disease to diagnose because the signs and symptoms are non-specific and unreliable. Some of the signs and symptoms include calf tenderness, 10¡-20¡, 4), 5, 60, a, A-Plantar, abnormal, absent, Acute, adductor, adjacent, Also, anatomic, and, and tachypnea. Diagram of the venous drainage of the lower extremity: A-Plantar venous arch; B-Posterior tibial veins; C-Peroneal veins; D-Anterior tibial veins; E-Popliteal vein; F-Femoral vein;, applied, Approximately, arch;, are, arrow, arrowhead)., arrows, artery, assess, assess response to augmentation. If acute thrombus is identified, associated, at, augmentation., B A., B-Posterior, be, because, Beware, blood, body, both, C-Peroneal, calf, calf muscle veins and varicosities may be evaluated if symptomatic. The region of the leg that is tender should be imaged. Sonographic Findings of DVT: 1) Lack of complete compressibility of vein, can, canal, cases, centimeter, central, CFV, clinical, Color, common, commonly, compared, comparison. In, complete, compress, compress each centimeter of the CFV, compress). 2), compressibility, compression., compression. A, compression. Calf, continuous, contralateral, D-Anterior, dampened, deaths, deep, demonstrating, determine, determine the extent with gentle compression. Calf veins should be examined in patients with anatomic calf pain and a negative femoral-popliteal exam. Follow paired posterior tibilal vein from the me, diagnose, Diagram, difficult, disease, distal, distended, distention, do, do the symptomatic leg only. If the Doppler flow is continuous or dampened, does, doppler, down, drainage, Duplex, DVT, DVT Clinical DVT, DVT: 1), E-Popliteal, each, elevated, embolism., Emergency, evaluated, evidence, exam, Exam Have, examine, examined, exclude, extent, external, Extremity, extrinsic, F-Femoral, femoral, femoral-popliteal, Figure, filling, Findings:, flow, flowing, follow, For, from, G-Deep, gentle, greater, grey, H-Common, high, hypoechoic, i.e. continuous nonphasic flow, i.e. DVT of extrinsic compression. A B A. Duplex Doppler demonstrating phasic flow in a normal peripheral vein. B. Duplex Doppler demonstrating non-phasic flow in a peripheral vein with thrombosi, identified, identify, If, iliac, image, imaged, images, in, Inability, include, indicating, indicating intraluminal thrombus. 5) Continuous, indistinguishable, intraluminal, is, join, junction, lack, lecture, leg, legs, lesser, limb, longitudinal, longitudinal color images with color filling the vessel can be used to exclude acute DVT. Obtain representative Doppler tracings from the CFV, low, lower, Lower Extremity DVT Clinical DVT is a common clinical problem with significant associated mortality from pulmonary embolism. There are approximately 2 million cases per year and nearly 60, lumen. 3), malleolus, may, medial, million, minimal, mortality, muscle., nearly, negative, no, non-phasic, non-specific, nonphasic, nonphasic flow in CFV unilaterally, normal, not, obstruction., Obtain, obtainable, of, only., or, or no obtainable signal. A B A. Longitudinal color Doppler demonstrating normal blood flow in a peripheral vein. B. Longitudinal color Doppler image with transducer compression applied shows flow, outflow, pain, paired, partial, patientâs, patients, per, perforators, peripheral, peroneal, phasic, plane, poorly, popliteal, portions, possible, posterior, pressure, prime, problem, proximal., pulmonary, radiology, red, reduced, reduced or absent flow with distal augmentation, region, related, representative, response, risk, rotation., sample, sample the contralateral CFV for comparison. In the transverse plane, saphenous, scale, SFV, SFV and popliteal vein down to the trifurcation. Also identify and compress the central portions of the deep femoral and greater saphenous where these vessels join the CFV. In cases where portions of , SFV and popliteal veins. Spontaneous and phasic flow is normal. If the flow is not phasic, should, shows, signal. A, signals, significant, Signs, site, Some, sonographic, spontaneous, suggesting, suggesting iliac vein outflow obstruction, swelling, symptomatic, symptoms, system., tachycardia, tachypnea., tender, tenderness, that, the, there, these, thrombosis., thrombus, thrombusis, tibial, tibilal, to, tracings, transducer, transverse, trifurcation., unilateral, unilateral limb swelling, unilaterally, unreliable., upper, used, varicosities, vein, veins;, venous, very, vessel, vessels., Visualization, visualized, where, with, with phasic flow in contralateral CFV, year No Comments »
New ‘Sport And Health’ Collaboration Between World Heart Federation And European Healthy Stadia Network
A new collaboration between the World Heart Federation and the European Healthy Stadia Network is set to increase the number of sports stadia involved in promoting healthy lifestyles and by doing so, help reduce incidence of heart disease and stroke amongst fans, stadia staff and local communities. During World Heart Day [...]