• RAD-AID International and Global Health Radiology

    RAD-AID is a non-governmental organisation with a mission to promote radiology in global health with emphasis on sustainability through education.   According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 3-4 billion people are at risk for widespread loss and death that could be treated or avoided if radiology was available. Additionally,...

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  • 3D Printed Kidney Phantoms Will Optimise Radiation Dose

    How can affordable cost 3D printed kidney phantoms assist nuclear medicine treatment planning and radiation dose optimisation?   Please briefly describe your research on 3D kidney phantoms. Why did you set up this study and what were the main findings?   Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty that uses radiopharmaceuticals for diagnosis...

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  • Preclinical Imaging in the Era of Personalised Medicine

    Identification of the genetic basis of the therapeutic response obtained in mice models is important for patient stratification in clinical trials. Technological advances in molecular imaging will have a large impact on personalised medicine, and make animal reduction and refinement possible during experimentation   In recent years, many advances...

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  • Contrast-Enhanced MRI 30 Years On

    HealthManagement.org is pleased to bring you a flavour of Dr. Heywang-Köbrunner’s keynote lecture to the EUSOBI 2016 annual scientific meeting, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of contrast-enhanced breast MRI. In 1984, with colleagues I first began to investigate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast without contrast to discriminate...

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  • Radiology Education Goes Mobile: What's Changed?

    Mobile devices are used by most students, residents and radiologists in everyday life. They allow fast and convenient access to all internet resources and to data stored on the devices. Entire bookshelves of information can be transported easily and are at the device user’s fingertips. The interactivity of mobile devices allows new techniques of...

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  • Trump on Drugs: Part 1

    A hundred days into the Trump administration, don't expect the vaunted changes to drug prices after the corporate execs get to Trump.   After being caught up during the campaign by the media fetish over shameful drug price hikes, President Trump promised to lower drug prices. Given deep public outrage directed at high drug prices, this price lowering...

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  • Radioprotection in Chest CT: An Approach with Bismuth Breast Shield

    The main goal of this study was to assess the viability of the bismuth breast shield in chest computed tomography (CT ) examinations. Dose measurements on a phantom (Cardinal Health 76 415) with an ionisation chamber were performed with and without bismuth breast protection in different configurations using the routine chest CT protocol. Image quality...

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  • Thanh Tran

    CEO , Zoeticx, San Jose, USA  The buck stops here Management Tip: Treat people with respect, build trust, demonstrate caring, exude integrity, display dependability and character. Read Thanh Tran’s blog on Can A Health Collaboration Ecosystem Lead To Patient Homeostasis? at https://iii.hm/9pk...

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  • Ignacio Martinez Soriano

    Data Scientist, Hospital UNI VERSITARIO Rafael Méndez, Lorca, Spain   Data is here so search for its insights. Don’t focus on the problem, look for the solution. To do this we need to have a hackers' spirit and the pride to overcome challenges Career Highlight: When I went from Management Chief of IT to being...

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  • Beth Boynton

    Confident Voices in Health Care Boston, USA Medical improv is an exciting teaching tool that can be used to promote emotional intelligence, communication, teamwork, and leadership skills in healthcare professionals Management Tip: If you want to build assertiveness in staff, ask them what they need to accomplish...

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