tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112053222024-03-08T00:59:51.858+00:00www.MidEssexRay.comPeng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-76245077205045162832009-04-13T12:40:00.006+01:002009-04-13T16:55:30.256+01:00Payment structures influence dental radiography utilisation?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGV7Mpv9DCcEQ6fsV2QJFFm0yxmmwlNkrcvrQpw18XTzBaeyio88ZHB_7tGzpcMmEREvBd0d8bEAvZ5UcqiTbwiVtpcWPyRe6t6xpkvdlhz5A1IyZdtmZHp-uWUb1_i9VTfCd5/s1600-h/money_pounds.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324142409157169922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGV7Mpv9DCcEQ6fsV2QJFFm0yxmmwlNkrcvrQpw18XTzBaeyio88ZHB_7tGzpcMmEREvBd0d8bEAvZ5UcqiTbwiVtpcWPyRe6t6xpkvdlhz5A1IyZdtmZHp-uWUb1_i9VTfCd5/s400/money_pounds.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><blockquote><br /><p align="justify"><em>NHS dentists were traditionally paid for individual “items of treatment”: each X-ray they took resulted in a payment. In England, the number of X-rays taken in 2003/04 averaged 53.2 per 100 “courses of treatment”. Since 2006, however, NHS dentists in England have not received payments for individual X-rays, but only for completed courses of treatment. Preliminary results for 2007/08 show that the number of X-rays taken by dentists in England has decreased to 31.5 per 100 courses of treatment. In Scotland, by contrast, where the traditional method of payment for dentists continues, there has been no equivalent reduction.</em><br /></p></blockquote>Margaret McCarthy<br />Financial Times 11 April 2009<br /><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3f161fde-230e-11de-9c99-00144feabdc0.html" target="top">link</a><br /><a class="bodystrong" href="http://blogs.ft.com/mccartney/" target="_blank">blogs.ft.com/mccartney</a> </div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-64595267745248332892009-04-03T22:27:00.001+01:002009-04-03T22:27:55.717+01:00Screening for occult cancer in idiopathic DVT?<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LOg8FgeNcMzM0WF8YqHJCm_6iDv88SGIPwOlsGMfcg725QF4XIXBVS-tvnT-K5nKqdXPOqE1JJOleshA6-BFntbJkOYrj4IOjGcbHhsCnvxjXVCpIVIGdA-VrIxoa1AAACJ4zw/s320/03042009569.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 158px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320577828968279538" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja0mcLXRQCA6nNaas8r6_xwN_2UmOKKgJ6sOUtGEJOV29JqPKbBQGTfKU83ShXe1Y859VMFxh0d5lhf9M95sEQIfora-mgz98FSLK35SwvKDZoMNW8WsmIL_XY8Nl_H6_ifCYrFw/s1600-h/03042009568.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja0mcLXRQCA6nNaas8r6_xwN_2UmOKKgJ6sOUtGEJOV29JqPKbBQGTfKU83ShXe1Y859VMFxh0d5lhf9M95sEQIfora-mgz98FSLK35SwvKDZoMNW8WsmIL_XY8Nl_H6_ifCYrFw/s320/03042009568.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320578033132066370" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">From:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Should patients with venous thrombosis have cancer screening?</span></div><div>RK Patel</div><div>Thrombus, 2009 Apr. Volume 13, Number 1.</div><div><a href="http://www.thrombus.co.uk/thrombus/View_article.asp?AID=1988" target="top">http://www.thrombus.co.uk/thrombus/View_article.asp?AID=1988</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Other Refs:</span></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Venous Thromboembolism and Occult Malignancy: Simultaneous Detection During Pulmonary CT Angiography with CT Venography<br /></span>Bierry et al. Am. J. Roentgenol 2008; 191: 885-889<br />DOI:10.2214/AJR.07.3516<br /><a href="http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/191/3/885" target="top">http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/191/3/885</a><br /><br />Occult malignancy in patients with venous thromboembolism: risk indicators and a...<br />Oktar et al. Phlebology.2007; 22: 75-79<br /><a href="http://phleb.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/2/75" target="top">http://phleb.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/2/75</a><br /><br />Screening for occult cancer in patients with acute venous thromboembolism.<br />Monreal M, Trujillo-Santos J.<br />Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2007 Sep;13(5):368-71.<br /><br />[Occult cancer and venous thromboembolism: which screening in patients with inaugural deep vein thrombosis?]<br />Pathol Biol (Paris). 2008 Jun;56(4):205-10.<br />Lévesque H.[Article in French]<br /><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Recently completed trial:</span></div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Screening for Occult Malignancy in Idiopathic Venous Thromboembolism (Univeristy of Padova)</span><br /></div><div><a href="http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00361647" target="top">http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00361647</a></div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-78638761469013522082009-03-14T22:24:00.006+00:002009-03-19T23:04:25.002+00:00Twitter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NfXECs3Ce3kk-xS_K4f3P0wyXMGqjVuWGPT6YwezmjhOqGwBZ9bjar0Bf_-_CvTjnFVecs3eI_Awkcyw_d0CjptWkmS6XPoS4GttUVodVeKdf6j-OvU-FNPgh3zxojEhxEXh/s1600-h/tour_1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 121px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NfXECs3Ce3kk-xS_K4f3P0wyXMGqjVuWGPT6YwezmjhOqGwBZ9bjar0Bf_-_CvTjnFVecs3eI_Awkcyw_d0CjptWkmS6XPoS4GttUVodVeKdf6j-OvU-FNPgh3zxojEhxEXh/s400/tour_1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313176199359619666" border="0" /></a>MidEssexRay is now tweeting at<a href="http://twitter.com/midessexray" target="top"> http://twitter.com/midessexray</a> .<br />My tweets are on the top of this blog.<br /><br />Other radiology tweets include<br /><a href="http://twitter.com/scanman" target="top">http://twitter.com/scanman</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/radrounds" target="top">http://twitter.com/radrounds</a><br /><br />There are discussions about twitter in medicine <a href="http://www.healthline.com/blogs/medical_devices/2008/05/eavesdrop-on-doctors-and-medical.html">here</a> and <a href="http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk/twitter-a-medical-student%E2%80%99s-best-friend/" target="top">here</a> , and here is a link to a <a href="http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk/twitter-doctors-medical-students-and-medicine-related/" target="top">list of medical tweets</a>.Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-66957337371004038532009-03-14T11:44:00.004+00:002009-03-14T11:55:17.625+00:00More on Speech Recognition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMhcRviO4pCLoczXla95zyi1ug79RxcP2xAdeVGQVMBg_PNaowuW0i75T6i0u-xpcGcWHaZSbSCG7XO_79Na3XTL_tu1CEJuill35KNhyOQ3RO6mC04WMcH7odEKxlc9NDO9l/s1600-h/RobotSculptures-Bailey97.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMhcRviO4pCLoczXla95zyi1ug79RxcP2xAdeVGQVMBg_PNaowuW0i75T6i0u-xpcGcWHaZSbSCG7XO_79Na3XTL_tu1CEJuill35KNhyOQ3RO6mC04WMcH7odEKxlc9NDO9l/s400/RobotSculptures-Bailey97.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313010147183907874" border="0" /></a><br />We've been using it for a while.<br />I like it but I'm the first to admit that there are problems, one of which is errors in transcription, aggravated by the fact that I'm not a very good proofreader.<br /><br />Here's an interesting post from Dr Dalai discussing recent publications in the literature.<br /><a href="http://doctordalai.blogspot.com/2009/02/speech-recognition-sucks-and-it-costs.html" target="top">Speech Recognition Sucks and it Costs More</a><br /><br />Picture of robot sculptures by Clayton Bailey from<br /><a href="http://www.c2i.ntu.edu.sg/AI+CI/Resources/AI_Artwork/RobotSculptures-Bailey97.html" target = "top">http://www.c2i.ntu.edu.sg/AI+CI/Resources/AI_Artwork/RobotSculptures-Bailey97.html</a>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-6728244215152225832009-02-26T07:23:00.003+00:002009-02-26T07:42:43.564+00:00www.academicproductivity.comI found this site while googling "online reference management software". It's a blog with lots of interesting articles, for those who are interested in such things.<br />Apart from periodic reviews on reference managers, other articles I liked were:<br /><a href="http://www.academicproductivity.com/2009/stop-powerpointing-and-start-outlining/" target="top">Stop Powerpointing and Start Outlining</a> in which the author points out the disadvantages of using powerpoint to plan your talk, and suggests n alternative method,<br />and a discussion of a post from Luis Ahn discussing the <a href="http://www.academicproductivity.com/2009/luis-von-ahn-on-doing-research-vs-writing-papers/" target="top">difference between research and publishing papers</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.academicproductivity.com/" target="top">http://www.academicproductivity.com/</a>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-33345684882345366862009-01-23T12:28:00.005+00:002009-01-23T12:38:59.650+00:00So does it matter if your workforce is unhappy?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAfOWGhPWjrpYxlqvkaCjYvZv2n6DNmVq2G7v1SGPCq4aCkRSYZM7cY3lDENAohpMCMmUozyusSuo1wPVI4O3NHOMA8WuDPQedT4SeK7yc0Gs8vqdIIexaynHWqUyXwCGfW2f/s1600-h/modern_times.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294466480422525250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 273px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAfOWGhPWjrpYxlqvkaCjYvZv2n6DNmVq2G7v1SGPCq4aCkRSYZM7cY3lDENAohpMCMmUozyusSuo1wPVI4O3NHOMA8WuDPQedT4SeK7yc0Gs8vqdIIexaynHWqUyXwCGfW2f/s400/modern_times.jpg" border="0" /></a> <blockquote><p align="justify">Almost one half of radiologists actively interpreting mammograms do not enjoy that part of their job. Reported enjoyment was not related to performance<br /></p></blockquote><div><strong>Radiologists' performance and their enjoyment of interpreting screening mammograms.</strong></div><div>Geller BM, Bowles EJ, Sohng HY, Brenner RJ, Miglioretti DL, Carney PA, Elmore JG.</div><em>AJR Am J Roentgenol</em>. 2009 Feb;192(2):361-9.<br /><a href="http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/2/361" target="top">Link</a><br /><div></div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-63010360746644096572009-01-09T12:50:00.004+00:002009-01-09T13:03:40.334+00:00Portable CT scanner<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4py1KJJV3UrmU-Z5GhiVtlMzWOqyinWtaqNCxhcvJdWsfsSkjukDQ2J3-8hzhyphenhyphenz56Y1LePKXH0b5_Q-Gxf9PIG9jNzgpUFuVq0GS3oioYD4R6ZFaZAMC7KOOicbGeo0YHEP2q/s1600-h/products_1c.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289275989209281282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 149px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4py1KJJV3UrmU-Z5GhiVtlMzWOqyinWtaqNCxhcvJdWsfsSkjukDQ2J3-8hzhyphenhyphenz56Y1LePKXH0b5_Q-Gxf9PIG9jNzgpUFuVq0GS3oioYD4R6ZFaZAMC7KOOicbGeo0YHEP2q/s320/products_1c.jpg" border="0" /></a>I came across this product on the internet: The <a href="http://www.neurologica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=69" target="top">CereTom 8-slice portable CT scanner</a>.<br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div>Radiographer ghholt has a picture of it on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghholt/2759136915/" target="top">Flickr</a> parked in a hospital corridor with the comment</div><div><blockquote>When I started CT Scanning 28 years ago I never thought I would ever be pushing a portable again. Now all the CT Tech's out there have something to look forward to...<br /></blockquote></div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-58482850737596359072008-12-06T18:42:00.004+00:002008-12-06T19:08:22.016+00:00"Seeing real people"A study presented at the RSNA suggests that the performance of radiologists is improved when they have a picture of the patient whose examination is being reported. <div>Hmm...</div><div><br /></div><div>Source:</div><div><a href="http://placebojournal.blogspot.com/2008/12/ridiculous-study-of-month-seeing-real.html" target="top"> The Placebo Journal blog</a></div><div><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122818754370771549.html?mod=article-outset-box%20" target="top">Wall Street Journal</a></div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-78979813236667186702008-11-07T23:22:00.006+00:002008-11-08T12:25:55.256+00:00BoneXpert: automated bone age determination<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXYaV4cRJ7REBZeo2J9SHWogc0YSly1yZwLQxJAEZR1ri6unmYAnTjxwbnNGEBp8D83sTTO6y6ZvjJBXoIICR685NEcyRD5ZyuK7QMLSGJAUyBWftwMpZNPpLEMx6mc53MT5C/s1600-h/Clipboard.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266071249914594274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXYaV4cRJ7REBZeo2J9SHWogc0YSly1yZwLQxJAEZR1ri6unmYAnTjxwbnNGEBp8D83sTTO6y6ZvjJBXoIICR685NEcyRD5ZyuK7QMLSGJAUyBWftwMpZNPpLEMx6mc53MT5C/s320/Clipboard.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.bonexpert.com/" target="top">BoneXpert</a> is a software product that computes bone age automatically based using the Greulich-Pyle and the Tanner-Whitehouse systems. It is installed on a PC and can be set up as a "PACS listener" so that the radiographer can send the hand x-ray (as a DICOM file) from PACS to the BoneXpert PC, where the analysis is carried out automatically in 10 seconds. The images then appear on the BoneXpert PC with the patient details and the name of the referring physician. <div><br /></div><div>I haven't tried it myself, but the program can be downloaded from the website. The first five analyses are free. Thereafter, licensing thereafter is on a fee-per-analysis basis, currently 5 Euro per image, with discounts for developing countries. BoneXpert "conforms to the European Community Directive for Medical Devices EC 1993/42, as indicated by the CE mark".<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The website also has a list of publications which have been accepted in peer-reviwed journals which suggest that the product has been validated , based on the Greulich-Pyle atlas.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sounds interesting, and possibly even cost-effective.</div><div><div></div></div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-65421314064057698452008-11-01T11:42:00.004+00:002008-11-01T11:55:47.442+00:00Socioeconomic Status Most Important Factor in NHL Survival<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPKThE-2gl4JUpJO_U5wA672Rc5LiekDBEvbObmNv5Ymq4r-CZDGOIoQdFYz2fn3PvTShssrn-FHTRFdIQsnNt_3f1ydd2u4mh2PVAEIhNrrpz-q4xF4Ye-VKOyIxWRRkSie2/s1600-h/MaeWest.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPKThE-2gl4JUpJO_U5wA672Rc5LiekDBEvbObmNv5Ymq4r-CZDGOIoQdFYz2fn3PvTShssrn-FHTRFdIQsnNt_3f1ydd2u4mh2PVAEIhNrrpz-q4xF4Ye-VKOyIxWRRkSie2/s320/MaeWest.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263656005357639426" /></a><blockquote>I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better.</blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Mae West</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Low socioeconomic status is significantly associated with a higher risk for mortality among elderly patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Low socioeconomic status is significantly associated with a higher risk for mortality among elderly patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). </div><div><br /></div><div>Article in <a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/582457?src=mp&spon=35&uac=71681DJ" target="top">Medscape</a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Ref:</span><br /></div><div><div>Wang M, Burau KD, Fang S, Wang H, Du XL.<br /></div><div>Ethnic variations in diagnosis, treatment, socioeconomic status, and survival in a large population-based cohort of elderly patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.<br /></div><div>Cancer. 2008 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print]</div><div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Also:</span></div><div>Bray C, Morrison DS, McKay P.</div><div>Socio-economic deprivation and survival of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Scotland.<br /></div><div>Leuk Lymphoma. 2008 May;49(5):917-23.</div></div></div><div><br /></div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-73667481335204740992008-10-24T12:21:00.004+01:002008-10-24T12:27:57.867+01:00X-rays generated from sticky tape<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarp1YPhVLhyepF5EpsojJxP3m-pBRK0PXWGb8vzESudhx4vx3Wc1DyU-iDoKtbz7gV0dozpWm0D47SWc_V8zqHi9I63CIPkTgxPSjJbR3rCKAvKVMR4exBdZuBOd-K9E1BNd6/s1600-h/news.2008.1185-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260680555413749970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarp1YPhVLhyepF5EpsojJxP3m-pBRK0PXWGb8vzESudhx4vx3Wc1DyU-iDoKtbz7gV0dozpWm0D47SWc_V8zqHi9I63CIPkTgxPSjJbR3rCKAvKVMR4exBdZuBOd-K9E1BNd6/s320/news.2008.1185-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Researchers at UCLA have found that peeling sticky tape in a vacuum generated sufficient x-rays to obtain a radiograph of a finger.<br /><em>ref:</em> Camara, C. G., Escobar, J. V., Hird, J. R. & Putterman, S. J. <em>Nature</em> <strong>455</strong>, 1089–1092 (2008).<br /><strong>Nature News</strong> Published online 22 October 2008 doi:10.1038/news.2008.1185<br /><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081022/full/news.2008.1185.html" target="top">Read more...</a><br /><br />(Thanks to <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/22/xrays-made-from-scot.html" target="top">BoingBoing</a>) </div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-91053776777156431882008-10-24T10:41:00.003+01:002008-10-24T10:57:52.791+01:00Piero della Francesca and multiplanar recons<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0poVKeaHY7Itz7WjkLpxXKP8V1N9Iw6CXdBx1xJjrIMYA0Df-1CoG6e0jUt5vWOJQRz5HpmilH88-xB-tKH_7p7Sve26a3xSJEf_1tqxDm-EwIvXTls4xYjkmt8uQwABCV2E/s1600-h/piero.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260653549696561458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 248px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0poVKeaHY7Itz7WjkLpxXKP8V1N9Iw6CXdBx1xJjrIMYA0Df-1CoG6e0jUt5vWOJQRz5HpmilH88-xB-tKH_7p7Sve26a3xSJEf_1tqxDm-EwIvXTls4xYjkmt8uQwABCV2E/s400/piero.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">From Piero della Francesca's, De prospectiva pingendi, Book 3, figure lxiv. Casa Editrice Le Lettere</span> </div><blockquote><p align="justify">The brain continues to be represented using projections first devised in Renaissance Italy to illustrate the head; and for the neuroscientist 600 years later, Piero's little known illustrations provide a remarkable legacy of graphic representation that endures to this day </p><br />GD Schott<br />Perspectives, The art of medicine: Piero della Francesca's projections and neuroimaging today<br />The Lancet 2008; 372:1378-1379<br />DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61576-7<br /><a href="http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608615767/fulltext" target="top">http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608615767/fulltext</a><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p></p></blockquote>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-46149284358021452892008-10-17T14:02:00.007+01:002008-10-17T14:25:39.616+01:00Auctioning Radiology Services<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46OQ_RFfjlq1C0ZWT_mKW0lWy_5AuoAZGpFqaWKN7AsKybGhaQUQ-p82AIG_KsAkBOEKY8dBtzHJsrpGT2ilb-Tpa7chyphenhyphenox1AvjeizT8ekadYHqtb9LChn3o-jLqTRUYWFMmr/s1600-h/Slave_Auction.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46OQ_RFfjlq1C0ZWT_mKW0lWy_5AuoAZGpFqaWKN7AsKybGhaQUQ-p82AIG_KsAkBOEKY8dBtzHJsrpGT2ilb-Tpa7chyphenhyphenox1AvjeizT8ekadYHqtb9LChn3o-jLqTRUYWFMmr/s400/Slave_Auction.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258108879645155346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-L%C3%A9on_G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me" target="top">Jean-Léon Gérôme</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Slave Auction</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (c1884)</span></div><div><blockquote>A new firm called Telerays has developed a novel Web-based auction approach to teleradiology services that calls for readings to be awarded to the lowest bidder. The company is currently recruiting radiologists to sign up to provide readings and is marketing its services to hospitals and imaging centers.</blockquote>Read more in <a href="http://www.auntminnie.com/redirect/redirect.asp?ItemID=82823&wf=1236" target="top">Aunt Minnie</a></div><div>I find this a bit disturbing, although I haven't exactly figured out why.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-85983373468991497312008-09-19T09:30:00.017+01:002008-09-19T10:46:18.164+01:00A couple of useful online utilities<p align="justify"></p><br /><br /><a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3ADE%3AI%3A5%7CG%3AHO%3AE%3A1&page_number=38&template_id=1&sort_order=1" target = "top"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247660220750935442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaVooqIq-NTI-1CTugH_ceUXS2J0a8W96DvV6ABjFORCOT5JVzLlobRBp2FGfQ2O4JY0asIAkHgZLx8e5Thoz4t17nHIxh0fTQGH6Fp7KCortmO3vmHVlAOTFS59Gj_xaAupQ/s400/klutsis.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3ADE%3AI%3A5%7CG%3AHO%3AE%3A1&page_number=38&template_id=1&sort_order=1" target = "top">Gustav Klutsis. (Latvian, 1895-1944). Maquette for Radio-Announcer.</a> 1922. Painted cardboard, paper, wood, thread, and metal brads, 45 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 14 1/2" (106.1 x 36.8 x 36.8 cm). Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection Fund. Museum of Modern Art, New York. </span><a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="top"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">http://www.moma.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><br /><div align="justify">I recently discovered a usfeul online utility (free of course) called slideshare (<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/" target="top">http://www.slideshare.net/</a>), where you can post you powerpoints online. It feels a bit like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/" target="top">YouTube</a>, except that it has slideshows rather than videos.</div><br />I gave a talk this morning to our surgeons about "Personalising your Internet" by using Web 2.0 applications like <a href="http://www.google.com/ig" target="top">iGoogle</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/reader" target="top">Google Reader</a>, <a href="http://docs.google.com/" target="top">Google Docs</a>, <a href="http://www.citeulike.org/" target="top">CiteuLike</a>, and so on, which I have posted on Slideshare. (<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/dr_lee_xray/personalising-your-internet-v2-presentation/" target="top">Link</a>)<br /><br />Another site I have been playing with is Survey Pro (<a href="http://www.esurveyspro.com/" target="top">http://www.esurveyspro.com/</a>), which allows you to set up online surveys. There are free and paid versions. It's easy to use, and worth looking at if you ever want to conduct an online survey. <p></p>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-87025225216719833312008-09-09T11:07:00.011+01:002008-09-11T23:50:17.911+01:00Digital rectal examination in primary care not that accurate?<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit67MKufoT_9ZnBhOX_QBiD9vA5pOvA67fEBcmoIE-IydMiFDlGSo-f-pGmKqmplfme9I4Plo8TLgq-kaKMKUj47-tTna0i8kuD8ktuHno87NeqbcYM02ARLh3wRQCtwU_TYcd/s1600-h/img%5B1%5D.888durer+hands035.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243962026074932898" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit67MKufoT_9ZnBhOX_QBiD9vA5pOvA67fEBcmoIE-IydMiFDlGSo-f-pGmKqmplfme9I4Plo8TLgq-kaKMKUj47-tTna0i8kuD8ktuHno87NeqbcYM02ARLh3wRQCtwU_TYcd/s320/img%5B1%5D.888durer+hands035.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Albrecht Durer <span style="font-style: italic;">Hand</span> (21 May 1471)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://astrodreamer.squarespace.com/blog/2008/6/19/miles-davis-irving-penn-durer-emerson.html">http://astrodreamer.squarespace.com/blog/2008/6/19/miles-davis-irving-penn-durer-emerson.html</a></span><br /></div><div align="center"><br /><div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I found this a bit surprising:<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">1069 patients were referred to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire to the 14-day urgent colorectal cancer referral service. Of these, 108 patients were referred as having a 'palpable rectal tumour'. Only 32 of the 108 were found to have a rectal lesion on examination in the hospital. Ten tumours were missed by GPs' DREs.</div></blockquote><div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>The diagnostic value of digital rectal examination in primary care for palpable rectal tumour</strong><br />C. W. Ang, R. Dawson, C. Hall and M. Farmer<strong><em> Colorectal Disease</em></strong><br />Published Online: 14 Sep 2007<br />DOI 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01381<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120125657/abstract">http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120125657/abstract</a><br /></div><div> </div></div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-38092177479408270202008-08-15T11:51:00.004+01:002008-08-15T12:07:50.003+01:00New accessory for PACS workstation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFpyAJfxz3iq9dajq4vUetVVX7TLVTrTEvGThFTQaO-gFqs_IZ04auS69shVOqi0H7PFnO9GEF-6ZvHTOTKdA9Ib5DeaUNbHufXrAUD3b0-gCPitfy4s7Z7umdpQamb8gtBWz/s1600-h/pc60toaster4full.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234697288116068098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFpyAJfxz3iq9dajq4vUetVVX7TLVTrTEvGThFTQaO-gFqs_IZ04auS69shVOqi0H7PFnO9GEF-6ZvHTOTKdA9Ib5DeaUNbHufXrAUD3b0-gCPitfy4s7Z7umdpQamb8gtBWz/s320/pc60toaster4full.jpg" border="0" /></a> Just back after 4 weeks away on an Art History summer school at the <a href="http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/publicprogrammes/adulttalks.shtml" target="top">Courtauld Institute</a>. It's been quite busy at work, and I've not had much time for lunch on some days. I've just learnt of a device that it might be possible to have installed in our PACS workstations that may come in useful at times like this: a <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/14/toaster-for-your-pc.html" target="top">PC toaster</a>.<br /><div></div><br /><div>When I looked today it was only 29 US dollars from <a href="http://www.crazypc.com/other/misc/toast.htm" target="top">this site</a>.</div><br /><div></div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-75106205030860017402008-07-15T01:48:00.001+01:002008-07-15T01:48:00.370+01:00Check out this reporting station<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMUnqHHy_v9JXHALM_Qq2Eh96PbOX-KtzG1rI3MCQsf1s1i_g_VD9vG-1PjUR-B1aAmcn5NXCeqSnvR9v3eUm7cEnFx3rLpE-6slGlK5vTCD49b2HP-fZlpl8DsL9LCWlfZTJ/s1600-h/aura1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMUnqHHy_v9JXHALM_Qq2Eh96PbOX-KtzG1rI3MCQsf1s1i_g_VD9vG-1PjUR-B1aAmcn5NXCeqSnvR9v3eUm7cEnFx3rLpE-6slGlK5vTCD49b2HP-fZlpl8DsL9LCWlfZTJ/s400/aura1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221924456445535714" border="0" /></a><br />This is the "Aura" from <a href="http://www.poetictech.com/" target="top">Poetic Technologies</a>. Here's a <a href="http://news.cnet.com/crave/?hhTest=1&keyword=Aura" target="top">review</a>. What more could one ask for in a reporting station?Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-37789982916678170772008-07-11T01:02:00.006+01:002008-07-11T11:09:48.224+01:00whichinterventionaldevice.com<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2jw9Qm495dQ4UvT_aHbo-YO-w2Dd-_D-dv0yFRxiAh4FLBbfUkon_tl-MDSHrRAhma7madTVWmyA5SY44PnMz_vq7pv2ceeNdRnQTHZWaHV0u7Xv3FA3ppR1h5gsWEESdUkl/s1600-h/4dragon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221695110818618610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2jw9Qm495dQ4UvT_aHbo-YO-w2Dd-_D-dv0yFRxiAh4FLBbfUkon_tl-MDSHrRAhma7madTVWmyA5SY44PnMz_vq7pv2ceeNdRnQTHZWaHV0u7Xv3FA3ppR1h5gsWEESdUkl/s400/4dragon.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong>Vittorio Carpaccio</strong> <em><br />St George and the Dragon</em> (1502) Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, Venice from the </span><a href="http://www.wga.hu/" target="top"><span style="font-size:78%;">Web Gallery of Art </span></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.whichinterventionaldevice.com/" target="top">'Which Interventional Device'</a> is a community-based website, run by interventional radiologist Philip Haslam, providing information on interventional devices with reviews from actual users.<br /><br />This is fantastic! I've been looking for something like this for ages, and it is likely to be incredibly useful, as it can be difficult getting information about these products from people not employed by the vendors.<br /><br />In addition to information about interventional devices, there is a training section with instructional videos of interventional procedures, and a global interventional forum for discussing cases. They are expanding into imaging equipment as well, and the site has a review of the Zonare ultrasound system. Coming up next year, from the same team, is <a href="http://whichmedicaldevice.com/" target="top">'Which Medical Device'</a>. </div></div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-84869611235358907472008-07-11T00:11:00.006+01:002008-07-11T00:49:59.632+01:00Different technical approaches to high-end CT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLOz9ptcP7IcE39vSafY6bgLhEJr8UeHUtxoqOElrQaclmKrZwwAPbdjh2UEPoh74ucVnWOSpmsIIcxQpd8MZQjSHQcQad49-jmvwJmAuvA-EkWNzzWHDVeHti7ILFgsJ_f9r/s1600-h/M05-TatlinMonument3int.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLOz9ptcP7IcE39vSafY6bgLhEJr8UeHUtxoqOElrQaclmKrZwwAPbdjh2UEPoh74ucVnWOSpmsIIcxQpd8MZQjSHQcQad49-jmvwJmAuvA-EkWNzzWHDVeHti7ILFgsJ_f9r/s400/M05-TatlinMonument3int.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221531884369439554" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Vladimir Tatlin <span style="font-style: italic;">Model of the Monument to the Third International</span> (1920) from <a href="http://www.essential-architecture.com/STYLE/STY-M05.htm" target="top">Essential Architecture</a><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A few years ago, when I was trying to decide which 4-slice CT scanner to buy, the author of a famous CT textbook, whom I met at a conference, told me "They're all the same. Just choose the one who gives you the best deal".<br /><br />Things are not so simple anymore. The various manufacturers have adopted quite different appoaches to high-end CT. Here's a nice article in Aunt Minnie, based on a talk by Matthias Prokop:<br /></div><a href="http://www.auntminnie.com/index.asp?Sec=sup&Sub=car&Pag=dis&ItemId=81632" target="top">Fourth-generation MDCT scanners do cardiac differently</a>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-37723269645075126902008-07-10T11:24:00.004+01:002008-07-10T11:42:02.940+01:00Localisation of contraceptive implants<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofW4NXhT6vW_xvl7WqFwIHQpdld1Ah5VGlNmgTkiRivvwpy_wA2UGKgdf0gRxfqfnhU7kEaqCNLU_O3A2idNUrdSjgWd1Yi0JPzlkLF6iUwZJpakCNack_pSrh4B7Uc97fIPC/s1600-h/1915_3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221329482975680386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofW4NXhT6vW_xvl7WqFwIHQpdld1Ah5VGlNmgTkiRivvwpy_wA2UGKgdf0gRxfqfnhU7kEaqCNLU_O3A2idNUrdSjgWd1Yi0JPzlkLF6iUwZJpakCNack_pSrh4B7Uc97fIPC/s400/1915_3.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Briton Riviere, Androcles and the Lion (1908) </span><a href="http://www.aucklandartgallery.govt.nz/" target="blank"><span style="font-size:78%;">Auckland Art Gallery</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><br /></div><div align="justify">I've been asked on a couple of occasions to localise a contraceptive implant that the referring doctors wanted to remove and had difficulty locating. I found this a bit difficult until I looked on google and found that the manufacturers had full and detailed instructions online. Here's one: <a title="http://www.implanonlocalization.com" href="http://www.implanonlocalization.com/" target="_blank">http://www.implanonlocalization.com/</a> , with a comprehensive 18-page pdf manual, plus a couple of videos thrown in for good measure. It's obviously a bit of a problem if they've gone to all this effort. Ultrasound is the imaging method of choice. If this fails, they recommend MRI. I've not had to resort to MRI.<br /></span></div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-14671009757859200112008-07-07T07:00:00.003+01:002008-07-09T13:11:58.815+01:00CT for detecting post oesphagectomy leak<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUa3sbuix7x_seLOutIfY0BnH1hGzorT6BFZcIlpaBFT5VGKIt7wCkxtPuTqD5vqe8MHEuaifQ9zT3-EBpsm2fR9FErWb55FJUhqwZ7JaZsyCGrr9VTdx3b4Ewgr7zzhwQpDsJ/s1600-h/TW0947_9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219520742344250210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUa3sbuix7x_seLOutIfY0BnH1hGzorT6BFZcIlpaBFT5VGKIt7wCkxtPuTqD5vqe8MHEuaifQ9zT3-EBpsm2fR9FErWb55FJUhqwZ7JaZsyCGrr9VTdx3b4Ewgr7zzhwQpDsJ/s400/TW0947_9.jpg" border="0" /></a><span class="work_title"> <span style="font-size:85%;">Joseph Mallord William Turner <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Seascape with a Squall Coming Up</span> </span></span><span class="work_title" style="font-size:78%;">© Tokyo Fuji Art Museum</span><br /></div><br />The authors of this study found that <blockquote>CT was better tolerated and more sensitive but less specific than fluoroscopy for detecting occult anastomotic leak.</blockquote><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Radiological detection of post-oesophagectomy anastomotic leak a comparison between multidetector CT and fluoroscopy</span><br />by: S Upponi, A Ganeshan, H Dcosta, M Betts, N Maynard, H Bungay, A Slater<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">British Journal of Radiology</span>, Vol. 81, No. 967. (July 2008), pp. 545-548.<br /><a href="http://bjr.birjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/81/967/545" target="top">Link</a>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-33758933498173093442008-07-06T07:00:00.002+01:002008-07-06T07:00:00.976+01:00Medworm RSS filter engine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBSTUQjA8C__50-_OKdLcnCEhfC3rOAtPHmyKWUUA0RW1wH6rDCPL4kzb6bX3iqS_WCv-3Hg2mQVwMYP7hQzBTKsXpVcPsOTN1ABqT8qg9xMcNqeZmzob5ZB8OFenRVvpN2yQ/s1600-h/medworm1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBSTUQjA8C__50-_OKdLcnCEhfC3rOAtPHmyKWUUA0RW1wH6rDCPL4kzb6bX3iqS_WCv-3Hg2mQVwMYP7hQzBTKsXpVcPsOTN1ABqT8qg9xMcNqeZmzob5ZB8OFenRVvpN2yQ/s320/medworm1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219513603970454818" border="0"></a><br />Looking for an RSS feed for a journal? Can't find it on their website? You could try googling it, or you could look in <a href="http://www.medworm.com/" target="top">Medworm</a>. I was looking for an RSS feed for Clinical Radiology and found it through Medworm. They didn't have one for the British Journal of Radiology, though, and I couldn't find it on the BIR site either, but located it via Google.<br /><br />As an aside, I used to use <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/ig" target="top">iGoogle</a> as a means of getting RSS feeds, but have since switched to <a href="http://www.google.com/reader/" target="top">Google reader</a>. On iGoogle, a maximum of 9 items are displayed, which is not sufficient for all the articles in one issue of a journal. I also find Google reader easier to organise. I'm sure there are lots of other feed readers out there, but I seem to do most things through Google, and the reader works fine for me, so I haven't bothered to try any of the others.Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-34845576901002471222008-07-05T09:21:00.011+01:002008-07-05T12:53:27.151+01:00The National Health Service is 60 years old today<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYrdTn6ysD8r6AQfeJJTp2rbwRTag9V269VubPfQxg7nMSVeyM2EdBtfm4Io53WOEUCXLFhI0R-T1-9vnCSOUIcNDuse48X3L6qnDw6xxkZ5afPx7gxoOjQchlAQWSe3nymiNk/s1600-h/coverpic7660.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219444157202545634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYrdTn6ysD8r6AQfeJJTp2rbwRTag9V269VubPfQxg7nMSVeyM2EdBtfm4Io53WOEUCXLFhI0R-T1-9vnCSOUIcNDuse48X3L6qnDw6xxkZ5afPx7gxoOjQchlAQWSe3nymiNk/s400/coverpic7660.gif" border="0" /><br /></div></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYrdTn6ysD8r6AQfeJJTp2rbwRTag9V269VubPfQxg7nMSVeyM2EdBtfm4Io53WOEUCXLFhI0R-T1-9vnCSOUIcNDuse48X3L6qnDw6xxkZ5afPx7gxoOjQchlAQWSe3nymiNk/s1600-h/coverpic7660.gif"><div align="center"></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Illustration from the cover of </em></span><a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/vol337/issue7660/index.dtl" target="top"><span style="font-size:85%;">todays BMJ</span></a></div><br /><p><br />The British National Health Service started on 5 July 1948, 60 years ago today.<br />The online Guardian has an interesting <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/nhs60" target="top">page</a> to mark this event, with lots of articles and features, and I recently posted a 1948 public information film explaning the new service, as well as a clip from Michael Moore's film <em>Sicko</em>, which you can see <a href="http://pengrad.blogspot.com/2008/06/centrally-funded-health-service-free-at.html" target="top">here</a>.Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-24782742958131710892008-07-04T22:22:00.012+01:002008-07-05T01:11:13.852+01:00Reducing unnecessary MRI and CT scans could cut wait times: study<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHBJWoliTpYQu-RN6Y4fQBsVUL0_0jx2MHKFyfTo9yorSV_zllNRO92LrGhd_YP3Jo0NrvZSzilDg3YP76lHTR5i6sJ68a_cmXSGYX5p8Yb7yqiL4KuvU15DGGWleG4_nxDY2/s1600-h/image.php.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHBJWoliTpYQu-RN6Y4fQBsVUL0_0jx2MHKFyfTo9yorSV_zllNRO92LrGhd_YP3Jo0NrvZSzilDg3YP76lHTR5i6sJ68a_cmXSGYX5p8Yb7yqiL4KuvU15DGGWleG4_nxDY2/s400/image.php.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219284070450820146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pietro Longhi</span>. The Pharmacist. <span style="font-style: italic;">Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>Wait times for MRI and CT scans in Ontario - and probably elsewhere in Canada - could be reduced by cutting back on unnecessary scans ordered by doctors, a new study suggests.<br />"I think all of Canada is experiencing challenges with wait times. And I guess our message would be if you can cut down the inappropriate use, then you can actually improve access for the people who actually will benefit," lead author Dr. John You said.<br /></blockquote>The title of this post is taken from an article in the website of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Radiologists might smile wearily, but I guess it's intended for the general public who may not be aware of what we all take for granted. In fact, there are some interesting findings about variations in imaging utilisation and the diagnostic yield of various common investigations. The authors of the study suggest that:<br /><blockquote> The province should develop a web-based ordering system that would capture, in real time, the reasons why imaging tests are ordered and test results. Such a system would make it easier to audit the appropriateness of ordering patterns.</blockquote>Read more <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/cp/health/080626/x062611A.html" target="top">here</a>.<br /><br />The study is said to have been published in the June issue of the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal but I couldn't find it in the <a href="http://www.carj.ca/index-e.html" target="top">table of contents</a>. Perhaps they meant July.</div>Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205322.post-16264003448312348332008-07-03T01:46:00.007+01:002008-07-03T23:15:44.655+01:00Surf the web, send emails, view CT scans and more on your ultrasound scanner<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrT7zzzzUuaERFBoI2IZsB-G3h77Dry_ca0eeXxtzabwhzJSiiBPBhAaF2EEFdNQJOeyFzg0zbfb9C91FgwXjqrOc9fTo6AB4KD75NfQIS6upoYpdKAGmmCOyD1PtdR-TAhp5r/s1600-h/AboutHeader.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxb8bLVaOeXLNiOE07K-bQf-bXWCkrAqAOSfdiW99y9jxY_Q1rPazEHD06gLTlxYVXCpbf8QxZmGAg14e1GVu8Y-UlBblN5o8hDlhKxtrTXKxcJQ0LmSAnqjcdYrXeSGcFs2kU/s1600-h/LogoSmall.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218587634514418418" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxb8bLVaOeXLNiOE07K-bQf-bXWCkrAqAOSfdiW99y9jxY_Q1rPazEHD06gLTlxYVXCpbf8QxZmGAg14e1GVu8Y-UlBblN5o8hDlhKxtrTXKxcJQ0LmSAnqjcdYrXeSGcFs2kU/s320/LogoSmall.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4l_XEcAhANcsvOfWOxaznFcqRx-mw6vOCZkI7FkMWuDSxzyWqTNWfYPAXEoZOqm9bXvqUN5QLt6yIhOA1uuVKQJGvyUyWeoslJ1N4-c78a3DgCTWJE_hGEzXnLEfRBntbQ9Q/s1600-h/siemens-ultrasound-macbook.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218582811473887394" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4l_XEcAhANcsvOfWOxaznFcqRx-mw6vOCZkI7FkMWuDSxzyWqTNWfYPAXEoZOqm9bXvqUN5QLt6yIhOA1uuVKQJGvyUyWeoslJ1N4-c78a3DgCTWJE_hGEzXnLEfRBntbQ9Q/s320/siemens-ultrasound-macbook.jpg" border="0" /></a> The <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.siemens.co.uk/p50" target="top">Siemens Acuson P50</a> ultrasound scanner is powered by an Apple MacBook Pro , Apple MacBook laptop with 2 GB RAM, a 160 GB hard disk and a 2.0GHz Intel Dual-Core Pentium M processor. It's intended for cardiac and vascular applications.<br /><br />Apparently they've <a href="http://www.medical.siemens.com/siemens/en_GB/rg_marcom_FBAs/files/Press_Releases/UK/2008_PDF/P50_Royal_London_23_June.pdf" target="top">placed an order at the Royal London</a>.<br /><br />It can be connected to the internet and function as a normal Mac laptop, and I guess you could install <a href="http://www.osirix-viewer.com/" target="top">Osirix </a>on it and use it as a DICOM workstation.Peng Hui Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250907076769945977noreply@blogger.com0