Lack of standardization in gynecological ultrasonography

Rethinking well-child care: lack of standardization at the beginning.

Lack of Standardization in the Use of the Glasgow Coma Scale: Results of International Surveys.

The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was introduced 40 years ago and has received world-wide acceptance. The GCS rates eye, motor, and verbal responses to assess the level of consciousness. Concerns have been expressed with regard to reliability and consistency of assessments. We considered that lack of standardization in application techniques and reporting of the GCS may have contributed to these con...

Prescription Writing Errors of Midwifery Students in Common Gynecological problems

Background and aim: Giving improper prescriptions is common among medical practitioners, mostly graduates, in most communities even developed countries. So far, to our knowledge, no study has been conducted on prescription writing of graduate midwifery students. Therefore, this study aimed to detect prescription writing errors of midwifery students in common gynecological problems. Methods: In ...

Evaluation of deformable image registration in HDR gynecological brachytherapy

Introduction: In brachytherapy, as in external radiotherapy, image-guidance plays an important role. For GYN treatments it is standard to acquire at least CT images and preferably MR images prior to each treatment and to calculate the dose of the day on each set of images. Then, the dose to the target and to the organs at risk (OAR) is calculated with worst case scenario from I...

JPSearch: An answer to the lack of standardization in mobile image retrieval

The amount of imagery that is available via various content providers grows at a staggering rate. Contemporary handheld devices allow accessing these content providers anytime, anyplace. Moreover, using the build-in camera, one can easily contribute to these online image repositories. The present lack of consistency in how repositories are accessed for retrieval or syncing complicates inter-ope...