Mass Miniature Radiography of Civilians

Mass Miniature Radiography of Civilians for the Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

?n Britain and in the U.S.A. for detection of symptomless or latent pulmonary tuberculosis, but most of the work of this type was at first confined to the services. In 1941, in view of the increasing incidence ?f tuberculosis in war time, the Medical Research Council appointed a committee of enquiry, and next year this committee issued a report, one of its proposals being for the controlled use...

Mass Miniature Radiography: A Practical Handbook

Mass Miniature Radiography in Detection of Heart Disease.

Miniature Mass Radiography (A Plea for Its Adoption)

The mass miniature chest radiography programme in Cape Town, South Africa, 1948 - 1994: The impact of active tuberculosis case finding.

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) control programmes rely mainly on passive detection of symptomatic individuals. The resurgence of TB has rekindled interest in active case finding. Cape Town (South Africa) had a mass miniature radiography (MMR) screening programme from 1948 to 1994. OBJECTIVE To evaluate screening coverage, yield and secular trends in TB notifications during the MMR programme. ...