BACKGROUND Demographic changes are leading to an ageing population in Europe, and predict an increase in the number of nursing home residents over the next 30 years. Nursing home residents need specialised healthcare services such as radiology due to both chronic and acute illnesses. Mobile radiography, x-ray examinations performed in the nursing homes, may be a good way of providing services t...

The value of the x-ray film survey in tuberculosis case finding has been corroborated by many studies during the past 30 years. In numerous surveys emphasis has been placed on age, sex, race, occupation, economic status etc.; other studies have shown that there is a high yield of unsuspected active pulmonary tuberculosis in admissions to general hospitals. It is the purpose of this paper to dir...

background: although ionizing radiation is widely used to diagnose many diseases, the relevant hazards are known to be as an important limitation of its application. it is believed that the awareness of ionizing radiation dose values is one of the main stages in patient's radiation protection. the purpose of this study has been to investigate the level of physicians' knowledge about r...

background: computed tomography (ct) is main contributor of population dose from diagnostic x-ray examinations. children are more radiosensitive than adults, thus optimization of ct examination in these patients is essential. the purpose of this study was to evaluate dose delivered to pediatric patients’ undergoing ct examination of the common examinations and also establishing local diagnostic...

and obscure disease. The condition is hardly diagnosed during life. There are no pathognomonic symptoms or physical signs special to the diseased condition. Neither the laboratory investigations nor the x-ray examinations are of any substantial help for the diagnosis in the ?living state. Biopsy of hepatic tissues offers the best chance of diagnosis, but most of the patients are in such a poor ...

OBJECTIVES To assess knowledge and attitudes towards HIV and its testing among pregnant women and health professionals in Yunnan Province, south west China, to inform the introduction of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) programmes. METHODS The study design was a cross sectional survey using self completion questionnaires. It was carried out in 12 hospitals in four high prevalence areas...

 ABSTRACTBackground: Monte Carlo simulation has been used by many researchers to calculate organ and effective dose of patients arising from conventional X-ray examinations. In this study the radiation transport code, MCNP-4C, has been used to perform Monte Carlo simulations to estimate radiation dose delivered to different organs in conventional X-ray examinations.Material and Methods: In this...

Availability, ease of use, relative low cost, and minimal radiation exposure have made dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry the most widely used technique worldwide to obtain bone measurements for both research and clinical purposes in pediatric populations. However, errors related to growth and maturity significantly diminish the accuracy of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry bone measurements. Seve...