The Scientific Board of the California Medical Association presents the following inventory of items of progress in nuclear medicine. Each item, in the judgment of a panel of knowledgeable physicians, has recently become reasonably firmly established, both as to scientific fact and important clinical significance. The items are presented in ...

This study investigated the correlation between a physical measure of oral-nasal coupling and perceived hypernasality in speech. A modified accelerometric method was utilized to extract distributional characteristics of a ratio of the nasal accelerometric amplitude to the voice amplitude during simulated hypernasal reading by 11 female talkers. Perceived hypernasality scores ...

During a search through the nuclear medicine literature, it was noticed that there was an increase in the number of journals publishing articles related to nuclear medicine as well as a change in the direction of nuclear medicine articles, moving away from morphology alone to a combination at morphology and ...

At the Université de Montréal, a four-week rotation in radiology is part of the core curriculum for students in their fifth and final year of medicine. The objective of this undergraduate radiology clerkship is to prepare the future physician to use efficiently the resources of radiology and nuclear medicine in ...

Physical parameters that control detectability of low contrast lesions by current Nuclear Medicine imaging instruments are presented. The findings were derived from statistical analysis of data collected over a period of 6 yr by the Nuclear Medicine Resource Committee of the College of American Pathologists using the external Quality Control ...

Pursuant to the Decree of the Hungarian Cabinet Council on Legal Metrology 8/1976 (IV.27), MT measurements involving legal effect (e.g. measurements in nuclear medicine) can be made by verified measuring instruments only. This paper outlines the method and results of verification for 125I and 131I radionuclides by radionuclide calibrators used ...

Charged-particle accelerators are being utilized extensively for the production of several neutron-deficient radionuclides for use in the synthesis of radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic nuclear-medicine applications. The diversity of techniques being employed results in radionuclide preparations having significantly different radionuclidic composition. The choice of nuclear reaction, the knowledge of excitation functions, the ...

Physical therapists are becoming involved increasingly in malpractice actions. The number of such actions will likely increase as the profession moves towards specialized practice and practice without medical referral. This article is intended to clarify some of the major principles of negligence and malpractice law as they apply to physical ...

Throughout the short history of the development of radioactivity applied in the biomedical field, there have been many contributions made by engineers. With the advent of Nuclear Medicine as a well systematized specialty and its mushrooming in hospitals, the opportunities for biomedical engineers have increased. This article is written from ...

Joseph Skoda was born on 5 December 1805 in Pilsen, Bohemia, and studied medicine in Vienna, where he became professor of medicine in 1846. His clinical researches into cardiopulmonary disease at the Allgemeine Krankenhaus were complementary to the pathological anatomical studies carried out there by Karl von Rokitansky. Skoda had ...

Thirty-five investigators representing the fields of anatomy, anesthesiology, biophysics, chest medicine, nuclear medicine, pathology, physiology, radiology, and surgery met to discuss the current status and future direction of the measurement of extravascular lung water. This report was prepared by the co-organizers and reviewed by the four session chairmen.

A general view of nuclear medicine's present status and future trends in Europe is given. Nclear medicine procedures, radiopharmaceuticals, annual examinations, equipment, quality assurance, management, and number of installations of gamma cameras, and computer systems in Europe are considered. Market trends are given. The role of nuclear medicine computer systems, ...

Nuclear medicine offers well-established methods for regional lung function assessment in the preoperative evaluation of patients with lung disease. The perfusion study with Tc-99m macroaggregates is simple and can be performed without special precautions in radiation shielding. The ventilation study with Xe-133, however, requires more elaborate apparatus as well as ...

Some of the available cardiovascular nuclear medicine methods are incompletely validated, and others are incompletely developed. They are, however, of very great potential in diagnostic cardiology, and in patient management. A new era of clinical research and acute care monitoring has been opened by serial, noninvasive, hemodynamic measurements of right ...

The present study identifies and compares the effects of two types of motor practice on stuttering adaptation. The study was designed to determine if whispered reading practice affects stuttering adaptation, and if practice in reading aloud is superior to whispered reading in promoting adaptation. In a control condition, eight stutterers ...

Progress in the development of cardiovascular nuclear medicine can be accelerated by close cooperation between cardiologists and nuclear medicine physicians in the planning, performance and interpretation of diagnostic tracer studies. The special needs of patients with acute cardiovascular disorders often require supplementation of the hospital's central nuclear medical facility with ...

Not all who look at a journal are going to read even one of the articles in it. Writers must know, therefore, what turns a looker into a reader.

Providing insights into the functional state of the myocardium not available from other techniques, cardiovascular nuclear medicine is being applied more and more in coronary care units, where it makes possible frequent monitoring of function, and in exercise testing of outpatients. In addition, a nuclear "stethoscope" that generates a left ...

The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of physical-mental practice upon two age groups (65-79 and 80-100) in the acquisition and retention of a motor skill. The subjects (140) were randomly assigned to one of the following conditions: physical practice, one-half physical practice, physical-mental practice, or a ...

A mark sense IBM data card was designed specifically for the nuclear medicine department. The data card functions as a flow sheet with coded information added in sequence by secretary, technician, and physician. Statistical information, patient identification, quantitative results, physician interpretation, and discharge diagnosis can be easily coded and entered ...

Physical medicine and rehabilitation embrace a wide spectrum of activities in both the medical and surgical fields. Possibly more than any other physician, the physiatrist must participate in teamwork with paramedical personnel.Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation must be established in all university faculties of medicine to provide training at ...

The Council on Scientific Affairs of the California Medical Association presents the following epitomes of progress in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Each item, in the judgment of a panel of knowledgeable physicians, has recently become reasonably firmly established, both as to scientific fact and clinical importance. The items are presented ...

The Scientific Board of the California Medical Association presents the following inventory of items of progress in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Each item, in the judgment of a panel of knowledgeable physicians, has recently become reasonably firmly established, both as to scientific fact and important clinical significance. The items are ...

The American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) is an organisation of health care professionals working with people with cerebral palsy and in the area of developmental medicine. A library containing recommended reading lists for professionals is provided including books relating to physical therapy, physiotherapy, rehabilitation and occupational ...