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{"title":"Another loss of radioactive material in Thailand highlights the need for effective risk communication","authors":"Kwan Hoong Ng","doi":"10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.458","url":null,"abstract":"On March 10th 2023, a cylinder containing caesium-137 was found missing from a power plant near Bangkok, Thailand. This generated lots of fear and anxiety, fuelled by social media and inadequate statements from the authorities. Later it was discovered in a foundry, compressed and partially melted. It is clear from this incident that risk communication was inadequate.\u0000            Two case studies from Southeast Asia, the 2004 Asian Earthquake and Tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, and the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate the significance of effective risk communication in crisis management and public policy.\u0000            This incident in Thailand serves as a \"wake-up call\" for other countries in Southeast Asia and beyond, urging them to ensure the safe management of radioactive materials as well as to pay attention to their own investments in creating efficient risk communication frameworks to deal with future disasters.","PeriodicalId":180936,"journal":{"name":"The ASEAN Journal of Radiology","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135802330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Acknowledgement of Reviewers","authors":"Wiwatana Tanomkiat","doi":"10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.687","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":180936,"journal":{"name":"The ASEAN Journal of Radiology","volume":"198 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135802327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"China’s reopening border, AOCR2023 in Bangkok, and Songkran","authors":"Wiwatana Tanomkiat","doi":"10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.807","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.807","url":null,"abstract":"After 3 years of absence due to COVID-19 pandemic, the first group of Chinese tourists from Xiamen arrived Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday 9th January 2023 just a day after China abandoned zero-COVID policies and reopened its border on Sunday 8th January. During 9th-12th February, the Royal College of Radiologists of Thailand (RCRT) and the Radiological Society of Thailand (RST) hosted the 21th Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology (AOCR), 40 years after they last hosted the 4th AOCR in 1983. Leaders in Radiology from Asian Oceanian countries met and shared their experiences and opinions on various topics. This issue takes core messages from Asian Symposia in AOCR on tuberculosis and post COVID lung disease. In March, the missing caesium-137 in Thailand generated lots of fear and anxiety, fuelled by social media and inadequate statements from the authorities. The need of effective risk communication was discussed in this issue. Songkran, the water splashing festival which is Thailand’s traditional new year during 13th-15th April, marked the end of wearing masks and social distancing due to the pandemic as both local and visitors from around the world, as many as more than 100, 000, gathered in many famous parts of Thailand.","PeriodicalId":180936,"journal":{"name":"The ASEAN Journal of Radiology","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135802328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A visit to Songklanagarind Hospital, Prince of Songkla University","authors":"Utit Pitaktong","doi":"10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.204","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":180936,"journal":{"name":"The ASEAN Journal of Radiology","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135802329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"summary from AOCR2023, Bangkok, Thailand","authors":"Wiwatana Tanomkiat","doi":"10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.863","url":null,"abstract":"The Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology (AOCR) was held in Bangkok, Thailand, by the Royal College of Radiologists of Thailand (RCRT) and the Radiological Society of Radiology of Thailand (RST) in a hybrid format, offering an opportunity for participants to attend the meeting virtually or in person and meet international colleagues face-to-face (Figure 1). It was well-attended by 1,162 participants from 29 countries around the world with 241 overseas participants and 921 local participants. There were 785 people attending the conference in person and 377 participating via the online channel. The countries with the highest number of participants included Thailand, South Korea, the Philippines, and Singapore, respectively","PeriodicalId":180936,"journal":{"name":"The ASEAN Journal of Radiology","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135802334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Post-COVID-19 lung diseases: A short note from AOCR 2023, Bangkok, Thailand","authors":"Yutthaphan Wannasopha, Thitiporn Suwatanapongched, Joo Jeong Yeon, Bushra Johari, Noriyuki Tomiyama, Wiwatana Tanomkiat","doi":"10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.521","url":null,"abstract":"The Asian Symposia II: Post-COVID Lung Diseases at the Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology (AOCR) 2023, Bangkok, Thailand, discussed the current understanding regarding post-COVID-19 lung diseases, one of the topical health concerns. At the AOCR2023 Asian Symposia, representatives from South Korea, India, Malaysia, and Thailand presented different views, initiatives, and experiences in post-COVID-19 lung diseases.","PeriodicalId":180936,"journal":{"name":"The ASEAN Journal of Radiology","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135802326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Report from the 2022 annual meeting of thoracic radiologists in Thailand: National HRCT Protocol and its applications in 10 major institutes","authors":"Chayaporn Kaewsathorn, Phakphoom Thiravit, Thanisa Tongbai, Wariya Chintanapakdee, Itthi Itthisawatpan, Warawut Sukkasem, Krisna Dissaneevate, Juntima Euathrongchit, Panaya Tumsatan, Amolchaya Kwankua, Pisit Wattanaruangkowit, Watanya Jaidee, Nitra Piyavisetpat, Wiwatana Tanomkiat","doi":"10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46475/aseanjr.v24i1.214","url":null,"abstract":"The Royal College of Radiologists of Thailand (RCRT) and the Thoracic Society of Thailand Under Royal Patronage (T.S.T.) has established the standard national high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) protocol for ILD in 2019 and announced the member to adopt the protocol. The Thoracic Society of Thailand Under Royal Patronage (T.S.T.) is required to evaluate whether this national protocol actually works in the real practice in many institutes across Thailand and monitor the problems, so the meeting among radiologists from various institutes in Thailand was held on September 2022 to update data and discuss the challenges of the current situation of the HRCT protocol in each institute. At the end of the meeting, we found that most institutes were able to adopt the national protocol. Although there were minor deviations from national protocols in a few institutes, only one institute demonstrated a significantly higher radiation dose than the recommendation in the national protocol. The institute will return to explore the cause, do a root cause analysis, and the matter will be discussed in the next meeting.","PeriodicalId":180936,"journal":{"name":"The ASEAN Journal of Radiology","volume":"222 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135802464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Imaging of mucormycosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: A pictorial review","authors":"Utsav Ganguly, S. Agarwal, B. Arora, Aditya Bhargava, Virender Singh, Chandini Sharma","doi":"10.46475/aseanjr.v23i1.150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46475/aseanjr.v23i1.150","url":null,"abstract":"During the second wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there was a significant rise in cases of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM), an invasive form of acute fungal rhinosinusitis with a propensity for rapid spread to the orbits and intracranial compartment. \u0000Prompt diagnosis and subsequent intervention in the form of surgical debridement and administration of antifungals is the mainstay of management of ROCM. Radiology plays a key role in the diagnosis of the disease and in the assessment of the extent of spread. This article serves to elaborate on the significant computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in patients with ROCM. It is based on imaging findings of 146 microbiologically/ histopathologically proven cases that were presented to our institute for management during the second wave (April-June 2021).\u0000While CT gives excellent details of bony anatomy, particularly of bony rarefaction, it has limitations in terms of assessment of soft tissue spread. MRI provides excellent soft tissue delineation and helps with the assessment of the involvement of orbit, particularly the orbital apex, as well as intracranial extension.","PeriodicalId":180936,"journal":{"name":"The ASEAN Journal of Radiology","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121423265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The first hybrid annual congress of the Royal College of Radiologists of Thailand and the Radiological Society of Thailand: How we live with COVID-19","authors":"W. Tanomkiat","doi":"10.46475/aseanjr.v23i1.172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46475/aseanjr.v23i1.172","url":null,"abstract":"sections performing chest radiographs to screen for tuberculosis and assess the severity of COVID-19 infection in communities.","PeriodicalId":180936,"journal":{"name":"The ASEAN Journal of Radiology","volume":"266 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124329370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correlation between prediabetes, coronary artery calcification and cardiovascular risk factors: A 5-year retrospective case study","authors":"Thunnawat Wattanaseth, Mart Maiprasert, Pattana Teng-Umnuay, P. Sugkraroek, Phawit Norchai","doi":"10.46475/aseanjr.v23i1.136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46475/aseanjr.v23i1.136","url":null,"abstract":"Objective was to evaluate the correlation between prediabetes, Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) 5.7 to 6.4%, cardiovascular risks (determined by Framingham Risk Score: FRS) and the coronary artery calcium score (CACS), by the retrospective analysis of 5 year data documents on PACS, Jan 2015 to Dec 2020.\u0000Method:  There were 1,639 eligible cases, reviewed by certified radiologists via Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), with an asymptomatic condition in the check-up center, divided into two groups: - (1) the prediabetes group, with 756 cases and (2) the non-diabetes group, with 883 cases.  The results of vital signs, BMI, CACS, blood test, HbA1c, fasting blood sugar (FBS), lipid profiles, and serum uric acid of all eligible cases were reviewed.  Linear regression, t-test, chi-square, and Adjusted Odd ratio were used analyzed the significance and correlation between variables.\u0000Results: (1) Most of the prediabetes participants (456 cases, 60.31%) had an intermediate risk of Framingham Risk Score (FRS). While most of the non-diabetes participants (665 cases, 75.31%) had a low risk of FRS., with a statistical difference (Chi-square, P < 0.05), (2) The prediabetes cases were significantly associated with coronary calcification at 2.38 times to the non-diabetic cases [Adjusted Odds Ratio = 2.38 [95% CI (1.98 – 14.98)]., (3) The intermediate cardiovascular risk (FRS) was associated with positive coronary artery calcification at 2.36 times to the low cardiovascular risk [Multivariate adjusted OR = 2.36 (95% CI (1.06 – 5.46)]., and (4) The high cardiovascular risk (FRS) was associated with positive coronary artery calcification at 8.64 times to the low cardiovascular risk [Multivariate adjusted OR = 8.64 (95% CI (2.65 – 18.58)].  Moreover, we found a significant higher serum uric acid in the prediabetes group than the non-diabetes group.\u0000Conclusions: Subclinical prediabetes, among 47 to 62-year-old individuals, with an intermediate risk of FRS was significantly associated with positive coronary calcification (atherosclerosis). The combination of CACS screening with a safety low dose radiation protocol and FRS are of complementary together to evaluate the potential risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD). The benefits of combining CACS and FRS are used for decision making of the statin therapy, according to the ACC/AHA primary prevention guidelines (2019). Moreover, a high serum uric acid (UA) is a new challenging ASCVD risk factor in the present that we found it in prediabetes. The association of UA, cardiometabolic disease, and coronary atherosclerosis needs further studies.","PeriodicalId":180936,"journal":{"name":"The ASEAN Journal of Radiology","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129172770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}