{"title":"Low cost equipment for rapid throughput chest radiography.","authors":"R Connett, A Paris","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reorganisation within Harrow Health District in 1987 resulted in chest services being centralised at Northwick Park Hospital, and during the planning period much thought was given to choosing cost effective equipment capable of a throughput of a minimum of 30 patients per hour. The equipment that has been installed is based on a Transworld DCX-100 MSP1 dedicated chest unit, and is currently the only unit of its kind installed in the UK. After two years of use it is now possible to make comments on the benefits and drawbacks of the system, and this article may be of particular interest to managers of imaging departments in district general hospitals where value for money with low capital outlay is an important consideration.</p>","PeriodicalId":77602,"journal":{"name":"Radiography today","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13404302","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":"MRI guided biopsy for differentiation of radiation changes and recurrent tumour.","authors":"L Caine, A Shaw","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77602,"journal":{"name":"Radiography today","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13415266","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":"Radiography in Spain.","authors":"E I Kerr","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77602,"journal":{"name":"Radiography today","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13415263","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":"Computers and the radiographer.","authors":"N Harte","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77602,"journal":{"name":"Radiography today","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13415267","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 radiological presentation of neonatal and infantile syndromes.","authors":"B Wright","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The syndromes I have described are unfortunately not rare in Saudi and so the role of genetic counselling is an important, if difficult, one. Consanguinous marriages are a key cause of these diseases, but not one easily avoided. Marriage rituals in this part of the world are vastly different from those in the west. Many Saudis regard consanguinous unions, for example between cousins, as a further strengthening of family bonds. The role of genetics is not fully appreciated by parents and genetic disease is often attributed to other, extraneous causes: God's will; an illness suffered by the mother during pregnancy; or to the 'evil eye.' Even when genetic counsellors actively discourage parents who are at risk from having future children, this advice goes unheeded. Parents prefer to rely on: 'Insh'allah' or God's will' to safeguard them. Abortion is strictly prohibited by religious law and any affected offspring are cared for by a dedicated and loving family under the guidance of the Holy Qu'ran. They are rarely institutionalized.</p>","PeriodicalId":77602,"journal":{"name":"Radiography today","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13279138","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":"Suspected foreign body on the lateral neck radiograph--pitfalls in interpretation.","authors":"W Peh","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77602,"journal":{"name":"Radiography today","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13415264","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}