{"title":"Lettres au Rédacteur en Chef","authors":"Siobhan McArdle","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60204-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60204-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Page 6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60204-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56694516","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":"Message du Rédacteur en Chef","authors":"John French c.a.t., CMS, M.Sc., FACTRM, CHE","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60202-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60202-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60202-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91691650","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":"Message from the Editor-in-Chief","authors":"John French ACT, CMS, MSc, FCAMRT, CHE","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60201-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60201-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60201-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91691651","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}
Lori Holden B.Sc., M.R.T(T) , Ruth Barker M.R.T.(T), B.Sc., M.Ed. , Donna Lewis BA, M.R.T(T)
{"title":"Evaluating Digital Verification Images by Radiation Therapists and Radiation Oncologists. Do We Still Agree?","authors":"Lori Holden B.Sc., M.R.T(T) , Ruth Barker M.R.T.(T), B.Sc., M.Ed. , Donna Lewis BA, M.R.T(T)","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60206-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60206-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In radiation therapy, verification images are taken to ensure correct field and patient positioning. A previous study examining the concordance between radiation therapists (RTs) and radiation oncologists (ROs) when evaluating hard copy verification films found excellent agreement. There was very little in the published literature about how this information could be transferred to digital imaging field verification. This study was undertaken to address this gap and also to confirm that the process of digital imaging would maintain a high level of agreement for quality assurance.</p><p>In practice, at the Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, images are stored in Multi-Access®, as well as the evaluation and any subjective comments regarding these images.</p><p>A database of 14,721 images was acquired from a wide variety of disease sites and analyzed. A total of 5,174 true image pairs were evaluated for concordance between the ROs and RTs and overall, there was a 90 percent agreement.</p><p>Rates of agreement are high; however, a true gold standard for image verification has yet to be established. With the evolution to image guided radiotherapy, transferring the responsibility of image approval to RTs would certainly be beneficial, however it will be up to individual centres to establish their own policies surrounding treatment field verification.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 17-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60206-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56694559","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":"Writing It Up: A Step-by-Step Guide to Publication for Beginning Investigators","authors":"Mark A. Kliewer","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60208-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60208-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Writing scientific manuscripts can be unnecessarily daunting, if not paralyzing. This paralysis is usually the result of one of two reasons: either researchers do not know how to start, or they do not know what to put where. However, most radiology manuscripts follow a definable blueprint. In this article, I attempt to lay out the paragraph-by-paragraph development of a typical radiology paper.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>If authors can accomplish the writing of the 18 paragraphs of text described in this article, they will produce a manuscript that is properly organized, correct in its essentials, and ready for the finishing hand of a seasoned writer and mentor.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 27-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60208-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56694651","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 Benefits and Challenges of Implementing Interprofessional Collaboration in the Canadian Healthcare System","authors":"Yan Li BSc.","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60217-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60217-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 53-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60217-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56695021","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":"Abstracts from the Section for Magnetic Resonance Technologists (SMRT) 16th Annual Meeting “MR Education Without Borders”","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60211-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60211-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Page 47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60211-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89989055","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":"Salvage Cryoablation of the Prostate for Patients with Radiation Failure: An Overview","authors":"Danae Johnson B.A., RTT","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60243-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60243-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The rationale for salvage cryoablation of the prostate for patients with recurrent prostate cancer following radiation therapy failure is reviewed. The history and recent developments of cryosurgery are discussed, along with mechanisms of action. The current prostate cryoablation technique is outlined, in conjunction with patient selection criteria, inherent challenges, and advantages to this procedure compared with other salvage procedures. Recent modifications in the cryoablation technique make it an acceptable treatment option for those patients in whom radiation therapy has failed. Evidence from prospective randomized clinical trials is still needed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 2","pages":"Pages 5-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60243-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56695264","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}