Nick Miller November 26, 2008 ELECTIVE surgery and outpatient appointments at some Victorian hospitals could be hit by cancellations for the rest of the week, because of industrial action by imaging staff. Employees of Symbion Imaging, which does X-rays, ultrasounds and other medical imaging for the Northern and Broadmeadows public hospitals, the Epworth in Richmond and 30 other private hospitals and clinics, voted to take industrial action yesterday. ...
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
HEALTH & MEDICAL LEGISLATION New South Wales, Australia
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Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) An Act to make provision in relation to the recovery of damages fordeath or personal injury caused by the fault of a person; to amend theLegal Profession Act 1987 in relation to costs in civil claims; and forother purposes. Compensation to Relatives Act 1897 (NSW) An Act to consolidate enactments relating to compensation to relatives of person's killed by accidents. Human Tissue Act 1983 (NSW) Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) An Act to amend and consolidate the...
Virtual Colonoscopy: A Storm is Brewing
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Virtual Colonoscopy: A Storm is BrewingDavid J. Vining, MDAppl Radiol. 2008;37(11):12-16. Abstract and IntroductionAbstractTheauthor performed the first virtual colonoscopy (VC) in 1993. In thisarticle, he addresses the issues related to the turf battles betweenradiologists and gastroenterologists in the use of this technology.Reviewing common myths associated with VC, he warns that radiologistsmust retain expertise in this area.IntroductionA...
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
SUPRATENTORIAL BRAIN TUMORS
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SUPRATENTORIAL BRAIN TUMORSJohn R. Hesselink, MD, FACR and Richard J. Hicks, MD In the diagnostic work-up of intracranial tumors, the primary goals of the imaging studies are to detect the abnormality, localize and determine its extent, characterize the lesion, and provide a list of differential diagnoses or, if possible, the specific diagnosis. Correlative studies have proved that MR is more sensitive than CT for detecting...
Thursday, 6 November 2008
ESGAR CT COLONOGRAPHY WORKSHOP FEB 2-4 HARROGATE, UK
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Preliminary ProgrammeGroup I: Monday, February 2, 2009 Day 1 Group II: Tuesday, February 3, 2008 Day 1 08:00 – 08:25 Registration 08:25 – 08:30 Introduction: Presentation of the workshop programme A. Laghi (Latina/IT) 08:30 – 08:45 Introduction State-of-the-art CT-Colonography D. Burling (London/UK) 08:45 – 09:10 Polyps and Colorectal Cancer (Gastroenterologist’s view) James East (London/UK) 09:10 – 10:30 Technical basis of CTC: Preparation, image...
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