Sentences with phrase «other imaging scans»

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For the purposes of this economic evaluation, the forms were initially used in a related study funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) research for patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth care.

In other words, unlike other injuries, concussions are usually injuries no one sees and, contrary to popular belief, don't show up on most magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams or CT scans.

As well as medical imaging and airport security scanning, masers could play a pivotal role in improving sensors to remotely detect bombs, new technology for quantum computers, and might even improve space communication methods to potentially find life on other planets.

RAD - AID, Project Hope and Philips Healthcare team up to assess the ability of communities in western China and northern India to use CT scans, MRIs and other imaging equipment to improve health care

The simplicity and low cost of a smell test — $ 26.95 retail, before additional doctor or hospital charges — make it especially appealing in neurology, a field dominated by positron - emission tomography scans, dopamine transporter single - photon emission computed tomography imaging and other expensive technologies.

When he and a control subject, another sensation - seeking rock climber, viewed gruesome, high - arousal photographs during functional magnetic resonance imaging brain scans, Honnold's amygdala ─ the brain's fear center ─ showed zero activation while the other climber's lit up like a neon sign.

«Right now, we use MRIs and PET scans to visualize theseprocesses, but other imaging approaches are needed — and that's where the AlloSphere comes in.

Starting in 2010, Baraniuk and his colleagues at Georgetown's Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging put Kroot and 30 other sick veterans (plus 20 healthy subjects) through physical and cognitive tests and scanned their brains.

«In many parts of the world microwave measurements systems can become a complement to CT scans and other imaging systems, which are often missing or have long waiting lists.»

Compared with other imaging techniques, PET scans are relatively cheap and easy to perform, and are routinely used to survey for cancer, heart problems, and other diseases.

The researchers used high - resolution X-ray computed tomography (CT) at the Museum's Microscopy and Imaging Facility, the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, and the Biomaterials Science Center of the University of Basel in Switzerland to scan the skulls of 21 felid specimens, including seven modern cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) from distinct populations, a closely related extinct cheetah (Acinonyx pardinensis) that lived in the Pleistocene between about 2.6 million and 126,000 years ago, and more than a dozen other living felid species.

They proposed a new way to study a cuprate, one that no other group had tried: a powerful imaging technique developed by Davis, called sublattice imaging - which is performed using a specialized scanning tunneling microscope (STM) capable of determining the electronic structure in different subsets of the atoms in the crystal, the so - called sublattices.

Researchers then scanned the brains of volunteers with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while showing them 32 of the face cards; with half of them, subjects were instructed to consciously think about the associated harrowing counterpart and with the other half, they were instructed to consciously suppress their thoughts about it.

«Even before the patient completes all of the MRIs, CT scans and other imaging procedures following diagnosis, we can have a recommendation for which drug and dosage to prescribe,» said Kareem Azab, PhD, an assistant professor of radiation oncology at the School of Medicine and the Siteman Cancer Center member who leads the research.

Among other aspects, this applies to diagnostics and measures in primary therapy: The guidelines address the performance of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan in specific therapeutic indications, explicitly advising against routine MRI scans.

Participants are recruited from retirement communities and subsidized housing facilities in and around Chicago to participate in annual clinical evaluations and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, and to donate their brains and other parts of their bodies for research after their deaths.

In a 2006 study by Montague and others, pairs of subjects had their brains scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, as they played a game requiring them to take turns.

To verify these results, researchers in Ozcan's lab used other imaging devices, including a scanning electron microscope and a photon - counting confocal microscope.

The increase in medical radiation exposure (from 0.53 mSv to 3.0 mSv) stemmed primarily from a rise in the use of computer tomography (CT) scans (which use x-rays to create cross sectional images of inside the body to spot tumors, clogged arteries, among other things), and nuclear imaging tests, which involve injecting radioactive chemicals into the bloodstream that can be picked up by special instruments and used to create images of the body's inner structures.

We will demonstrate the power and importance of the cross-correlation of nanoscale hyperspectal imaging with data from other scanning - probe techniques such as topography, surface potential, conductivity and photocurrent.

The latest survey, which involved a NASA research plane scanning some 500 square miles of the Everglades with G - LiHT, an airborne imaging system that includes LiDAR and other instrument, is helping scientists see the bigger picture.

In contrast, other imaging procedures (for example, X-ray and CT scan) obtain images by using machines that send radiation through the body.

Our research combines diverse techniques ranging from genomics, computational biology, tumour imaging, in vitro and in vivo functional models to study biological and clinical phenotypes.The proteins produced by these genes may serve as targets for novel chemotherapy drugs and other cancer treatments, or imaging scans.

They may include urine tests, imaging scans, psychiatric questionnaires, and blood tests, depending on other symptoms.

All breast cancers are assigned a stage based on biopsy results plus other findings from blood tests and imaging scans.

Other imaging tests such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography scan and x-rays can be used to find out problems in your spine.

Imaging studies also may be helpful, such as bone mineral density, ultrasound, or other types of scans.

Similarly, studies in normal healthy males using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans have reported very high values for the adductor magnus of around 599.2 ± 79.4 cm ³ and much smaller values for the adductor longus (182.5 ± 18.0 cm ³) and the other adductors (from 72.0 ± 9.1 to 111.3 ± 16.6 cm ³)(Miokovic et al. 2012).

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Spinal radiographs, myelography and other imaging techniques (CT scan) may be necessary.

There are other tests that have been used to support the diagnosis though, including BAER hearing tests, CT scans, ultrasound, and even infrared imaging.

Your veterinarian will then probably recommend further testing in the way of x-rays, ultrasound, or other advanced imaging studies (MRI, CT scan, etc..)

The suspensory ligaments and the hocks also benefit from 18F - Sodium Fluoride PET scanning in particular in order to determine whether abnormalities identified with other imaging modalities are active (responsible for the lameness) or not.

It provides high quality images with excellent detail and resolution of the brain and spinal cord compared to other imaging tools, such as computed tomography (commonly referred to as a CAT scan).

Other tests requiring general anesthesia or advanced imaging (such as MRI or CAT scans) will be scheduled based on availability, often on a different day.

Oncology consults often require additional information in the form of images such as radiographs, CAT scans and / or MRI images, and these may be forwarded to the Feline Health Center's Consultation Client e-mail address along with other data such as medical records, bloodwork, or imaging reports.

Other diagnostics may include imaging procedures, such as ultrasound, MRI or CAT scan, to look for abnormalities of the affected glands.

If you are referred to a veterinary cardiologist, they may also recommend other advanced imaging techniques (such as cardiac CT or cardiac MRI scans) for diagnosis of complex heart diseases or cardiac catheterization procedures to treat certain congenital heart diseases such as pulmonic stenosis and patent ductus arteriosus.

i) The injury shows positive findings on a computerized axial tomography scan, a magnetic resonance imaging or any other medically recognized brain diagnostic technology indicating intracranial pathology that is a result of the accident, including, but not limited to, intracranial contusions or haemorrhages, diffuse axonal injury, cerebral edema, midline shift or pneumocephaly.

i) The insured person is accepted for admission, on an in - patient basis, to a public hospital named in a Guideline with positive findings on a computerized axial tomography scan, a magnetic resonance imaging or any other medically recognized brain diagnostic technology indicating intracranial pathology that is a result of the accident, including, but not limited to intracranial contusions or haemorrhages, diffuse axonal injury, cerebral edema, midline shift or phneumocephaly.

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Note: A dental assistant holding a current radiography permit dated prior to November 1, 2011 will not be required to complete an approved radiography course unless he or she is operating an imaging machine other than conventional flat film radiography, such as cone - beam computed axial tomography (CT) scan.

Children were assessed annually for 3 to 6 years prior to the time of a magnetic resonance imaging scan, during which they were evaluated on psychosocial, behavioral, and other developmental dimensions.