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PET-CT


Towards personalised cancer treatment
In Roentgen discovered Xrays It gave birth to medical imaging which has revolutionised the care of cancer patients In it is impossible to imagine delivery of cancer care without medical imaging A direct and advanced application of the Nobel Prize laureates discovery is Positron EmissionComputed To...
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PACS


Role of the end-users
When a hospital decides to make the switch to a Picture Archiving and Communication System PACS it is not only a huge financial decision it is also the start of a journey with an unsure outcome With PACS a whole new world of possibilities opens upboth for radiologists and referring physicians Ne...
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PET-CT


A step towards personalised radiation medicine
In radiation oncology progress has been made not only because of a combination with systemically active antineoplastic agents but also because of technical improvements and the integration of modern imaging The objective of the radiotherapy is to improve the dose distribution tailored to the bor...
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Lab-on-chip


Innovative approach towards telemedicine in primary care
Telemedicine can be defined as any transmission of medical information by means of telecommunication technology Numerous wellknown teleconsultation applications in medicine are based on the transmission of imaging data for example from computed tomography store and forward or also on
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Predictive, Preventive & Personalised Medicine


A novel strategy for healthcare
Current healthcare practices essentially rely on emergence of signs and symptoms of human pathologies prior to initiation of interventional modalities A major limitation of this approach relates to the fact that often the disease process has already taken its toll through manifestation of its compli...
Diagnostics - Seeing the Whole Elephant

Diagnostics - Seeing the Whole Elephant


Dr Basri Johan Jeet Abdullah of the University of Malaya believes the imaging technology is in place to drastically improve patient careWhat is sometimes lacking is the political and institutional will to use this technology effectively From the humble beginning of imaging following the discovery...
The Innovator’s Prescription

The Innovator’s Prescription


How Asia can disrupt the global healthcare
Todays healthcare systems are in a critical state of distress in nearly every nation around the world In developing countries the prevailing model equates to adequate care for the wealthy and little for the masses Nationalised singlepayer models like the
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Cardiac Computed Tomography


Emerging Cardiac Devices and Technologies
Over the last five years the speed and resolution of mutislice Computed Tomography CT has advanced to the point where it can now be used for accurate cardiac evaluation Calcium scoring a
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Advances in Neuroradiology


Advances in computed tomography CT Current state of the art multidetector CT imaging provides images with a minimum isotropic spatial resolution of mm This means that the brain scans can be reconstructed in any plane without significant artifacts The brain can be scanne
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MR Diffusion and Perfusion


Can they replace PET?
While in the past MRI was praised mainly for its superb anatomic display and tissue contrast a number of advanced nonenhanced and contrastenhanced MR imaging techniques have been developed in the past years that provide new insights into the physiology of tissues and the pathophysiology for example...
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