Recently added articles from South African Journal of Radiology:
A digital thumbs-up for PACS & RIS.(picture archiving and communications system )(Editorial)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2009; Lotz, Jan ... Going digital has been one of the great experiences of my professional life in radiology. A properly functioning picture archiving and communications system (PACS) has brought new interaction between the radiology department and our clinical colleagues. The centralisation and control of ...
First African PACS & RIS Edu-conference: a practical approach to PACS & RIS within Africa.(picture archiving and communications systems and radiology information systems)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2009; Schulze, Otto ... Picture archiving and communications systems and radiology information systems (PACS & RIS) is not a new technology, either internationally or in South Africa. Most private practices as well as academic training institutions have some form of digitising imaging equipment in operation ....
A pilot study evaluating erect chest imaging in children, using the Lodox Statscan digital X-ray machine.(ORIGINAL ARTICLE)(Clinical report)
Dec 01, 2009; Daya, Rupesh Baloo ... Introduction Ionising radiation is potentially harmful to humans, with a tendency to induce malignancy in tissue. (1,2) Routine chest radiography is the most frequent radiological examination performed worldwide on both adults and children, (3) accounting for a significant ...
Erratum notice.(ORIGINAL ARTICLE)(Correction notice)
Dec 01, 2009; ... The incorrect image was used in the printed version of the previous (August 2009, Vol. 13 no. 3, page 53, Fig. 4) issue of the SA Journal of ...
Cranial MRI diagnosis.(QUIZ CASE)(magnetic resonance imaging)(Report)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2009; Misser, S.K. ... Presentation A 50-year-old woman, known to have been recently diagnosed with advanced colonic carcinoma, and on palliative therapy, presented with an acute confusional state and associated seizures. The following MRI images were obtained. [FIGURE 1a OMITTED] ...
Report on the RSSA neuroradiology and body imaging advances Congress, Sandton, 28-30 August 2009.(RADIOACTIVE NEWS)(Radiological Society of South Africa)
Dec 01, 2009; Stoker, Aisne ... The RSSA Neuroradiology and Body Imaging Advances Congress 2009 was a joint meeting between the RSSA, the RSNA, and the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Global Outreach Programme (ISMRM). The RSSA also Dr Aisne Stoker, Department of Radiology, Greys Hospital, ...
RSSA/Leuven ear imaging course.(RADIOACTIVE NEWS)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2009; ... The first and exclusive RSSA/Leuven Ear Imaging Course will take place on 16-18 April 2010 at the Spier Estate near Stellenbosch, Western Cape. This hands-on interactive teaching course on temporal bone imaging is currently in its fourth European cycle. The course is conducted ...
Role of abdominal ultrasound in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.(LETTERS)
Dec 01, 2009; Emby, D.J. ... To the Editor: I read the article in the June 2009 edition of the SAJR entitled 'Trans-abdominal ultrasonic findings correlated with a CD4+ counts in adult HIV-infected patients in Benin, Nigeria', (1) with interest. I totally agree that the use of ultrasound (US) is invaluable ...
