Cadaver shows stir controversy

STIR Description of the STIR implementation of FBP 3 DRP

Screening for prostate cancer: Controversy? What controversy?

for the absence of a reduction in mortality in the plco trial and in comparison with the difference seen in the erspc trial. The truth of the matter is the psa test should not be used at all in screening for prostate cancer in the manner it has heretofore been used. Prostate-specific antigen, discovered in 1970 5,6 , is a normal component of the prostate. It is not cancer-specific. Rather, it i...

STIR General Overview

4 Reconstruction algorithms currently distributed 4 4.1 FBP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4.2 3DRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4.3 Ordered Subsets Maximum A Posteriori using the One Step Late algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4.4 OSSPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

STIR(ing) appearance of rhabdomyolysis

A 30-year-old man was admitted unconscious to a peripheral hospital after consuming 120 mg of methadone to celebrate his release from prison. On arrival his creatinine was 1.93 mg/dl and his creatine kinase 68645 (IU/l). After reversal of his opiate intoxication, he began complaining of burning pain and weakness in both legs. Over the next 36 h his creatinine increased to 11.4 mg/dl with worsen...

Fuelling controversy

The US President’s annual State of the Union speech is a favorite place to unveil new initiatives. For the past several months there has been a buzz that President George W. Bush would say something dramatic about climate change. “Buzz” in Washington can mean political trial balloons, genuine leaks or simply wishful thinking. It took a while to sort out the truth in this case. The week before t...