PURPOSE We aimed to analyze scientific papers published by Turkish authors in "radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging" journals included in the Science Citation Index Expanded and compared the number of published scientific papers from Turkey and other countries. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively searched all papers published by Turkish authors between 1945 and 2008 by using W...

Gastroenterology Medicine & Research An Immunosuppression Hidden Malignancy: Case Report of Unexpected Clostridium Septicum Infection and Its Fatal Consequence Grade M1*, Welk E1, Sostmann H1, Hammerstein HV1, McAulay CH3 Bostelmann R2 1Department Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases General Internal Christian Hospital Quakenbrück, Germany 2Department Neurosurgery Spine Surgery, 3Department Ra...

Small bowel diverticula are rare and often asymptomatic. Severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding from jejunal is rarely reported and, therefore, should be considered a differential diagnosis in all cases of with nonconclusive gastroscopy colonoscopy. In this case report, we discuss 75-year-old male massive diverticula. Initial did not reveal the source bleeding. Repeat upper endoscopy pediatric ...

AIM To assess the state of radiology education across Europe by means of a survey study. METHODS A comprehensive 23-item radiology survey was distributed via email to the International Society of Radiology members, national radiological societies, radiologists and medical physicists. Reminders to complete the survey were sent and the results were analyzed over a period of 4 mo (January-April ...

interventional techniques aim to find safer and better ways to treat vascular diseases even in many instances, the interventional radiology solutions has been considered the only treatment option for the patients. interventional radiologists are specialists who perform minimally invasive procedures instead of surgery or other treatments. these procedures apply various imaging and catheterizatio...

pacs is used as a way to store images and matches well with the workflow in the radiology department and can spread to other parts of hospital. integration with other pacs and other hospital systems like radiology information system (ris), hospital information system (his), and electronic patient records has been completely done, but there are still problems. pacs also provide good conditions f...

background: application of dose-area product (dap) quantity has been increased in the clinical practice. dap is relatively easy to measure. dap has been shown to correlate well with the total energy imparted to the patient, which is related to the effective dose. material and methods: in this study, measurements of dap were carried out in a sample of 421 adult patients who underwent conventiona...