Dynamic X-ray imaging systems are used for interventional cardiac procedures to treat coronary heart disease. X-ray settings are controlled automatically by specially-designed X-ray dose control mechanisms whose role is to ensure an adequate level of image quality is maintained with an acceptable radiation dose to the patient. Current commonplace dose control designs quantify image quality by p...

o bjectives: smoking may impact oral self-care (osc) .   this study aimed to analyze the role of smoking in osc among iranian dental health professionals. materials and methods: the cross-sectional data were collected at two annual dental meetings and seven randomly selected dental schools in iran. a total of 1,459 respond- ents composed of 967 general dental practitioners (gdps), 229 dental ed...

Global health authorities are trying to work out the current status of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and explore methods to reduce the rate of its transmission to healthy individuals. In this viewpoint we provide insights concerning how health care professionals can unintentionally shift the novel coronavirus type to more drug-resistant forms. It is worth noting that viruses usually...

Purpose: To find out frequency of cataract in seaside workers and possible factors associated to its development. Study Design: Cross sectional observational. Place Duration Study: Tyrrhenian coast Tuscany (Italy), between Rosignano Marittimo Cecina municipalities July 2021. Methods: Ninety-eight were selected through convenience sampling technique. All the working subjects for this study had a...

Radiation technology is increasingly involved in the care of breast patients in the modern era, both in the diagnosis of benign and malignant conditions and in the treatment of cancer. Accordingly, surgeons managing breast patients must have a fundamental understanding of radiation physics, its biological effects, and the rationale and methodology used to protect the patient, the surgeon, and a...

To the Editor: Our team wishes to share with the readers of a medical physics journal our experience of establishment of a two-year radiation oncology physics postgraduate training program. Our purpose of sharing this experience is to encourage medical physics colleagues to come up with innovative ideas and to take up this challenge of improving the quality of medical physics training in order ...