a survey of radiology technology student's attitude on patient safety in radiology departments of urmia's educational hospitals     houman k [1] , soleymani goloujeh m [2] , ghasemzadeh n [3] *     received: 8 feb, 2013 accepted: 20 apr, 2013  abstract  background & aims : paying attention to the patient safety is part of ethical and legal responsibilities of each hospital. nowadays, ...

conclusions in this study radiology students believed digital radiology can enhance the production efficiency and quality of the images. they also had the right information about digital radiology. however, it is recommended in order to prevent the emergence of problems caused by change of radiology equipment and efficiency of the professional in-service training the theoretical training needs ...

conclusion pacs is highly accepted in all three emergency departments especially among specialists. pu, peu and change are factors influencing pacs acceptance. our study can be used as an evidence of pacs acceptance in emergency wards. results mean age of participants was 32.9 years (standard deviation [sd] = 6.08). participants with the specialty degree got a higher acceptance score than the t...

Introduction In my perspective article entitled An Opportunity for Radiology, published in the February 2006 issue of Radiology (Ref), I suggest that radiologists have three principal attributes (clinical acumen, mastery of technology, and dedication to safety and quality) that characterize the practice of their discipline, and that serve as a barrier to intrusion into the practice by other med...

* Department of Radiology, Shimane Medical University, Izumo 693, Japan. ** Department of Environmental Technology , Fukui Institute of Technology, Fukui 910, Japan. *** Department of Experimental Radiology and Health Physics, Fukui Medical Univer sity School of Medicine, Fukui 910-11. Japan. **** Department of Experimental Radiology , Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, kyoto 606, Japan. (R...

Speech recognition devices are promising tools for the healthcare system. technology has had a relatively long history of use in Western systems since 1970s. However, it became widely used at beginning 21st century, replacing medical transcriptionists. This is new home healthcare. Its active development began only early 2010s, and its implementation started late 2010. delay due to idiosyncrasie...

S ince the discovery of X-rays in 1895, the applications of radiation in medicine have broadened tremendously in scope. Three specialties have emerged during the last 50 years; namely, diagnostic radiology, therapeutic radiology, and nuclear medicine. Nowadays, these specialties are established worldwide in clinical practice with board certification, and in education, training, and research, al...

European Radiology Experimental, the new journal launched by the European Society of Radiology, is placed in the context of three general and seven radiology-specific trends. After describing the impact of population aging, personalized/precision medicine, and information technology development, the article considers the following trends: the tension between subspecialties and the unity of the ...

recently, a number of procedures for interventional radiology diagnosis and treatment have been developed by the radiologists. the ‘interventional radiology’ refers to the therapeutic procedures performed under imaging guidance. the emergence of this specialty has been made possible by a lot of advances in the technology, imaging systems, and radiologists experience. interventional radiologists...