Exposure of the French population to ionizing radiations from medical diagnostic procedures in 2012

A recent survey of health care practitioners, conducted to assess their knowledge of the cost to patients of a number of medical diagnostic procedures, showed a lack of familiarity with prices. This inquiry was replicated using as a sample students and faculty at a collegiate school of business. As with the original study, the results suggest a tendency to underestimate patient billing costs.

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Anxiety and medical diagnostic procedures: Results with patients “at risk” for huntington's disease undergoing pet scan

Psychology and Health ◽

10.1080/08870449108400415 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 121-128 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michael Boivin ◽

Bruno Giordani ◽

Annette Betley ◽

Stanley Berent ◽

Jill Rothley ◽

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Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Huntington's Disease ◽

Huntington’S Disease ◽

Diagnostic Procedures ◽

Pet Scan ◽

Medical Diagnostic ◽

Patients At Risk

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Anxiety and Internet Research Before Percutaneous Ultrasound-guided Diagnostic Procedures

10.21203/rs.3.rs-186262/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Marcio Meira ◽

Almir Galvão Vieira Bitencourt ◽

Demian Jungklaus Travesso ◽

Rubens Chojniak ◽

Paula Nicole Vieira Pinto Barbosa

Keyword(s):

Invasive Procedure ◽

Diagnostic Procedures ◽

Online Information ◽

Invasive Procedures ◽

Complementary Information ◽

Diagnostic Investigation ◽

Online Searching ◽

Inadequate Information ◽

Anxious Patient ◽

Medical Diagnostic

Abstract Invasive procedures guided by ultrasound (US) are part of the routine medical diagnostic investigation. The lack of knowledge related to technical aspects about them can lead the patient to seek complementary information on the internet, which can trigger anxiety. However, the intersection between the areas of Radiology and Psychology is poorly studied. Here we show the profile of an anxious patient before an US-guided intervention. One hundred thirty-three patients were evaluated. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was applied for psychometry. Higher anxiety scores were significantly observed in female patient, in those who believe they had received inadequate information from the referring physician, and in those who assessed the online information to be unreliable or difficult to access. Patients who defined themselves as proactive in online searching reported lower anxiety. Our results show that the profile of an anxious patient before an US-guided intervention can be established. The recognition of this profile can guide measures to reduce anxiety in patients who will undergo an US-guided invasive procedure.

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Machine Recognition in Medical Microscopy

Scottish Medical Journal ◽

10.1177/003693307001501104 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 15 (11) ◽

pp. 409-415 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. Ward ◽

G. A. Bantugan

Keyword(s):

Diagnostic Procedures ◽

Point Of View ◽

Classification Systems ◽

Research Groups ◽

Different Types ◽

Medical Diagnostic ◽

Recognition Systems ◽

Machine Systems ◽

General Aspects ◽

Cellular Components

Some general aspects of machine recognition are discussed. The advantages and limitations of machine systems are compared with those of trained human observers and the problems involved in introducing machines into classification systems designed for human observers are outlined. The present classification system for the cellular components of blood samples is described, with emphasis on the different types of white cell encountered. Cervical samples and chromosomes are described and discussed from the machine recognition point of view. All proposed machine recognition systems in microscopy must satisfy certain technical criteria; these are listed and discussed briefly. A number of earlier attempts to recognise cells are described; the results obtained and the difficulties encountered are outlined. The work of a number of university, medical and industrial research groups actively engaged in this field is described. The likely developments in this field are discussed from the point of view of improvements which may occur in the hardware of scanning and computing and also the better understanding, integration and exploration of machine systems in medical research and in routine medical diagnostic procedures.

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