Scopes and Opportunities of Interventional Radiology in Clinical Settings

Md Tariqul Islam

doi:10.3329/jcamr.v8i2.57428

Applied Directions in Biomedical Anthropology

Practicing Anthropology ◽

10.17730/praa.8.1-2.eh1x2l851uw38046 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 8 (1-2) ◽

pp. 4-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Curtis Wienker

Keyword(s):

Body Composition ◽

Medical Research ◽

Medical Schools ◽

Physical Anthropology ◽

Human Populations ◽

Clinical Settings ◽

Research Institutes

During the last 15 years, a distinct new specialization within physical anthropology has emerged, biomedical anthropology. It is concerned with the health, diseases, growth, aging, nutrition, and body composition of living humans, and especially of living human populations. Importantly, virtually all of biomedical anthropology has an applied orientation. It also offers much to individuals who aspire to practice the craft and science of physical anthropology in such organizations as medical schools, medical research institutes, and in clinical settings.

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Use of Body Sensor Networks in Clinical Settings and Medical Research

Sensor Networks for Sustainable Development ◽

10.1201/b17124-11 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 215-252 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carlo Alberto Boano ◽

Felix Jonathan Oppermann ◽

Kay Römer

Keyword(s):

Sensor Networks ◽

Medical Research ◽

Body Sensor Networks ◽

Clinical Settings

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Non-Lead Protective Aprons for the Protection of Interventional Radiology Physicians from Radiation Exposure in Clinical Settings: An Initial Study

Diagnostics ◽

10.3390/diagnostics11091613 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (9) ◽

pp. 1613

Author(s):

Mamoru Kato ◽

Koichi Chida ◽

Masato Munehisa ◽

Tadaya Sato ◽

Yohei Inaba ◽

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Keyword(s):

Interventional Radiology ◽

Radiation Protection ◽

Clinical Setting ◽

Coronary Intervention ◽

Initial Study ◽

Radiation Shielding ◽

Shielding Effect ◽

Clinical Settings ◽

Percutaneous Coronary ◽

Cardiac Catheterizations

Radiation protection/evaluation during interventional radiology (IVR) poses a very important problem. Although IVR physicians should wear protective aprons, the IVR physician may not tolerate wearing one for long procedures because protective aprons are generally heavy. In fact, orthopedic problems are increasingly reported in IVR physicians due to the strain of wearing heavy protective aprons during IVR. In recent years, non-Pb protective aprons (lighter weight, composite materials) have been developed. Although non-Pb protective aprons are more expensive than Pb protective aprons, the former aprons weigh less. However, whether the protective performance of non-Pb aprons is sufficient in the IVR clinical setting is unclear. This study compared the ability of non-Pb and Pb protective aprons (0.25- and 0.35-mm Pb-equivalents) to protect physicians from scatter radiation in a clinical setting (IVR, cardiac catheterizations, including percutaneous coronary intervention) using an electric personal dosimeter (EPD). For radiation measurements, physicians wore EPDs: One inside a personal protective apron at the chest, and one outside a personal protective apron at the chest. Physician comfort levels in each apron during procedures were also evaluated. As a result, performance (both the shielding effect (98.5%) and comfort (good)) of the non-Pb 0.35-mm-Pb-equivalent protective apron was good in the clinical setting. The radiation-shielding effects of the non-Pb 0.35-mm and Pb 0.35-mm-Pb-equivalent protective aprons were very similar. Therefore, non-Pb 0.35-mm Pb-equivalent protective aprons may be more suitable for providing radiation protection for IVR physicians because the shielding effect and comfort are both good in the clinical IVR setting. As non-Pb protective aprons are nontoxic and weigh less than Pb protective aprons, non-Pb protective aprons will be the preferred type for radiation protection of IVR staff, especially physicians.

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Application of Scanning Electron Microscopy to Medical Research

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100061963 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 27 ◽

pp. 12-13

Author(s):

J. D. Hutchison

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Electron Microscope ◽

Medical Research ◽

Prosthetic Heart Valve ◽

School Of Medicine ◽

Transmission Electron ◽

Definition Of ◽

Mechanism Of Failure ◽

The Brain ◽

Scanning Electron

When the transmission electron microscope was commercially introduced a few years ago, it was heralded as one of the most significant aids to medical research of the century. It continues to occupy that niche; however, the scanning electron microscope is gaining rapidly in relative importance as it fills the gap between conventional optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.IBM Boulder is conducting three major programs in cooperation with the Colorado School of Medicine. These are the study of the mechanism of failure of the prosthetic heart valve, the study of the ultrastructure of lung tissue, and the definition of the function of the cilia of the ventricular ependyma of the brain.

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Clinical Science in the 1990s

Clinical Science ◽

10.1042/cs0780001 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 78 (1) ◽

pp. 1-1

Author(s):

M. J. Brown

Keyword(s):

Medical Research ◽

Review Process ◽

Molecular Level ◽

Short Interval ◽

Clinical Science ◽

Molecular Medicine ◽

Mutual Benefit ◽

Real Progress ◽

General Journal

From this issue, Clinical Science will increase its page numbers from an average of 112 to 128 per monthly issue. This welcome change — equivalent to at least two manuscripts — has been ‘forced’ on us by the increasing pressure on space; this has led to an undesirable increase in the delay between acceptance and publication, and to a fall in the proportion of submitted manuscripts we have been able to accept. The change in page numbers will instead permit us now to return to our exceptionally short interval between acceptance and publication of 3–4 months; and at the same time we shall be able not only to accept (as now) those papers requiring little or no revision, but also to offer hope to some of those papers which have raised our interest but come to grief in review because of a major but remediable problem. Our view, doubtless unoriginal, has been that the review process, which is unusually thorough for Clinical Science, involving a specialist editor and two external referees, is most constructive when it helps the evolution of a good paper from an interesting piece of research. Traditionally, the papers in Clinical Science have represented some areas of research more than others. However, this has reflected entirely the pattern of papers submitted to us, rather than any selective interest of the Editorial Board, which numbers up to 35 scientists covering most areas of medical research. Arguably, after the explosion during the last decade of specialist journals, the general journal can look forward to a renaissance in the 1990s, as scientists in apparently different specialities discover that they are interested in the same substances, asking similar questions and developing techniques of mutual benefit to answer these questions. This situation arises from the trend, even among clinical scientists, to recognize the power of research based at the cellular and molecular level to achieve real progress, and at this level the concept of organ-based specialism breaks down. It is perhaps ironic that this journal, for a short while at the end of the 1970s, adopted — and then discarded — the name of Clinical Science and Molecular Medicine, since this title perfectly represents the direction in which clinical science, and therefore Clinical Science, is now progressing.

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The Clinician Directed Hierarchy: A Clinical Training Tool

Perspectives on Issues in Higher Education ◽

10.1044/ihe11.2.56 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 56-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jill K. Duthie

Keyword(s):

Clinical Supervision ◽

Clinical Training ◽

Clinical Teaching ◽

Clinical Skills ◽

Clinical Settings ◽

Specific Level ◽

Problem Solving Skills ◽

Training Tool ◽

Target Behaviors ◽

Intervention Process

Abstract Clinical supervisors in university based clinical settings are challenged by numerous tasks to promote the development of self-analysis and problem-solving skills of the clinical student (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, ASHA, 1985). The Clinician Directed Hierarchy is a clinical training tool that assists the clinical teaching process by directing the student clinician’s focus to a specific level of intervention. At each of five levels of intervention, the clinician develops an understanding of the client’s speech/language target behaviors and matches clinical support accordingly. Additionally, principles and activities of generalization are highlighted for each intervention level. Preliminary findings suggest this is a useful training tool for university clinical settings. An essential goal of effective clinical supervision is the provision of support and guidance in the student clinician’s development of independent clinical skills (Larson, 2007). The student clinician is challenged with identifying client behaviors in the therapeutic process and learning to match his or her instructions, models, prompts, reinforcement, and use of stimuli appropriately according to the client’s needs. In addition, the student clinician must be aware of techniques in the intervention process that will promote generalization of new communication behaviors. Throughout the intervention process, clinicians are charged with identifying appropriate target behaviors, quantifying the progress of the client’s acquisition of the targets, and making adjustments within and between sessions as necessary. Central to the development of clinical skills is the feedback provided by the clinical supervisor (Brasseur, 1989; Moss, 2007). Particularly in the early stages of clinical skills development, the supervisor is challenged with addressing numerous aspects of clinical performance and awareness, while ensuring the client’s welfare (Moss). To address the management of clinician and client behaviors while developing an understanding of the clinical intervention process, the University of the Pacific has developed and begun to implement the Clinician Directed Hierarchy.

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