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Radiography [PDF]

Nature, 1896
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An audit of radiographers’ practice of left-right image annotation in film-screen radiography and after installation of computed radiography in a tertiary hospital in Africa

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2020
Background Errors in radiographic image annotation by radiographers could potentially lead to misdiagnoses by radiologists and wrong side surgery by surgeons. Such medical negligence has dire medico-legal consequences.
Thomas Adejoh, Chukwuemeka H. Elugwu, Mohammed Sidi, Emeka E. Ezugwu, Chijioke O. Asogwa, Mark C. Okeji   +5 more
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A Systematic Review of the Relationship between Chest CT Severity Score and Laboratory Findings and Clinical Parameters in COVID-19 Pneumonia

Diagnostics, 2023
The COVID-19 virus has infected millions of people and became a global pandemic in 2020. The efficacy of laboratory and clinical parameters in the diagnosis and monitoring of COVID-19 has been established.
Naif A. Majrashi, Rakan A. Alhulaibi, Ibrahim H. Nammazi, Mohammed H. Alqasi, Ali S. Alyami, Wael A. Ageeli, Nouf H. Abuhadi, Ali A. Kharizy, Abdu M. Khormi, Mohammed G. Ghazwani, Ali A. Alqasmi, Turkey A. Refaee   +11 more
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Evaluation of Radiation Dose to the Thyroid Gland on Infant Patients Undergoing Anteroposterior Chest X-Ray at a Tertiary Hospital in North-Western Nigeria

African Scientific Reports, 2023
The study aims at measuring the entrance surface dose (ESD) of the thyroid gland of infant patients undergoing anterior-posterior (AP) chest x-ray in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital Sokoto (UDUTHS).
U. Abubakar, M. M. Ahmad, U. A. Al-Amin, A. A. Sadiq, A. Mohammed, D. Mohammed, I. Y. Izge, M. Sidi, A. Mohammed   +8 more
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The current status of ultrasound practice in Kano metropolis, Nigeria

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2021
Background Ultrasound has been in clinical use to image the human body for over half a century. An audit should be performed on professional practice aimed at taking corrective measures where errors are identified and improvement in the practice when ...
Mohammed Sidi, Ghali Makoda Sani, Anas Ya’u, Joseph Dlama Zira, Shem Samuel Loshugno, Geofrey Luntsi   +5 more
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Information Needs of Black Prostate Cancer Patients Receiving Treatment Within the South African Public Healthcare System

Oncology and Therapy, 2020
Introduction Prostate cancer is the leading cancer type in black South African men. The South African public healthcare sector serves more than 84% of the population, which includes many of these men. Previous evidence suggests that patients’ information
Melissa Taljaard, Germaine T. Lovric, Aviwe M. Makenzi, Prudence Kawinga   +3 more
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Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) and Image Quality Evaluation for Digital Mammography in a Nigerian Facility

Journal of Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences, 2022
Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) for digital mammography and image quality evaluation are important optimization tools in medical imaging. High quality mammograms are essential to the successful early detection of breast cancer.
A. E. Anasthesia, U. Ibrahim, S. D. Yusuf, D. Z. Joseph, N. Flavious, M. Sidi, S. Shem, A. Mundi, A. Dare, D. S. Joseph, Y. A. Ningi   +10 more
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Ultrasound diagnosis of ulnar nerve entrapment by confirming baseline cross-sectional area measurement for normal and abnormal nerves

South African Journal of Radiology, 2015
Background: Magnetic resonance imaging is most commonly employed, alongside electrodiagnostic studies, in the diagnosis of ulnar nerve entrapment. It is expensive, time consuming, not readily available to the general public, and limits imaging to a ...
Tania Roodt, Barbara van Dyk, Sylvia Jacobs   +2 more
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Subjective Versus Quantitative Methods of Assessing Breast Density

Diagnostics, 2020
In order to find a consistent, simple and time-efficient method of assessing mammographic breast density (MBD), different methods of assessing density comparing subjective, quantitative, semi-subjective and semi-quantitative methods were investigated ...
Wijdan Alomaim, Desiree O’Leary, John Ryan, Louise Rainford, Michael Evanoff, Shane Foley   +5 more
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Tissue Substitute Materials for the Human Colorectal Cancer Tissue [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2023
Introduction: Due to the high radiation dose used in radiotherapy, the human tissue is usually replaced with tissue substitutes in order to develop new treatment techniques.
Emmanuel Esien-umo, Joseph Obu, Ndubuisi Chiaghanam, Akwa Erim, Nneoyi Egbe   +4 more
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