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Medical Imaging Technology, 2004.
Talks about the importance of medical imaging technology and how proper use of the technology is determined by proper understanding, guidance, and training.
1,032 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 25.95
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This paper looks at the advances in medical imaging technology and how these advances have made it necessary to have university programs devoted entirely to medical imaging technology. The paper also looks at why this technology can so easily be used inappropriately and how focusing on its potential and promise can help solve this problem.
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"Technology and technology applications in the medical fields are proliferating faster than proverbial rabbits. The advances in digital transmission of data, together with application of MRI technology and micro circuitry have created opportunities for the medical profession to gain more accurate information, analysis, and prognoses than ever before. MRI machines produce images which are clearer, and virtually three dimensional for the medical staff to use to accumulate diagnostic information. In previous decades, developing the talents to read imaging devices was included in part of broader based medical disciplines. But today, universities have advanced BS and MS degrees in medical imaging technology."
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Digital Medical Imaging, 2007.
This paper discusses advances in technological healthcare, focusing on digital medical imaging.
1,236 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 29.95
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In this article, the writer notes that during the past few decades, advances in healthcare have emerged, as new forms of technological integration have been implemented as part of the overall healthcare management system. The writer points out that healthcare providers, doctors and patients require more technological integration into the system providing real time data analysis and the possibility of enhancing medical knowledge. The writer notes that advances such as the possibility of faster, more efficient and effective healthcare are at the forefront of medicine, as digital imaging sees no boundaries for the future of healthcare. The writer concludes that the available research on digital medical imaging indicates that as improvements in health care become more necessary and evident, the technology will continue to improve the standards of health care for all individuals.
Outline:
Origin
Introduction into Healthcare
Impact on Healthcare
Pros and Cons
Advancements for the Future of Healthcare
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"Digital medical imaging has several impacts on current healthcare services. Today, DIACOM is the ubiquitous standard in radiology and imaging industry for the exchange and management of images and image related information. Currently, in addition to the most basic DIACOM service, image transmission, a number of advanced services also exist. There is a DIACOM image archive service that allows images to be searched in a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) by certain patient information, such as date the images were created and modality. These pictures are downloadable from the archive. DIACOM also offers a print service that allows for access to laser cameras or printers over a network so that multiple modalities and workstations can share printers. Another advanced service is a DIACOM modality worklist service that facilitates an automatically downloadable up-to-date worklist that includes the patient demographic data from the information system to the modality."
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Search and Rescue: A Use of Thermal Imaging Technology, 2006.
A ficitional paper detailing the use of thermal imaging technology.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, £ 31.95
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This paper is a short fictional story weaving in the use of a new technology.
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"Golda Baxter had been all but left for dead by the time I received the call. In fact, I knew more about her going missing through the local papers than anything that had been said around the Essex-Kent RCMP detachment where I piloted a surveillance chopper dedicated more to searching out marijuana growers than people. Nonetheless, when the girl, who had been staying with her family at a rented cottage in Point Pelee National Park near Leamington, Ontario, had not been heard from for 48 hours, I was brought in to try to find her from the sky."
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Medical Imaging Services, 2007.
This paper provides a marketing plan for walk-in and mobile radiology clinics.
1,404 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 32.95
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This paper focuses on specialized, community-based, walk-in medical imaging clinics that also provide an examination and diagnosis of results. The paper presents an advertising plan for walk-in radiology clinics together with a promotional strategy. The paper explains that the advertising plan is intended to capitalize on the community aspect of the service and to gain a wider market exposure than the typical medical imaging service receives.
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Abstract
Overview
Target Customer
Cost & Segmentation
Advertising Strategy
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"Radiology services and walk-in radiology services are a growing diagnostic service that is increasingly profitable as well as a boon for patient care. Walk-in and mobile radiology services, such as MRI and other imaging technologies have been growing in popularity since the early 1990s and usually involve the following: X-ray, mammography, MRI, CT and PET scans, and bone densitometry (Johns, 2001). One of the most impressive features is that these types of radiology services are able to deliver both preliminary and STAT reports immediately and accompanied by a complete written report within a 24 hour time frame(Perkins, 2004, p.21). Many of these types of radiology clinics provide both fixed unit services as well as mobile services in CT, MRI, and Ultrasound technology and take great care in developing an often multi-lingual and experienced staff of medical services professionals necessary for such community based clinics (Perkins, 2004, p.19)."
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Digital Medical Imaging -An Enterprise Approach, 2007.
This paper describes digital asset management in the health care system.
1,247 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 29.95
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This paper discusses the issues and challenges involved in an enterprise-centric approach to the managing of digital content. The writer specifically focuses on the management of medical imagery, a field commonly referred to as digital asset management. Additionally, the writer discusses the need for standards that provide for the creation of digital medical imaging systems.
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"At the center of integration efforts within the medical digital imaging system design efforts in the industry today is the creation of the virtually integrated electronic patient record (VIEPR), which is the basis of the future generation of wireless and web-based applications that are capable of "tracking" to patients as they progress through treatment programs. The VIEPR concept is aimed at taking digital medical imaging strategies and making them on an "always on" status that patients can present for analysis by medical professionals including radiologists and medical specialists. The future of thin-client based medical digital imaging delivery applications is based on this technology."
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Medical Imaging Techniques, 2003.
Discusses how various imaging techniques work.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 16 sources, £ 73.95
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Discusses early development, methods, radiology and traditional x-rays. Covers digital imaging and x-rays, computer tomography scans (CT), positron emission tomograpohy (PET) tomography and gamma rays, and thermography.
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"The first imaging techniques developed for medicine, x-rays, were discovered in 1985 by William Roentgen, and they were first used in medicine in 1896 (Lentle and Aldrich, 1997). Early radiology was chiefly concerned with skeletal morphology."
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Imaging and Optics, 2005.
This paper discusses the way imaging and optics technologies are revolutionizing the way businesses communicate their products to the consumer.
6,020 words (approx. 24.1 pages), 20 sources, APA, £ 100.95
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This paper explains that imaging and optics technologies have provided a wide range of industries with the ability to label, track and prevent bad documentation to their products in a more efficient and economically sound business. The author points out that "automatic identification", the means of identifying a product mechanically and entering the data obtained automatically into a computer, includes bar codes, optical character recognition (OCR), magnetic ink character recognition (MICR), magnetic stripes and voice systems. The paper relates that a problem with voice recognition applications is that it can be affected by environmental factors such as background noise; however, this technology has been the focus of considerable efforts on the part of the telecommunications industry and the U.S. government's intelligence community, which continue to work on improving reliability. illustrations
Table of Contents
Purpose
Thesis
Audience
Introduction
Overview and Background
Introduction to Topic
Why Imaging and Optics are Important
What Imaging and Optics has done for Different Industries
Imaging and Optics Technology
Automatic Identification and Data Capture
Character Recognition
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
Optical Mark Recognition
Current Technology
Bar Codes
RFID
Card Technologies
Non-Mainstream of Imaging and Optics
Introduction
Overview
Why these Technologies are not yet Mainstream
Emerging Biometric Technologies: Three Common Ways of Identifying an Individual
Voice Recognition
Recognition Types and Modes
Problems with Voice Recognition
Fingerprint
Pattern Extraction/Pattern Matching
Iris Code
Advantages/Disadvantages
Conclusion
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"By the beginning of the 1980s, various optical character recognition (OCR) technologies became available that made it possible to convert text to electronic form without the need for manual keyboarding. The scanner's ability to translate typewriter characters into bit-mapped image into ASCII text depends on a number of factors, including the sensitivity of the device itself and the legibility and method of preparation of the original document; however, improvements are being made all of the time and even formerly graphic-based scanning systems such as Adobe's notoriously slow PDF applications have incorporated character recognition systems that allow for textual scanning. Some of these character recognition systems incorporate features that provide output options to convert the text into a format used by common word-processing programs such as RTF, Word and so forth. According to Dry and Lawler, the term "scanning" is frequently used today to describe the process of creating digitized images; in this approach, a graphic picture of the page, rather than an actual transcription of the text itself, is stored in the computer."
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Portable Ultrasound Technology, 2007.
This paper focuses on the GE Logiq Book XP, the portable, high-quality diagnostic imaging technology.
772 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 19.95
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The paper discusses how current portable devices are changing imaging diagnostics. The paper focuses on GE's Logiq Book XP Ultrasound System and shows how it fulfills the market need for a relatively low cost, mobile and flexible ultrasound device. The paper looks at its advantages over existing systems and stresses how the GE Logiq Book XP is an important addition to the growing field of portable ultrasound devices.
Outline:
Introduction: The Portable Revolution
GE's Logiq Book XP Ultrasound System
Discussion
Conclusions
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"Ultrasound technology bounces acoustic waves off samples, extracting images and data from the reflected signals by using relatively inexpensive electronics that switch between transmitting and receiving (Rollins, 2005). Ultrasound technology exists in a variety of forms from analog to digital, from pulsed to continuous wave, and from 2D to 3D to 4D images. One of the most advanced ultrasound systems is a continuous wave (CW) Doppler ultrasound that colorizes time-controlled images to calculate fluid velocities within the body (Allan, 2006; Tuite, 2005). Unfortunately, ultrasound technology isn't traditionally considered portable. CW Doppler ultrasound devices, in particular, require large computer boards to function (Allan, 2006). The end result is that most ultrasound equipment is large, ungainly, and expensive."
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Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, 2004.
Assessment and comparison of Digital Images (DICOM and non-DICOM) as viewed on web-based systems and image workstations.
6,752 words (approx. 27.0 pages), 46 sources, MLA, £ 108.95
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This paper provides a thorough explanation of the digital imaging process and its application in the field of medicine. The paper talks about the aim of DICOM (digital imaging and communications in medicine) standards, how DICOM standards have been adopted by other medical specialties, and how they have become the predominant standard for the communication of medical images. The paper explains the specifics of DICOM standards, the mission, and usage. The paper also explains what non-DICOM images are and the features required to convert non-DICOM output to DICOM output. The paper also talks about the ethical issues and implications of medical imaging and how DICOM addresses these issues. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of DICOM. An overall positive assessment of DICOM standards concludes the paper.
Background
Research Design
Mission of DICOM
Usage of DICOM
Need for DICOM Knowledge
Non DICOM Images
Ethical Issues/Implications
The Future of DICOM
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"The waning cost of computer processing power and the ever-increasing demand for bandwidth fueled by the Internet will remain to have increasing benefits for medicine. New applications and capabilities, especially those based on the integration of information from multiple sources, will play an ever-growing role in improving the quality of healthcare delivery and reducing costs. One of the most primitive visions for the application of communications technology came into view in 1924 with an illustration on the cover of a magazine presenting the "Radio Doctor". The illustration shows what is basically a modern interactive video conferencing unit with medical peripherals. The irony is that, at that time these technology were not available at that time. Way back in 1973, two doctors Paul Capp and Sol Nudelman visualized "Photo-electronic Radiology", a pioneer technology in itself. They had the courage to announce that there was no longer requirement of the film and all radiological imaging would be obtained by computer based, photo-electronic systems. Images would then be stored electronically, transmitted around the hospital in digital format and viewed on electronic displays. At that time as well, the technologies necessary to fulfill such a vision were not existing or just in their formative years. The microprocessor was just being developed. Local area networks were still a research lab curiosity. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) displays were prehistoric, bulky, very expensive and offered relatively low quality images."
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Computer Based Imaging System, 2003.
Provides a proposal to upgrade a system in a clinic.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 10 sources, £ 50.95
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Provides a quantitative analysis of a proposal. Discusses how an upgrade would create a system that permits all departments to access medical images online. Defines the problem and covers information technology (IT) and medical imaging as a branch of IT.
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"A major clinic is considering a proposal to upgrade the process of computer-based imaging used in the clinic. The current imaging process provides unique..."
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Instructional Technology and Learning Disabilities, 2008.
An analysis of the role of instructional technology in the teaching of children with learning disabilities.
26,086 words (approx. 104.3 pages), 70 sources, APA, £ 176.95
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This paper discusses learning in children with learning disabilities. It discusses the need for interventions and how they are more likely to succeed and to bring about successful outcomes if applied early and carried out by teaching experts. The paper specifically focuses on the role of instructional technology and how this can aid teaching children with learning disabilities.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Section One
Learning Disabilities and Variations in Younger Children
Definitions and Overview
The Problematics of a Definition of Learning Disorder
Definitions and General Characteristics
Towards a Working Definition of LD
Overview of Learning Disabilities and Related Disorders
LD Characteristics and the Differentiation of Student Learning Needs
Characteristics and Variables
ADHD
The Issue of Multiple Intelligences
Dyslexia
Co-occurrence
Section 2
Learning Technologies and Learning Disabilities
Introduction: Overview of Learning Technologies
Advantages of Technology in Instruction
Control and Manipulation in Learning Among Sixth Graders
UDL
Other Aspects and Advantages of Technological Instruction
Technology, Confidence and Self-image
Instructional Technologies and Learning Disabilities
A Brief Overview of Theoretical Concerns
Theory and Instructional Technology for Learners with Disabilities
Various Assistive and Instructional Technologies
Specific Areas: Listening
Speech and Language
Reading
Writing
Language
Mathematics
Computers
Conclusions
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"There is little doubt the advent of new technical innovations and computer assisted methods will increase and that there will be more methods of helping the learning disabled student on the market in the future. There is also no doubt that these technological means and methods do play a very important role in helping the learner in the modern educational context - and particularly the sixth grade student and other young adolescents."
"However what should be continually borne in mind is that technology changes the environments in which we work and learn. These changes should be researched and studied so that the impact of technology does not usurp those positive aspects from previous teaching methods and techniques that have proven to be of worth. There is a tendency in the excitement about new technologies in some quarters to, as it were, to " throw the baby out with the bath water". In other words, while technology undoubtedly brings great advances in the field of learning disabilities, it should also be treated with caution and 'interrogated' so that only the most effective and helpful technologies are employed."
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Policy Technology in the 21st Century, 2005.
Examines modern police technology.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 33.95
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This paper describes some of the new police technologies. It focuses on three different categories: two mature technologies -- MDT and MCT; two newly-implemented technologies GIS/GPS mapping technology and NASA's VISAR technology; and finally, two emerging technologies that are still in technological and policy development stages, but have been already tested to prove their effectiveness in police work: PMI technology and Thermal Imaging Lie Detector Technology.
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Positron Emission Tomography Imaging, 2003.
An analysis of the efficacy of positron emission tomography imaging versus gamma camera imaging today.
1,904 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 42.95
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This paper examines how nuclear medicine is a medical specialty that involves the use of radioactive isotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. It looks at how positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is used extensively as diagnostic tool in the U.S. and Europe, but has limited availability in the U.K. It shows how the information obtained from these examinations can differentiate between different organs without the need for the patient to undergo surgical procedures. It also examines how, despite the long history of PET development, the costs and effectiveness of its use in routine clinical practice remain unknown. It reviews the relevant literature to determine whether PET imaging should be used more extensively in the U.K. instead of conventional nuclear medicine imaging.
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"These researchers report that despite the long history of PET development, the costs and effectiveness of its use in routine clinical practice remain virtually unknown. However, what is known is that the bottom line for these and other advances in medical technology is clinician and patient accessibility. According to Michael Johns, ?Physicians who do not have access to or choose not to utilize cutting-edge technologies could potentially limit the care provided to their patients. But for many in the developing world, the cost of new equipment and materials continues to be prohibitive. Even in the West, both public and private insurance agencies take into account the cost of a test or therapy before deciding whether to pay for it? (2001, 132)."
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