Early Days of CT: Innovations (Both Good and Bad) Robert G. Gould Department of Radiology University of California San Francisco The Names: An Incomplete List • • • • • Johann Karl August Radon 1887‐1956 William Henry Oldendorf 1925‐1992 Allan McLeod Cormack 1919‐2004 Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield 1919‐2004 Robert Ledley 1924‐ Sir Godfrey Hounsfield • Elected to Royal Society 1975 • Nobel prize 1979 shared with Allan Cormack 1919‐2004 EMI Head Scanner First clinical image (Atkinson‐ Morley Hospital London
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management of EMI should decide to patent the technology of CT scanner and license it to major players in medical diagnostic imaging market in the US‚ instead of manufacturing it by EMI itself. X-ray is the “standard” for medical industry in 1972‚ with GE and Picker as the market leaders in US. Although CT scanner is potentially a disruptive innovation to transform diagnostic imaging‚ its success relies on high adoption rate by hospitals and reputable medical professionals. What EMI needs to do
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PET/CT vs. CT Purchase Christine Parks BUS: 640 Managerial Economics Scott Shaw December 17‚ 2012 Abstract In my previous position I worked as the Administrator for a well-established outpatient diagnostic imaging facility. As the Administrator I was faced with having to make various decisions that utilized economics on a daily basis. The decisions that I would have to make would range from very simple to very complex purchases. Regardless of the amount of the purchase the same economic
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EMI Group plc Annual Report 2003 This report is produced using paper made from 100% recycled content. Such a high percentage is unusual for company reports. The board used for the dividers and the cover is 50% recycled stock and 50% fibre which has not been bleached using chlorine‚ and has been awarded the Nordic Swan eco-label. EMI Group Annual Report 2003 1 2 4 5 9 17 25 31 37 40 41 44 Contents Overview New Formats – New Revenue Streams Financial Summary Chairman’s
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traditional X rays‚ which highlight dense body parts‚ such as bones‚ CT provides detailed views of the body’s soft tissues‚ including blood vessels‚ muscle tissue‚ and organs‚ such as the brain. While conventional X rays provide flat two-dimensional images‚ CT images depict a cross-section of the body. A patient undergoing a CT scan rests on a movable table at the center of a donut-shaped scanner‚ which is about 2.4 m (8 ft) tall. The CT scanner contains an X-ray source‚ which emits beams of X rays; an
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What is EMI? Equated Monthly Installment – EMI for short – is the amount payable every month to the bank or any other financial institution until the loan amount is fully paid off. It consists of the interest on loan as well as part of the principal amount to be repaid. The sum of principal amount and interest is divided by the tenure‚ i.e.‚ number of months‚ in which the loan has to be repaid. This amount has to be repaid monthly. The interest component of the EMI would be larger in the initial
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CT Scan Machine CT scan machine (Computed Tomography) is a medical imaging method employing tomography by using a digital geometry process to generated a three-dimensional image of the internals of an object from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around a single axis of rotation. Computed Tomography (CT)‚ actually known as computed axial tomography (CAT or CT scan) and body section roentgenography. CT scan machine is useful equipment (an important tool in medical imaging to
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as people‚ physical appearance is less important in comparison to our spirits and mindsets. The body serves only as a shuttle for our spirits and minds‚ without these two assets our bodies would simply only be empty shells. In Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly‚ the protagonist‚ Bob Arctor‚ has fallen victim to a highly addictive drug called Substance D‚ which has the side effect of splitting the personality in one’s mind. In dealing with the abuse of this drug‚ Arctor begins to lose himself and forgets
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& Musical Industries (EMI) was established in 1931. EMI Group‚ PLC is the world 3rd largest music company which based in London. It is the world largest independent music company‚ not being a unit‚ subsidiary or division of a larger conglomerate corporation. EMI’s business is comprised of two main group; EMI Recorded Music and EMI Music Publishing. EMI Recorded Music accounted for 81.6% of EMI Group‚ PLC sales and 59.3% of the company’s operating profit in fiscal 2003. EMI Recorded Music has over
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background Of The Study Hog raising is a very popular enterprise in the Philippines such that there is a proliferation of backyard producers‚ which dominates the swine industry and a healthy viable commercial sector. Despite the crises facing the swine industry‚ still many people are venturing in this enterprise. Piggeries are type of factory farm specialized for raising of pigs up to slaughter weight. Some people keep pigs as pet but most of people keep them as a source
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