Imagine this scenario. A healthy woman receives her annual invitation to present herself for a mammogram. She checks in as soon as […]
Archive for February, 2012
A Novel Camera called Pandia
The benefits of slot scanning x-rays were described in an earlier blog. This approach has the major advantage of reducing x-ray scatter, increasing […]
Elastography and 21st Century Palpation
Medical imaging, in its purest form, provides a window on the internal anatomy of the human body. If there is a lesion, […]
Sensitivity and Specificity: At What Cost?
When judging the success of any screening programme, two statistical measures need to be considered: sensitivity and specificity. But what are these […]