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The Potential of Dual Energy by CT: Concepts and Clinical Applications
Posted on: 2022-06-24
This month’s Radiological Protection Study Group was held on June 6, with the theme “The Potential of Dual Energy by CT: Concepts and Clinical Applications”. The presentation was led by Biomedical Pâmela Bertolazzi, Clinical and Scientific Manager in Computed Tomography for Latin America at Siemens Healthineers. The specialist explained what the principle of dual energy, […]
Dose Reduction in Mammography
Posted on: 2022-06-07
This month’s Radiological Protection Study Group was held on May 9, with the theme “Dose Reduction in Mammography”. The presentation was led by physicist Rodrigo Trevisan Massera. The presentation began with an overview of mammograms and breast cancer in Brazil, which has around 66,000 cases and 18,000 deaths. With early detection, there is a 30% […]
World Multiple Sclerosis Day: MRI to detect the disease
Posted on: 2022-05-30
May 30th is the World Multiple Sclerosis Day, a chronic inflammatory disease that compromises patients’ lives by causing motor and sensory difficulties. The condition affects young people, mainly women between 20 and 40 years old. The disease is rare and very difficult to diagnose in its early stages. Its main symptoms are tingling, difficulty walking, […]
International Week of Medical Physics
Posted on: 2022-05-19
By Renato Dimenstein Physicist specializing in Radiodiagnosis and Radioprotection SupervisorPhysicist in Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Albert EinsteinFormer President, Brazilian Association of Medical Physics The International Day of Medical Physics is celebrated on November 7, the birthday of Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Polish physicist and chemist, who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. However, this month is also celebrated the […]
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