ABSTRACT
The general requirements are analyzed of a system designed to acquire and manage radiological data of scientific interest. These requirements consist in: easy implementation, to develop the system in the same environment where it is going to be used; easy use, to avoid excessive needs and resources for the system to be managed in practice; reduced implementation cost, in terms of resources required for its implementation; user-oriented approach, in the sense of meeting the radiologists' requirements, and flexibility, for the system to be an effective tool for the widest range of possible applications. Two actual applications of this general approach are then discussed, one relative to breast investigations data, and the other to digital procedures (US, CT, DSA, MR) data. For each application the software tools employed are analyzed, together with the archive structures and the used codes, the collecting data procedures and the programs. For the breast investigations archive the possibility of obtaining standard periodic reports is pointed out. These reports summarize the global department activity in this area during selected periods (six months-one year). They allow interesting clinical conclusions to be drawn. As for the digital procedures archive, the possibility is stressed of searching different combinations of scientific data out of tens of thousands of cases in just a few minutes.
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Computer Systems , Radiology Information Systems/organization & administration , Computer Systems/economics , Female , Hospital Information Systems , Humans , Italy , Mammography , Microcomputers , Radiographic Image Enhancement , Radiology Information Systems/economics , Software DesignSubject(s)
Hyperlipoproteinemias , Adult , Age Factors , Biological Transport , Dietary Fats/metabolism , Electrophoresis , Female , Humans , Hyperlipoproteinemias/diagnosis , Hyperlipoproteinemias/pathology , Hypopituitarism/metabolism , Lipoproteins/physiology , Lipoproteins, HDL/deficiency , Lipoproteins, LDL/blood , Lipoproteins, VLDL/blood , Liver Cirrhosis/metabolism , Male , Nephrotic Syndrome/metabolism , Reference Values , Sex FactorsSubject(s)
Smallpox/prevention & control , Vaccination , Africa , Asia , Europe , Humans , Smallpox/transmissionABSTRACT
An account of the effects of recent influenza epidemics is given from the medical standpoint, and also with respect to their social and economic repercussions. The part played by air travel in the carriage of such epidemics is also examined. The immunity of the population of Rome towards an A strain swine fever (A/New Jersey 8/76) is assessed in the light of personal research.
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Influenza A virus , Influenza, Human/epidemiology , Antibodies, Viral/analysis , Humans , Influenza, Human/microbiology , RomeABSTRACT
Experience in the field of influenza (vaccination, chemical prevention, clinical pictures, treatment) during the period 1964-1974 is briefly described. The possibility that certain gastroenteric syndromes may suitably be labelled as"influenza" is examined. The usefulness of EAI antibody determination in "a posteriori" differential diagnosis of certain clinical forms, the assessment of the value of vaccination, and for mediocolegal purposes is asserted. It is suggested, in the light of personal experience, that vaccination with virus strains involved at the outset of an epidemic will only be useful where the antibody response to such strains is equal to more than 1:80. The chemical prevention of the disease is briefly examined,though the view that it is only effective in special cases is maintained.
