ABSTRACT
There is a wide range of benefits available for patients, clients and carers, and, in April this year two new benefits for disabled people were introduced together with new ways of claiming them. Is a knowledge of benefits necessary for a few nurse specialists only, or is it an integral part of professional practice for all?
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Nursing Care , Social Security , Education, Nursing, Continuing , Ethics, Nursing , Humans , United KingdomSubject(s)
Health Benefit Plans, Employee/trends , Insurance, Health/trends , California , Hospitals , PhysiciansSubject(s)
Health Benefit Plans, Employee/trends , Insurance, Health/trends , California , Hospitals , Physicians , United StatesSubject(s)
Child Day Care Centers , Salaries and Fringe Benefits/trends , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , United StatesABSTRACT
A computer software system for automatic outlining of borders between regions of differing CT numbers on computed tomography scans has been developed. The technique was originally intended for application in defining inhomogeneities for radiation therapy treatment planning; however, several other applications are possible. The system scans an image using a simple threshold model to locate initial outline points and then completes the outline with a border-following algorithm. Results of the automatic outlining system are given along with histograms of the enclosed regions, demonstrating several further applications of these techniques.