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Tomasz Bandurski

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PubMed2006

Student's plagiarism--a challenge for paramedic educators.

Student's plagiarism is a growing problem not only in the writing of controlling essays, but above all in the writing in BSc./MSc. diploma theses, which sometimes can be simply bought from ghost-writers. This is a major challenge for medical educators, particularly in paramedic professions. The aim of this paper is to overview the frequency of plagiarism among students, the factors influencing plagiarism, the ways of detecting it and potential countermeasures.

Academic Dissertations as Topic↗
PubMed2005

Evaluation of surgical gamma probes for sentinel node localization in cervical and vulvar cancer.

BACKGROUND: Sentinel node (SN) scintigraphy for cervical and vulvar cancer guides the gynaecological oncologist in finding the metastatic lymph nodes during lymphadenectomy. The role of the surgical gamma probe in the sentinel node concept in gynaecological oncology is to localise (SN) both intra-operatively and transcutaneously. Intra-operative hand-held collimated gamma probes are increasingly used for detection of the sentinel lymph node. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A comparative evaluation of hand held gamma probes: Neoprobe 1,500, Europrobe, Gamma Finder, Gamma Ray Prospector GRP1 and GPR2 was performed using different detection methods. Laboratory tests were performed in which sensitivity, spatial resolution and angular sensitivity were evaluated. RESULTS: The results for each gamma probe were summarised and discussed. CONCLUSION: Awareness of a gamma probeís capabilities and limitations should be considered in the appropriate selection of a device.

Equipment Design↗
PubMed2004

Artificial neural networks in nuclear medicine.

An analysis of the accessible literature on the diagnostic applicability of artificial neural networks in coronary artery disease and pulmonary embolism appears to be comparative to the diagnosis of experienced doctors dealing with nuclear medicine. Differences in the employed models of artificial neural networks indicate a constant search for the most optimal parameters, which could guarantee the ultimate accuracy in neural network activity. The diagnostic potential within systems containing artificial neural networks proves this calculation tool to be an independent or/and an additional device for supporting a doctor's diagnosis of artery disease and pulmonary embolism.

Algorithms↗
PubMed2003

The usefulness of CBF brain SPECT in forensic medicine: the civil law code cases. A description of four cases.

BACKGROUND: The aim of this report was to assess the usefulness of cerebral blood flow (CBF) scanning utilising the SPECT technique in forensic medicine cases in the area of civil law cases. MATERIAL AND METHODS: CBF SPECT scanning was performed in four patients utilising (99m)Tc-ECD and a triple-head gammacamera. In the analysis both the asymmetry index and cerebellar normalisation were applied. Reference values were obtained by studying 30 healthy volunteers. RESULTS: In those cases CBF SPECT scanning played an important role in forensic argument. It influenced the sentence and the amount of financial compensation. CONCLUSIONS: CBF SPECT scanning may provide valuable information in forensic medicine argument in civil law cases, but only when taken together with psychometric tests and other neuroimaging methods (CT, MRI). The value of CBF SPECT scanning alone may be limited in judicial proceedings.

Accidents, Traffic↗
PubMed2003

Undergraduate teaching of nuclear medicine: a comparison between Central & Eastern Europe and European Union countries.

This paper overviews the curricula of nuclear medicine (NM) undergraduate training in 34 Central & Eastern European (CEE) and 37 European Union (EU) medical faculties. The data show enormous variation in the number of hours devoted to nuclear medicine, varying between 1-2 to 40 hours and highly differentiated concepts/ideas of nuclear medicine training in particular countries. In most EU countries this teaching is integrated with that of radiology or clinical modules, also with training in clinical physiology. In many CEE countries teaching and testing of NM are independent, although integration with other teaching modules is frequent. The paper discusses the differences in particular approaches to nuclear medicine teaching.

Curriculum↗
PubMed2003

Application of rhenium-188 HEDP in bone metastases therapy.

Radionuclide bone metastases therapy is a major achievement of nuclear medicine. Development of less radiotoxic and more effective radiopharmaceuticals is therefore a challenge for radiopharmacists and industry. This paper reviews the application of rhenium-188 HEDP as a reactor- or generator-produced nuclide for bone metastases therapy.

Bone Neoplasms↗
PubMed2002

[Scintimammography in breast cancer imaging].

Scintimammography is a rarely used method of breast cancer imaging. The aim of the study was to find its place among other radiological methods. Routine methods of breast cancer detection were compared considering their advantages and disadvantages. Scintimammography seems to be a promising complementary method. Indications for scintimammography are considered and suggestion of a diagnostic algorithm in breast cancer, including of this method is proposed.

Algorithms↗
PubMed2002

Lung perfusion scintigraphy in the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary stenosis in patients after repair of Fallot tetralogy.

BACKGROUND: The frequency of peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis in patients after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) ranges from 20 to 40%. This can be either primary or secondary to the surgical intervention. The influence of resulting lung perfusion alterations on the life quality of patients is difficult to predict. The aim of this study was to compare the utility of the diagnostic procedures in this group of patients, with particular focus on lung perfusion scintigraphy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study comprised 104 patients who underwent repair of TOF at ages from 5 months to 25 years. The patients have been followed up for from 4.2 to 25 years. On the basis of chest x-ray peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis was suspected in 11 patients, in 12 on the basis of echocardiography examination. RESULTS: Lung perfusion scintigraphy has been performed on 87 patients. The disturbances in lung perfusion (mostly in the left lung) were show by means of lung perfusion scintigraphy in 43 (49%) of patients. In 27 of them heart catheterisation has been performed. Angiography revealed stenosis of the lung artery branch in 15/43 (34.9%) patients with abnormal perfusion lung scan and in 4/44 (9%) in patients with normal perfusion lung scan. Intervention procedures were carried out on 10 patients. CONCLUSIONS: Lung perfusion scintigraphy may prove a valuable, non-invasive screening tool in the assessment of patients after TOF repair, although both false-negative and false-positive results may happen. Therefore, it should play an auxiliary role together with other diagnostic modalities.

Journal Article↗
PubMed2002

Cerebral blood flow SPECT imaging in right hemisphere-damaged patients with hemispatial neglect. A pilot study.

BACKGROUND: Hemispatial neglect is characterised as a failure by a brain-damaged patient to attend to contralesional space. It is hypothesised to be a result of damage to a network involving the frontal, parietal and cingulated cortices, basal ganglia and thalamus. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The aim of this preliminary study was to verify this model of neglect in 22 right hemisphere-damaged acute stroke patients, using single photon emission-computed tomography (SPECT). The presence of a single right-sided vascular brain lesion was confirmed on CT and/or MRI. Hemispatial neglect, assessed with a battery of drawings, line bisection and line and shape cancellation tests, was observed in 12 cases. RESULTS: Patients with neglect (compared with those without neglect) had more extensive hypoperfusion in the frontal and parietal cortex, as well as striatum and thalamus. Left-sided hypoperfusion in the parietal cortex and the thalamus was also significantly associated with neglect on SPECT imaging. Performance in three out of five psychological tasks commonly used to detect the presence of hemispatial neglect, such as drawing tests and line bisection test, was exclusively linked with damage to the parietal cortex of the right hemisphere, while the line cancellation test might be attributable to the lesion of the right striatum. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support the model attributing hemispatial neglect to a unilateral defect in a cortico-striatothalamo-cortical loop. CBF SPECT imaging may provide a reliable description of the brain pathology associated with hemispatial neglect.

Journal Article↗