Browsing by Subject "Quality Assurance, Health Care"
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Causes of the change in the rates of mortality and severe complications of diabetes mellitus: 1992-2012.
(Med Care, 2015-03)OBJECTIVE: To quantify the causes of the changes in the rates of mortality and select severe complications of diabetes mellitus, type 2 (T2D) among the elderly between 1992 and 2012. RESEARCH DESIGN: A retrospective cohort ... -
Comparisons of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) quality assurance (QA) systems: sensitivity analysis to machine errors.
(Radiation Oncology (London, England), 2016-11-07)In volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), gantry angles, dose rate and the MLC positions vary with the radiation delivery. The quality assurance (QA) system should be able to catch the planning and machine errors. The ... -
Critical Review of Current Approaches for Echocardiographic Reproducibility and Reliability Assessment in Clinical Research.
(Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2016-12)<h4>Background</h4>There is no broadly accepted standard method for assessing the quality of echocardiographic measurements in clinical research reports, despite the recognized importance of this information in assessing ... -
Cross-platform analysis of HIV-1 RNA data generated by a multicenter assay validation study with wide geographic representation.
(J Clin Microbiol, 2012-08)HIV-1 RNA quantitation continues to be extremely important for monitoring patients infected with HIV-1, and a number of assays have been utilized for this purpose. Differences in assay performance with respect to log(10) ... -
Current definitions of central line-associated bloodstream infection: is the emperor wearing clothes?
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Diode-based transmission detector for IMRT delivery monitoring: a validation study.
(Journal of applied clinical medical physics, 2016-09-08)The purpose of this work was to evaluate the potential of a new transmission detector for real-time quality assurance of dynamic-MLC-based radiotherapy. The accuracy of detecting dose variation and static/dynamic MLC position ... -
Implementing diffusion-weighted MRI for body imaging in prospective multicentre trials: current considerations and future perspectives.
(European radiology, 2018-03)For body imaging, diffusion-weighted MRI may be used for tumour detection, staging, prognostic information, assessing response and follow-up. Disease detection and staging involve qualitative, subjective assessment of images, ...
