Two therapeutic modalities are currently of great interest, namely photo- and radiosensitization. Whereas photosensitizers only function in combination with ultraviolet (UV) light, radiosensitizers act only in combination ...

In terms of regulations gazetted in 1973, the Department of Health has control of the practice of medical radiology in South Africa. The regulations and the rules of the South African Medical and Dental Council that apply ...

A short review is given of the anatomy of the pulmonary arterial system and of the bronchial arterial system. The normal vascular pattern of the lung as well as the altered vascular pattern under a number of abnormal ...

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During fluoroscopic bladder and bronchial examinations the radiation workers concerned are exposed to 90°-scattered photons. The effective energy expressed in mm Al was measured for these photons exited at tube potentials ...

The Tygerberg Hospital, of the Medical Faculty of the University of Stellenbosch, has a decentralised radiological service where -50% of the radiology forms part of specialised departments. This obviates patient traffic ...

Two cases of rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder are reported. These tumors mainly occur in male children. They may arise in any part of the bladder and usually cause dysuria, lower urinary tract obstruction and a palpable ...

Thermography is discussed, and attention is drawn to its ancillary value in making a diagnosis. Some examples of thermograms are demonstrated.

Different approaches to the analysis of radiographs of the lungs are briefly discussed. A systematic routine is proposed, outlined and briefly motivated. It is emphasized that radiological findings must be correlated ...

A very brief review is given of the pathology of primary pulmonary tuberculosis. Numerous characteristic, but not pathognomonic, radiological appearances of primary pulmonary tuberculosis are briefly described and some of ...