Recently I tried to purchase a new laptop for my work. I was forced to purchase a Lenovo model by our IT department. The machine they allowed me to purchase contains a 40 GB hard-drive, 512 MB and 1.6 GHz processor. Good specs... if it was 2003. This machine cost $1,400. As well, three weeks ago, they told me if would take 5 days for delivery. It was not arrived yet. Poor service and non-competitive systems is why people are not purchasing Lenovo.
Perhaps you're not aware that virtual colonoscopy requires air in the bowel. Guess how they get it there? Anyone who thinks a virtual colonoscopy is non-invasive is simply mistaken. A tube in the ass is a tube in the ass.
And by the way, sensitivity on virtual colonoscopy is 50% and specificity about the same. Honestly, I think I'd rather have the full on colonoscopy. The accuracy is MUCH better.
Microsoft has only responded to 360 of the 1 million glitches in Windows? They've sure got their work cut out for themselves. Good thing they bought themselves some time with those quality XBox 360's.
To be modded as Informative, shouldn't the information actually be CORRECT?
1. Diagnostic imaging using PET and FDG typically uses 5-15 mCi per patient. In a given day, it is not uncommon to make 1 Ci of F18. I know we often make 600 mCi or more and we don't even do a lot a PET.
2. F18 has a halflife of 109 minutes. Tc-99m has a 6 hour halflife.
3. Molybdenum does not have a halflife of seconds. It is several days and decays to Tc-99m which is 6 hours. We do not image with Mo.
4. It is possible to ship F18 compounds longish distances, although of course, not from the East coast to Alaska. Seattle and Vancouver both produce F18 and could conceivably ship to Anchorage. However, I am pretty sure a cyclotron and PET scanner (if not several) already exist there.
5. Most hospitals do NOT have cyclotrons. In the US PETNET can ship to most locations frojm their network of cooperators. I think they have something like 30 cyclotrons nationwide and supply most of the US.
Yeah, but if you ship it west, the decay is quite small because the time when you arrive is usually only a little later than when you left. Just don't ship it east.
"If you move out of the country, you have to delete all your music." The EULA specifically forbids "export" outside the country where you reside.
If I move outside one to a another country, I am now residing in the new country. I don't have to delete my music as I never exported the music outside the country which I reside. I always have to reside somewhere.
In one of his "papers", his first 15 references are to "papers" by himself, thereby giving the aura of credibility and peer-review. Most of these papers are published in obscure journals or on his company website. I don't think any real scientist would give him much credibility, and I don't think he deserves it. I'm sure he is a very smart man, and a fine medic (whatever that is), but I don't think he makes a very good physicist (coming from a physicist, though admittedly, not a good one.)
I think the best tool that I use for my imaging is a Linux PC (now a Mac by the way), running MATLAB. Write your own analysis tools. They'll probably do a better job than the alternatives and you'll learn more along the way.
I work in medical imaging, and I have used Osirix. It is easily one of the best open source image display programs around. The other most notable is Amide, but I digress. Osirix works well for scientists and others looking to save money, but I think physicians would have a difficult time saying it is better then the commercial vendors software. Commercial workstations are tens of thousands of dollars, and while the price is extremely inflated, you do often get a lot of functionality for that money. Osirix is no substitute for that. Osirix works fine as a third display terminal or something in the doctor's office, but I wouldn't want any radiologists I know using it as their primary reporting station.
The part about the iPods is interesting too. Having ready and portable access to images is neat, but of course, this is not used as a primary reporting tool. It is useful to take to conferences to share interesting cases, etc, but not for any other great purpose.
Pine is most common in the southern US because the US government has imposed an illegal tariff on Canadian softwood (ie spruce). This tariff has been deemed illegal by the WTO several times. Basically, the US says that because Canadian softwood is grown on government land (FYI most land in Canada is government owned), it amounts to a subsidy because the lumber companies don't have to buy the land, just pay royalities. As I said, this tariff has been deemed illegal several times already,but the US refuses to change things.
Thus, the hurricanes will continue to make matchsticks from these pine houses due once again to stupid US policy.
You know, it amazes me that the US is so keen to help out the rest of the world from tyranny and terrorism, yet can't even look after its own people. The houses these people live in are embarrassing for such an industrialized country.
As well, I find it funny that the Governor of Louisiana (or Mississippi, I don't remember) only asked for prayers at this time. Seems to me that food, drinking water and blankets would be more sensible.
So I guess the astronomers prior to Galileo were correct then in that the earth is the center of the universe. They must be, they published in physics journals! My point is that what we know now, we only know because something better came along later. It may very well be wrong, but it is the best we can do at the time. And I would probably say that 50% of the work being done now is wrong in the sense of something better will come along to explain the results better. As they say, hindsight is 20/20.
Look, I'm a PhD physicist too, but I certainly know that my results may not correct. I try to do everything I can to ensure they are accurate, but correct, I can't say. And yes, things do get published in Physics journals that are clearly wrong, http://www.lucent.com/news_events/researchreview.h tml
Man, I lost my car keys once. It sucked. I'd hate to lose 13,000 car keys, though. Hope they find them soon before they have to pick someone up at the airport or something.
Imagine a technology where one was able to label a specific molecule, incorporate it into a cell, and watch where the cells go? Amazing? It's what we've done in nuclear medicine (PET and SPECT imaging) for years. In fact, just today I did this in a rat nerve cell.
I really don't understand why would you want this. I would seriously doubt if such a configuration would be cheaper than two 2 GHz units. The beauty of having dual cores means that now you're able to have twice as many CPU's crunching away. Why you wouldn't do that if you had the chance is beyond me. I would love to see these pan out so I can get one for my own research.
You mention the Cube as a mistake. Hmm, wasn't that a small computer? And was it successful? Personally, I would love a small computer, but given that the cost is typically the same an a larger machine, isn't nearly as expandable, and I can't get dual CPU's, it's not going to happen soon.
Are you kidding? The Sweater was one of the best pieces of work ever created by anyone. It was genius. Take a look at a new $5 bill. The quote on the back of it was from the original short story by Roh Carrier.
So, I guess you've got a couple extra 5 Megapixel CRT's lying around for medical imaging use? Not everyone with an LCD does so for it's sexiness. Digital mammography systems REQUIRE a system with at least 4 Megapixels (2048x2048) to start, and preferably 16. Good luck finding a CRT with that resolution.
Don't you think it's a little fishy that a company like Microsoft releases software with all sorts of holes, then sells you the software to fix it? I'm not sure what this business practice is called, but it's very much akin to a pharmaceutical company selling the cure for a disease they created in the first place.
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Recently I tried to purchase a new laptop for my work. I was forced to purchase a Lenovo model by our IT department. The machine they allowed me to purchase contains a 40 GB hard-drive, 512 MB and 1.6 GHz processor. Good specs ... if it was 2003. This machine cost $1,400. As well, three weeks ago, they told me if would take 5 days for delivery. It was not arrived yet. Poor service and non-competitive systems is why people are not purchasing Lenovo.
Perhaps you're not aware that virtual colonoscopy requires air in the bowel. Guess how they get it there? Anyone who thinks a virtual colonoscopy is non-invasive is simply mistaken. A tube in the ass is a tube in the ass.
And by the way, sensitivity on virtual colonoscopy is 50% and specificity about the same. Honestly, I think I'd rather have the full on colonoscopy. The accuracy is MUCH better.
Microsoft has only responded to 360 of the 1 million glitches in Windows? They've sure got their work cut out for themselves. Good thing they bought themselves some time with those quality XBox 360's.
To be modded as Informative, shouldn't the information actually be CORRECT?
1. Diagnostic imaging using PET and FDG typically uses 5-15 mCi per patient. In a given day, it is not uncommon to make 1 Ci of F18. I know we often make 600 mCi or more and we don't even do a lot a PET.
2. F18 has a halflife of 109 minutes. Tc-99m has a 6 hour halflife.
3. Molybdenum does not have a halflife of seconds. It is several days and decays to Tc-99m which is 6 hours. We do not image with Mo.
4. It is possible to ship F18 compounds longish distances, although of course, not from the East coast to Alaska. Seattle and Vancouver both produce F18 and could conceivably ship to Anchorage. However, I am pretty sure a cyclotron and PET scanner (if not several) already exist there.
5. Most hospitals do NOT have cyclotrons. In the US PETNET can ship to most locations frojm their network of cooperators. I think they have something like 30 cyclotrons nationwide and supply most of the US.
Yeah, but if you ship it west, the decay is quite small because the time when you arrive is usually only a little later than when you left. Just don't ship it east.
From the EFF:
"If you move out of the country, you have to delete all your music." The EULA specifically forbids "export" outside the country where you reside.
If I move outside one to a another country, I am now residing in the new country. I don't have to delete my music as I never exported the music outside the country which I reside. I always have to reside somewhere.
In one of his "papers", his first 15 references are to "papers" by himself, thereby giving the aura of credibility and peer-review. Most of these papers are published in obscure journals or on his company website. I don't think any real scientist would give him much credibility, and I don't think he deserves it. I'm sure he is a very smart man, and a fine medic (whatever that is), but I don't think he makes a very good physicist (coming from a physicist, though admittedly, not a good one.)
I think the best tool that I use for my imaging is a Linux PC (now a Mac by the way), running MATLAB. Write your own analysis tools. They'll probably do a better job than the alternatives and you'll learn more along the way.
I work in medical imaging, and I have used Osirix. It is easily one of the best open source image display programs around. The other most notable is Amide, but I digress. Osirix works well for scientists and others looking to save money, but I think physicians would have a difficult time saying it is better then the commercial vendors software. Commercial workstations are tens of thousands of dollars, and while the price is extremely inflated, you do often get a lot of functionality for that money. Osirix is no substitute for that. Osirix works fine as a third display terminal or something in the doctor's office, but I wouldn't want any radiologists I know using it as their primary reporting station.
The part about the iPods is interesting too. Having ready and portable access to images is neat, but of course, this is not used as a primary reporting tool. It is useful to take to conferences to share interesting cases, etc, but not for any other great purpose.
Pine is most common in the southern US because the US government has imposed an illegal tariff on Canadian softwood (ie spruce). This tariff has been deemed illegal by the WTO several times. Basically, the US says that because Canadian softwood is grown on government land (FYI most land in Canada is government owned), it amounts to a subsidy because the lumber companies don't have to buy the land, just pay royalities. As I said, this tariff has been deemed illegal several times already,but the US refuses to change things.
Thus, the hurricanes will continue to make matchsticks from these pine houses due once again to stupid US policy.
You know, it amazes me that the US is so keen to help out the rest of the world from tyranny and terrorism, yet can't even look after its own people. The houses these people live in are embarrassing for such an industrialized country.
As well, I find it funny that the Governor of Louisiana (or Mississippi, I don't remember) only asked for prayers at this time. Seems to me that food, drinking water and blankets would be more sensible.
So I guess the astronomers prior to Galileo were correct then in that the earth is the center of the universe. They must be, they published in physics journals! My point is that what we know now, we only know because something better came along later. It may very well be wrong, but it is the best we can do at the time. And I would probably say that 50% of the work being done now is wrong in the sense of something better will come along to explain the results better. As they say, hindsight is 20/20.
h tml
Look, I'm a PhD physicist too, but I certainly know that my results may not correct. I try to do everything I can to ensure they are accurate, but correct, I can't say. And yes, things do get published in Physics journals that are clearly wrong, http://www.lucent.com/news_events/researchreview.
I know smoked salmon is good, but I didn't know it could launch a space craft.
Man, I lost my car keys once. It sucked. I'd hate to lose 13,000 car keys, though. Hope they find them soon before they have to pick someone up at the airport or something.
Imagine a technology where one was able to label a specific molecule, incorporate it into a cell, and watch where the cells go? Amazing? It's what we've done in nuclear medicine (PET and SPECT imaging) for years. In fact, just today I did this in a rat nerve cell.
I'm betting it takes about one Library of Congress to store the Library of Congress. Any takers?
Free subs?
Better question. Why is it in 3 vacuum jars?
I really don't understand why would you want this. I would seriously doubt if such a configuration would be cheaper than two 2 GHz units. The beauty of having dual cores means that now you're able to have twice as many CPU's crunching away. Why you wouldn't do that if you had the chance is beyond me. I would love to see these pan out so I can get one for my own research.
You mention the Cube as a mistake. Hmm, wasn't that a small computer? And was it successful? Personally, I would love a small computer, but given that the cost is typically the same an a larger machine, isn't nearly as expandable, and I can't get dual CPU's, it's not going to happen soon.
So your house doesn't have a south side? Poor you, for having the wind blow right up your ass in the winter. Or is that the summer?
Are you kidding? The Sweater was one of the best pieces of work ever created by anyone. It was genius. Take a look at a new $5 bill. The quote on the back of it was from the original short story by Roh Carrier.
So, I guess you've got a couple extra 5 Megapixel CRT's lying around for medical imaging use? Not everyone with an LCD does so for it's sexiness. Digital mammography systems REQUIRE a system with at least 4 Megapixels (2048x2048) to start, and preferably 16. Good luck finding a CRT with that resolution.
Hey, I've got a tool that identifies pornographic images too. I knew I should have patented that!
Don't you think it's a little fishy that a company like Microsoft releases software with all sorts of holes, then sells you the software to fix it? I'm not sure what this business practice is called, but it's very much akin to a pharmaceutical company selling the cure for a disease they created in the first place.