United steal a march on City with prophetic injury advance

[el matador]

Yeah, I'm a vascular scientist, so my day to day is ultrasound. It sounds like they are looking at small/isolated and low grade injuries which may even be completely asymptomatic but could potentially be exacerbated. There's a really nice feature on the newest Toshiba machines which shows you a correlated slice from their cross-sectional imaging as you ultrasound the patient. Epic

Toshiba have put a lot into developing ultrasound and caught up GE, outstripping Siemens (bleh) in the process. They're a way off when it comes to MR and CT though as I say, and looking at the data for Aquilion that's no different. Even if it is some pretty amazing technology.

so do you work for the nhs or private because this stuff sounds pretty expensive.

[Reece]

Who is the coolest dude in the hospital?

The ultrasound guy.

Why have I never heard that before

It's fitting for Rod Paolo too as everyone knows he's The Dude.

[dom9]

Who is the coolest dude in the hospital?

The ultrasound guy.

And who is the coolest dude when he's on holiday?


The hip replacement guy.

[Reece]

And who is the coolest dude when he's on holiday?


The hip replacement guy.

Stop it you guys!

[Vermilion]

Dude. I've only just realised RP's AV was from that film, i though it was Snake from Escape from NY.

[Reece]

Dude. I've only just realised RP's AV was from that film, i though it was Noel Edmonds.

[Neil Young]

And who is the coolest dude when he's on holiday?


The hip replacement guy.

[Lee]

And who is the coolest dude when he's on holiday?


The hip replacement guy.

We're on fire today Domaldinho.

[Vermilion]

[The_weatherman]

Toshiba's ultrasound machines are ****ing ace. Don't know enough about the Aquilion and competition for that specific application, but in general Toshiba CTs and MRs don't match up to Siemens and GE. Strikes me as pretty odd to have cross-sectional imaging at a football club anyway, especially CT. How much use would it get? Potential for overuse. Are they really forking out for this as well as radiographers, radiologists etc? I'd be amazed if the cross sectional imaging wasn't far better off done at a private hospital. Unless of course they're going to take on private patients from outside the club and run it as a diagnostic centre for others too.

Are there any cautions about the use of these machines though? I though I heard somewhere that if you, for example, get X-rayed an X amount of times you enhance the probability of cancer by X%? Is there any truth in that?

[dom9]

Are there any cautions about the use of these machines though? I though I heard somewhere that if you, for example, get X-rayed an X amount of times you enhance the probability of cancer by X%? Is there any truth in that?

It's probably more that if you get X-rayed a Y amount of times you enhance the probability of cancer by Z%?

[The_weatherman]

It's probably more that if you get X-rayed a Y amount of times you enhance the probability of cancer by Z%?

If you are going about things that way, it should be that if you get X-rayed a X amount of times you enhance the probability of cancer by Z%?

Because X-rays are not part of the equation, pedantry right back at you

[Red_Polo]

so do you work for the nhs or private because this stuff sounds pretty expensive.

NHS although we do have some private workload too such is the reality of things these days.

Why have I never heard that before

It's fitting for Rod Paolo too as everyone knows he's The Dude.

And who is the coolest dude when he's on holiday?


The hip replacement guy.

Actually haven't heard that one before

Are there any cautions about the use of these machines though? I though I heard somewhere that if you, for example, get X-rayed an X amount of times you enhance the probability of cancer by X%? Is there any truth in that?

Absolutely

MRs like ultrasound don't use ionising radiation so that isn't a factor, but for plain x-rays and more so CTs it comes into play. Different types of scans covering different regions deliver very different doses, and the same dose to different areas can confer different risks. There's lots of data on it though and it's the responsibility of the radiographers, radiologists and referring clinicians to weigh the risks and benefits.

That's one of the reasons I'm very surprised they'd have a CT at the club; I don't understand how they can justify enough scans to make it cost effective for them to have one there rather than ship their players off to a diagnostic centre / hospital they have a close relationship with, which is what most do.

[Neil Young]

Anything that improves Manchester United's power of prophecy is to be welcomed by us all, since it might put an end to them predicting a player will be out for months following a slightly nasty tackle by an opponent only for him to reappear four days later once the media hype about their players not getting enough protection has been safely noted for future reference by referees.

[tsb]

Don't see why they need this. The international football fixtures are normally the trigger for injuries at Utd.