Perceived Losses Following Stroke.

Adjustment to disability following a stroke may involve coming to terms with a variety of losses. The purpose of this exploratory, cross-sectional survey was to describe losses experienced following a stroke as perceived by patients and their spouses. The data were derived from interviews with 60 middle-aged and older couples in which one person had suffered a stroke.

Rehabilitation and rehabilitation nursing.

This article provides some of the foundational content that forms the basis of rehabilitation and rehabilitation nursing. The content included definitions, rehabilitation philosophy, and rehabilitation teams. A particular case example was integrated throughout the article to exemplify the content.

Physical and subjective evaluation of a three-detector (TRIAD 88) SPECT system.

The three-detector TRIAD 88 is a variable cylindrical FOV whole-body SPECT system designed for both brain as well as body organ imaging. The system performance was assessed in terms of physical indices and clinical quality. Measures of low contrast resolution using contrast-detail curves, high contrast resolution using LSFs and associated frequency descriptors, display characteristics, system sensitivity, energy resolution and uniformity analysis were utilized.

Bootstrap sensitometry for nuclear medicine.

A full radioscintigraphic monitor/film system sensitometric curve has been obtained utilizing a bootstrap technique in which individual characteristic curve segments, obtained from stepwedge-graded exposures, are tied together at the point of overlap. Curve segments were first smoothed by employing the linearized form of the logistic distribution function. This function allows calculation of gradient-exposure and gradient-density relations for the full characteristic curve.