Publications by authors named "Thomas Kesler"
Virtual Journal Club Beyond the Pandemic: An Enduring and Fluid Educational Forum.
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol
June 2022
Article Synopsis
- The virtual journal club (VJC) was created to address educational challenges during COVID-19, serving as an effective platform for medical education across various levels.
- The club adopted a standardized format for sessions conducted via video conferencing, focusing on pedagogy familiar to medical students and included informal assessments for improvement.
- Overall, the VJC has been well-received, enhancing knowledge and communication skills among participants while meeting important educational requirements and developing essential nonclinical skills.
Background: Quantification of rotator cuff intramuscular fatty infiltration is important for clinical decision-making in patients with rotator cuff tear. The semi-quantitative Goutallier classification system is the most commonly used method, but has limited reliability. Therefore, we sought to test a freely available fuzzy C-means segmentation software program for reliability of the quantification of shoulder intramuscular fatty infiltration on T1-weighted MR images and for correlation with fat fraction by six-point Dixon MRI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVasodilation of lower leg arterioles is impaired in animal models of chronic peripheral ischemia. In addition to arterioles, feed arteries are a critical component of the vascular resistance network, accounting for as much as 50% of the pressure drop across the arterial circulation. Despite the critical importance of feed arteries in blood flow control, the impact of ischemia on feed artery vascular reactivity is unknown.
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