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J.j. Martínez
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Radiologists' leading position in image-guided therapy
2013
Image-guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are related to, or performed under, some kind of imaging. Such imaging may be direct inspection (as in open surgery) or indirect inspection as in endoscopy or laparoscopy. Common to all these techniques is the transformation of optical and visible information to a monitor or the eye of the operator. Image-guided therapy (IGT) differs by using processed imaging data acquired before, during and after a wide range of different imaging techniques. This means that the planning, performing and monitoring, as well as the control of the therapeutic procedure, are based and dependent on the "virtual reality" provided by imaging investigations. Since…
Decorative elements in the medical imaging area improve patients’ perception of pleasantness
2014
Abstract Objectives To evaluate the sensation of pleasantness perceived by patients attended in the radiology department in response to decorative elements hung on the walls in the waiting rooms and in the hallways of the imaging area. Material and methods The material resources comprised works of art in the form of “magic windows” representing scenes from nature installed on the ceilings and walls of the waiting area and hallways of the imaging area. Patients were given a brief questionnaire with general data and questions (sadness–cheerfulness, coldness–warmth, darkness–light, and pessimism–optimism) about their perception of the decorative elements. Results Of the 150 questionnaires coll…
Los elementos decorativos ambientales en el Área de Imagen Médica mejoran la percepción de agradabilidad del paciente
2014
Resumen Objetivos Valorar la sensacion de agradabilidad percibida por los pacientes que acuden al servicio de radiologia asociada a la instalacion de elementos decorativos ambientales. Material y metodos Los recursos materiales consistieron en la implantacion de obras de arte en los techos en forma de «ventanas magicas» y paneles en las paredes de las salas de espera y pasillos del Area de Imagen, respectivamente, que representan elementos ambientales de la naturaleza. Posteriormente, a los pacientes se les dio un breve cuestionario con datos generales y preguntas (tristeza-alegria, frialdad-calidez, oscuridad-luminosidad y pesimismo-optimismo) sobre la percepcion que le transmiten los elem…