JULS

JULS Volume 13 (Spring 2019)

The 13th annual issue of JULS has been released. Read about microbubble gene therapy, training methodology in medical imaging, influenza-associated mycardial infarctions, and more.

More Than Just the Flu

Approximately 12,200 Canadians are hospitalized with seasonal influenza virus annually - does contracting the flu make one more likely to experience a heart attack?

Medical Imaging Pedagogy

Research recommends emphasis on statistics and research methodology training during medical imaging education

A Pilot Study of Microbubble-Delivered Gene Therapy Using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)

Ain Kim & Seung-Hee Han

Oncolytic adenovirus is a frequently used viral vector for gene therapy in cancer treatments. However, they are highly susceptible to liver-drainage or rejection by the immune system upon injection. Kim et al investigates the possibility of minimally-invasive gene delivery using microbubbles with MRI-guided HIFU and confirms that the adenovirus can successfully be delivered into target tumor tissues.

Statistics and Research Methodology Training Needs in Medical Imaging

Stephanie Wai-Shan Wang et al.

Medical trainees are responsible for making informed choices based on research evidence, but many postgraduate medical students find statistics difficult. Wang et al investigates the needs to offer broad training in research methodology in medical education and recommend improvements for training and resources.

Investigating Perceptual Grouping by Common Region Through a Repetition Discrimination Task

Nafisa Bhuiyan, Jason Rajsic, Jay Pratt

Recent evidence suggests that perceptual grouping occurs not only from visual similarity, but also from associative similarity. Bhuiyan et al perform a repetition discrimination task that demonstrates no significant differences caused by prior training on associative similarity performance.