Magnetic Resonance Fail: More August 19, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Fun, Medical Imaging.1 comment so far
I wrote about what happens when magnetic resonance meets ferromagnetic objects. Here are a few other images:
Take care and follow the instructions of your MR device.
Visual Map of Your Online Presence August 19, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in About me, Online image, Web 2.0.5 comments
Paulo Nuin shared this interesting link today on his Friendfeed account. I’m not sure Personas works perfectly, but shows some useful things about what people can find when they do a search for your name online. You insert your name, then let it visualize everything. In details:
Enter your name, and Personas scours the web for information and attempts to characterize the person – to fit them to a predetermined set of categories that an algorithmic process created from a massive corpus of data. The computational process is visualized with each stage of the analysis, finally resulting in the presentation of a seemingly authoritative personal profile.
It turned out my keywords are online, education and medical. Seems to be pretty accurate.
How to Publish a Scientific Comment in 123 Easy Steps August 19, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Fun, Medical journalism, science.1 comment so far
I will hopefully start PhD in the field of personalized genetics this October and just submitted my first manuscript to a genetics journal, so I’m getting closer to understand how scientific bureaucracy works. But now Prof. Rick Trebino (Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Physics) published a hilarious guide or timeline (pdf) about his own experiences.
The essence of science is reasoned debate. So, if you disagree with something reported in a scientific paper, you can write a “Comment” on it.
Yet you don’t see many Comments.
Some believe that this is because journal editors are reluctant to publish Comments because Comments reveal their mistakes—papers they shouldn’t have allowed to be published in the first place. Indeed, scientists often complain that it can be very difficult to publish one. Fortunately, in this article, I’ll share with you my recent experience publishing a Comment, so you can, too.
PubMed Advanced Search on Screencast August 19, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medical Search, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, pubmed, Video, Web 2.0.2 comments
Here is a screencast about how to use the new Pubmed advanced search function.
A Community for Slang in Medicine August 18, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Community Site, Fun, Medicine, Web 2.0.add a comment
Once I wrote about medical chart bloopers such as “O2 sat: 110% on room air”. Later I shared some medical slang terms such as Bury the Hatchet which means accidentally leaving a surgical instrument inside a patient.
Now here is SlangRN.com, where you can find and share medical slang terms.
GENOME: The Future Is Now Webisodes August 18, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Genome, Personalized medicine, Video, Web 2.0.add a comment
Here are a few videos that everyone interested in personal genomics should watch.
GENOME: THE FUTURE IS NOW, a multi-media documentary project with a film and interactive website, has exclusive access to Harvard scientist Dr. George Church and his Personal Genome Project (PGP) in which he unlocks the genome sequences of the first ten volunteers offering themselves up as guinea pigs, pioneers, genomic astronauts for an unprecedented experiment at the crossroads of science, health, and ethics.
Open Science Video: Jimmy Wales, Tim O’Reilly August 17, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in science, Video, Web 2.0.8 comments
Jonathan A. Eisen shares a nice video focusing on open science or science 2.0. It features Jimmy Wales (co-founder of Wikipedia), Tim O’Reilly (head of O’Reilly Media) and John Wilbanks (Science Commons project).
Magnetic Resonance Fail August 16, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Fun, Medical Imaging.3 comments
I’ve come across this image on Fail Blog. Magnetic Resonance Imaging + beds with ferromagnetic parts equal…
