First to pop off...............2017.
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trickywoo said:
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson gone. Brain tumor.
A friend of mine died at a similar age from a brain tumour. She fought it to the very end and was convinced she would get better even though she was ill for 2 years. Utterly sEdited by trickywoo on Wednesday 8th February 15:47
t way to die. 
Dabooka said:
but her lifestyle can't have helped.
Don't think the lifestyle had anything to do with it. A female(48) from my work went to the doctor as she had been having headaches. After a scan they found tumours and gave her between 2 and 14 days, she lasted 4. Funeral is tomorrow.
. RIP Mr Hatch.andym1603 said:
Dabooka said:
but her lifestyle can't have helped.
Don't think the lifestyle had anything to do with it. A female(48) from my work went to the doctor as she had been having headaches. After a scan they found tumours and gave her between 2 and 14 days, she lasted 4. Funeral is tomorrow.
Johnny said:
Bloody hell. TPT.
Not a name I expected to see when i opened this thread.
Nor me.Not a name I expected to see when i opened this thread.
A member of her family (a PT) worked for me for a few years. TPT was 'different' - charming, barking and utterly lovely. Such a loss, very sad news indeed. RIP
Edited by NDA on Wednesday 8th February 18:58
Hans Rosling, who co-founded the GapMinder Foundation (data visualisation), passed away yesterday. He was a statistician who worked in Healthcare, and developed and used data visualisation and statistics to drive improved global healthcare outcomes, and challenge preconception.
Check out his TED talk on data visualisation. One of the most fascinating TED talks that I have seen, and powerfully demonstrates the importance of using data in exciting ways to act as the primary driver for decision-making and resource allocation.
Check out his TED talk on data visualisation. One of the most fascinating TED talks that I have seen, and powerfully demonstrates the importance of using data in exciting ways to act as the primary driver for decision-making and resource allocation.
putonghua73 said:
Hans Rosling, who co-founded the GapMinder Foundation (data visualisation), passed away yesterday. He was a statistician who worked in Healthcare, and developed and used data visualisation and statistics to drive improved global healthcare outcomes, and challenge preconception.
Check out his TED talk on data visualisation. One of the most fascinating TED talks that I have seen, and powerfully demonstrates the importance of using data in exciting ways to act as the primary driver for decision-making and resource allocation.
Thanks for the suggestion. I've just watched that TED talk - The best stats you've ever seen - and it was, as you say, fascinating.Check out his TED talk on data visualisation. One of the most fascinating TED talks that I have seen, and powerfully demonstrates the importance of using data in exciting ways to act as the primary driver for decision-making and resource allocation.
pingu393 said:
Anyone had an MRI scan?
Be grateful to Sir Peter Mansfield, who departed of this world yesterday. RIP.
Yes, I have. It was after a road accident when I had head injuries, and I don't remember anything about it, sadly. I did get told about it later though, and saw the scans. The scans were very very good, you could see where the blood was pooling around my brain. Very interesting, if for the wrong reasons.Be grateful to Sir Peter Mansfield, who departed of this world yesterday. RIP.
I'm more bothered about someone like that than a wealthy celeb who was famous for being famous and having started life with a great many advantages did very little with them. Not that I wish the latter any ill, of course.
pingu393 said:
Anyone had an MRI scan?
Be grateful to Sir Peter Mansfield, who departed of this world yesterday. RIP.
It is absolutely one of the greater leaps mankind has achieved away from the mouth of the cave. The number of science disciplines the underlying techniques employed cross is huge, subtle, and - finally, hurrah - reduced to a turnkey production item. Utterly incredible.* Be grateful to Sir Peter Mansfield, who departed of this world yesterday. RIP.
As an architect with a bit of a record in healthcare I've designed or re-organised several imaging departments with CT and MRI, either as retrofit of newer equipment, or new-build. There's always a range of technical challenges in coordination and overcoming them is so rewarding in its own way - there's always great programme pressure to get the things online, simply because these things then get hammered until needing to be replaced** - making possible difference in the lives of so very many people all the while, at every level of need and intervention in response to otherwise-impossible diagnoses.
Vale, Sir Peter.
- There's even an aftermarket in used/refurb units ('remapped' in ph parlance); and at least one charity -based organisation which will decommission 'old' units for free & remove, refurb - and get installed in 3rd world facilities. It's not just an amazing technology - it can be a reliable, long-lived one.
- pressure to replace is usually enhanced resolution/features/throughput, on a 10-15yr cycle; not 'mechanically knackered'. New uses and ways of using the data these things produce is always being uncovered.
Edited by Huff on Thursday 9th February 21:21
Morningside said:
pingu393 said:
Anyone had an MRI scan?
Be grateful to Sir Peter Mansfield, who departed of this world yesterday. RIP.
Astonishing piece of technology. The more you read about it the more you begin to understand the amazing achievement it is. Be grateful to Sir Peter Mansfield, who departed of this world yesterday. RIP.
A little while back but seemed to ignored by main media - Mr Pac Man
https://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2017/01/namco-fou...
https://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2017/01/namco-fou...
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