Wednesday, 27 January 2016
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Teresa Susmaras: Teresa Susmaras - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Limit...: Magnetic resonance imaging is a testing process that makes images of organs and other interior body structures using a magnetic field. Bi...
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Teresa Susmaras: Teresa Susmaras - Logistics of Magnetic Resonance ...: Allergies to medicines need to be revealed to a Magnetic Resonance Imaging technologist before MRI testing, as testing material which may ...
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Rene Descartes Sets the Stage for Career of Teresa Susmaras
Teresa Susmaras practices in neuropsychology, which is new in neurological and psychological science. Psychology itself, or the study of the human brain, has an ancient history. As early as the Third Dynasty in Egypt, 3500BC, the priest and arguably the first scientific doctor in recorded history Imhotep, took a scientific approach to the understanding of the brain. In Imhotep’s writings complex theories regarding trauma, abnormalities and remedies combine with detailed studies on the connection between the brain and the body. Nonetheless, the brain was not regarded as an important part of bodily function, as men opted to approach medical studies from a religious point of view, blaming defects and anomalies on supernatural beings and evil spirits.
Hippocrates of the ancient Greeks regarded the brain as the house of the soul, being among the first to link the brain and behavior. Shifting the focus of study from the heart to the brain awakened interest in the brain as the origin of behaviors, setting the stage for Teresa Susmaras’ profession today. Hippocrates concept of mind was still seen as a phenomenon apart from the brain. Much later, French scientist and philosopher Rene Descartes in the 1600’s expounded his theory of rationalism as knowledge emerging from reasoning, and felt the pineal gland deep inside the brain was the home of the soul. Descartes felt the interaction of brain and body was mutual, a dualist point of view. Descartes’s views slowly penetrated the scientific consciousness for years to come, and have affected thought and study in many arms of medicine.
Hippocrates of the ancient Greeks regarded the brain as the house of the soul, being among the first to link the brain and behavior. Shifting the focus of study from the heart to the brain awakened interest in the brain as the origin of behaviors, setting the stage for Teresa Susmaras’ profession today. Hippocrates concept of mind was still seen as a phenomenon apart from the brain. Much later, French scientist and philosopher Rene Descartes in the 1600’s expounded his theory of rationalism as knowledge emerging from reasoning, and felt the pineal gland deep inside the brain was the home of the soul. Descartes felt the interaction of brain and body was mutual, a dualist point of view. Descartes’s views slowly penetrated the scientific consciousness for years to come, and have affected thought and study in many arms of medicine.
Monday, 4 January 2016
Teresa Susmaras - Logistics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Allergies to medicines need to be revealed to a Magnetic Resonance Imaging technologist before MRI testing, as testing material which may
be used to illuminate more clearly the body interior may contain
elements which trigger the individual allergy. One should also reveal
any health conditions, like diabetes, anemia or kidney issues, artery
stent, pacemaker or defibrillator could interfere with MRI testing.
Teresa Susmaras would encourage patients to reveal pregnancy, or metal
implants in the body, or devices such as an artery stent, pacemaker or
defibrillator. MRI testing may be limited or not possible in these
cases. Any use of interior and exterior medicines needs to be revealed.
Teresa Susmaras and the team at Suffolk University used brain imaging
technology in her dissertation research.
A radiologist interprets the pictures generated by the MRI test, which is performed with the subject lying on his or her back on a table, which is part of the scanning technology. The head, chest and arms are held by straps to ensure complete immobility. The table will slide into the magnet space, while a device may be placed over or wrapped around the area to be imaged. A belt strap may be used to take readings on the subject’s breathing or heartbeat, enabling the scanner to take the picture at the correct time. The subject may be permitted to listen to music on headphones to distract from the noise of the scanner, and may be asked to hold his or her breath occasionally for an accurate image. Should contrast be needed for accurate images, it may be introduced to the subject’s body through an IV. Teresa Susmaras was present at majority of the scans of sectioned brain tissue in her research.
Sources:
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri?page=
A radiologist interprets the pictures generated by the MRI test, which is performed with the subject lying on his or her back on a table, which is part of the scanning technology. The head, chest and arms are held by straps to ensure complete immobility. The table will slide into the magnet space, while a device may be placed over or wrapped around the area to be imaged. A belt strap may be used to take readings on the subject’s breathing or heartbeat, enabling the scanner to take the picture at the correct time. The subject may be permitted to listen to music on headphones to distract from the noise of the scanner, and may be asked to hold his or her breath occasionally for an accurate image. Should contrast be needed for accurate images, it may be introduced to the subject’s body through an IV. Teresa Susmaras was present at majority of the scans of sectioned brain tissue in her research.
Sources:
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri?page=
Monday, 28 December 2015
Teresa Susmaras - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Limitless in Its Possibilities
Magnetic resonance imaging is a testing process that makes images of
organs and other interior body structures using a magnetic field.
Bioinstrumentation specialists who are on the cutting edge of this
technology maintain that the pictures provided to physicians by this
technology give alternative information about the body interior than can
be had with X-ray, ultrasound or tomography, or CT scan. Teresa
Susmaras worked with brain imaging analysis at Suffolk University in
Boston, as a doctoral candidate exploring the origins of impulse
behavior in the brain, and knows that imaging technologies like MRI can
reveal problems that cannot be detected with other methods such as X-ray
and ultrasound.
In magnetic resonance imaging, the specific area of the body for study is placed in a special machine with a magnet. The digital images that are produced can be saved on computer, and reviewed remotely in operating rooms or clinics. Although Dr. Teresa Susmaras is not a trained radiologist, her research in the area of MRI, fMRI and DTI and classes such as functional neuroanatomy have made her quite familiar with human brain anatomy.
Tumors, bleeding, injury, blood vessel diseases, or infection can be imaged to give more information about the condition than can be seen on X-ray, ultrasound scan, or CT scan. Magnetic resonance imaging can also look at the brain to view tumors, an aneurysm, bleeding in the brain, nerve injury, and problems like damage caused by a stroke. The technology can also reveal conditions of the optic nerves and the eye, the ears and the auditory nerves. Magnetic resonance imaging can also be utilized to search for breast cancer which cannot be accurately detected and pinpointed through other image techniques.
The uses of MRI technology are virtually limitless.
Sources: http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/magnetic-resonance-imaging
In magnetic resonance imaging, the specific area of the body for study is placed in a special machine with a magnet. The digital images that are produced can be saved on computer, and reviewed remotely in operating rooms or clinics. Although Dr. Teresa Susmaras is not a trained radiologist, her research in the area of MRI, fMRI and DTI and classes such as functional neuroanatomy have made her quite familiar with human brain anatomy.
Tumors, bleeding, injury, blood vessel diseases, or infection can be imaged to give more information about the condition than can be seen on X-ray, ultrasound scan, or CT scan. Magnetic resonance imaging can also look at the brain to view tumors, an aneurysm, bleeding in the brain, nerve injury, and problems like damage caused by a stroke. The technology can also reveal conditions of the optic nerves and the eye, the ears and the auditory nerves. Magnetic resonance imaging can also be utilized to search for breast cancer which cannot be accurately detected and pinpointed through other image techniques.
The uses of MRI technology are virtually limitless.
Sources: http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/magnetic-resonance-imaging
Monday, 21 December 2015
Teresa Susmaras - In United States, Residents are Doctors in Training
A stage of graduate medical training for physicians, a resident like
Teresa Susmaras who holds a Ph.D. also offer multiple other specialties
of study. The definition of residency varies from country to country,
whereas in the U.S. it is associated with the medical industry. Allied
health professionals may also undergo training called a residency, like
nurse practitioners and pharmacists.
The medical resident-in-training chooses his or her residency according to the medical degree specialty he or she has earned. Osteopathy degreed physicians will seek a residency at an osteopathic medical school, although an accredited physician may seek a residency in another specialty with the approval of an attending physician and the institution. Teresa Susmaras sought residency in the neuropsychology specialty.
Residency programs are available from university-affiliated facilities or community-based medical institutions. Many metropolitan medical institutions prefer to employ physicians / clinicians who have trained at university-based residencies, so it is important to keep one’s career goals in mind when choosing a residency program.
Degreed clinicians seeking a residency program need to research their preferred locations for application and interview information, compensation during the years of residency and the number of residencies available. It is also important to choose several different programs, and prepare to go through the selection process.
Teresa Susmaras chose her residency location carefully, considering the prestige of the medical facility, the learning opportunities available, and the specialty program with an eye to her future career. ‘Match’ day is when resident applicants and their rankings at institutions are revealed, and when new residents find out where they have been accepted to spend the years of their resident training.
Sources: http://healthcareers.about.com/od/medicalschooldoctors/a/MedResidency.htm
The medical resident-in-training chooses his or her residency according to the medical degree specialty he or she has earned. Osteopathy degreed physicians will seek a residency at an osteopathic medical school, although an accredited physician may seek a residency in another specialty with the approval of an attending physician and the institution. Teresa Susmaras sought residency in the neuropsychology specialty.
Residency programs are available from university-affiliated facilities or community-based medical institutions. Many metropolitan medical institutions prefer to employ physicians / clinicians who have trained at university-based residencies, so it is important to keep one’s career goals in mind when choosing a residency program.
Degreed clinicians seeking a residency program need to research their preferred locations for application and interview information, compensation during the years of residency and the number of residencies available. It is also important to choose several different programs, and prepare to go through the selection process.
Teresa Susmaras chose her residency location carefully, considering the prestige of the medical facility, the learning opportunities available, and the specialty program with an eye to her future career. ‘Match’ day is when resident applicants and their rankings at institutions are revealed, and when new residents find out where they have been accepted to spend the years of their resident training.
Sources: http://healthcareers.about.com/od/medicalschooldoctors/a/MedResidency.htm
Monday, 30 November 2015
Teresa Susmaras Listens, Informs, Educates as Domestic Abuse Counselor
Domestic abuse is the focus of a wider area of study in antisocial behavior, aggressive and impulsive compulsion, and neurological study and analysis of the brain. Teresa Susmaras volunteered in this field, and used her classroom study of mental health challenges to first assess the situation which the sufferer of abuse found him or herself in.
Counselors for abuse and violence victims are vital to helping them deal with the physical and emotional disorders left by the violence, and to supporting victims as they struggle to escape their situations and find the path to a healthy life. Teresa Susmaras’ counseling is done through a processing interview, where the extent of the abuse is evaluated. Such interviews generally involve a great deal of listening, allowing the sufferer to feel some control while vocalizing feelings and worries, and in the process beginning to trust the professional.
The domestic abuse counselor is also valuable as an educator, imparting information and background about domestic violence which the victim may not have understood or been unable to articulate logically. Vocalizing abuse facts and information to sufferers of abuse gives them an opportunity to view their situations from the vantage point of knowledge, rendering insight which they may not have been able to form inside the violence. As Teresa Susmaras worked with her client victims, primary goals were to help the sufferer understand that they were not at fault for the violence; to empower them; and to allow them to establish some independence. Receivers of abuse often need to find avenues of escape through their perceptions of hopelessness, and a view of life away from the abuser.
http://careersinpsychology.org
Counselors for abuse and violence victims are vital to helping them deal with the physical and emotional disorders left by the violence, and to supporting victims as they struggle to escape their situations and find the path to a healthy life. Teresa Susmaras’ counseling is done through a processing interview, where the extent of the abuse is evaluated. Such interviews generally involve a great deal of listening, allowing the sufferer to feel some control while vocalizing feelings and worries, and in the process beginning to trust the professional.
The domestic abuse counselor is also valuable as an educator, imparting information and background about domestic violence which the victim may not have understood or been unable to articulate logically. Vocalizing abuse facts and information to sufferers of abuse gives them an opportunity to view their situations from the vantage point of knowledge, rendering insight which they may not have been able to form inside the violence. As Teresa Susmaras worked with her client victims, primary goals were to help the sufferer understand that they were not at fault for the violence; to empower them; and to allow them to establish some independence. Receivers of abuse often need to find avenues of escape through their perceptions of hopelessness, and a view of life away from the abuser.
http://careersinpsychology.org
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