The purpose of this review is to investigate the clinical utility of functional brain imaging in patients with AD, brain tumours, epilepsy, MS, or Parkinsonâs disease. Because the focus is on clinical utility, the added clinical information that would be provided by Level 1 studies (i.e., studies of technical feasibility) is limited.
The Iron Industry. In the centuries before the Industrial Revolution, the quality of iron and the process of refining it had changed little in Great Britain. Iron had been used for agricultural tools, chains, locks, bolts, nails, horse stirrups, scythes, sickles, and anchors.
Although once used in its pure form to make a variety of items (thus, the Iron Age and Iron Horse), today its principal use is as the primary component of steel. It is mined both from open pits and from deep underground. China is the world leader in production.