Survival rates for sepsis depend on the patient's underlying medical conditions, how quickly the diagnosis is made, the organism that causes the infection, and the patient's age. People at Risk for Sepsis
The first image scanner developed for use with a computer was a drum scanner. It was built in 1957 at the US National Bureau of Standards by a team led by Russell A. Kirsch. The first image ever scanned on this machine was a 5 cm square photograph of Kirsch's then-three-month-old son, Walden.
The MUGA scan (MUltiple Gated Acquisition scan) is a noninvasive test used to evaluate cardiac function. The MUGA scan produces a moving image of the beating heart, and from this image several important features can be determined about the health of the left and right ventricles (the heartâs major pumping chambers).