(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Abstract Medical diagnosis and treatment decision making traditionally hinges on clinical judgment, available evidence from the…
(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Abstract This chapter presents the abstract philosophical principles behind the methods presented in prior chapters. The…
(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Abstract This chapter extends probabilistic analytical methods introduced in Chap. 2. The principle of transformation of…
(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Abstract This chapter introduces the reader to lean manufacturing principles. The life and work of W….
(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Abstract This chapter explores processes for establishing diagnosis and guiding treatment in a dependable manner. It…
(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Abstract Reliance industries limited (RIL) owns and operates the world’s largest Greenfield oil refinery complex in…
(1) Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Abstract This chapter extends the principles of failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) introduced in Chap….
Fig. 5.1 Extrel type DBS system. (a) External transmitter (model 3523). (b) Antenna. (c) Receiver (model 3360). (d) Stimulation electrode (Reprinted with the permission of Medtronic, Inc. © 1991) Fig….
Primary dystonia Typically early-onset: generalized DYT1 generalized dystonia Non-DYT1 generalized dystonia Paroxysmal dystonia and dyskinesias Dopa-responsive dystonia Myoclonic dystonia Rapid-onset dystonia-parkinsonism X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism Typically adult-onset: focal Blephalospasm Cervical dystonia Writer’s…
Fig. 8.1 Schematic diagram of the basal ganglia–thalamocortical circuitry under normal conditions (a) and in Parkinson’s disease (b). In Parkinson’s disease, decreased excitatory inputs from the substantia nigra compacta (SNc)…
