Radiology Afloat: The Impact of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology during the 2005 Tsunami Relief Effort Aboard the USNS Mercy

摘要

AT approximately 9 a.m. local time on December 26,2004, an earth-shattering event took place in the Indian Ocean; it was to become one of the worst natural disasters the world had seen since the eruption of Mt. Krakatoa in 1883 in Indonesia. While thousands of Aceh-nese families made their ritual Sunday pilgrimage to the seaside to enjoy a relaxing family outing in the setting of their region's immense natural beauty, a massive 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook their island's foundation, unleashing a merciless tsunami that would claim an estimated 150,000 lives from this single, humble province