Recently, the Quantitative Imaging Biomarker Alliance (QIBA) FDG-PET technical committee has developed an FDG-PET/CT digital reference object (DRO) that is a synthetic test object representing an FDG-PET image volume in the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) format [9].
Second, they're written and approved by committees, so every crams their pet ideas into there.
Michael Wells, the chairman of the pool, says the idea for the sessions arose when a committee member joked about having her pets in the water.
The chair of the Lords science select committee has urged ministers to stop funding "pet projects".
The Council of Agriculture in Taiwan ordered an emergency recall of the suspected pet food, and a surveillance committee was constituted to investigate [ 9].
"Everybody has their own priorities," says a House agriculture committee staffer, citing lawmakers who earmark money for pet projects as an example.
A Yes. Our committee supported a law prohibiting wild animals as pets — like bears, monkeys and crocodiles.
Frances Carlisle, a New York trusts-and-estates lawyer and a member of the committee, pushed the New York State Legislature to allow the creation of "pet trusts," which permit individuals to put aside money and instructions for their pets.
But the industry's handling of the research council estimates on pet obesity irked some members of the committee that produced them.
The bills that emerge from Capitol Hill committees will almost certainly be weighed down with the pet projects of congressmen groveling before their constituents and contributors.
It also educated her on the pet projects and concerns some member bring to their committee assignments.
