Terms of use

Welcome to Radiopaedia.org, a collaborative radiology resource. Please take the time to read these terms of use carefully as they contain important information regarding your legal rights remedies and obligations. These include various limitations and exclusions.

Overview

The following are terms of a legal agreement between you (the “User”) and Frank Gaillard, trading as Liquid Chapter (hereinafter “Liquid Chapter”). By accessing, browsing, or using Radiopaedia.org (hereinafter the “Site”), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these terms (hereinafter the “Terms of Use”) and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this Web site.

Liquid Chapter may, without notice to you, at any time revise these Terms of Use and any other information contained in this Web site by updating this posting. Liquid Chapter may also make improvements or changes in the products, services, or programs described in this site at any time without notice.

These Terms of Use apply exclusively to your access to and use of the Site and do not alter the terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with Liquid Chapter.

It is your responsibility to regularly check the Site to determine if there have been changes to these Terms of Use and to review such changes.

Ownership

User contributed image content

All user-contributed image content on this Site, (radiology cases: including but not limited to X-rays, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Angiography; images, diagrams and photos), are unless otherwise stated licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence.

This content may not be modified, copied, distributed, reused, reproduced, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, transmitted, or sold in any form or by any means, in whole or in part outside the bounds of this license, without prior written permission from (when possible) the contributing user.

Should the contributing user not be available to grant or deny permission to user part of, or entire, cases, images, diagrams then Liquid Chapter will decide at its discretion.

Text content

All text content on this site (including but not limited to articles, textbooks, study guides, reviews, image descriptions) are the property of Liquid Chapter, and unless otherwise stated licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence.

This content may not be modified, copied, distributed, reused, reproduced, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, transmitted, or sold in any form or by any means, in whole or in part outside the bounds of this license, without prior written permission from Liquid Chapter.

Webpage interface

All designs, arrangements, graphics pertaining to the Site belong to Liquid Chapter, with the exception of the “Image Viewer 3.0” which belongs to Behrang Amini and is licensed under GNU General Public Licence.

Any use of the Content other than the limited one authorized above is strictly prohibited. You further agree that you will comply with the provisions of the Intellectual Property laws and regulations regarding inter alia the rights of database producers and in particular that you will not extract, by a permanent or temporary transfer, to any media and in any format, including through electronic means or otherwise in a substantially qualitative or quantitative manner, any data from the databases maintained on this Site, in whole or in part, including but not limited to customer identities and that you will not reuse, in a substantially qualitative or quantitative manner, any such data, in whole or in part, on any media and in any format, with a view to putting the same at the public's disposal.

Trademarks

All trademarks on the Site are either tradenames or registered trademarks of Liquid Chapter or its affiliates or licensors and may not be reproduced, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Liquid Chapter or such affiliates or licensors, as the case may be. All page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and logos are service marks, trademarks and/or trade dress of Liquid Chapter or its affiliates, and may not be reproduced, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Liquid Chapter or such affiliates.

Other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, and company names and/or logos displayed on the Site are the property of their respective owners.

Notice of Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your copyrighted material has been improperly used on this Site, please Contact Us

User Conduct

General

In using this Site, you agree:

not to disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise abuse, the Site, or any services, system resources, accounts, servers or networks connected to or accessible through the Site or affiliated or linked Web sites

not to disrupt or interfere with any other user's enjoyment of the Site or affiliated or linked Web sites

not to upload, post, or otherwise transmit through or on this Site any viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files

not to use or attempt to use another's account, service or system without authorization from Liquid Chapter , or create or use a false identity on this Site

not to transmit through or on this Site spam, chain letters, junk mail or any other type of unsolicited mass email to people or entities who have not agreed to be part of such mailings

not to divulge your username and password to others either on or off the Site

not to attempt to obtain unauthorized access to the Site or portions of the Site which are restricted from general access and,

not use this Site to seek, provide or obtain specific medical advice, medical opinion, diagnosis or treatment as applied to a patient's particular condition or situation.

In addition, you agree that you are solely responsible for actions and Communications undertaken or transmitted under your account, and that you will comply with all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations.

Online Communities and Other Interactive Areas

The Site contains areas where you may post and share comments with other Site users on a variety of subjects. You agree that you will not post or otherwise disseminate on or through the Site unlawful, defamatory, harassing, libelous, tortious, abusive, offensive, threatening, or obscene communications or material of any kind, or materials which infringe or violate any third party's copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy or other proprietary or property right, or that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable law or regulation or, that are otherwise objectionable, including without limitation, content that evidences bigotry, racism, sexism, or hatred, or that promotes illegal activities, including without limitation unauthorized uses of medical devices, or physical harm against anyone. Liquid Chapter reserves the right but not the obligation to remove any materials it deems objectionable, in its sole discretion and without any reference to you. You agree to hold harmless Liquid Chapter and its affiliates and parties with whom Liquid Chapter has contracted for purposes of hosting or maintaining this Site from all claims from third parties based upon communications made or materials posted by you or upon your abuse of this Site.

You expressly agree that you will not discuss or refer to any particular patient, any particular patient's medical condition or any other information which could identify a particular patient. You further expressly agree that you will not discuss, endorse or refer to “off label” uses of medical products, including any uses which have not been approved by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or other applicable regulatory agency.

Online Communications on and through the Site

Except as provided for above in “User contributed image content” you agree that any communications you transmit to anyone through the Site or copyrighted works you post on the Site, including, without limitation, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, plans, notes, drawings, configurations, specifications, purchase orders, quotes or requests for quotes, performance data, account information, or other material, data or information (collectively, “Information”), are non-confidential and non-proprietary and upon transmission of such Information to Liquid Chapter via email or other means you grant to Liquid Chapter an unrestricted, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable, world-wide license (including but not limited to a copyright license) to use, reproduce, display, publicly perform, transmit and distribute such Information in any media for any purpose and you further agree that Liquid Chapter is free to use any ideas, concepts and know-how that you or individuals acting on your behalf provide to us.

Privacy Policy

You acknowledge and agree that Liquid Chapter may use the data collected in the course of our relationship for the purposes identified in our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth in these Terms of Use.

Links and Third Party Content

Links to Other Web Sites

This Site may from time to time contain links to other Web sites. These links are provided as a convenience and do not constitute an endorsement, sponsorship (except in the case of “the sponsor” clearly identified) or recommendation by Liquid Chapter of or affiliation or association of Liquid Chapter with or responsibility of Liquid Chapter for the linked Web sites or any content,

services or products available on or through such sites. If you decide to visit any linked site, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements.

Links do not imply that Liquid Chapter or this Site is legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any linked site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of ours or of any of our affiliates or subsidiaries.

Links from Other Web Sites

All links to this Site must be approved in writing by Liquid Chapter, except that Liquid Chapter consents to links in which:

the link, when activated by a user, displays this home page of the Site full-screen and not within a “frame” on the linked Web site, and

the appearance, position, and other aspects of the link do not (i) create the false appearance that an entity or its activities or products are associated with or sponsored by Liquid Chapter or its affiliates, or (ii) be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with the name and trademarks of Liquid Chapter or its affiliates.

In any event, you agree that Liquid Chapter reserves the right to withdraw this consent to link without reason or notice and at any time and you further undertake to delete any link for which Liquid Chapter's consent has been withdrawn.

Third Party Content

This Site may from time to time contain material, data or information provided, posted or offered by third parties, including but not limited to advertisements or postings in online community discussions. You agree that neither Liquid Chapter nor its affiliates shall have any liability whatsoever to you for any such third party material, data or information.

Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability

General Disclaimer

THIS SITE AND THE CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH IT, ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.

IN NO EVENT WILL LIQUID CHAPTER BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY TYPE WHATSOEVER RELATED TO OR ARISING FROM THIS WEB SITE OR ANY USE OF THIS WEB SITE, OR OF ANY SITE OR RESOURCE LINKED TO, REFERENCED, OR ACCESSED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, OR FOR THE USE OR DOWNLOADING OF, OR ACCESS TO, ANY MATERIALS, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOST SAVINGS OR LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA. THIS EXCLUSION AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORIES.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LIQUID CHAPTER DOES NOT CONTROL IN ANY RESPECT ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED BY THIRD PARTIES THROUGH THE SITE.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE AGREED IN WRITING, LIQUID CHAPTER AND ITS AFFILIATES ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION AS TO THE ACCURACY, CURRENCY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY OR USEFULNESS OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT OR OTHER CONTENT OR OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES DISTRIBUTED OR MADE AVAILABLE BY THIRD PARTIES THROUGH THE SITE.

LIQUID CHAPTER DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY THAT THIS SITE OR ITS CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS (SEE SUBSECTION “MEDICAL DISCLAIMER” BELOW), OR THAT THIS SITE OR ITS CONTENT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS, IF ANY, WILL BE CORRECTED. NOR DOES Liquid Chapter MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THIS SITE OR ITS CONTENT OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF THIS SITE. LIQUID CHAPTER ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY A USER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF DATA FROM DELAYS, NONDELIVERIES OF CONTENT OR EMAIL, ERRORS, SYSTEM DOWN TIME, MISDELIVERIES OF CONTENT OR EMAIL, NETWORK OR SYSTEM OUTAGES, FILE CORRUPTION, OR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF LIQUID CHAPTER, ITS AFFILIATES, ITS LICENSORS, OR A USER'S OWN ERRORS AND/OR OMISSIONS.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA, LIQUID CHAPTER DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION THAT CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE MAINTAINED. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM LIQUID CHAPTER OR THIRD PARTIES THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY.

SOME STATES / COUNTRIES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Medical Disclaimer

You acknowledge and agree that The information provided on the site should not be used for diagnosis of self or others, treatment planning, or as a substitute for independent medical advice., as set out in our MEDICAL DISCLAIMER, which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth in these Terms of Use.

Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL LIQUID CHAPTER OR ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE OR ANY CONTENT CONTAINED ON THE SITE, OR, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA, RESULTING FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, OR OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS SENT OR RECEIVED OR NOT SENT OR RECEIVED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, EVEN IF HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A REASONABLE ALLOCATION OF RISK.

SOME STATES / COUNTRIES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Governing Law; Venue and Jurisdiction

Applicable Law

These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the state of Victoria Australia, subject to any national, European Community or international conventions or regulations, the provisions of which are mandatory.

Competent Jurisdiction

In the absence of mutual agreement, any dispute arising from the interpretation and/or performance of the present Terms of Use shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent Australian Courts, of the state of Victoria.