Breast imagers and their allies cornered vendor representatives during a special session at the SCAR meeting Saturday and demanded more standardization and consistency in the handling of digital breast images. More »

A panel of radiology seers consulted a collective crystal ball during the closing session of the SCAR meeting and attempted to predict what the future holds for radiology in three, 10, and 25 years. More »

While the rapid transition to multislice CT overloads radiologists with images, the typical workflow strategy used to cope with image overload is unsatisfactory, according to a SCAR University session. A volumetric navigation approach addresses this problem, but not without problems of its own. More »

The final 30 minutes of SCAR’s marathon five-hour digital breast imaging forum on Saturday afternoon was allotted to a manufacturers’ panel discussion. Representatives from more than 15 manufacturers fielded questions from the audience. More »

Replacement of CRT displays with LCD monitors proved to be a key element in a reading room makeover described in an educational session Saturday. More »

Recurring annual operating costs related to powering and cooling magnetic disk archive storage systems amount to a major expense, according to a new archive ownership study. More »

Spending more for PACS does not necessarily mean you will get more, a SCAR University session learned Saturday. More »

A multisociety effort is under way to define what constitutes image quality from a clinical perspective. More »

Over 10% of the image CDs patients bring from one hospital facility to another cannot be transferred onto a PACS, according to a study from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. More »

Settling for traditional high availability, rather than a continuously available network paradigm, can be a costly strategy, eroding patient confidence and opening hospitals up to medicolegal issues, according to a SCAR University presentation. Turning to clustered computing could provide one... More »