Evolution will become revolution, thanks to a rapid-fire accumulation of changes that are altering medical imaging. In this special edition of Diagnostic Imaging—the first ever dedicated to a single topic—we paint a picture of radiology as it will be practiced in the second decade of the 21st century.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MOLECULAR IMAGING | JAMES BRICE
Molecular imaging transports diagnosis to the next level

CARDIAC IMAGING | CATHERINE CARRINGTON
Future of CVI: It's all about plaque

INTERVENTION | JANE LOWERS
Let's get small: Interventionalists eye targets at molecular level

DIGITAL DEPARTMENT | DEBORAH R. DAKINS
How we work will revolve around the human element

MAGNETIC RESONANCE | KAREN SANDRICK
Team approach sheds new light on cognitive disorders of the elderly

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | KATHY KINCADE
Digital technologies push images beyond today's boundaries

NEUROIMAGING | DAN KROTZ
2001: A Brain Odyssey

EQUIPMENT DESIGN | STEVEN K. WAGNER
High-tech creativity characterizes future for MRI, CT, ultrasound

COLUMNS

X-RAY VISION | JOHN HAYES
Seeing the future through our crystal ball

AGENDA | JAMES BRICE
Better living through pharmacology

PERSPECTIVE | JAMES H. THRALL, M.D.
Battle of the decade looms as technology grows, staffing shrinks

SIGNAL-TO-NOISE | PHILIP G. DREW, PH.D.
Light shines brightly on future of imaging R&D

BACKSCATTER | BRADLEY M. TIPLER, M.D.
Don't look up--it's raining cats and diagnostic radiologists