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John C. Hayes
John Hayes jhayes@cmp.com is editor of Diagnostic Imaging and diagnosticimaging.com. He joined the staff in 1997, having previously worked as a writer and editor for the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Jane Lowers
Jane Lowers jlowers@cmp.com is news and supplements editor of Diagnostic Imaging. She joined the staff in 2000 after spending five years writing about healthcare research and practice in Washington, D.C.
James Brice
James Bricejbrice@cmp.com is senior editor of Diagnostic Imaging. He writes feature and investigative reports, is responsible for the magazine's Techwatch section, and has worked as a Diagnostic Imaging editor for ten years. His areas of specialization include MRI and socioeconomics.
C.P. Kaiser
Chris Kaiser ckaiser@cmp.com is associate editor of Diagnostic Imaging with primary responsibility for online coverage. He joined the staff in 2000 and is a former editor of RT Image magazine.
H. A. Abella
Harold Abella habella@cmp.com is an assistant editor of DI and writes online news. He joined the staff this year as the editor of DI América Latina magazine, after spending five years reporting on Latin America and Latinos in the U.S.
Merlina N. Trevino
Merlina N. Trevino mtrevino@cmp.com is assistant editor of Diagnostic Imaging with responsibility for online coverage. She joined the staff this year and is a former editor of Communication Systems Design magazine.
Douglas Page
Douglas Page, douglaspage@home.com, Diagnostic Imaging contributing editor, is a recovering aerospace software engineer now writing about science, medicine, and marriage peril from Redondo Beach, California.
Greg Freiherr
Gfreiherr@aol.com
is editor of DI SCAN, MRI Industry Report, and business editor for Diagnostic Imaging. He began writing for Diagnostic Imaging in 1984.
Karen Sandrick
Karen Sandrick, kmsandrick@aol.com, has been a contributing editor to Diagnostic Imaging since the mid-1980s. A Chicago-based medical freelance writer, she also covers surgery, pathology, oncology, gastroenterology, and microbiology.
Steve Wagner
Steve Wagner is a Los Angeles freelance writer in healthcare, and has been a contributor to Diagnostic Imaging for 10 years.
Philip Ward
Philip Ward
ward@deeside.demon.co is the editor of Diagnostic Imaging Europe and Asia Pacific. He took up his current post in 1993 and has worked as a medical editor and journalist since 1988. He is also managing editor of ECR Today, the daily newspaper of the European Congress of Radiology.
Deborah R. Dakins
Deborah R. Dakins
ddakins@cmp.com is a feature editor of Diagnostic Imaging, writing articles for the magazine and its supplement projects. She rejoined the Diagnostic Imaging staff in June 2003 and has 16 years of experience covering clinical and socioeconomic topics in radiology.
Kathleen Lawrence
Kathleen Lawrence
klawrence@cmp.com is the executive editor of Diagnostic Imaging and supervises editorial copy management for Diagnostic Imaging and other Healthcare Group publications.
Fran Taylor
Fran Taylor
ftaylor@cmp.com is copy editor for Diagnostic Imaging and its related publications.
Joe Vallina
Joe Vallina
jvallina@cmp.com is the group senior designer for CMP Healthcare Media, and he designs all of the covers for DI and DI Europe. He will act as the on-site DI photographer for this year's RSNA.
COLUMNIST
Bradley M. Tipler, M.D.
Dr. Bradley Tipler is a private practice radiologist in Staunton, VA. His monthly column, Backscatter, is featured in Diagnostic Imaging.
WEB PRODUCER
Eric Santos
Eric Santos is Web producer for the Healthcare Group.

German interventionalists, having previously used MR guidance during laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) of liver tumors, continued the practice when they began ablating lung tumors with laser. The ablated tumor experiences an increase in the T1 relaxation time, which manifests as a decrease in signal. Although this allows interventionalists to see the ablated tissue, they could not visualize the safety margin. Switching to CT guidance, they discovered they could observe the ablation nicely because of an air-trapping process that occurs in the surrounding ablated area. (Provided by Dr. Martin Mack, University of Frankfurt)


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