10:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Associated Sciences Workshop
New Realities in Radiology: Multidisciplinary Strategies for Compliance

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
AAPM/RSNA Physics Tutorial for Residents
Fluoroscopy

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
AAPM/RSNA Basic Physics Tutorial on Equipment Selection
MR Imaging

3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
AAPM/RSNA Basic Physics Lecture for the Radiologic Technologist
Digital Imaging: What You Need to Know Now and What You Need to Know Next

8:30 - 10:15 a.m.
President's Address
An Inquiry into the Effects of Managed Care on Research and Scholarly Activity:
The Case of Radiology and Radiation Oncology

Opening Session
Oncologic Imaging

3:30 - 3:40 p.m.
Announcement of RSNA Research and Education Foundation Grant Recipients

3:30 - 5:15 p.m.
Image Interpretation Session

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Eugene P. Pendergrass New Horizons Lecture
Imaging Cancer in the New Millennium: Form Follows Function

Presentation of Honorary Memberships
Professor Nina Einhorn, MD, Phd, Stockholm, Sweden
Professor Ulrik Ringborg, MD, Stockholm, Sweden
Professor Rolf Sauer, MD, Stockholm, Sweden

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Annual Oration in Diagnostic Radiology
Ultrasound: Advances in Contrast Agents and 3D Imaging

Presentation of Gold Medals
Malcolm A. Bagshaw, MD, Stanford, CA
Professor Jerzy Einhorn, MD, RNO, Stockholm, Sweden
O. Wayne Houser, MD, Rochester, MN

4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Special Focus Sessions

• CT Screening for Lung Cancer: Results and Critical Issues
• Computer-aided Mammographic Diagnosis: Are Computers Telling Us Something We Should Know?
• Screening Mammography: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century
• Current Clinical Applications of PET Imaging in the Oncology Patient
• Sonography of the Shoulder and Musculoskeletal System: Can You and Should You Do It?
• Liver Tumor Ablation with Image Guidance
• Evidence-based Radiology
• Compliance, Documentation, and How to Avoid Fraud in Your Practice
  

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Annual Oration in Radiation Oncology
Radiation Therapy in Early Stage Breast Cancer: Biologic and Clinical Rationale

1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise
Impact of Networking Evolution on Healthcare

4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Oncodiagnosis Panel
Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Approach for Lung Cancer

1:00 - 1:10 p.m.
Inauguration of RSNA Board of Directors for 2000

1:10 - 1:15 p.m.
Introduction of 2000 AAPM Officers and Council Chairs

1:15 - 2:15 p.m.
RSNA/AAPM Symposium
Spiral CT, 10 Years In

1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise
The Internet Economy

4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
Special Focus Sessions

• Battle for Supremacy in Abdominal Imaging: Helical CT versus MR Imaging
• Tuberculosis from Head to Toe
• Update on Activities of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN)
• When Appendicitis Is Suspected in Children
• Role of Imaging in Epilepsy Surgery: Present and Future
• Physician-Patient Relationships
• Mouse Genomics and Phenotypic Imaging