May 2008

COVER STORY

By: Sabine Schmidt, M.D., Pierre Schnder, M.D., and Jean-Yves Meuwly, M.D.

• Imaging unveils internal secrets of drug traffickers

DEPARTMENTS

Agenda

By: John C. Hayes

• Columnist explores impact of healthcare reform on your practice

Overread

• CT colonography experts plan for growing demand
• CT diagnoses un-bear-able condition
• Mechanical thrombectomy boosts DVT management
• PWI/DWI brain mismatch widens stroke window
• fMRI predicts response to liver tumor treatment
• Brain stays cool as jazz man jams
• Case of the Month

Newsclips

• Preop cardiac test hampers timely hip fracture surgery
• Jury acquits doctors in actor's wrongful death lawsuit
• Habitat for Humanity beckons to SNM meeting volunteers
• NSF's underlying causes remain hard to grasp
• 64-slice CT shows value for assessment of the right heart
• Combined strategies lower pediatric CT radiation dose

X-Ray Vision

By: James Brice, Senior Editor

• Cardiac CT wins one battle, but struggle has just begun

Tech Watch

• CT industry prepares for 2008 rebound after last year's rout
• SPECT software comparison uncovers inconsistencies

Radiology Practice

By: Kirk Reinitz, CPA

• Universal coverage may mean practice changes

Imaging Centers

By: Steven R. Renard

• Don't skimp on better management in DRA era

Clinical Advances

By: James Brice

• Dual-source CT lowers barriers to comprehensive exam

Perturbations

By: Eric Trefelner, M.D.

• Coding sphinxes rain down curses

Special Section: 3T MR Special Supplement

3T MR

• Brain and spine imaging benefit from increased field strength
• Diffusion tensor imaging lines up unique view of muscles
• High-field MR begins to define parameters of prostate cancer

CT Colonography

• Flat polyps raise questions in colon cancer screening

Magnetic Resonance

• MR angiography illustrates runoff in diabetic patients

Special Section: CAD

• CAD provides value in spotting difficult 'flat' colonic lesions
• Emphasis shifts from detection to diagnosis
• CAD gains ground on pulmonary embolism