Diagnostic Imaging North America
August 2007
COVER STORY
MR Focus
By: Charles A. Mistretta, Ph.D.
DEPARTMENTS
X-ray Vision
Agenda
By: H.A. Abella
Overread
Newsclips
Practice Strategies
By: Steven R. Renard, MBA, and Sonja M.C. Moelleken, M.D.
Nuclear Medicine
By: H.A. Abella
Tech Watch
Men's Imaging
Perturbations
By: Eric Trefelner, M.D.
Special Section
ISMRM Conference Reporter
Sponsored by Philips Medical Systems
August 2007
COVER STORY
MR Focus
By: Charles A. Mistretta, Ph.D.
DEPARTMENTS
X-ray Vision
Agenda
By: H.A. Abella
Overread
- Advances in lung CAD boost overall performance
- Designer vascular graft takes hold
- Fusion software improves CT, SPECT cardiovascular scans
- Promise of beta-blocker-free imaging slowly emerges
- Focused ultrasound spells a year of fibroid pain relief
- F-18 PET shows early diabetes risk
- Case Of The Month
Newsclips
- Patients know little about interventional radiology
- PIB-PET opens diagnostic front in Alzheimer's disease
- PET/CT monitors Crohn's disease, guides management
- Demand for CT techs outpaces credentialing
- 256-slice CT proves its might in stroke imaging
- Study okays low-osmolar nonionic contrast for kids
Practice Strategies
By: Steven R. Renard, MBA, and Sonja M.C. Moelleken, M.D.
Nuclear Medicine
By: H.A. Abella
Tech Watch
- Siemens entices specialties to invest in dual-source CT
- Reimbursement cuts strike MR and CT scanner vendors
Men's Imaging
- Prostate MRI adds brains to cancer treatment brawn
- Three-T prostate MRI addresses therapy
- Top doctors and government leaders collaborate
Perturbations
By: Eric Trefelner, M.D.
Special Section
ISMRM Conference Reporter
Sponsored by Philips Medical Systems
- MR meeting takes sentimental journey to exciting new future
- Three-T-guided prostate biopsy wins more support
- Devastating disease raises questions about MR safety
- fMRI tests assumptionsabout behavior and thought
- Whole-body imaging brings new slant to cancer staging
