Diagnostic Imaging North America

July 2007

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COVER STORY

Midyear Clinical Update

• Radiologists strive to do no harm
• Study favors MRI over CT for acute stroke diagnosis
• New data inflame debate over lung cancer screening
• Breast MRI wins allies, while CAD survives attack
• Multiplanar CT reformats find value in ER
• Council issues alert on rising x-ray exposure
• Deadly disease shadows MRI contrast exams
• ACR considers radiation exposure protection steps
• Virtual colon scan readies for prime time
• Cosmetic practice offers makeover for cash-poor IRs
• Coronary CTA triages patients with chest pain
• 3T MR articular cartilage maps prove their worth
• Cool trend in IR practice looks for warm reception

DEPARTMENTS

X-ray Vision

By: John C. Hayes, Editor

• Subspecialization rushes ahead, in both Europe and in the U.S.

Agenda

By: Emily Hayes

• Virtual gadolinium safety tango enlivens Roentgen Ray meeting

Overread

• Proposal for delay in oral boards stirs controversy
• Autistic children face fMRI's gaze
• Can we agree to disagree on thyroid nodule management?
• Size and trajectory matter most in lung RF ablation
• MR imaging challenges CT in gastrointestinal tract
• Case Of The Month
• CAD scores well in digital mammography

Newsclips

• Seven-T MR knee imaging conquers 1.5T frontier
• Groups say vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty equal
• Virtual colonoscopy tops conventional screening
• 3D MR brings new insight into bipolar disorders
• Lifestyles drive radiologists into wings of nighthawks
• Web tool pumps up breast screening rates

Radiology Practice

By: Kirk Reinitz

• States get new False Claims Act authority

Cardiovascular Imaging

By: Tony DeFrance, M.D.

• Radiologists may find higher level cardiac CT training useful

Ultrasound

By: Ian Hagan, FRCR, Kashif Burney, FRCR, Martin Williams, FRCR, and Mike Bradley, FRCR

• Sonography reveals causes of acute or chronic groin pain

Breast Imaging

By: James Brice

• Genetic testing taps at-risk women for MRI monitoring
• Myriad holds monopoly for BRCA1/BRCA2 testing
• DNA tests find unexpected link to Spanish Inquisition

Perturbations

By: Eric Trefelner, M.D.

• Is that your nose growing, doctor?

Special Section

Enterprise Imaging & IT
Imaging Practice

By: John C. Hayes

• Surging 64-slice scanner sales fuel cardiac teleradiology

Imaging Display

By: David Hirschorn, M.D.

• Direct monitor purchases save money but require more care

3D Imaging

By: Douglas Page

• Research activity shows PET/CT postprocessing coming of age

Informatics News

• Central archive moves to forefront for national PACS
• Boston hospital gives away nuclear medicine PACS
• Gender affects speech recognition accuracy rates
• CAD/PACS integration may aid diagnostics
• Google helps start-up offer electronic health records
• Low-cost telesonography connects remote clinics
• System provides one-click DICOM teaching file harvest
• Primer explains exactly what informaticians do
• Home-grown data-mining system strikes gold
• Interventionalists use PACS to archive JPEG images