Diagnostic Imaging North America

February 2007

COVER STORY


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By: Emily Hayes

• Contrast-induced nephropathy: How high the risk?

DEPARTMENTS

X-RAY VISION

By: John C. Hayes

• Contradictory study results fuel controversy over contrast danger

Overread

• User preference affects dose for dual-source CT
• Pixels ease amputees' pain
• MR colonography proves effective but unpleasant
• Automated breast US nears clinical acceptance

Newsclips

• Novel tracer for prostate cancer improves sensitivity
• Vessel analysis programs underrate carotid disease
• 64-slice CTA tops SPECT in coronary disease patients
• MRI finds best angle for reducing back pain
• Low-dose CT, 3D tools benefit colon screening
• CT-based informed consent lags in U.S. academic centers

Mailbox

• CT spurs concern over thyroid cancer: Should it?

Tech Watch

• Philips launches world's first upgradable MR scanner
• Siemens gambles on palm-sized ultrasound device

Agenda

• Did you really want that scan? Automated system asks the question

Rinckside

By: Peter A. Rinck, M.D., Ph.D.

• MR contrast agents reach 25-year landmark

Mammography

By: Michael N. Linver, M.D., F.A.C.R.

• Interactive workshops boost imagers' interpretive skills

Backscatter

By: Bradley M. Tipler, M.D.

• Malpractice motto finds analogy in real-life tale

Special Sections

Enterprise Imaging & IT Supplement

David Hirschorn, M.D.

• Tech advances permit PACS, speech tools on one computer

Douglas Page

• Hospital finds tough road to ROE worth the effort

Lorraine Bohanske Possanza, DPM, J.D., and Laura Sunstein Murphy, Ph.D., J.D.

• Choosing teleradiology provider proves complex

Nigel de Wit

• Digital workflow depends on well-designed networks

Heather Brown, Ph.D.

• Techs need advanced postprocessing skills