SEPTEMBER 2006
COVER STORY
By: Emily Hayes
- Screening mammography
Practitioners consider Europe in the quest for better quality
X-RAY VISION
Centers of excellence could improve mammography's quality profile AGENDA
Emily Hayes
From imaging addicts to counting CT slices, journalist comes full circle
- Rivalry between ACC, ACR surfaces at founding meeting
- PET tracer exploits new way to characterize dementia
- Cardiac SPECT/CT exploits both modalities' strengths
- Ultrasound saves lives of renal transplant patients
- Three-D MRI predicts course of polycystic kidney disease
- Whole-body FDG-PET unravels puzzling fevers
- Current modulation boosts CT quality and radiation
- Chest CTA/leg CT combo affords better PE detection
- New MRI technique tracks infant brain development
Imaging & the Law
By: Thomas W. Greeson, J.D. Point/Counterpoint
Point
By: Carter Newton, M.D., FACC Counterpoint
By: David Dowe, M.D. Neuroradiology
By: Fred W. Sabb, Ph.D., and Robert M. Bilder, Ph.D. Radiology Practice
By: Kirk Reinitz Perturbations
By: Eric Trefelner, M.D. Special Sections: Enterprise Imaging and IT
- PACS workstations pull new arrows from quiver
- One year later, Katrina leaves hospitals still hurting
- Newest generation of speech recognition faces fresh tasks
- PACS divorcees learn lessons for their 'second time around'
- Overuse of CT challenges pediatric radiologists
- New clinical trials attempt to prove CT angiography's worth
- 64-slice CT transforms emergency radiology
- Program director highlights CT's past and future course
- Lung CAD faces barriers to widespread adoption
- 3D workstation face-off puts seasoned users in the hot seat
- Study supports CTA in high-risk asymptomatic patients
- Renal CTA moves past arterial stenosis to vessel anomalies
- Simple protocol tips help make the most of contrast
- Multiplanar reformats raise overall clinical value of CT
- CT, ultrasound may save women from appendectomy