March 2006
COVER STORY
New Strategies
Practice Management
DEPARTMENTS
X-RAY VISION
John C. Hayes Lawmakers' backroom barter leads to bad deal for imaging services
AGENDA
John C. Hayes
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Overread
- Vendors put best function forward at PACS face-off
- MR oms in on brain structure changes
- Study taps cerebrospinal fluid to identify dementia
- Advocates urge uniformity for change analysis tools
- X-rays can predict survival after exposure to avian flu
- PET/CT localizes foot infection
- SCMR considers expanding its mission to include CT
Newsclips
- Molecular switch' protein protects heart from damage
- Laser therapy stands up to surgery for liver tumors
- Harmful errors in radiology suite top national database
- Female flyers risk getting skin and breast cancer
- Nuclear medicine society serves up online CME
Tech Watch
- Philips' MR software learns from experience in scanning
- GE builds gamma camera with wide-body capability
- Postprocessing injects dose of reality into CT
Imaging & The Law
Digital Department
Intervention
Radiology Practice
Musculoskeletal
- Imaging of shoulder opens new turf fight for radiologists
- MSK radiologist questions shoulder ultrasound data
Backscatter