The argument that diagnostic technologies make a difference in clinical outcomes is like the one that eyesight is helpful when crossing the street. If you don’t see danger coming, whether it is a disease or car, it’s hard to avoid it. Most in radiology would agree that this certainly makes sense for... More »
Ask this question of someone in the U.S. radiology community and I’m willing to bet the answer will be spoken a bit louder than the question was asked. The premise is insulting—although apparently not to radiologists in Norway, or so I have been led to believe. More »
Recently the White House announced that the first chunk of money, $1.2 billion in grants, is set to prime the healthcare IT initiative in the U.S. The funds will begin flowing sometime next year. About half will go to establish HIT centers that will help hospitals and docs to build their own... More »
One sure way to disappoint is to promise more than you can deliver. Mammography appears to be doing just that. A public survey conducted in Europe found that the vast majority of people hugely overestimate the life-saving benefits of breast and prostate cancer screening. More »
Three weeks ago I tried batting down a football thrown by a gifted young athlete whose pass floated higher than I could reach with both hands. The result made me appreciate how far digital imaging had come—and what was wrong with healthcare in this country. More »
They are so small the name “particle” doesn’t do them justice. They are called instead “nanoparticles,” tiny bits of matter—liposomes, actually—being groomed to carry cancer-treating radioisotopes to tumors. Last week in Anaheim, CA, at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine... More »
The makers of imaging equipment will soon get a handle on industry-wide performance in the first half of 2009, tallying the units sold and revenue earned. They’ll put their numbers in the context of what they believe their competitors did and come up with a snapshot of where we, the imaging... More »
There is a tendency to see imaging advances as disjointed pieces. With no master plan behind their development, these often very specific developments are launched into the medical mainstream like stones skipped across a river. Some make it to the other side and take hold in clinical practice.... More »
