John C. Hayes

December 14, 2010

It's been a bit more than a decade since teleradiology really started to take off in the U.S. Fed by a radiologist shortage in the early 2000s and a desire by many practices to shed their night call work.

December 03, 2010

Do you think stripping out textual identifying information in publicly available radiologic images will protect you against privacy violations? Think again. A paper presented Thursday at the 2010 RSNA meeting showed how facial images reconstructed from maxillofacial sinus and cerebral vasculature images could be matched in a database using commonly available face-matching software.

December 02, 2010

CT scout or scanogram images make up only about 4% of the typical chest/abdominal scan radiation dose, but are an easy target for dose reductions, according to a study presented Wednesday. Further, as technology changes and protocol updates reduce overall dose rates, scout images will make up a relatively larger part of the total and still represent a good target for cuts.

December 02, 2010

It should be possible to reduce radiation dose levels by as much as 50% in CT appendicitis scans without seriously sacrificing accuracy, a study presented Tuesday by Duke University researchers concluded.

November 30, 2010

Imagers know that you can skip the contrast in heavier patients undergoing CT scans for suspected appendicitis, but just how heavy is heavy enough?

November 29, 2010

Mobile devices for image display scored well in scientific papers presented Monday but still face significant hurdles before they are ready to become a routine part of image interpretation.

November 29, 2010

Alternative strategies for controlling imaging utilization, radiology benefit managers and computerized decision support, squared off in a scientific session Sunday.

November 03, 2010

In the middle part of the last decade, dozens of courses cropped up to train radiologists how to read coronary CT angiography, a first-line strategy for low- and intermediate-risk patients with what could be heart-related chest pain.

October 13, 2010

When Congress passed the stimulus legislation last year, with its $19 billion appropriation to help boost electronic health record adoption in the U.S., it was considered mildly interesting to radiologists

September 13, 2010

In recent months we've found a steady and strong interest in the practice-related material we've been presenting on our website.