The countdown to the August 2008 Beijing Olympic Games continues, but as excitement levels across China grow with each passing week, Prof. Jian-Ping Dai is not yet ready to celebrate. As the vice director of the Games Service Department of the Beijing Organisation Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), he is working tirelessly to develop a comprehensive and sophisticated infrastructure to help ensure the health of the more than 16,000 athletes expected to participate.
The advent of multislice CT, advanced computer workstations, and 3D and postprocessing algorithms has allowed for new perspectives from which to view imaging data. These are especially useful for pancreatic cancer and biliary pathology.
Ultrasound plus confirmatory fine-needle aspiration cytology can reliably diagnose melanoma metastases, including those less than 6 mm in diameter. Use of the technique enabled over 12% of patients with lymph node metastases to undergo immediate lymph node dissection without the need for prior sentinel node dissection, according to a German study presented at the 2005 American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Orlando, Florida.
Case History: 65-year-old male with swelling of left inguinal region for two months.
Case History: 47-year-old male with headaches followed by generalized tonic-clonic convulsions.
Clinical History: A female in her early 30s presented to the women’s imaging department. The patient has a history of a bilateral breast lift and breast implants.
Questions remain from practitioners, payers, and administrators regarding the economic impact of coronary CT angiography on established diagnostic modalities and the effects on reimbursement within imaging. To address these concerns, we have developed the CCTA Data Registry, which now consists of more than 20,000 cases. Preliminary results indicate that coronary CTA is being utilized appropriately and affects savings for the healthcare system.
There has been considerable debate concerning President Obama’s healthcare reform initiative despite widespread agreement the U.S. healthcare system is in need of a significant and comprehensive overhaul.
Ultrasound, CT, and MRI are less effective that believe when reviewing pediatric pancreatic disorders.
ACR commission recommends each group establish their own policies regarding employing part-time radiologists.
Just in time for a looming onset of new liver disease, MR elastography has arrived to employ principles as old as palpation and as new as cross-sectional imaging to create an accurate, noninvasive way to diagnose and stage hepatic fibrosis and other liver disorders.
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. It is characterized by pathological changes that include inflammation, demyelination, and axonal injury.
The proliferation of narcotics use over the past decades has been accompanied by a rise in drug smuggling. Meticulous vigilance by international customs and national authorities has led traders to adopt sophisticated and ingenious methods of drug transport.
The wider use of 3T MR scanners, combined with the increasing number of patients with implants, is prompting concern among regulators in the U.K. They question the compatibility of new-generation scanners and medical implants.
Surgery is the treatment of choice for all primary and most metastatic liver tumors in patients without extrahepatic disease. One limitation to resection, however, is concern that the volume of liver parenchyma remaining after surgery (remnant liver) may not be sufficient to avoid lethal posthepatectomy liver failure.
The final rule for phase 1 of the federal government’s EHR meaningful use initiative, published in July 2010, failed to specify inclusion of diagnostic images as a requirement to qualify for incentives. As healthcare organizations across the country execute on plans to secure stimulus funds, most do not include diagnostic images.
The cardiovascular community has witnessed historic changes in the way cardiovascular disease is evaluated. Recently, the greatest growth has been in cardiac CT to noninvasively diagnose coronary (Figure 1) and noncoronary cardiac disease (Figure 2).
Nonacademic private practice groups performing cardiovascular imaging studies have flourished during the past 30 years. As more practitioners entered private practice to meet growing demand and more hospitals developed advanced heart programs, cardiovascular services became increasingly accessible across the U.S.
Magnetic resonance imaging is an established and important modality for the evaluation, assessment, and management of liver disease.
With the experts unable to reach consensus, front-line clinicians must continue to rely on their own criteria and experience to decide when a fetus is in jeopardy. Here's how several of your colleagues make that call.
Many radiology departments in hospitals and private imaging centers are going digital with the installation of a radiology information system (RIS) and/or picture archiving and communications system (PACS). Departments seem to place less emphasis, however, on automated speech recognition as part of the digital radiology enterprise.
Pediatric radiologists need a different skillset and personality than other radiologists.
Password hacking is a serious, constant threat to home offices, businesses, and health care facilities. Here’s what to consider when creating passwords.
McHenry County Orthopaedics in Crystal Lake, IL, adopted PACS in 2002, a year after moving into a new 35,000-square-foot facility. The new site offers state-of-the-art technology, including digital and computed radiography.
CHICAGO - USPSTF’s mammography screening guidelines to a decline in screening and may lead to a significant number of missed cancers, researchers found.
CHICAGO - From dose-reduction and workflow solutions to MR and mammo innovations, the RSNA 2012 exhibit floor was buzzing with new products. Here’s a sampling.
The number of image-guided percutaneous interventions being performed, including tissue biopsies, fluid aspiration, and catheter insertions, has increased markedly. The rising popularity of these procedures is due to their less invasive nature and lower risk compared with surgery, their high diagnostic accuracy, and the substantial cost savings they provide.
Human immunodeficiency virus infection results in a wide spectrum of inflammatory, rheumatic, and neoplastic conditions
The Oakland Athletics medical and training staff, preparing for spring training prior to the 2004 baseball season, considered the options for obtaining and reviewing radiographic studies. In past seasons, players went by van, five or so at a time, to local imaging facilities and offices in Phoenix and then returned to training. The process was repeated daily until examinations for the 80 or so players were completed. The films were interpreted, filed, or retained at the spring training site for later review by the orthopedists and medical staff and then traveled with the A's to California for the start of the season.