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Echocardiography confronts era of cardiac CT and MRINew advances in technology keep older modality in the picture for cost-effective cardiovascular diagnosis.
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CT report that includes all data boosts benefitsAccurate and reproducible assessment of left ventricular function is crucial for differential diagnosis, risk stratification, treatment planning, and predicting prognosis in patients with heart disease. Evaluation of global and regional LV wall motion, valvular function, myocardial mass, and, in some cases, right ventricular function produces valuable ancillary pieces of clinical information that can be obtained from a contrast-enhanced multislice CT scan.
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Planning breeds success with speech recognitionSuccessful speech recognition implementation depends on overcoming three common challenges: radiologist misperceptions, poor preparation, and lack of support. Using a real-life implementation as an example, we examine these obstructive elements and offer guidance about overcoming them.
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Preparing Radiology For Alternative Payment ModelsThe ACR reacts to recent announcements about implementation of alternative payment models.
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X-Ray Wireless Detector Now Even More PortablePhilips emphasizes newly flexible, wireless detector at RSNA 2011
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Hallmarks of Customer Service - A Practical Guide for RadiologistsAn established radiology practice in a growing community has enjoyed positive relations with the two hospitals it serves and the community physicians.
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Abdominal Pain, FlatusCase History: 60-year-old male with complaints of inability to pass stool and flatus with pain in abdomen.
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Multislice CT urography characterizes renal TBGenitourinary tuberculosis is the most common manifestation of extrapulmonary TB, accounting for 15% to 20% of infections outside the lungs.
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MR contributes to evaluation of pediatric Crohn's diseaseCrohn's disease can involve any part of the gastroenteric tract but most often affects the distal ileum and colon. It is characterized by chronic inflammation that extends through all layers of the intestinal wall and involves both mesentery and regional lymph nodes.
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Cervical Pain, Numb Upper LimbsCase History: 55-year-old female with pain in cervical region radiating to bilateral upper limbs.
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HemimegencephalyCase History: 15-month-old with focal seizure, developmental delay, disproportionate increase in size of head.
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Intermittent Proptosis of Eye Worsened by CoughingCase History: 25-year-old female with intermittent proptosis of eye worsened by straining, coughing, and in prone position.
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Meckel DiverticulumCase History: A 20-year-old male was admitted with three-day history of central, colicky abdominal pain, distension, vomiting and constipation.
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Abdominal Pain, FlatusCase History: 60-year-old male with complaints of inability to pass stool and flatus with pain in abdomen.
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Abdominal Pain, DistensionCase History: 55-year-old male with abdominal distension with pain for two weeks.
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Surviving healthcare reform: Setting a strategic directionHealthcare reform is game changer but nobody can yet fully articulate the impact of the new rules. How do you plan for the future when there are so many unknowns? This is the second article in a series that examines how healthcare reform is likely to affect radiology practices and how they can prepare for drastic changes to come.
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Assessing tissue stiffness may boost breast imaging specificityFor many years, ultrasound has had a defined and very limited role in breast evaluations, being used for neither diagnosis nor detection.
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HIPAA Security Rule approaches home stretch"Didn't we just finish with HIPAA? How can there be more to do, and why do we have to do it anyway?" It had been a long physician board meeting, and the radiologists really didn't want to hear about more HIPAA deadlines. Just what does need to happen now with HIPAA, and why?
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Remote image archiving relieves hospital of storage and obsolescence challengesThe adoption of digital technologies and IT in healthcare, and the consequent growth in the volume of patient data, presents hospitals with significant challenges in terms of data storage and obsolescence management.
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When Will the Radiology Job Market Rebound?There's only so much volume a radiologist can handle before fatigue sets in. Radiologists will have to accept the fact that they will need to hire more staff.
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Imaging helps in diagnosis of musculoskeletal massesPrimary malignant musculoskeletal tumors are an inhomogeneous group of lesions originating from mesenchymal tissues. Soft-tissue sarcomas can derive from fatty tissue (liposarcoma), muscles (leiomyosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma), connective tissue (fibrosarcoma), blood vessels (angiosarcoma), and neurogenic tissue (malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, malignant schwannoma).
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64-slice scanners build case for coronary CTAResearch focused on the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cardiovascular disease is progressing rapidly.1 Radiology has always played a central diagnostic role, particularly in the coronary vessels. A technique for selectively catheterizing the coronary arteries was developed in 1959, and conventional x-ray coronary angiography is still considered the gold standard for detecting coronary artery disease.2
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Internet helps transform traditionalapproach to radiology instructionRadiology requires practitioners to appreciate hownormal anatomy appears on imaging and to understandthe basis of diseases that may be observed.
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Medical Imaging and 3-D Hollywood Animation Combine to Aid in Face TransplantsCHICAGO - Combining medical imaging with the 3-D modeling used in Hollywood films offers new hope to victims of devastating facial injuries and defects, according to a study presented Monday at RSNA.
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Women have no right to monopoly over multitaskingIf my wife is right, I am, in fact, a woman. She and other women in my life all maintain that only women can multitask.
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Epiploic AppendagitisClinical History: A 42-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented with three days of sharp left sided abdominal pain with associated nausea and anorexia.
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PACS Basics: The role of the PACS administratorPACS administration is an integral part of a well-run soft-copy department. The newly developed role of PACS administrator continues to evolve at a fast clip along with PACS technology. Determining what falls within its purview can be tricky.
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Repeat/reject analysis makes case for digital trainingIt’s been argued that repeat/reject analysis, a quality-assurance tool to observe trends and make improvements that help reduce the need for repeat images, is not necessary when using digital equipment. While it is true that digital imaging reduces some error rates, the results on the Mayo Clinic digital poster exhibit at the RSNA meeting showed that mistakes still occur in the digital environment.
