RSNA

CHICAGO - Keeping your patients, colleagues, and yourself safe in the radiology workplace means taking steps to improve communication, avoid injury, and manage potential risks.

CHICAGO - From determining the platform and device to adding apps, there are quite a few considerations when going mobile.

CHICAGO - Patients expect to be able to interact with their doctors online, so radiologists should understand and embrace the power of social media.

CHICAGO - A root cause analysis can help prevent future mistakes, and isn’t just a way to place blame on clinicians. Here’s what radiologists need to know.

CHICAGO - Retirement can present challenges to the aging radiologist, but hobbies, personal connections, and planning can help.

CHICAGO - More breast cancer detection, fewer false positives with digital tomosynthesis.

CHICAGO - Coronary CT angiography reveals similarities between coronary disease and cardiovascular risk among both men and women.

CHICAGO - Roughly 18 months after joining the Dose Index Registry, Emory HealthCare identifies significant progress in controlling dose.

CHICAGO - Establishing early breast density through full-digital mammography may predict breast cancer among younger women.

CHICAGO - Radiologists should be sincere and authentic in delivering news of mistake to patients and families. Here’s what to consider after a medical error.

CHICAGO - Making low-cost changes in lighting and adding a sound-masking system can improve radiologists’ performance and health.

CHICAGO - Structured reporting systems offer standardized ways to compile information from studies, but some worry they sanitize reporting too much.

CHICAGO - Diffuse tensor imaging may help clinicians differentiate between mild traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.

CHICAGO - Magnetic field correlation, a newer type of MRI, can detect low levels of iron in the brains of children and adolescents with ADHD who are ADHD medication-naive.

CHICAGO - Magnetic resonance images can detect significant strain on the heart following consumption of energy drinks high in caffeine and taurine.

RSNA 2013’s theme is the Power of Partnership. We asked several radiology luminaries what that meant to them. Here’s what they said.