Some imagers are still using single-slice CTs. GE and Siemens have migrated their best multislice components into compact 16-slice packages to convince these stragglers to switch. Toshiba has done so as well, but U.S. providers probably won't see this scanner.

One of the world's major suppliers of flat-panel x-ray detectors will boost its manufacturing capacity 40% this year. By the end of the decade, Trixell-the French joint venture among Siemens, Philips, and Thales-expects to double its current capacity.

Speech recognition technology can be integrated with most electronic medical record applications for rapid report creation. Searches, queries, and form filling are faster to perform by voice than using a keyboard.

Whole-body MR imaging could complement-and, in some cases, even replace-traditional bone scanning techniques. Researchers across Europe have found that whole-body MRI has a significant impact on patient management compared with x-ray and nuclear medicine.

A thorough understanding of client-server relationships is crucial in choosing an appropriate PACS, since many different methods allow clients to view images from the server.

China's fast-growing economy is proving to be good news for the healthcare IT industry. Hospitals seeking to upgrade their standards of patient care and improve workflow are increasingly turning to digital solutions.

A 52-year-old man suffered from chest tightness and dyspnea on exertion for two years. Because progressive symptoms failed to respond to medical treatment, the patient was admitted for heart transplantation evaluation.

MRI has proven to be a reliable, fast, noninvasive means for assessing deep fat in adults. It can also be effective in high-risk pre-adolescents and adolescents, according to a study in the March issue of Radiology.

Computer-aided diagnosis has become a part of routine clinical work for detection of breast cancer on mammograms.1-7 It is beginning to be applied in the detection and differential diagnosis of many different kinds of abnormalities in medical images obtained with various modalities.

There is no doubt in any imaging center operator's mind that today's myriad new imaging technologies are changing the way in which they do business. In many instances, these new technologies also drive the future success of the operation.

Greater awareness of health problems related to the use of video display terminals and efforts to prevent them are essential in the modern PACS workplace, according to Korean researchers.

Advances in coil technology and the development of tailored sequences have made 3T a versatile alternative to 1.5T. But it will be a long time until it displaces 1.5T as the workhorse of MR.

The patient arrived at the outpatient clinic early for her follow-up. The indication for the laser ablation procedure she had undergone to treat varicose veins in her legs had been primarily clinical.

The high cost of network infrastructure and high-power computing systems has prevented the benefits of medical informatics from reaching far into developing nations. A group of radiologists at the Indiana University School of Medicine is attempting to change that situation for one hospital in western Kenya.

The histopathology of residual tissue from radiofrequency ablation probes after ablation of hepatocellular carcinomas could predict local tumor progression independently from other tests, according to a study presented at the 2007 Society of Interventional Radiology meeting.

PACS is responsible for the trend toward increased radiologist specialization, according to a study from Sweden.

Hospitals need to manage data efficiently, whether they come from a PACS, RIS, electronic patient record, laboratory system, or any other clinical information system. PACS is just a part of the information puzzle.

Engineers at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering have come up with software that twists the data composing volumetric ultrasound images into stereoscopic views, creating images that appear to float off display monitors into 3D space. The software splits the single ultrasound image into two separate images 7° from each other -- one seen by the right eye and the other by the left.

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Radiology informatics has evolved to a relatively mature radiology subspecialty, yet surprisingly few radiologists -- or even radiology residents -- are aware of what radiologist-informaticians do and how it affects the practice of medicine.