Groin pain, whether acute or chronic, is a common clinical presentation that can be caused by a diverse array of disorders involving different anatomic structures. This makes definitive diagnosis difficult for even the most experienced clinician.

When extending PACS outside radiology, engineers and the strategists behind their work may be tempted to create a common look and feel. But Fujifilm Medical Systems USA, which five weeks ago bought ProSolv Cardiovascular, is resisting that temptation.

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Clearly, hospitals need to manage data efficiently, whether it comes from a PACS, a RIS, an electronic patient record, a laboratory system, or any other clinical information system.

Several groundbreaking trends in the subspecialty fields of musculoskeletal imaging and intervention surfaced at the 2006 RSNA meeting. Research presented suggests that conditions traditionally managed by surgeons are increasingly coming under radiologist control.

It's probably too soon to proclaim the demise of detector size one-upmanship and CT slice wars. But vendors are starting to go their own way with respect to scanner design, and bigger may not always be better in the future.

Whole-body MRI, not the traditional bone scan, should be considered the test of choice for staging skeletal metastatic disease, according to Prof. Stephen Eustace, a professor of musculoskeletal radiology at Cappagh National Orthopaedic and Mater Misericordiae Hospitals in Dublin.

Physician Rudolf Virchow introduced microscopic examination to classic pathology about midway through the 19th century. This helped to establish modern pathology. Although autopsies are now recognized as valuable medical procedures, the core methodology has not changed for many years.

News that two views are better than one with the emerging and promising technology of breast tomosynthesis raises questions about the technique's practicality and cost-effectiveness as a screening tool.

In October 2006 the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound brought diagnostic ultrasound's leadership together in San Francisco. Two days of lectures and debate led to a strategy statement defining a plan to maintain radiology's leadership over the modality.

Scottish researchers have opened a way to an accurate predictive test that might help prevent the onset of schizophrenia.

Diagnostic ultrasound is ideal for many patients. No other imaging option gives them a real-time look at their own anatomy or so openly encourages discussion with the radiologist about their symptoms and the evidence of disease on the monitor.

In the past, a person with chest pain entering the emergency department at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania could spend up to six hours there before being discharged.

The shock of a surprise party or the loss of a loved one may not be the trigger of chest pain that sends grandma off to the hospital for emergency cardiac catheterization.

We continue to be both amazed and intrigued by the hype showered on cardiac CT angiography and the corresponding lack of hype given to peripheral vascular CTA. No doubt, 64-slice cardiac or coronary CTA is potentially a revolutionizing technology, but PV-CTA has already revolutionized the comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of peripheral vascular disease.

This spring, the first sites in the world will begin using Philips Medical Systems' newly minted BrightView family of gamma cameras. The compact dual-head product, unveiled at the 2006 RSNA meeting, shines at the high end of the company's nuclear medicine portfolio in performance and versatility.

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GE Healthcare has loaded a version of its Centricity PACS Web into a Sony handheld, asking visitors to its booth at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference what they think about the device. Before going to New Orleans, GE put the device in the hands of physicians at Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, and the Indiana Heart Hospital.

For the first time, data accrued over a decade show that the involvement of the pharmaceutical industry in clinical breast cancer research may have significantly influenced study design, focus, and results, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of Cancer.

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