Diagnostic Imaging Europe

April 2005

Special SECTION: 3T MR

• Musculoskeletal specialists push spatial resolution to limit
• 3T breast MR heightens speed and spatial detail
• 3T boosts MR's ability to pinpoint prostate cancer
• 3T broadens scope of MR spectroscopy
• Moving to 3T brings SNR feast to signal-hungry

DEPARTMENTS

From The Editor

• Anniversary provides occasion to reflect on two decades of constant change
  Philip Ward, Editor

Rinckside

• What has really happened in radiology since 1985?
  Peter Rinck, M.D., PhD

News

• Malpractice claims plague radiologists, deplete resources
• MR imaging is indicated for mad cow disease diagnosis
• Injection of autologous stem cells can repair urinary tract
• Debate intensifies over clinical superiority of digital systems
• Doubts linger about upcoming stages of lung RF ablation use
• CT angiography safely visualizes pediatric vascular anomalies
• EU awards funding for e-learning project in breast imaging

Report: Digital Department

History validates PACS' contribution to radiology

Paula Gould

Report: Historical Perspective

Diagnostic imaging makes huge technological progress

Uwe Busch, Ph.D., Arpan K. Banerjee, FRCR, and Adrian Thomas, FRCR

Report: Staff Histories

It's 1985, and a European news magazine is born

Diagnostic Imaging Editors

The Big Picture

Changes prove that some things never change

Robert Lavayssière, M.D.