Diagnostic Imaging Europe

August/September 2005

COVER STORY

• 64-slice scanners build case for coronary CTA
  Filippo Cademartiri, M.D., Ph.D., Giuseppe Runza, M.D., and Patrizia Malagutti, M.D.

Special SECTION: Cardiac Imaging

• Cardiology PACS gain momentum in Europe
• Cardiac MRA monitors pediatric heart surgery
• MRI finds growing clinical applications
• Cardiac interventions carry risk from radiation
• CT spots cardiac signs in pulmonary embolism

DEPARTMENTS

From The Editor

• Congress organizers must search for ringtone-free enforcement ideas
  Philip Ward, Editor

News

• Emerging isotopes and ligands expand future role for PET/CT
• U.K. study strengthens case in support of breast MR screening
• FDG-PET predicts ovarian cancer response to chemotherapy
• Functional MRI tracks risk alert
• Technology supports low-dose pediatric x-ray and CT strategy
• Reader Feedback
• PET imaging verifies 'don't ask, don't smell' hypothesis
• MR reveals anatomic links to intelligence measures
• Volumetric MR brain imaging helps evaluate preemie therapy

Report: Neuroradiology

• MR imaging reveals signs of temporal lobe epilepsy
  Ramon Palacios Bote, M.D., and Maria de los Angeles Fernandez-Gil, M.D.

The Big Picture

• More knowledge sharing helps to eliminate errors
  Richard FitzGerald, M.B., FRCR.

Technology Update

• Open MR, CT, and PACS feature in product launches

Rinckside

• Functional imaging leads hunt for 'buy' trigger