Diagnostic Imaging Europe

August/September 2006

COVER STORY

• 64-slice CT monitors coronary artery health Anselmo Alessandro Palumbo, M.D., Filippo Cademartiri, M.D., and Gabriel P. Krestin, M.D, PH.D.

CARDIAC IMAGING SPECIAL SECTION

• Cardiac CT edges closer toward gold standard
• Hybrid PET/CT scans join clinical mainstream
• Swiss researchers collect image of the year award
• Cardiac CTA screening pays off if price is right
• Echocardiography spots pediatric hypertension

Imaging News

• Biliary lesions and leaks test skills of interventionalists
• Incidental PE seen on CT imaging spurs treatment questions
• Elastography undergoes review for prostate cancer detection
• MRI pioneer ponders desert island reading and musical experience

SPECT/CT SPECIAL SECTION

• SPECT/ CT settles into variety of clinical practice settings
• Luminaries play key role in identifying applications
• MR imaging ensures clarity in focal liver lesions

DEPARTMENTS

From the Editor

• New molecular imaging society fails to inspire clinicians
  Philip Ward, Editor

Reader Feedback

• Reader Feedback

Technology Update

• Vendors aim to improve care with new products

The Big Picture

• 3T in private practice: Why take the risk?
  Wolfgang Drahanowsky, M.D.