Diagnostic Imaging Europe

December 2004/January 2005

COVER STORY

MRI proves clinical value in lung cancer

Christian Fink, M.D., Christian Plathow, M.D., and Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, M.D. DEPARTMENTS

From the Editor

• Careful planning helps avoid pitfalls in equipment purchases
  Philip Ward, Editor

Report: Vascular Radiology

• MSCT angio advances in peripheral vessels
  Manish Taneja, M.D., FRCR, Andrew Wood, FRCR, and Andrew Gordon, FRCR

Report: Breast Imaging

• Parallel processing gives boost to mammography
  Christiane Kuhl, M.D

Report: Computed Tomography

• Multislice CT accurately evaluates kidney donors
  Dushyant Sahani, M.D., and Sanjeeva P. Kalva, M.D

The Big Picture

• How to make the case for new equipment

Technology Update

• Vendors move ahead with new product launches

News

• Functional MRI brings hope in psychiatric drug therapies
• Freehand 3D ultrasound takes first steps from lab to clinic
• Growing demand for 3T MR raises concerns about safety
• Prenatal ultrasound averts fetal vasa previa deaths
• Researchers use multislice CT to put a face on Egyptian mummy
• Modality's role may expand to management of postsurgical patients
• Confounding factors make mammography less accurate
• MR sequences find tendon signal

EuroPACS/MIR 2004 Conference Reporter

• Integration defines Europe's latest informatics efforts

Imaging News

• Digital mammography center tests storage setup

Economics

• Service providers gain favor as budgets tighten

Integration

• RIS-PACS connections take priority in healthcare networks

Networking

• New standards improve interhospital dialogue

Teleradiology

• Network investment aids European telehealth projects

Infrastructure

• PACS images can be treated byte by byte