Diagnostic Imaging Europe

June/July 2005

COVER STORY

• X-ray plays vital role in hip replacement surgery
  Pietro Melloni, M.D., Ph.D., and Rafael Valls, M.D.

Special SECTION: Radiology Informatics

• Going digital requires rigorous planning from step one
• IHE committee takes its message around the globe
• Independent developers make IHE-compatible tools
• PACS/RIS/HIS integration drives workflow changes

DEPARTMENTS

From The Editor

• Dramatic growth of hip replacements has implications for imaging centers
  Philip Ward, Editor

News

• Quantitative assessment provides valuable tool to crunch data
• PACS rollout takes bumpy ride in U.K. connection program
• Single-phase multislice CT aids pancreatic cancer detection
• Copenhagen study confirms mammography screening benefit

Report: Head and Neck

• Sinonasal tumors require team-based approach
  Ezio Fanucci, M.D., Giuseppe Di Costanzo, M.D., and Giovanni Simonetti, M.D.

The Big Picture

• Keep open mind on image review in EHR
  Guy Frija, M.D.

Technology Update

• Industry puts emphasis on product innovations

ECR Conference Reporter

Imaging News

• Fibroid patients build case with successful pregnancies
• PDAs deliver on primary orthopedic reads
• Researchers unfold new coronary artery polar maps
• Ultralow-dose CT urography shows promising results
• Minimally invasive cardiac surgery taps CT angiography
• Cardiac CT progresses in evaluating myocardium
• Vertebroplasty spells relief for back pain
• Online, nearline miniPACS tame CT data set explosion
• Imagers await 3T endorectal coils for prostate exams
• Literature on barium enema fails to justify use of test
• PET/CT proves superior for staging cancers
• Women on hormone therapy have less calcium, stenosis

Biopsy

• MR breast imaging guides interventional procedures

Technology

• Vendors showcase global offerings for ECR audience

Viewpoint

• Training programs move toward harmonization