Diagnostic Imaging Europe

June/July 2006

Imaging News

• Multislice CT strikes balance between dose and quality
• Musculoskeletal MR goes deep to catch football injuries
• Computers tackle melanoma volume and therapy response
• Book Review - Practical Radiography: Principles and Applications

PACS & Informatics

• Digital radiology enables Orwellian quality assurance
• Workstations progress but lack intuitive ease
• Experts ditch paper for automated digital consent
• Radiologists encounter repetitive stress injuries
• Consider ergonomics or incur hidden costs

Report: Computed Tomography

• Compact CT devices show clinical promise
  Anni Suomalainen, D.D.S., and Soraya Robinson, M.D.

Report: Gastrointestinal

• Small bowel findings reveal tumor spectrum
  Beatriz Rodriguez-Vigil, M.D., Manuel Lamas, M.D., and Arturo Alvarez-Luque, M.D.

Technology Update

• Vendors entice end users with new device offerings

DEPARTMENTS

From the Editor

• Making sense of digital imaging's alphabet soup
  Philip Ward, Editor

The Big Picture

• Biomarkers initiate major shift in imaging research
  
  Franz Kainberger, M.D.