Diagnostic Imaging Europe

October 2005

COVER STORY

• Portal vein embolization provides hope in cancer
  Thierry de Baere, M.D., and Jeff Geschwind, M.D.

News

• Voice recognition expedites reports without need for tape transcription
• 64-slice CT proves superior to 16-slice CT in virtual colonoscopy
• Prototype 256-slice CT system creates real-time 3D liver studies
• 3D diffusion-weighted whole-body MR shows metastatic disease
• Imaging affects outcome in portal vein thrombosis
• Personalized PACS logins limit which physicians can view records

Report: Computed Tomography

• Optimal technique aids cerebral perfusion CT
  Alessandro Stecco, M.D., Alessandro Littera, M.D., and Alessandra Ferrari, M.D

Report: Women's Health

• Fibroid therapy stays on minimally invasive path
  H. A. Abella

DEPARTMENTS

From The Editor

• Keepsake entrepreneurs target parents in Europe
  Philip Ward, Editor

The Big Picture

• Teleradiology requires effective management
  Frits Barneveld Binkhuysen, M.D.

CARS/EuroPACS 2005 Conference Reporter

• Breast CAD branches out from mammography

Imaging News

• Three-D data sets aid intraoperative navigation
• IHE coordinates pursuit of electronic health record
• CAD holds key to screening virtual colonoscopy's future
• Radiologists puzzle over choices in chest CAD
• Modality upgrades may overwhelm PACS storage capabilities

Surgical IT

• Informatics integration drives intraoperative planning

Detection

• Breast CAD succeeds where human readers may falter

Radiography

• Mobile x-ray room service rolls into Oslo's nursing homes

Viewpoint

• Innovation identifies new directions for PACS

Special SECTION: SPECT/CT

• CT starts to shape up as nuclear medicine's best friend
• Oncology benefits from specificity of SPECT/CT
• SPECT/CT imaging raises workflow issues
• High-resolution CT images sharpen cardiac SPECT
• Anatomic road mapping pinpoints infection sites