Diagnostic Imaging North America

April 2005

COVER STORY: Women's Health

• Breast tomosynthesis trials show promise
• Digital mammography delivers rapid results
• Fibroid therapy stays on minimally invasive path
• Expert offers rules for best breast MR practice
• Imaging provides follow-up after breast cancer treatment
• Fine-tuning breast imaging workflow reduces wait times
• Modified gamma camera zeroes in on subcentimeter breast lesions
• RFA joins arsenal for breast cancer metastases in the liver
• Vertebral fracture identification rounds out osteoporosis Dx

DEPARTMENTS

X-RAY VISION

John C. Hayes, Editor

AAA screening concept gains ground but faces funding challenge

AGENDA

John C. Hayes, Editor

Webcasts provide immediate access to current research

Special Section

3TMR

Sponsored by an educational grant from Siemens Medical Solutions

• Musculoskeletal specialists push spatial resolution to limit
• 3T breast MR heightens speed and spatial detail
• 3T boosts MR's ability to pinpoint prostate cancer
• 3T broadens scope of MR spectroscopy
• Moving to 3T brings SNR feast to signal-hungry

Overread

• Aneurysm screening plan falls short of expectations
• Smell test identifies AD risk
• Government initiates interim plan to cover PET
• ACR protests listing of x-rays as human carcinogen
• CT reveals pelvic disease in late-stage pregnancy
• Headphones use aviation technology to hush MRI
• Copenhagen study confirms mammo screening benefit
• ERRATA
• System mines databases for cases, trends
• CT solves puzzling 'WTC' cough

Newsclips

• Screening centers squelch balanced information
• Light-based imaging 'sees' thin fibrous cap
• Saline-enhanced RFA meets expectations
• SNM targets molecular imaging with new center
• Tracking device debuts at 2004 RSNA meeting
• Patients breathe easy with bile duct MRI

Imaging & The Law

• Panel builds case for new self-referral limits

Computed Tomography

• Multislice CT emerges as gold standard for chest imaging

Sonography

• Radiologists look over their shoulders, knees, and hips
• Radiologists prefer MR but still find ultrasound underutilized

Tech Watch

• Software traffic cop directs burgeoning workflow in CT
• Data pipeline paves way for new generation of MR surface coils
• Hitachi prepares to storm the U.S. market with multislice CTs

Back Scatter

• MSCT shows its mettle in the Magic Kingdom