Diagnostic Imaging North America

April 2007

COVER STORY

By: Emily Hayes

• Digital mammography hits mainstream use

DEPARTMENTS

X-ray Vision

By: John C. Hayes, Editor

• Mining of clinical data can protect and enhance radiology practice

Overread

• Local variations in coronary CTA coverage spin heads
• Nap and rest assured of awaking
• Stroke imaging data lag behind technology
• MR imaging spots silent but deadly cardiac conditions
• Whole-body MR imaging outclasses bone scans
• Imagers prove too hasty in dismissing breast CAD
• Case Of The Month
• CT scanning besmirches country's national pastime

Newsclips

• MR-guided ultrasound relieves bone metastasis pain
• Residency programs face sweeping, divisive changes
• European MR society bestows first Humanitarian Award
• Long-term data confirm stenting's cognitive benefit
• Big pharma sways breast cancer research

Tech Watch

• Small biopharm company hatches plan to unseat FDG
• Lung CAD tracks growth of suspected tumors

Agenda

• Two new features in magazine reflect need to expand skills

Backscatter

By: Bradley M. Tipler, M.D.

• Stellar course offers chance to bone up

Legal Issues In Imaging

By: Anne M. Haule, Esq.

• Assault on lease deals could bring their demise

Uroradiology

By: Michael Kuhn, M.D., Peter Huttmann, M.D., Margit Fisch, M.D., and Walter Gross-Fengels, M.D.

• MR imaging confirms early promise in bladder cancer

Special Sections

Women's Health

Avice O'Connell, M.D., MRCPI

• Today's research heads toward tomorrow's clinical practice

Vikram Dogra, M.D.

• High-intensity focused ultrasound use widens in research, practice

C.P. Kaiser

• NIH gives image-guided therapy boost

H.A. Abella

• Breast MRI slowly reaches consensus on indications

David L. Weiss, M.D.

• Switch to digital mammography demands intensive planning

Judy Wagner, RN

• Quality issue must move beyond mammography