Diagnostic Imaging North America - August 2008

COVER STORY

By: Jayant A. Talwalkar, M.D., MPH, and Meng Yin, Ph.D

• MR elastography inspires new wave of hepatic imaging

• Diffusion-weighted MRI moves beyond brain to other body parts

• Exhibitors highlight revved-up MR performance, new applications

DEPARTMENTS

Agenda

By: Yomi Wrong

• Aunt Edna is key to secret family recipe for connecting with readers

Overread

• MR brain mapping assesses response to glioma therapy

• Ritalin boosts brain's efficiency

• Beta-amyloid plaques predict cognitive disease advance

• Prostate MR meets challenge following ultrasound ablation

• CT lung screening offers moderate benefit to smokers

• Case of the Month

Newsclips

• Intraoperative angio proves worth for brain surgery

• SPECT zooms in on causes of social anxiety disorder

• Incidental adrenal masses almost always prove benign

• PET avoids liver resection in colon cancer patients

• FDA mulls over breast cancer ablation registry

• PET/CT restaging alters breast cancer management

X-Ray Vision

By: James Brice, Senior Editor

• New medical imaging modality arises from hard work, inspiration

Tech Watch

• GE's first high-definition CT enters clinical operation

• SPECT/CT replaces standard detector with flat-panel x-ray

Special Section: Magnetic Resonance

Radiology Practice

• Planning ahead ensures payoff in new projects

Computed Tomography

• Morphological imaging sorts out cystic lesions of pancreas

• Dual-energy CT captures subtle pancreatic masses

Backscatter

• Breakfast con cerveza brings enlightenment