Diagnostic Imaging North America

December 2005

COVER STORY

Hurricanes test radiology's disaster preparedness

By: Cynthia Keen

SUPPLEMENT: PACS and Information Technology

Surgical IT

Informatics integration drives intraoperative planning

By: Paula Gould and John C. Hayes Data Integration

PACS focus shifts from radiology to the enterprise

By: Gregg A. Cohen, Ph.D. Informatics News

• Radiologists puzzle over alternatives in chest CAD
• Support for medical image databases gathers steam
• CMS unveils beta version of electronic health record
• Itemized radiology reports fail to provide advantage
• Grid computing facilitates archive backup, recovery

Informatics Newsclips

• PDAs expedite delivery of urgent exam results
• Talking report approach reduces look-away time
• Unrealistic expectations plague U.K. IT program
• Residents give voice recognition thumbs down
• Consistent screen checks boost image quality
• Soft-copy reading surfaces in chiropractic clinics

DEPARTMENTS

X-RAY VISION

John C. Hayes

Gulf Coast providers show value of disaster planning preparation

AGENDA

Fran Taylor

Literary washing and ironing delivers difficult prose wrinkle-free

Overread

• Celebrity death increases awareness of lung cancer
• Molecular imaging spoils mystery of listeriosis
• Top 50 AJR papers highlight radiology's staying power
• Real-time 'functional' DTI aids cerebral palsy patients
• Kidney tumor RF ablation gets stronger, more versatile
• Why use cardiac CT for children when MRI delivers no radiation?

Overread: VERBATIM!

• Contrast unavailability in U.S. harms diagnostic ultrasound

Newsclips

• Optical tomography catches early-stage breast cancer
• Pay-for-performance may not improve quality
• Low-dose CT makes gains in MSK imaging
• Radiologists thrive in temporary positions
• Functional MR imaging detects liars and cheats

Tech Watch

• Children's hospital dedicates 64-slice CT to pediatrics
• Body CT perfusion improves diagnosis, therapy monitoring
• Volumetric imaging drives 3D processing portability
• 256-slice CT images body and heart

Imaging & The Law

• Success requires good contract or none at all

Breast Imaging

• Mammographers ask vendors for consistency in digital display

Advanced Technology

• Innovative component allows development of PET/MR hybrid

Backscatter

• Groundhogs show way to turf war victory