Diagnostic Imaging North America - December 2008

COVER STORY
By: Donna Domino

• Remaking the grade: Delayed resident testing stirs debate

DEPARTMENTS

Agenda

By: John C. Hayes

• Expert brings insights, history, strong opinions to NSF controversy

Overread

• European hospitals cope with Mo-99 supply crisis

• 3T MRI alone outperforms enhanced MR arthrography

• Ultrasound unveils source of stump pain in amputees

• Molecular imaging scientist shares Nobel Prize for Chemistry

• 3T MR beats 1.5T for ulnar wrist pain imaging

• Case of the Month

Newsclips

• Society starts molecular imaging trials network

• Colonoscopy could be costeffective only in middle age

• fMRI links defective brain wiring, high risk of obesity

• Feds push states to abolish certificate of need regs

• Age bows out as factor for recurrence in DCIS patients

• Wine-based antioxidant may shield against radiation

X-Ray Vision

• Radiology can find reassurance on sunny side of Obama's change

Rinckside

• Radiologists meet with heavy collateral damage

Tech Watch

• Financial crisis squashes demand for new scanners

• Philips' Brilliance iCT boosts quality with new technology

Radiology Practice

• Know medical necessity, get it right from the start

Computed Tomography

• CT angiography helps plan endovascular aneurysm repair

Backscatter

• Freestyle healthcare enters the marketplace

Enterprise Imaging & IT

Practice Dynamics

• Rads, hospitals both hit highs and lows, just not same ones

Reading Room Design

• Environment aims to enrich interdepartmental teamwork