Diagnostic Imaging North America - January 2009
COVER STORY
By: Clare Tempany, M.D., Jalil Afnan, M.D., and Nathan McDannold, PH.D.
DEPARTMENTS
Agenda
By: John C. Hayes
Overread
- Physicians appreciate value of decision-support system
- California blames operator error for CT incident
- 'Image Gently' program expands beyond pediatrics
- Dual-isotope SPECT/CT finds infections in diabetic feet
- Case of the Month
- SPECT trial helps solve mystery of fibromyalgia
Newsclips
- Iso-osmolar agent shows higher renal failure rate
- Some breast cancers may regress spontaneously
- CMS hesitates to approve PET for cancer despite data
- Brain imaging finds why people overbid at auctions
- Chest CT assists follow-up of head and neck cancer
- Ultrasound predicts stroke from carotid morphology
Diagnostic Imaging supplement
In Review: News from the RSNA Meeting
- Radiation dose reduction themes color RSNA 2008
- Depth increases in lineup of breast imaging options
- Economic woes affect attendance
- Expertise with MSCT-CA takes time
- Illegal patient info sneaks into PowerPoint files
- Moolah gets reports flying out the door
- Multifaceted effort propels CT colonography forward
- CTC can diagnose more than cancer
- Occult infarction presages major event
- Database mining unearths secrets about imaging use
- Rads lose procedure volume to cardiologists, surgeons
- Multislice CT closes in on emergency triage role
- South Carolina radiologist stands against 'Rad Scare'
X-Ray Vision
Magnetic Resonance
Tech Watch
Ultrasound
Intervention
Practice Issues
Perturbations
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