Diagnostic Imaging North America

June 2007

COVER STORY

By: C.P. Kaiser

• Baby-boomers can expect better imaging of age-related changes

DEPARTMENTS

X-RAY VISION

By: John C. Hayes, Editor

• Imaging-caused radiation exposure begins to get attention it deserves

Overread

• Initiatives flag patients with excess imaging dose
• PET lights up smokers' motives
• Multi-energy CT differentiates polyps from fecal matter
• Initial research challenges contrast reaction dogma
• Case Of The Month

Tech Watch

• Diffusion maps of bone mets indicate therapy response
• Video gaming chip achieves instant image registration
• Teleradiology practice soars on the wings of NightHawk
• 256-slice scanner captures heart, brain in single rotations

Comment

By: David Yankelevitz, M.D.

• 'Conflicting' CT lung trial data can be explained

Backscatter

By: Bradley M. Tipler, M.D.

• Make path to learning easier by speedwalking it

Imaging & the Law

• CMS may take aim at interpretation services
• CMS makes it specific: You can't send images to India

Breast Imaging

By: Emily Hayes

• Radiologists pan study critical of computer-aided detection
• Internists' incendiary advice reopens old wounds

Special Sections

Nuclear Medicine

Todd Blodgett, M.D., and Alex Ryan, M.D.

• PET/CT finds footing in breast, cervical, and ovarian carcinoma