Diagnostic Imaging North America - November 2008

COVER STORY
By: James Brice

• Prior authorization takes command

DEPARTMENTS

Agenda

By: John C. Hayes

• New staffers come up to speed just in time for RSNA meeting

Overread

• Elite medical facilities ban commercial support of CME

• MRA finds value in hydrocephalus interventions

• Multicenter trial confirms value of coronary CT angio

• Dynamic breast MRI helps assess axillary nodes

• Carotid US predicts heart attack, stroke

• Online animation preps children for imaging tests

• Case of the Month

Newsclips

• Radiology salaries reflect U.S. healthcare imbalance

• CT summation bolsters RFA's targeting accuracy

• Three-T MRI enhances diagnosis of focal epilepsy

• Optical imaging discovers secret of baby's first words

• MRI spots anomalies in children with hearing loss

• CT proves clinical worth in bowel obstruction cases

Diagnostic Imaging supplement, Technology Advisor

• Vendors polish advanced apps with 3T platforms

• GE Healthcare seeks better image quality, lower dose

• Tech advisor CT vendors plot strategies for growth

• Breast imaging shines among ultrasound advances

• CR prepares to challenge solid-state digital mammo

• Digital mammography: CR and tomo could change game

• Innovation spurs novel nontraditional applications

• Philips pursues reliability plus image, workflow gains

• Toshiba sets 'dynamic volume' as new CT frontier

• Enterprise imaging unfolds as future direction of PACS

• Thin-client architecture taps 3D viewing for enterprise

• Siemens' dual- and singlesource CTs reflect history

X-Ray Vision

By: John C. Hayes, Editor

• DRA pain lingers, but other changes show progress for radiology practice

Digital Department

• Strategies can limit imaging fungibility

• In PACS, 15 years makes a world of difference

Women's Imaging

• MR offers different option for pregnant appendicitis patients

• MR teratogenesis risks include acoustic, thermal injury

Tech Watch

• Siemens tweaks PET/CT T with hybrid for radiology

• Carestream unveils wireless x-ray detector retrofit

Molecular Imaging

• Smart probes and biomarkers spot earliest signs of cancer

Chest Imaging

• Missed lung cancers carry medical, legal implications

Magnetic Resonance

• Musculoskeletal 3T imaging gains clinical acceptance

Emergency Radiology

• Multislice CT and CAD bring new efficiencies to diagnosis

Perturbations

• Disruptive behavior gets slammed down