Diagnostic Imaging North America

October 2005

COVER STORY

Coronary CTA takes giant leap with 64-slice scanners

By: David A. Dowe, M.D. CARS/EuroPACS 2005 Conference Reporter

• Breast CAD branches out from mammography

Imaging News

• Three-D data sets aid intraoperative navigation
• IHE coordinates pursuit of electronic health record
• CAD holds key to screening virtual colonoscopy's future
• Radiologists puzzle over choices in chest CAD
• Modality upgrades may overwhelm PACS storage capabilities

Surgical IT

• Informatics integration drives intraoperative planning

Detection

• Breast CAD succeeds where human readers may falter

Radiography

• Mobile x-ray room service rolls into Oslo's nursing homes

Viewpoint

• Innovation identifies new directions for PACS

Special SECTION: SPECT/CT

• CT starts to shape up as nuclear medicine's best friend
• Oncology benefits from specificity of SPECT/CT
• SPECT/CT imaging raises workflow issues
• High-resolution CT images sharpen cardiac SPECT
• Anatomic road mapping pinpoints infection sites

DEPARTMENTS

X-RAY VISION

John C. Hayes

Ultrasound's shrinking role in radiology needs attention

AGENDA

John C. Hayes

Contrasting views on utilization management spur discussion

SPECIAL SECTION: Sonography

• Strategies could lead way to a better grip on ultrasound
• New ideas improve upon ultrasound's practice
• Diagnostic ultrasound withstands test of time

Tumor Ablation Supplement

• Introduction: Ablation offers options for unresectable tumors
• Liver: RFA and cryoablation expand treatment of hepatic tumors
• Renal Masses: Kidney tumor ablation treats nonsurgical candidates
• Chest: Lung ablation shows promising results in safety and efficacy
• Skeletal Disease:Percutaneous ablation treats bone tumors safely, effectively

Overread

• Medical information overload can confuse and mislead
• Brain shuts down during blinking
• Breast CT finally enters clinical testing at UC Davis
• In vivo MRI isolates single cells
• Perfusion-diffusion confusion yields to spatial information
• 256-slice CT creates 4D studies

Newsclips

• Focused ultrasound ablation goes after brain tumors
• Medicare moves to pay for stroke thrombolytic therapy
• Inexpensive cushion solves fusion imaging dilemma
• 64-slice beats 16-slice CT in virtual colonoscopy
• Postablation syndrome hits RFA liver patients

Radiology Practice

• Utilization manager answers July critique

Radiography

• CR and DR come to the rescue in emergency departments

Tech Watch

• New lung product propels CAD into mainstream CT
• SonoSite launches new flagship onto medical seas

Backscatter

• Random groupings can seem like a cosmic plan