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
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
Detection
Radiography
Viewpoint
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
Radiography
Tech Watch
Backscatter
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