Diagnostic Imaging North America
September 2005
COVER STORY
MQSA Historic success becomes regulatory threat
By: Deborah R. Dakins
DEPARTMENTS
X-RAY VISION
John C. Hayes
Stricter standards threaten access to mammography practice
AGENDA
C. P. Kaiser
We have seen the future of radiology and it looks good-very good
SPECIAL SECTION: Molecular Imaging Outlook, Sponsored by an educational grant from GE Healthcare
- Labeling studies follow human stem cell therapies
- CMIR blazes trail of MI discovery
- Europeans invest in biomedical imaging research
- Two-step amplification technique delivers gene therapy to refractory prostate cancer
- Cry61 gene therapy induces angiogenesis to mitigate myocardial infarction effects
- Focused ultrasound helps exogenous genes permeate targeted cells' outer membrane
- MRS measures elevated metabolite levels indicative of hypoxia in prostate tumors
- MPIO contrast improves MRI's ability to monitor in vivo stem cell tracking
Overread
- Cooperation in coronary CTA may wipe out EBCT
- PET reveals orgasmic metabolism
- Upstart CT angiography eclipses cardiac MRI's rising star
- Cardiac CT images reveal problems outside heart
- 3D PET/CT wins accolades
- Underserved areas call for long-distance US reads
- CAD holds key to increased CT colonography screening
- Amyloid plaques hasten progress of dementia
Newsclips
- CMS wants payment cuts, extends self-referral ban
- Community breast cancer screening comes up short
- Ultrasound training could begin as early as college
- Multislice CT complements ultrasound in GI staging
- Whistleblower alleges fraud at Florida imaging centers
SPECIAL SECTION Computed Tomography
Malpractice Monitor
Practice
Cardiovascular
Radiation Safety
- Dose metrics lag behind advances in CT scanners
- History of radiation dose metrics spins heads
- Rads know how to keep dose low
Tech Watch
Perturbations
PACS & IT Supplement
Informatics News
- Computer programs aid Alzheimer's diagnosis
- Modality upgrades threaten to overwhelm PACS storage
- SCAR embarks on PACS administrator certification
- CMS spells out HIPAA Security Rule
- PACS sidesteps annoying hospital busy signals
- PowerPoint feature creates high-res images
- Radiology triage system improves urgent care
- Voice recognition reduces report turnaround time
- Digital mammography analysts wait for results
Mammography
Teleradiology
Archiving
- SSPs take on larger role in digital mammography
- InSiteOne tailors services to centers' storage needs
- I3Archive provides data and image distribution
Imaging & The Law