Diagnostic Imaging North America - September 2008

COVER STORY

By: Stamatia Destounis, M.D.

• Higher digital mammography recalls represent temporary problem

Special Section: Women's Health

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• Preoperative breast imaging guides surgical management

• Mammo benefits improve, but recruiting remains big challenge

• MR guidance permits more precise localization

• Tomographic US spots ventricular septal defect

• Thermal effects of fetal US remain uncertain

DEPARTMENTS

Agenda

By: John C. Hayes

• Rights, like muscles, need regular exercising in order to grow stronger

Overread

• Medicare imaging soars from in-office services

• Brain MR identifies youth prone to aberrant behaviors

• Zagat Survey asks patients to critique their physicians

• Hyperpolarized He-3 MRI flourishes in unique role

• PET meets universal cancer screening

• Case of the Month

Newsclips

• CT radiation may spark pacemaker malfunctions

• PET finds early coronary disease in diabetic patients

• Ultrasound gauges osteoporotic fracture risk

• Nighthawks prove less popular than fears suggest

• Milk outperforms barium as GI contrast medium
• Nuclear medicine dosing for kids varies widely

X-Ray Vision

By: John C. Hayes, Editor

• Learning digital mammography proves difficult but worth the effort

Tech Watch

• Japanese firm targets U.S. market for 3D visualization

• Hand-carried system brings premium features to bedside

Imaging & the Law

• Medicare proposals attack self-referrals

Stroke Risk

• CT imaging detects markers of vulnerable carotid plaque

Oncology

• Imaging helps in diagnosis of musculoskeletal masses

Perturbations

• 'See no evil' butts up against learning curve