Diagnostic Imaging North America
July 2008
COVER STORY
- Mid-year Clinical Update: Imaging thrives by making connections
- Clinical evidence secures reprieve for coronary CTA
- Emerging options compete with mammography
- Functional MRI measures effects of liver treatment
- Available scanners tackle future CTC screening demand
- CAD gains ground in climb to routine clinical application
- Fibroid patients still don't know about embolizationn
- Controversy dogs lung screening clinical trials
- Osteoplasty holds promise for repair of bone fractures
- Pediatric imagers put dose campaign on the road
- Molecular imaging enjoys progress on multiple fronts
DEPARTMENTS
Agenda
Overread
- Ultrasound spots mammo misses, but at high cost
- MSCT issue: Will a milligray a day keep the doctor away?
- MR spectroscopy glutamate measures reflect craving for heroin in addicts
- PET emerges as staging exam for cervical cancer
- Cryotherapy proves effective for small renal cell tumors
- Case of the Month
Newsclips
- One-year mammography follow-up falls short
- Endovascular embolization curtails GI hemorrhages
- Endorectal MRI foretells prostate cancer prognosis
- Ultrasound could precede CT in acute appendicitis triage
- fMRI predicts benign brain tumors that turn malignant
- fMRI shows social drinkers can't escape alcohol traps
X-Ray Vision
Tech Watch
Special Section: Enterprise Imaging & IT
Storage Management
Technological Developments
Informatics News
- PACS control debate— radiology or IT?—spices SIIM meeting
- SIIM vets discuss issues facing imaging informatics
- Even low-ratio compression changes what readers see
- Insurance filter sorts work list for teleradiologists
