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Legal Ramifications of Computer Aided Detection in Mammography

Jonathan L. Mezrich, MD, JD, MBA, LLM;Eliot Siegel, MD, FACR, FSIIM

March 14th 2013

CAD may help highlight nodules the clinician may have otherwise missed, but its use is not without legal ramifications. What do you think? Take this survey.

In PACS, 15 years makes a world of difference

Eliot Siegel, MD, FACR, FSIIM

November 1st 2008

Without much fanfare, theBaltimore VA MedicalCenter passed its 15-yearmilestone as the first filmless(with the exception of mammography)hospital on June 23,2008.

Stress reflects dichotomy in march of progress

Bruce Reiner, MD;Eliot Siegel, MD, FACR, FSIIM

March 1st 2006

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

Digital imaging makes inroads in orthopedics

Hirsch Handmaker, MD;Eliot Siegel, MD, FACR, FSIIM;Jonathan Levy, MD;Jerrald Goldman, MD

December 3rd 2004

The Oakland Athletics medical and training staff, preparing for spring training prior to the 2004 baseball season, considered the options for obtaining and reviewing radiographic studies. In past seasons, players went by van, five or so at a time, to local imaging facilities and offices in Phoenix and then returned to training. The process was repeated daily until examinations for the 80 or so players were completed. The films were interpreted, filed, or retained at the spring training site for later review by the orthopedists and medical staff and then traveled with the A's to California for the start of the season.