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Cloud Computing Creates Climate Change in TeleradiologyHow teleradiology is leveraging the cloud computing trend -- and doing it differently than non-healthcare companies
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Imaging Shows Active Lifestyle Slows Alzheimer’sCHICAGO - Cross-sectional imaging and volumetric scans reveal that widespread adoption of an active lifestyle could reduce cases of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Fee-for-service proves viable in academiaThe radiology department at Leiden University Medical Center performs approximately 150,000 examinations each year. We developed and implemented a simple fee-for-service tool to monitor clinical output and relate this to required input.
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Correct Application Of MRI: helps find causes of lower back painLow back pain is extremely common in Western society.1 It is second only to upper respiratory illness as a symptom-related reason for visits to the doctor.2
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Metastatic Eccrine SpiradenomaCase History: 51-year-old male, Blaschkoid eccrine spiradenoma originally manifested by cutaneous nodules, lesions experienced rapid growth two years ago.
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Elastography advances feature prominently among ultrasound exhibitsThe exhibition booths occupied by vendors of ultrasound systems at ECR 2010 are likely to be very busy places throughout the congress. Difficult economic conditions are causing a dip in global demand for the more capital-intensive modalities like CT and MRI, and hospital managers are keen for their staff to explore the clinical potential of this versatile and cost-effective technology.
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Popular Swiss chest specialist receives prestigious SFR awardThe Society of French Radiology has bestowed its prestigious Antoine Béclère Medal on Prof. Pierre Schnyder, the former head of radiology at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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After a decade of growth in teleradiology; now what's next?It's been a bit more than a decade since teleradiology really started to take off in the U.S. Fed by a radiologist shortage in the early 2000s and a desire by many practices to shed their night call work.
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Cardiology PACS must produce moving imagesTensions between radiology and cardiology in the field of cardiac imaging have persisted for decades. The 1970s and 1980s were rife with turf battles over interventional angiography, echocardiography, and cardiac SPECT. More recently, cardiac MRI and CT have been the focus of intense debate about who is best qualified to perform and interpret these scans.
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ECR can help Asian and European RadiologyRadiology in Asia is booming. The demand for radiology services is growing, and investment made by governments and private hospitals and companies in imaging equipment and radiology departments is increasing rapidly every year. This includes investments in PACS, RIS, and teleradiology networks.
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Virtual Second Opinion Services for Imaging Taking HoldVirtual second opinion services allow patients to upload images and medical information for physician review. Here’s one institution’s experience.
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Health Care Reform: We Can’t Afford ItWhat do Caterpillar, Richard Pryor, and Penecillium chrysogenum have in common? Other than the obvious answer that they all came from Peoria, they all have been instrumental in changing the landscape of the 20th century: physically, culturally, and medically.
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Why I Prefer Transcription to Voice Recognition SoftwareVoice recognition reduces costs and produces faster reports, but can have a high recognition error rate and requires more hardware, software, and constant training.
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Metastatic PheochromocytomaA 35-year-old man with generalized weakness, ptosis, and difficulty swallowing.
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Vacation On the BrainOffices are thinking about end-of-year productivity and time off in this round of Radiology Comics.
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Market conditions test economics of diagnostic imaging servicesJust as diagnostic imaging providers were figuring out strategies to weather the reimbursement cuts mandated by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, the ground shifted once more with a severe economic downturn.
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Image Guidance: Interventions multiply for liver tumor therapyPercutaneous options for hepatic tumor treatment are expanding, even as the incidence of primary and metastatic liver tumors continues to rise. While surgery remains the treatment of choice for patients meeting criteria for resection, results from minimally invasive treatments have exceeded those obtained with conventional chemotherapy or radiation, and it is possible that one or more of these techniques may soon vie with surgery as a treatment of choice for patients with liver tumors.
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CT radiation dose shows wide variance in EDDespite growing concern over CT-related radiation exposure, measuring cumulative exposure from CT imaging in a standardized or formal way is not part of routine practice for ordering physicians in the emergency department, according to a presentation this week at the 2009 RSNA meeting.
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Legal Ramifications of Computer Aided Detection in MammographyCAD 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.
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Digital imaging makes inroads in orthopedicsThe 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.
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Critical Test Results Management and Its Importance to Patient SafetyThere is no one uniform communication solution for every healthcare provider in every setting, but the goal is real-time thorough communication of significant patient health information.
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Penumbral Imaging Propels Trials Toward Wider Therapeutic WindowMore than a decade after the last FDA approval for a stroke drug, vampire bat saliva navigates process using updated techniques
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CT and x-ray signs point to pulmonary pathologiesPatterns in radiological images can help with the identification and differential diagnosis of selected processes.1,2 Such signs should be recognizable, having a characteristic appearance that can identified.
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CT and MRI help evaluate adrenal gland disordersThe adrenal glands are paired retroperitoneal endocrine organs. They are thin, inverted Y- or V-shaped soft tissue structures and have flat or concave margins. The vertical length of each gland may be anywhere from 2 to 4 cm. Their “limbs” are approximately 0.4 cm thick in axial cross-section, which is roughly as thin as the adjacent diaphragmatic crus.
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CT and x-ray signs point to pulmonary pathologiesPatterns in radiological images can help with the identification and differential diagnosis of selected processes.1,2 Such signs should be recognizable, having a characteristic appearance that can identified.
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Training programs move toward harmonizationEurope is debating the acceptance of a common legal framework, a single constitution, for all European nations. This is a challenge, as was the free circulation treaty and the introduction of the euro as a common currency. Through alternating moments of shake-up and tranquillity, Europe is advancing in stages toward unification.
