Children who get anxious about doing math have brain function that differs from children who don’t, with math-specific fear interfering with the parts of the brain involved in problem-solving, according to functional MRI (fMRI) scans of 7- to 9-year olds that formed the basis of a study published online March 20 in Psychological Science.
Five-star customer service has hit radiology, with practices springing for mammography parties, massages and much more. Thoughtful patient care, strategic goals and data analysis are essential.
Three new members have been appointed to the National Advisory Council for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NACBIB) of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB).
FDG uptake of thymus measured by PET/CT is an effective indicator for the differentiation of mediastinal lymphoma from normal thymus in pediatric patients, according to a study published online Dec. 12 in Radiology.
At RSNA 2011, the latest and greatest in radiology engaged nearly 60,000 imaging and informatics stakeholders.
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CHICAGO--Treating patients as VIPs, personal greetings from radiologists and a spa-like atmosphere are the hallmarks of patient-centered radiology facilities, according to a presentation on Nov. 29 at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiology Society of North America (RSNA). Using his own facility as an example, Volney Van Dalsem, MD, medical director of outpatient imaging at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., provided some concrete suggestions for making an imaging facility more patient-centered.
An expert panel reviews the rationale for and benefits of patient interaction in diagnostic radiology, presents strategies and opportunities for improving patients’ awareness of radiology and introduces the American College of Radiology’s Face of Radiology campaign.
The evaluation of breast cancer characteristics, long done by hand under a microscope by pathologists, could soon by aided by a computer program as researchers have created a model that can accurately and automatically analyze breast cancer microscopic images, according to a paper published Nov. 9 in Science Translational Medicine.
Caliper Life Sciences of Hopkinton, Mass., and Carestream Health of Rochester, N.Y., have settled two lawsuits.
The Society of Nuclear Medicine’s (SNM) 2011 Image of the Year illustrates the ability of PET/CT scans to identify abnormal bone reaction in patients who have received spinal fixation hardware implants. Researchers selected this image from more than 1,800 studies presented over the course of four days during SNM’s 58th annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
SIIM 2011 Tackles Healthcare Reform | The annual meeting theme for the 2011 meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) “Reforming Healthcare through Informatics: Challenges to Solutions” emphasizes the top needs of the imaging informatics community.
SNM 2011 Molecular Imaging at the Crossroads | San Antonio hosts SNM from June 4 to June 8. Expect 1,600 scientific papers and posters exploring the molecular imaging and nuclear medicine fields and more than 150 vendors, who will showcase an array of advanced molecular imaging and nuclear medicine technologies.
