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In this edition:
  • Toshiba is buying Barco advanced visualization business
  • Vast majority of U.S. hospitals do not use EHRs
  • Study: PHRs could save $21B annually in the United States
  • Hospital employees in Iowa punished for patient data breach
  • Daschle accepts Obama’s invitation to become HHS Secretary
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NEJM Editorial: Cardiac CTA evidence may not warrant reimbursement, yet

Mon, Dec 01 2008
CHICAGO—CT again is in the hot seat at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) due to a New England Journal of Medicine editorial that accompanies the CorE 64 study published November 27th that questions whether cardiac CT angiography yet has enough clinical evidence to support its CMS widespread reimbursement. In March, CMS chose to continue local coverage determination for CCTA.

Researchers outline expanded role for cardiac CT

Mon, Dec 01 2008
CHICAGO—Researchers defined a series of promising cardiac CT applications during a Sunday morning scientific session the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). In several studies, CT outperformed other modalities particularly transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). In other cases, cardiac CT delivered comparable results to TEE. Many of the studies show that CT offers a non-invasive alternative to a semi-invasive TEE exam.

CaBIG delivers federated access to imaging informatics toolkit

Mon, Dec 01 2008
CHICAGO—A collection to imaging informatics tools developed under the umbrella of the National Cancer Institutes caBIG (cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid) are demonstrating the potential for collecting, analyzing, integrating, and disseminating information associated with cancer research and care, according to a scientific presentation at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

FDG PET/CT brings accuracy to staging, restaging of prostate cancer

Mon, Dec 01 2008
CHICAGO—FDG PET/CT may add significant value in patients with prostate cancer by accurately identifying primary lesions and/or metastases at initial staging and detecting recurrent disease, according to results presented Sunday during the Nuclear Medicine scientific sessions at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

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High-use flat-panel displays require conscientious QC

Top Stories | Mon, Dec 01 2008
CHICAGO—The luminance levels of flat-panel displays can degrade over time and are affected by the utilization of the monitors, according to a team of Japanese researchers who presented their analysis in a poster presentation at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Needed: Nuclear medicine advanced associates

Top Stories | Mon, Dec 01 2008
CHICAGO—Nuclear medicine has grown tremendously in the last 15 years, creating the need for a new clinical specialty—nuclear medicine advanced associates, said David Gilmore, program director school of nuclear medicine technology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Gilmore presented at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Robotic radiosurgery has distinct PET/CT image pattern post-treatment

Top Stories | Mon, Dec 01 2008
CHICAGO—Radical robotic radiosurgery, a treatment designed to eradicate both gross and peritumoral microscopic disease, results in a distinctive PET/CT imaging pattern following treatment, which is likely related to the high radiation doses delivered 1-cm or more around the tumor, according to researchers from Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Brain waves show sound processing abnormalities in autistic children

Top Stories | Mon, Dec 01 2008
CHICAGO—Abnormalities in auditory and language processing may be evaluated in children with autism spectrum disorder by using magnetoencephalography (MEG), according to a study presented today at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

DTI could assess tumor microstructure in pediatric patients with brainstem glioma

Top Stories | Mon, Dec 01 2008
CHICAGO—Cellularity assessed with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) at initial presentation is potentially an important parameter to further characterize tumor microstructure and predict clinical course in the pediatric population, according a study presented Monday in the Pediatric Radiology Series at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Brachytherapy offers alternative to breast cancer patients with implants

Top Stories | Mon, Dec 01 2008
CHICAGO—Women with early-stage breast cancer who have undergone breast augmentation may be treated successfully with partial-breast radiation treatment brachytherapy, according to a study presented today at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

MRI shows new types of injuries in young gymnasts

Top Stories | Mon, Dec 01 2008
CHICAGO—Adolescent gymnasts are developing a wide variety of arm, wrist and hand injuries that are beyond the scope of previously described gymnastic-related trauma, according to a study presented today at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

New ultrasound treatment may eliminate heel pain from plantar fasciitis

Top Stories | Mon, Dec 01 2008
CHICAGO—Combining an ultrasound-guided technique with steroid injection is 95 percent effective at relieving the common and painful foot problem called plantar fasciitis, according to a study presented today at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Orthocrat, TeraRecon merge orthopedic templating technologies

Industry News | Mon, Dec 01 2008
CHICAGO—Orthocrat unveiled an integration of its 3D orthopedic templating with TeraRecon’s Aquarius iNtuition visualization platform at the 94th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) this week.

Requardt replaces Reid-Anderson as CEO of Siemens Healthcare

Industry News | Sun, Nov 30 2008
CHICAGO—Siemens Healthcare reported today that Hermann Requardt will replace Jim Reid-Anderson as CEO of its healthcare sector. The announcement was made from 94th annual meeting of the Radiology Society of North America.

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