Erik L. Ridley[email protected]PACS/VNAPass the sanitizer: Bacteria common on radiology workstationsAre toilet seats cleaner than the workstations radiologists use every day? They may be, if results from a pilot study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology are any indication. Fortunately, this unappealing problem can be easily solved.July 11, 2013Advanced VisualizationMeeting customer needs in the 3D lab: Part 2In the second part of our series on implementing postprocessing requirements for radiologists and clinicians in the 3D laboratory, AuntMinnie.com provides 3D technologist Laura Pierce's suggestions for meeting the needs of clinicians.July 9, 2013Advanced VisualizationMeeting customer needs in the 3D lab: Part 1In this first installment of a two-part series on implementing postprocessing requirements for radiologists and clinicians in the 3D laboratory, AuntMinnie.com provides 3D technologist Laura Pierce's suggestions on how to address the needs of radiologists.July 1, 2013Advanced VisualizationAuntMinnie.com Advanced Visualization InsiderJune 25, 2013CTSagittal reconstructions of MDCT scans help identify sternal injuriesIt's critical to diagnose injuries quickly and accurately in trauma cases. In sternal injuries, incorporating sagittal reconstructions in chest MDCT studies can help support that goal, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham concluded.June 24, 2013PACS/VNAPACS downtime plan improves business continuity, uptimeNobody likes downtime, particularly with a critical system such as PACS. But the effects of PACS outages have been significantly lessened at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, which adopted a new comprehensive business continuity process based on a dedicated backup PACS that's only used during downtime.June 19, 2013PACS/VNAMDCT: iPad triggers rapid changes in radiologyFor a relatively young technology, Apple's iPad has already wrought huge changes in radiology, affecting education, image viewing, and interactions with referring physicians, Dr. Elliot Fishman told attendees on Tuesday at the International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in Washington, DC.June 18, 2013PACS/VNAAuntMinnie.com PACS InsiderJune 16, 2013PACS/VNAPaging system accelerates clinician access to medical imagesKnowledge is power, or least it was recently at an Australian hospital: Researchers there found that paging referring physicians to tell them their images were available in the PACS dramatically decreased the time between when studies were ready and when they were viewed.June 16, 2013PACS/VNASIIM: CPOE for radiologists eases entry of scanner protocolsGRAPEVINE, TX - Computerized physician order-entry (CPOE) technology isn't just for referring physicians anymore. CPOE software can be used by radiologists to efficiently order the scanner protocols that carry out imaging studies, according to a presentation on Saturday at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting.June 9, 2013Previous PagePage 190 of 393Next PageTop StoriesDigital X-RayChest x-rays reveal atherosclerosis in patients undergoing amputationsLower limb amputation is an increasingly common major complication of advanced peripheral arterial disease and diabetes mellitus.MRI3D MRI technique helps plan treatment for pediatric heart conditionsWomens ImagingCould AI scoring help with managing DCIS?CTClinicians, beware: CT diagnostic accuracy varies by adnexal lesion typePractice ManagementRadiology coding update for 2026
