CLEVELAND - The last full day of the 19th Symposium for Computer Applications in Radiology gets underway with exhibitor presentations, again beginning at 7 a.m.
SCAR's final round of scientific sessions starts at 8 a.m., with concurrent sessions on reading rooms, miscellaneous, and vendor topics planned. At 10 a.m., a special session on physical design considerations for the filmless imaging department will be presented.
Today's morning SCAR U senior sessions cover operational issues with workstation QC and emerging technologies. At 12:30, the 2nd SCAR research and development committee symposium, "Technologist productivity: a comparison of film-based and filmless operations," will be presented.
The symposium will be moderated by Katherine Andriole, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, and Dr. Bruce Reiner of the University of Maryland in Baltimore and Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford, DE. They will present and analyze results from a SCAR-sponsored technologist productivity survey.
At 1:30, SCAR will hold HealthSphere Summit, a forum that will tackle the topic, "Embracing the Healthcare Enterprise." Panelists will discuss the revolution and electronic evolution of the healthcare delivery system, according to SCAR.
Posters and demonstrations will be open in the early afternoon, and a special session on image perception issues in a soft-copy reading environment is scheduled.
The day winds down with a practical bent; SCAR U senior sessions will be presented on "How to: A practical user's guide," and quality control. In addition, a special session on structured reporting will be chaired by Curtis Langlotz, Ph.D.
7:00-8 a.m.: Exhibitor presentations
8:00-9:45 a.m.: Scientific session: Reading room
8:00-9:45 a.m.: Scientific session: Miscellaneous
8:00-10 a.m.: Scientific session: Vendor session
10:00-12 p.m.: Special session: Physical design considerations for the filmless imaging department
10:00-12 p.m.: SCAR University senior session: Operational issues with workstation QC
10:00-12 p.m.: SCAR University senior session: Emerging technologies
12:00-12:30: SCAR membership meeting and fellows induction
12:30-1:30 p.m.: 2nd SCAR research and development committee symposium
1:30-3 p.m.: Poster and demonstration session
1:30-3 p.m.: Special session: Image perception issues in a soft-copy reading environment
1:30-3:30: HealthSphere Summit
3:30-5:30 p.m.: SCAR University senior session: How to (A practical user's guide)
3:30-5:30 p.m.: SCAR University senior session: Quality control
3:30-5:30 p.m.: Special session: Structured reporting: a new option for radiology reporting
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![Examples of ultrasound findings and techniques. (A) Images in a 39-year-old male patient with a mass in the left thigh. The mass is heterogeneous on the B-mode US image (compared with the patient in D) and showed increased microvascularity (superb microvascular imaging [SMI]) and shear-wave elastography (SWE) values. Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy (with pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma in surgical specimen). (B) Images in an 18-year-old male patient with a mass in the left leg. The mass is hypoechoic on the B-mode image, with no other findings suggestive of malignancy. The lesion is in contact with the cortex of the tibia, which is slightly irregular. CT revealed a doubtful anteromedial tibial erosion. The microvascular study demonstrated high vascularization, suggestive of malignancy. Periosteal Ewing sarcoma was diagnosed with both histologic and immunohistochemical confirmation. (C) Images in a 69-year-old female patient with a lump growing on the outside of the left leg. Multiple SWE examinations were performed (please note the high values obtained in the measurements, whereas the color map highlights the stiffness relative to adjacent tissues). SMI showed areas of increased vascularization to target for sampling. Undifferentiated spindle cell sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with residual leiomyosarcoma in the surgical specimen after neoadjuvant therapy. (D) Images in a 56-year-old female patient with a mass in the right thigh. The mass is heterogeneous at both B-mode ultrasound (similar to patient A) and MRI (coronal T2-weighted spectral attenuated inversion recovery [SPAIR]; T1-weighted pre-contrast and postcontrast imaging), which even shows uptake after the administration of paramagnetic contrast material, which is traditionally suggestive of malignancy. Low values at SMI and elastography are suggestive of benignity. Spindle cell lipoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with atypical spindle cell lipomatous tumor in the surgical specimen.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/08/images-radiol250278fig2.APCFLSvX6p.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
