Minnies race heats up as semifinals go live

Dear AuntMinnie Member,

We're kicking it up another notch in the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com's annual event to recognize excellence in radiology. We've taken your nominations to produce a list of 203 candidates in 12 categories representing almost every field of endeavor in radiology.

You'll find categories like Most Influential Radiology Researcher, Scientific Paper of the Year, and Best New Radiology Product. Other categories are geared toward radiology administrators and radiologic technologists, honoring both educators and institutions that are achieving excellence.

It's easy to vote -- the only qualification is that you were a registered AuntMinnie member as of August 23, 2004. As an added incentive, we'll be giving away two AuntMinnie lab coats and eight AuntMinnie coffee mugs to members drawn at random from voting rolls.

You'll have until midnight October 4 (PDT) to cast your vote. After that, the top two vote-getters in each category will face off in the final round of voting, with the winners to be announced in November, just before this year's RSNA meeting.

So fire up your browser and head over to minnies.auntminnie.com, and make your voice heard!