Brian Casey[email protected]Clinical NewsDedicated camera offers better scintimammography resultsBreast imaging specialists for the past several years have explored scintimammography as a potentially useful adjunct to x-ray-based mammography. Their hope is that scintimammography's functional imaging abilities could offset mammography's shortcomings, especially with regard to the imaging of dense breasts.April 20, 2004CTStacking the deck against virtual colonoscopy?The studies come in fast and furious: Virtual colonoscopy is the next big thing in preventive medicine. Virtual colonoscopy isn't ready for prime time. Confused? So are we. Well, not really. This week's study in the Journal of the American Medical Association on virtual colonoscopy’s effectiveness -- or lack of same -- was, if anything, predictable. A research team led by a gastroenterologist found that, surprisingly enough, virtual colonoscopy conducted by inexperienced radiologists using old equipment and outdated techniques did not compare to the gold standard of conventional colonoscopy.April 15, 2004Clinical NewsPACS boosts workflow in orthopedicsRadiology isn't the only specialty that stands to benefit from PACS. Switching to filmless imaging can streamline operations and bring new workflow efficiencies to orthopedic clinics, for example, resulting in happier patients and orthopedic surgeons.April 13, 2004Industry NewsAuntMinnie.com Business & Industry Radiology InsiderApril 11, 2004Clinical NewsLessons learned from an IT network outageIt is every IT manager's worst nightmare -- a network outage that brings down a hospital's entire data infrastructure for days. But while an IT network outage can be a major headache, it doesn't have to be a disaster, according to those who have been thereApril 8, 2004Clinical NewsCoronary calcium compared to other CVD measuresSpanish researchers sought to shed new light on the role of coronary calcium in a study we're featuring in our CT Digital Community.April 6, 2004Clinical NewsVale do Javari: One of the world's last wild placesThe Vale do Javari is an isolated region in the Amazon jungle of Brazil, covering about 20.7 million acres between the Ituí and Itaquaí rivers along the border with Peru and Colombia. The region is home to more than 50 tribal cultures, some of whom have never been contacted by the outside world -- and many of whom who hope that it stays that way.April 1, 2004Clinical NewsScanning the globe: Digital technology delivers healthcare to the jungleThe imaging equipment being brought on the Imagem do Javari Expedition shows how recent technological advances are enabling clinicians to deliver imaging services to remote corners of the globe that were inaccessible just a few years ago. From portable ultrasound to satellite teleradiology uplinks, the expedition will serve as a proving ground to demonstrate digital technology's potential to improve patient care in underserved areas.April 1, 2004Clinical NewsExpedition brings radiology to remote reaches of the AmazonSydney Possuelo is on a mission. A tireless defender of indigenous peoples in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, Possuelo next week will embark on the latest of his frequent trips upriver to explore and make contact with indigenous tribes. But this time he'll be bringing something new into the jungle: medical imaging technology to find and diagnose a series of Western diseases that have devastated native peoples in the Amazon's Vale do Javari region.April 1, 2004Clinical NewsExpedition brings radiology to heart of AmazonIt's a jungle out there for radiology -- literally. In a story that could have been ripped from an Indiana Jones movie, a Brazilian expedition is set to depart next week for the darkest reaches of the Amazon rainforest. The intrepid team will use medical imaging technology to find and diagnose diseases that are threatening some of the most remote indigenous peoples on the planet.April 1, 2004Previous PagePage 160 of 190Next PageTop StoriesCTStructured CT reporting tool may aid hernia detection after bariatric surgeryIn hospital emergency departments, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) patients may present with abdominal pain following surgery.MRIHigher ventricular and atrial heart volumes boost cardiac disease riskWomens ImagingHybrid AI reading shows success in breast cancer screeningPractice ManagementThe hidden link between image quality and diagnostic confidenceMRIUltrasound plus MRI helps diagnose pain from rotator cuff tendinopathy