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RTs perform gastrointestinal fluoroscopy as well as doctors, and sometimes better

By Shalmali Pal

Faced with increasing demand for gastrointestinal fluoroscopy studies and fewer residents interested in performing them, radiologists at the Cleveland Clinic looked to their technologists to bridge the gap.

November 23, 2000

Augmented breast imaging presents new challenges for mammographers

By Shalmali Pal

November 16, 2000

MLO view

By Shalmali Pal

Part II: Augmented breast imaging presents new challenges for mammographers

November 9, 2000

Implants and MRI

By Shalmali Pal

Part III: Augmented breast imaging presents new challenges for mammographers

November 9, 2000

Final 510(k) approvals for October 2000

Issued November 7, 2000
Each month the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) releases a final list of devices approved for marketing in the U.S. during the previous month. The following is a list of 510(k) final decisions rendered for October 2000.

November 5, 2000

Radiologic technologists still search for respect in tight job market

The job that RT Carol Schweitzer-Schilling now performs at a community hospital in Middletown, CT, is not the same as when she first started. Like most professions, the RT job market has experienced its fair share of upheaval -- shortages in one decade, surpluses in the next, attempts to tighten accreditation rules, attempts to make the field more attractive. More than 20 years after Schweitzer-Schilling donned her RT uniform, the profession is in flux.

November 5, 2000