Radiologic Technologist: Page 71

RIS/PACS provides potential for performance, safety improvements
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
The implementation of RIS and PACS products in radiology has demonstrated increased cost savings, throughput, and customer satisfaction. The systems can also help practices measure technologists' output, providing the groups with metrics to improve both performance and patient safety, according to a study by a Canadian researcher.
March 20, 2007
Radiographers equivalent to radiologists in VC study
By Eric Barnes
Finding polyps may be a tough job, but radiologists aren't any better at it than radiographers, according to the results of a new virtual colonoscopy study by researchers from the Netherlands. The findings suggest that dedicated radiographers trained in reading VC exams can be as accurate as radiologists in evaluating the exams.
March 18, 2007
NAI Tech splits from North American Imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
DICOM connectivity firm NAI Tech Products of Auburn, CA, began operation as an independent business entity on February 23.
March 8, 2007
Can ultrasound benefit from the rest of radiology?
By Dr. Lars Thorelius
In part II of his two-part series on improving the clinical practice of ultrasound, Dr. Lars Thorelius from University Hospital in Linköping, Sweden, describes how his department has applied a radiological attitude and workflow to the modality, involving standardized scanning and full documentation, and the positive effects that have resulted.
March 7, 2007
SNMTS disburses scholarships
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The SNM Technologist Section (SNMTS) recently bestowed $50,000 in Paul Cole and Mickey Williams Minority Student scholarships for molecular imaging/nuclear medicine technologist students during its Mid-Winter Educational Symposium held in San Antonio.
March 5, 2007
Quantum completes two DR installations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology vendor Quantum Medical Imaging of Ronkonkoma, NY, has completed several installations of its digital radiography (DR) equipment, including its new TechVision option.
February 28, 2007
Real-time 3DTTE comparable to MRI in LV evaluation
By Erik L. Ridley
Real-time 3D transthoracic echocardiography (RT-3DTTE) yields comparable accuracy to cardiac MRI in assessing left ventricular (LV) volume, mass, and ejection fraction (EF), according to an article published in the February issue of Echocardiography.
February 27, 2007
Ultrasound -- with liberty and justice for whom?
By Dr. Lars Thorelius
AuntMinnie.com presents a critique of ultrasound in clinical practice by Dr. Lars Thorelius, a radiologist at Linköping University Hospital in Sweden. Thorelius charges that ultrasound's increasingly minor role is a result of poor management and training, rather than any shortcomings in the modality.
February 11, 2007
Sonographers: Highly experienced, vastly underappreciated
Sonographers have always played a central role in disease diagnosis. Unfortunately, radiologists have generally ignored their contributions, pretending that the sonographer was simply another version of a technologist. In an editorial opinion, Terry DuBose explains why sonographers, currently undervalued by sonologists, could actually be the key to keeping sonography in the hands of imaging experts.
February 5, 2007
CT overranging an important but hidden radiation source
By Eric Barnes
With multidetector CT scanners, what you see in the protocol isn't exactly what you get. Differences in overranging, also known as z overscanning, can lead to significant variations in the radiation dose delivered by different multidetector CT scanners and reconstruction algorithms, according to a new study from Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands.
January 31, 2007
Part 3 - Impact on the Radiologist
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January 30, 2007
ASRT promotes two staffers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) of Albuquerque, NM, has promoted two senior staff members.
January 30, 2007
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