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April 2008 Blog Posts (84)

Utilization management firm pitches patients on dose concerns

April 7, 2008 Utilization management firm pitches patients on dose concerns Yomi Wrong -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A website that allows patients to calculate radiation exposure levels for particular exams is drawing fire from some radiologists, who question whether the health plan-owned company is using safety as a smokescreen for profit management. With a few clicks, visitors to Patient Safety choose a procedure — Bone Density, CT, PET… Continue

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Doppler ultrasound finds increase in renal blood flow in children with diabetes

April 7, 2008 Doppler ultrasound finds increase in renal blood flow in children with diabetes Wendy Despain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doppler ultrasound shows that diabetic nephropathy may affect the kidneys of pediatric diabetes patients long before clinical indications become evident. Diabetes-related microvascular complications rarely reach clinical stages in childhood, but researchers investigated whether Doppler ultrasound could… Continue

Added by Diagnostic Imaging on April 7, 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments

Another exciting partnership with up and coming interventional device review site!

We'd like to announce another exciting partnership between the new site, Which Interventional Device (http://www.whichinterventionaldevice.com). Through this partnership, radRounds members will now be able to preview some of the great reviews that they feature. For full review and images, visit their sites via links. In addition, if you would like to review devices, please let us know or let Dr. Haslam, who is the president of the site know!

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Added by radRounds Radiology Network on April 6, 2008 at 1:52pm — No Comments

Some are safe, some may not be

April 4, 2008 Hemostatic clips and MRI procedures: Some are safe, some may not be Frank Shellock -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A recent "Sentinel Alert" from the Joint Commission addressing the prevention of accidents and injuries in the MRI suite stated: "All implants should be checked against product labeling or manufacturer literature specific to that implant, or peer-reviewed published data regarding the device or implant in question.… Continue

Added by Diagnostic Imaging on April 4, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

RFA provides sustained pain relief in osteoid osteoma patients

April 4, 2008 RFA provides sustained pain relief in osteoid osteoma patients Shalmali Pal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CT-guided radiofrequency ablation offers long-term pain reduction in patients with osteoid osteoma, making it a viable alternative to open surgery, according to researchers from Seoul. "Surgery is considered if pain persists, but open surgical excision is known to have high morbidity and recurrence is not uncommon," said Dr.… Continue

Added by Diagnostic Imaging on April 4, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Highlights from the European Congress of Radiology 2008: Exclusive Interview between radRounds and Dr. Maximilian Reiser!

(radRounds, April 5, 2008 - Vienna, Austria) The European Congress of Radiology, the annual meeting of the European Society of Radiology, was held March 7-11, 2008 in Vienna, Austria. Over 17,000 participants from over 90+ countries, ECR has grown into the second largest medical meeting, not to mention only radiology, in Europe and the second largest radiology meeting…

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Added by radRounds Radiology Network on April 4, 2008 at 12:22pm — No Comments

New Partnership: Skyscape offers radRounds Members 25% off all Radiology Titles!

radRounds has partnered with Skyscape to offer all of us a special discount of 25% off all their radiology titles for handhelds.

Specific Titles include:

Radiology Review Manual

Reeder & Felson's Gamuts in Radiology

Handbook of Interventional Radiologic Procedures

The link to order is below. Skyscape technology enables users to seamlessly cross-reference from one title to another.…

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Added by radRounds Radiology Network on April 4, 2008 at 10:19am — No Comments

Grid debuts to facilitate inter-institutional image interoperability

April 4, 2008 Grid debuts to facilitate inter-institutional image interoperability Douglas Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A grid designed to link applications in the research environment leverages grid computing technologies and web resources to provide a set of programming tools for research application development and deployment. The National Cancer Institute's cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) program reached a major milestone… Continue

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Race exerts little influence on CT calcium test results

April 3, 2008 Race exerts little influence on CT calcium test results Yomi Wrong -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calcium deposits in coronary arteries provide a strong predictor for incidence of heart attack and cardiac disease, and detecting such deposits via CT scanning can help promote overall cardiac health in racially and ethnically diverse populations, according to a new study in March 28 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. The… Continue

Added by Diagnostic Imaging on April 3, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Radiopaedia.org 2.0 update

Howdy all,

been a while since the last update, but things are moving forward. We should have the new site to look at and play with by the end of April - hopefully transfer all the content and replace the existing site by then also.

Meanwhile we have set up a a place for all you folks to add 'wish list' features and vote of those added by others.

Just visit… Continue

Added by Frank Gaillard on April 2, 2008 at 11:18pm — 1 Comment

New clinical tool and rR Feature: ARRS Goldminer on radRounds!

With the help and official support of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), we have officially posted a direct link on our front page so that anyone who visits radRounds can search for high quality peer-reviewed images on the ARRS Goldminer Search Engine. Look to the right and check it out for yourself. Let us know if you have any questions!

Thanks to Dr. Charles Kahn (Informatics Luminary and Leader, Professor of Radiology at Medical College of Wisconsin,… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on April 2, 2008 at 2:02pm — No Comments

Web-based repositories pose threat of unprotected records

April 2, 2008 Web-based repositories pose threat of unprotected records Douglas Page ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The reluctance or inability of the healthcare industry or federal government to provide a universal online personal medical record repository mechanism has created a vacuum. This vacuum, in turn, has attracted deep-pocket giants like Google and Microsoft. In February, Internet search titan Google stepped into the online repository… Continue

Added by Diagnostic Imaging on April 2, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Online patient medical records will challenge radiologists and others

April 2, 2008 Online patient medical records will challenge radiologists and others John C. Hayes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More than a decade after the shift to PACS became firmly established in radiology, a national movement toward digitizing all medical information appears to be gaining traction. Google and Microsoft, two of the biggest players in the digital world, have launched efforts to provide free storage of personal medical… Continue

Added by Diagnostic Imaging on April 2, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

New recommendations target NSF risk

April 2, 2008 New recommendations target NSF risk Shalmali Pal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis has received widespread attention, but official protocols on how to avoid the life-threatening skin condition are quite sparse: Only one section in the American College of Radiology's 2007 white paper on safe MR practices is devoted to the condition. The ACR is already rectifying that situation, however, with detailed… Continue

Added by Diagnostic Imaging on April 2, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Web-based repositories pose threat of unprotected records

April 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Web-based repositories pose threat of unprotected records Douglas Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The reluctance or inability of the healthcare industry or federal government to provide a universal online personal medical record repository mechanism has created a vacuum. This vacuum, in turn, has attracted deep-pocket giants like Google and Microsoft. In February, Internet search titan Google stepped into… Continue

Added by Diagnostic Imaging on April 1, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Teleradiology scheme delivers high-quality images to smartphones

April 1, 2008 Teleradiology scheme delivers high-quality images to smartphones Douglas Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A new teleradiology solution takes advantage of improvements in wireless networking, imaging technology, and handheld devices to permit referring physicians to view CT and MR scans remotely on cell phones and personal digital assistants. The system has the potential to improve outcomes for patients experiencing… Continue

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Swedish researcher adds touch to 3D interpretation

April 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Swedish researcher adds touch to 3D interpretation Greg Freiherr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Engineers are always on the lookout for new and better ways to present data. So it's been with the transition from 2D to 3D and, lately, to 4D, with the capture of dynamic organs or the display of large volumes of data. But even the most advanced of these techniques, whether fly-throughs of the colon or 4D fetal… Continue

Added by Diagnostic Imaging on April 1, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Spoof Nobel Prize goes to imaging study with sharp point

April 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Spoof Nobel Prize goes to imaging study with sharp point OVERREAD Philip Ward -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Brian Witcombe, a consultant radiologist at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, collaborated with Dan Meyer, executive director of the Sword Swallowers' Association International on the study. Interviews with experienced sword swallowers revealed that lower chest pain, often lasting days, followed some… Continue

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Shifting clinical needs recast thick-, thin-client PACS debate

April 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Shifting clinical needs recast thick-, thin-client PACS debate Image Reconstruction Greg Freiherr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radiology has been through thick and thin—clients, that is. The two approaches in PACS are defined by the way images are reconstructed, on a central server or a dedicated workstation. Thick-client products once dominated, but advances in PC technology, particularly in memory, along… Continue

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