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Teleradiology Practice Opportunities (Featured Job)

(DIAGNOSTIC MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS) -- Why read for someone else’s teleradiology practice when you can read for your own?

Diagnostic Management Solutions, LLC (DMS), a premier comprehensive health care practice management firm located in New York, has an exciting teleradiology business opportunity for a U.S. based, board-certified radiologist or radiology group.

DMS will provide a turn-key teleradiology practice to an eligible radiologist or radiology group. DMS’ provides… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on January 7, 2010 at 10:15pm — No Comments

Airport Full Body Scanners and Radiation - American College of Radiology (ACR) Statement

January 2010 ─ Amid concerns regarding terrorists targeting airliners using weapons less detectable by traditional means, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is ramping up deployment of whole body scanners at security checkpoints in U.S. airports. These systems produce anatomically accurate images of the body and can detect objects and substances concealed by clothing.

To date, TSA has deployed two types of scanning systems:

Millimeter wave technology uses… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on January 6, 2010 at 6:58pm — No Comments

Negative Perception of Pediatric Radiology May Explain Workforce Shortage (RSNA)

(RSNA News) -- According to a latest Socioeconomic feature article in the December 2009 Issue of RSNA News, there may be a negative perception of pediatric radiology among residents. Misguided residents? Possibly. Read more at RSNA.org --

The perception that pediatric radiologists earn less money and are more limited in where they work were among the deterrents named by radiology residents surveyed in a recent study analyzing the persistent workforce shortage in the subspecialty.… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on January 6, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments

Physician Payment Cut Delayed

(RESTON/ACR) -- Based on the 2010 Medicare fee schedule final rule, the 21.2 percent cut to the conversion factor was scheduled to be implemented Jan. 1, 2010. However, as of December 19, 2009, Congress has passed legislation to apply a zero percent update to the conversion factor through Feb. 28, 2010. This means that instead of the 21.2 cut, the conversion factor for January and February 2010 will be the same as 2009. Below is information from CMS on how claims will be handled for the first… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on January 5, 2010 at 10:09pm — No Comments

New SBI and ACR Recommendations Suggest Breast Cancer Screening Should Begin at Age 40

(RESTON) -- New SBI and ACR Recommendations Suggest Breast Cancer Screening Should Begin at Age 40

The new recommendations from the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) on breast cancer screening, published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR), state that breast cancer screening should begin at age 40 and earlier in high-risk patients. The recommendations also suggest appropriate utilization of medical… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on January 5, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Medici Project - Radiographic Survey (Radiographics Article)

(RADIOGRAPHICS) -- This month's Radiographics journal features a very interesting radiographic survey of the Medici family. According to the authors and abstract:

The remains of 12 members of the grand ducal (junior) branch of the Florentine Medici family were exhumed in 2003 as part of the Medici Project, a multidisciplinary study whose aim was to investigate the lifestyles, health status, and possible causes of death of members of one of the richest, most powerful families of… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on January 5, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments

Radiofrequency Ablation Safe and Effective for Reducing Pain from Bone Metastases

Philadelphia, PA – Image-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA), a minimally invasive cancer treatment which can be performed in the outpatient setting, significantly reduced the level of pain experienced by cancer patients with bone (osseous) metastases, limiting the need for strong narcotic pain management, and supporting improved patient frame of mind, according to results of an American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) study published online Jan. 4, 2010 in the journal… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on January 4, 2010 at 2:47pm — No Comments

ACR Case in Point - Preview for the week of January 4th, 2010

To view ACR Case in Point Cases, please visit http://caseinpoint.acr.org

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on January 4, 2010 at 9:25am — No Comments

Biomarker Identification Accelerates Alzheimer Research

(RSNA News) --

A new study, showing that PET scans and cognitive testing can help detect the risk of developing Alzheimer disease (AD), is among promising new research presented at the Alzheimer's Association's 2009 International Conference on AD that could lead to diagnosis at the preclinical stage.

Read the full article from RSNA News:… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on January 4, 2010 at 2:12am — No Comments

Stanford 3D Lab Emerges as Imaging Leader

(RSNA News) --

During the course of producing extraordinary clinical images for patients and clinicians, the 3D Imaging Laboratory at Stanford University School of Medicine has established itself an international epicenter for developing and teaching the 3D image postprocessing techniques that are becoming increasingly critical to clinicians and researchers worldwide.

Multidetector CT Angiography in the Evaluation of Acute Blunt Head and Neck Trauma: A Proposed Acute Craniocervical Trauma Scoring System

(RADIOLOGY) -- A proposed acute craniocervical trauma scoring system could be used as a guide to select blunt trauma patients for multidetector CT angiographic evaluation. In a retrospective study of 830 consecutive patients who presented to an emergency department with acute blunt head and neck trauma over 9 years, Delgado Almandoz and colleagues discovered that multidetector CT angiography depicted injury in 12.8% of those patients. A proposed scoring system based on independent predictors of… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on January 1, 2010 at 3:43pm — No Comments

ACR to Comment on Meaningful Use Rules

(RESTON) -- ACR to Comment on Meaningful Use Rules

On December 30, the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced two of three highly anticipated regulatory notices on the “meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology” Medicare/Medicaid incentives program authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

CMS released a proposed… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on January 1, 2010 at 12:13pm — No Comments

ARRS: Submit Now for Residents in Radiology Awards!

(ARRS) -- Residents and fellows are invited to submit applications for the 2010 ARRS Residents in Radiology Awards. One award of $2,000 and two awards of $1,000 each are given for papers on the clinical application of the discipline of radiology and radiological science. The award winning papers will be presented during the 2010 ARRS Annual Meeting in San Diego on May 3.

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Added by radRounds Radiology Network on December 30, 2009 at 6:36pm — No Comments

ACR Case in Point Preview - December 28, 2009 to January 1, 2010

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on December 28, 2009 at 7:50am — No Comments

Dilon Diagnostics Gamma-Guided Localization System Cleared by FDA

Newport News, Va., December 14, 2009— Dilon Diagnostics announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for its lesion-localization system for molecular imaging biopsy guidance. GammaLōc® is a complementary technology to Dilon’s cornerstone product, the Dilon 6800® Gamma Camera. The GammaLōc® (GL) system will help doctors accurately locate breast lesions and enable gamma-guided biopsies, particularly useful for patients that have findings on the… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on December 27, 2009 at 12:19am — No Comments

CT Technologist Salary from Aggregated Data

(SIMPLY HIRED) -- Ever wonder how much the average CT tech makes? Well, SimplyHired.com has completed a survey based on aggregated job salary data in radiology. The results demonstrate that the average salary for CT techs / jobs is approximately $47,000. Please see below for more details regarding specific salary data for CT techs.

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on December 26, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Kevin's Covers - Adjustable IV and Indwelling Catheter Covers (and beyond)

radRounds Radiology Network is pleased to introduce you Carolyn Grissom who has created an entire series of products that can be used by interventionalists, PICC nurses, and anyone who places intravenous lines.

Kevin’s Mom, Carolyn Grissom, made his (Kevin's) first fabric Cover Sleeve after the cap of his PICC line caught on a doorknob; the only options they were offered at the Emergency Room at Duke Medical Center was to cover the… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on December 26, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Featured Article: MRI viability imaging for cardiomyopathies

(APPLIED RADIOLOGY) -- Prabhakar Rajiah, MD and Scott Flamm, MD

Dr. Rajiah is a Clinical Fellow, Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, Imaging Institute, and Dr. Flamm is Section Head, Cardiovascular ImagingLaboratory, Imaging Institute, and on the Cardiovascular Medicine staff, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

Abstract: MRI plays an important role in managing patients with cardiomyopathy by determining the presence or extent of ischemic scar… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on December 25, 2009 at 5:45pm — No Comments

Senate Passes Health Care Reform Bill

(RESTON) -- On Dec. 24, 2009 at 7am Eastern Time, the Senate voted 60-39 in favor of their version of H.R. 3590, health care reform bill, which includes an equipment utilization rate assumption of 65 percent (up from the current 50 percent assumption).

The ACR educated Senators and staff that both the 90-95 percent rate suggested by the Administration and the 75 percent assumption in the House version of the bill were unrealistically high and secured a 30 percent reduction of the… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on December 25, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Renal mass biopsies more cost-effective, prevent unnecessary procedures

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING) -- The use of renal mass biopsy to guide treatment decisions for small renal tumors is cost-effective relative to direct surgery, and can spare many patients unnecessary surgical procedures, according to Massachusetts General Hospital researchers. Most small renal masses are detected incidentally in imaging and their current treatment is direct surgery, said lead researcher Dr. Pari Pandharipande, a radiologist in the abdominal imaging and interventional radiology… Continue

Added by radRounds Radiology Network on December 23, 2009 at 6:25pm — No Comments