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Discredited and obsolete data used in Raftery and Chorozoglou, published Dec. 8 in the British Medical Journal, underestimated lives saved by mammography screening by half. The authors’ comparison of anxiety from false positives to breast cancer deaths is also questionable.

“The estimated 15 percent reduction in breast cancer deaths used in this study is the same used in 2009 by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force. That estimate has been discredited by a series of large…

(ATLANTA) - Rajashahker Reddy, a radiologist who formerly owned a prominent radiology practice, was recently sentenced to prison on healthcare fraud, wire fraud, and mail fraud. He will be in prison for four years, six months in total followed by three years of supervised release. Furthermore, the court also issued a fine of up to $15,000. He was ordered to pay restitution in the amount over $900,000+.

Details of the trial rev lea that Dr. Reddy submitted and signed thousands of…

You can't improve what you don't measure, says Paul Chang in this video clip from RSNA 2011. He thinks radiology practices should follow other businesses and adopt business analytics and key performance indicators.  To view other exclusive videos of luminaries in radiology, please visit the Diagnostic Imaging Conference Reports for RSNA…

NeuroLogica is an innovative company that specializes in making portable medical imaging equipment.  NeuroLogica's is known for other successes such as the CereTom, a portable Head CT scanner.  Recently, they have obtained FDA clearance for its BodyTom full body portable CT scanner - yet another amazing innovation.

According to NeuroLogica's website, the BodyTom is the newest offering in portable…

The American Board of Radiology recognizes the shortage of physician investigators in diagnostic radiology and in radiation oncology. To address this shortage, a research pathway has been designed for individuals to simultaneously train in diagnostic radiology or radiation oncology and in basic science, clinical, or translational investigation. This new pathway is called the "ABR Holman Research Pathway," named for B. Leonard Holman, M.D., who first proposed this…

Check out Dr. Dalai's PACS Blog post on the RSNA 2011 Flash Mob - as he mentioned, it "actually went down" - here is the video also in case you missed it.

CHICAGO—N. Reed Dunnick, M.D., was named chairman of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Board of Directors today at the Society's annual meeting in Chicago.

Dr. Dunnick is the Fred Jenner Hodges Professor and chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, Mich., where he has been since 1992.

As…

Brainlab will launch its cloud-based image sharing and clinical planning platform at RSNA 2011.

VoyantLink allows users to access images from the cloud, as well as employ clinical planning tools. It’s more than just transferring images through the cloud, said Marc Mackey, general manager of Voyant Health, noting the company’s long history of developing treatment software for subspecialists.

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Reston, VA (Nov. 15, 2011) — The Image Gently® campaign and the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) have launched the “Go With the Guidelines” campaign to encourage community hospitals, academic hospitals and clinics to observe new North American Guidelines for Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceutical Dose in children. The dose recommendations, calculated on a ‘straight’ weight basis, have been tested in children’s hospitals and are compatible with high-quality imaging and further dose reduction…

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(SOURCE: DesMoines Register) - "Widely considered a weak and ineffective advocate for the department, an uninvolved mentor, and a poor recruiter" is what the review committee revealed about this Chief of Radiology at a major academic institution, specifically the University of Iowa -- Dr. Laurie Fajardo has unfortunately needed to leave the post effective January 1st.  The review committee also cites that the chairman “has contributed to the low morale that appears to affect most faculty…