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* 17th Annual RFS Meeting and 86th AMCLC
* "Getting Started" Handbook
* Welcome Your New 2009-2010 RFS Executive Committee
* RFS Web site Update
* Call to Action: Heart of Radiology
* 2009-2010 ACR Fellowships
* MRI Teaching File - Submit Cases, Earn Money!
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17th Annual RFS Meeting and 86th AMCLC
A record number (185) of residents and fellows from across… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 12, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments
Obama and Radiology: Congressmen Send ACR Backed Letter to Obama: No More Arbitrary Imaging Cuts
The letter was circulated to members on Capitol Hill as a joint effort by the American College of Radiology (ACR), the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), and the Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC).
The letter highlights the value that medical imaging brings to the… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 11, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments
SIIM Resident Scholarship, New Investigator Travel Award Winners Attend
SIIM 2009 Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC
June 1, 2009 – Leesburg, VA – The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) has announced the recipients of the 2009 Resident Scholarship Awards and New Investigator Travel Awards.
SIIM Resident Scholarship Award winners receive complimentary meeting registration and travel expense reimbursement to attend the SIIM 2009 Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC,… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 10, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments
Merge Healthcare Continues Standards-Based IT Toolkit Innovation with MergeCOM-3
MergeCOM-3™ supports the latest DICOM and HL7 standards for comprehensive interfacing
MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), a provider of health IT solutions, today announced the release of MergeCOM-3 version 4.0, which incorporates the latest updates to the DICOM standard, as well as new interfacing capabilities using the HL7 standard. In health IT software development, DICOM provides… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 9, 2009 at 11:04am — No Comments
ACR Image Metrix™ Enables Pharma and Biotech Companies to Employ Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI in Drug Discovery and Development
American College of Radiology (ACR) Image Metrix,™ a leader in imaging trial design, techniques, data extraction, management and analysis, has successfully implemented dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) in clinical research for drug trials and stands ready to assist pharmaceutical and biotech companies to appropriately… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 7, 2009 at 4:44pm — No Comments
ACR Launches National Mammography Database
Reston, Va. — In July 2009, the American College of Radiology (ACR) will launch the National Mammography Database (NMD), the newest addition to the National Radiology Dose Registry (NRDR), a warehouse of ACR registry databases that compiles data to allow radiology facilities to compare themselves to other facilities regionally and nationally according to facility type.
The NMD — which is based on BI-RADS® — will allow… Continue
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JACR - Journal American College of Radiology Headlines and Preview for June!
Plus Reimbursement for Interventional Radiology,
Time Management
& Quality of Breast and Prostate Cancer Treatment
In the June Issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology
Reston, Va. — The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) placed a cap on the technical component of Medicare payments for nonhospital imaging services. The ACR conducted a survey in May and… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on June 3, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments
What's a Radiologist? Dr. Pavlov, Radiologist, Chief of Radiology at HSS and Writer for the Huffington Post Explains
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on May 30, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments
Animal Imaging Centers Continue to Enter Digital Age with another PACS Installation
Ashva Technologies installs EDGE PACS at Blue Sky Animal Hospital
Leading Radiology informatics firm, Ashva Technologies has installed their EDGEPACS web based PACS at the Blue Sky Animal hospital in Wyoming, MN.
Blue Sky Animal hospital is a complete full-service animal hospital with 4 modalities (CR, DR, US and portable CR) offering a full range of medical, imaging, dental and surgical services for animals ranging in… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on May 30, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments
RTOG Reports HPV Status Predicts Survival, Progression of Oropharyngeal Cancers in Largest Study to Date
Philadelphia, PA – May 27, 2009 – The largest and most definitive study to date has found that patients with stage III or IV oropharyngeal cancer (cancers of the upper throat) whose tumors contained the human papillomavirus (HPV) have better outcomes than patients with HPV-negative disease according to new research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) that will be… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on May 28, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments
AMICAS, RBMA Announce Sponsorship Agreement
FAIRFAX, VA — May 28, 2009 — The Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) recently entered into an agreement with AMICAS, Inc. to sponsor a keynote lecture series beginning in 2010 through 2012. This special program will bring a high-quality, well-known speaker to the Radiology Summit each year for three years.
According to a recent member needs assessment conducted by RBMA, members rate… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on May 28, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments
Ziosoft 3D Thin-Client Software Gives Impressive Performance at Stanford MDCT Conference Workstation Face-Off
Redwood City, CA, May 27, 2009 -- Ziosoft®, Inc. a leader in advanced visualization and analysis software for medical imaging was a first time participant in the Stanford Workstation Face-Off, during the 11th Annual Symposium on Multidetector Row CT held last week in San Francisco. The 7th annual Workstation Face-Off challenged the eight… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on May 27, 2009 at 4:43pm — No Comments
RTOG Finds Brain Irradiation Decreases Incidence of Brain Metastases in Locally Advanced Lung Cancer Patients
Philadelphia, PA – May 27, 2009 – Patients with locally advanced lung cancer who received a course of radiation therapy to their brain at the completion of their lung cancer treatment were less likely to develop brain metastases within the first year after treatment according to new research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) that will be presented at the… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on May 27, 2009 at 3:42pm — No Comments
RTOG Finds Short-Course Radiotherapy Effective Treatment for Painful Vertebral Bone Metastases
Philadelphia, PA – May 27, 2009 – A single high dose of radiotherapy is as effective in relieving the pain from vertebral bone metastases as ten smaller treatments according to new research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) that will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Orlando on May 31, 2009. RTOG, an NCI-funded national clinical… Continue
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PACSMail - Innovative and Useful Tool for Radiologists!
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on May 27, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments
Radiology Social Media Guide - How Radiologists and Medical Imaging Professionals can Benefit from Social Media and Social Networking
- Efficiently build, develop, and maintain a professional network
- Easily find and maintain contact with colleagues and alumni from medical school, residency, and fellowship
- Enrich contacts with colleagues around the world
- Spawn new dynamic relationships based on common interests and experience
Discover new career, research, or… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on May 25, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment
SONY Launches Compact and Affordable Full-page Dye Sublimation Medical Printer
Compatible with most popular image capture, endoscopic camera and digital ultrasound systems, the new printer delivers crisp 301 dpi, continuous tone output and easily combines images and text on letter-size media for comprehensive medical… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on May 18, 2009 at 11:18am — No Comments
ACR Image Metrix™ to Provide Image and Data Infrastructure for Randomized PET/CT Bone Imaging Clinical Trial
The protocol was developed in conjunction with the U.S. Food and… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on May 13, 2009 at 10:14am — No Comments
CMS Denial of CT Colonography Coverage May Cost Lives
Congress Should Act to Require Coverage of Virtual Colonoscopies
The recent determination by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to not cover screening computed tomography colonography (CTC), also known as virtual colonoscopy, exams is not supported by the latest clinical evidence and may result in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths each year from colorectal cancer, particularly among minority and underserved populations. CMS… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on May 12, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments
ARRS Membership Approves Strategic Integration with the ACR
Reston, Va. – April 29, 2009 - The membership of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) voted overwhelmingly today to approve a strategic integration with the American College of Radiology (ACR). This historic integration, effective July 1, will provide enhanced services to radiologists, radiation oncologists, and medical physicists seeking continuing medical education, quality and safety programs, clinical research, and a… Continue
Added by radRounds Radiology Network on May 12, 2009 at 2:34pm — No Comments
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