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Remaking the grade

December 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Vol. 30 No. 12 Remaking the grade Delayed resident testing stirs debate BY DONNA DOMINO Donna Domino is feature editor of Diagnostic Imaging. During the annual meeting of the American College of Radiology in May, several radiologists peppered the group's leadership with concerns over controversial plans for a sweeping overhaul of the certification examination process. Dr. Steve Koller, chief of radiology for Middlebury's Porter Medical Center and president… Continue

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Rads, hospitals both hit highs and lows, just not same ones

December 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Vol. 30 No. 12 Rads, hospitals both hit highs and lows, just not same ones Teleradiology may help smooth out conflicting priorities, ease staffing issues, and help practice groups avoid grudge matches BY GREG ROSE, M.D., PH.D. Dr. Rose is president and CEO of NightRays in Bellaire, TX. I spend much of my day hearing success and failure stories from both radiologists and hospital administrators about this turbulent but exciting time in radiology. This… Continue

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Radiology can find reassurance on sunny side of Obama's change

December 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Vol. 30 No. 12 Radiology can find reassurance on sunny side of Obama's change BY JAMES BRICE, SENIOR EDITOR Change may be the byword for the historic election of Sen. Barack Obama as president, but the type of change Obama may bring to the White House won't necessarily be accompanied by the uncertainties and anxieties that come with a sharp departure from the past. Radiology is already dealing with more than its share of uncertainty. Markets for new products… Continue

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Radiologists meet with heavy collateral damage

December 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Vol. 30 No. 12 Radiologists meet with heavy collateral damage BY PETER A. RINCK, M.D., PH.D. I was at a large brasserie in Paris a few weeks ago. Looking for the toilets, I passed by a blackboard with information for the waiting staff. The advice for the day: "Push the fresh fish!" The waiters did. I ordered steak. Nearly one-third of the world's fish consumption stems from offshore farms, mostly in bays and estuaries along the sea coasts. In Europe,… Continue

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Philips embraces innovators to distinguish iSite

December 1, 2008 DiagnosticImaging.com. Philips embraces innovators to distinguish iSite By Greg Freiherr Philips Healthcare is differentiating its PACS at RSNA 2008 by offering a wide variety of ancillary and complementary functions developed by other vendors but presented by Philips as optional software packages geared to work with its iSite system. The company is framing the strategy as spawning an IT-based "ecosystem" composed of about a dozen suppliers of software products. Customers can… Continue

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Philips debuts high-end, low-cost MR scanners

December 1, 2008 DiagnosticImaging.com. Philips debuts high-end, low-cost MR scanners By Greg Freiherr Philips Healthcare unveiled two MR scanners on the RSNA 2008 exhibit floor: one at 3T, the other at 1.5T. Both emphasize productivity and clinical value, albeit by different means. The Achieva 3.0T TX expands the range of 3T applications possible with routine scanning through higher speed and better image quality using a novel technology dubbed MultiTransmit RF management. This technology… Continue

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Philips' Brilliance iCT boosts quality with new technology

December 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Vol. 30 No. 12 Philips' Brilliance iCT boosts quality with new technology Volume-rendered image processed from data acquired using the Philips 256-slice Brilliance iCT scanner at WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, GA, shows right iliac artery stenosis and multiple calcifications on left iliac artery. Bony landmarks are ghosted in background, the result of a new visualization technique introduced by Philips to assist in planning interventions. The… Continue

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Outpatient imaging centers grow by adding new services

December 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Vol. 30 No. 12 Outpatient imaging centers grow by adding new services Strategies target national as well as local trends, paying close attention to needs of referring physicians and finding new ways to increase patient satisfaction By Karen Sandrick Ms. Sandrick is a Chicago-based freelance writer and frequent contibutor to Diagnostic Imaging. Not so long ago, the sky seemed the limit for outpatient imaging centers. After modest growth through the 1990s, the… Continue