March 2002

Features

Cover Story

	Making Mammography a Mission
	by Elizabeth Finch
	Bucking a nationwide trend, Weinstein Imaging Associates has put mammography front and center in its efforts to build a practice around the imaging needs of women.

	Multidector Row CT and 3D Volume Rendering
	by Leo P. Lawler MD
	Multidetector row CT and three-dimensional volume rendering provide insights into the inherently complex features of the female pelvic anatomy.


	Interventional Radiology for Gynecologic Disease
	by Eric vanSonnenberg MD
	A wide variety of interventional radiologic procedures are useful in treating gynecologic diseases.


	Understanding Breast Ultrasound
	by Jay R. Parikh MD, Bruce Porter MD


	CAD: Coming in for a Close Up
	by Judith Gunn Bronson MS
	Recent research indicates that computer-aided detection can improve the accuracy of radiologists who read mammograms.


	Options in Breast Biopsy
	by Lawrence W. Bassett MD
	A broad range of image-guided biopsy techniques are now in clinical use, offering alternatives to the more costly and disfiguring open surgical biopsy for properly elected patients.

Departments

	Viewpoint
	Modality Under Seige
	by Cheryl Proval
	Though mammography's recent crisis was in reality a nonevent played out in the popular press, it provides radiology with an overdue opportunity to share the procedure's shortcomings with the public.


	Guest Editorial
	A Subspecialty of Ther Own
	by Ellen B. Mendelson MD
	As women's imaging emerges as a subspecialty, with fellowship programs developing across the country, its champions must bear in mind the danger of gender focus: gender bias.


	STAT Read
	by Marissa Shira, Ben Van Houten


	Imaging Business
	A Road Map to National Bone Health
	by Michael T. Dimuzio PhD
	Radiology could play a significant role in preventing the potentially devastating cost of fracture among aging Baby Boomers.


	Technology Economics Review
	Ultrasound: Making Waves
	by Judith Gunn Bronson MS
	Ultrasound applications are widening in three traditional areas of use: fetal imaging, carotid and aortic screening, and echocardiography.


	Technology Focus: Ultrasound