May 2003

Features

Cover Story

	Northern California PET Presses Forward
	by Rich Smith
	Northern California PET has parlayed a rocky beginning into a market leader position in an increasingly competitive PET arena


	PACS Perfect
	by John Romlein , John C. Weiser PhD
	Part I: PACS maintenance and quality control within the health care enterprise is an undertaking of extreme complexity and requires the coordination of many moving parts.

	Workforce Problems and Strategies
	by Kimberly E. Applegate MD, Carol M. Rumack MD
	The radiologist shortage is acute, and the short-term practice of recruiting from academic centers will only hurt the specialty in the long run.


	Going, Going, Gone?
	by George Wiley
	The changing practice of obstetric/gynecologic ultrasound has witnessed the migration of much of fetal ultrasound to obstetric physicians, and now gynecologic ultrasound is on the move as well: Are stricter standards required?


	Keepsake or Contaminant?
	by George Wiley


	Reading the Fine Print: Imager Technology Review
	by Chris Wolski

Departments

	Viewpoint
	The Turnaround Noose
	Rising expectations of and demands on the radiology department require decisive action.


	Guest Editorial
	Defusing Physician Burnout
	by Steven G. Gabbe MD
	The prescription for physician burnout is written in medical school; by mid career, many physicians have built on this early foundation, missing few opportunities for overwork and self-denial.


	Good Marketing, Good Medicine?


	STAT Read


	Vascular Brachytherapy: The Standard of Care for Patients with Coronary In-stent Restenosis
	by Santosh Yajnik MD, Elizabeth Brunton RN, Prabhakar Tripuraneni MD
	The delivery of VBT demands a multidisciplinary process involving the cooperation of interventional cardiology, radiation oncology, and medical physics. Its anticipated approval for use in the peripheral arteries would bring interventional radiology into the mix.


	Technology Economics Review
	Cardiac Imaging: Big Changes Ahead
	by Judith Gunn Bronson MS
	The options for cardiac evaluation are increasing, with some of the traditional techniques being supplanted by MRI and CT.


	Technology Review