September 2004


Features

Cover Story
The Malignant Liver: Community-based State-of-the-Art Therapy
  by Judith Gunn Bronson MS
  An innovative practice model that includes radiologists and oncologists has led to state-of-the-art cancer care for the residents of Cary, NC.

MRS Applications in Oncology
  by Pia C. Sundgren MD, PhD, Suresh K. Mukherji MD
  MR spectroscopy is proving a powerful tool in the workup of brain tumors and cystic lesions, the delineation and definition of tumor boundaries, and the separation of an infiltrative growing glioma from normal brain tissue.
CAD for Breast, Lung, and Colon Cancer
  by Maryellen L. Giger PhD
  Technological advances in image acquisition and rapid developments in computerized image analysis are expected to contribute to the adoption of CAD for the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer, lung cancer, and colon cancer.
Breast Imaging Beyond Mammography, 2004
  by Judith Gunn Bronson MS
  Because mammography is an imperfect tool for finding cancer in breast tissue, most other imaging modalities have been applied: here is an update.


Departments

  Lateral View
Serving Two Masters
  by Cheryl Proval
  The future health of the hospital industry hinges on savvy management of imaging technology.
  Guest Editorial
Why I Want Imaging On-Site
  by Perry Gould MD
  A radiation oncologist explains why he elected to install imaging equipment in his freestanding cancer treatment facility.
STAT Read
  by Arati Murti
  Imaging Technology
State of the Art in PET/CT
  by David W. Townsend PhD, Nathan C. Hall MD, PhD, David W. Barker MD
  Technological advances in both positron emission tomography and CT have engendered clinical, workflow, and efficiency improvements in the combined modality scanners.
  Imaging Informatics
Navigating the 5th Dimension...on Freeware
  by Osman Ratib MD,PhD, Antoine Rosset MD
  Radiologists at UCLA have developed an open source software for multidimensional and multimodality image navigation, using the Macintosh platform to take advantage of the underlying UNIX kernel of the new Os X operating system and extremely fast and optimized 3D graphic capabilities.
  Imaging Business
Project Equity: How Much Is Enough?
  by Robert S. Goodman
  The amount of equity invested in a new business venture will impact everything from the interest rate on borrowed money to the ability to weather the unexpected.
Technology Review
  September 2004
Special Section

Introduction: A Logical Progression
  by Ajit Singh PhD
Entering the Fourth Dimension: Reiterative Treatment Planning
  by Judith Gunn Bronson MS
  Periodic adjustments in the treatment plan for prostate and lung cancers based on re-imaging the patient bring the dimension of time into the treatment equation.
Understanding ART: Adaptive Radiation Therapy
  by Rich Smith
  In using imaging modalities to better define the target at the diagnostic level and to guide the delivery of the dose in treatment, adaptive radiation therapy is changing the paradigm for cancer patients.
Improving Tumor Dose While Protecting Normal Tissue
  by Judith Gunn Bronson MS

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