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Special Report: Bone Tumor Ablations |
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by Kris Kyes |
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Interventional radiology is playing an increasingly important role in the treatment of primary and metastatic bone tumors. |
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Operation Workflow Triage |
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by Mark Halsted MD |
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What began as an experiment to develop an algorithm to triage radiological examinations by medical acuity at Cincinnati Children's Hospital has evolved into a full-scale enterprise-wide system that supports decentralized paperless workflow. |
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DR: A Study in Time and Cost Savings at IUH |
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by Todd Stanley MBA, RT |
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Reduced wait times and retakes, and dramatically increased throughput were achieved when the radiography service at Indiana University Hospital went digital. |
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Stroke Management: Etiology, Assessment, and Lysis |
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by Kris Kyes |
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Consider adding the following techniques to the radiology department's stroke management arsenal. |
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RSNA 2005: In the Aisles |
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The Radiological Society of North America will host its 91st Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago on November 27-December 2, 2005. |
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Lateral View |
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Season of the Sox |
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by Cheryl Proval |
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Besieged, but hardly beleaguered, radiology has the opportunity to simultaneously raise the quality bar and seize the day |
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Guest Editorial |
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Nationwide Radiology, PA: Coming Soon to Your City? |
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by Joseph P. White CPA, MBA |
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Conditions may be ripe for the development of nationwide radiology practices, but governance and financial models must be adjusted. |
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STAT Read |
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Imaging Informatics |
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Straight Talk |
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by Beverly Collins PhD, Curtis P Langlotz, MD, PhD |
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Professional groups cooperate on RadLex, a uniform terminology for clinical imaging. |
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Imaging Informatics |
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The Alchemy of Data Mining |
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by Keith J. Dreyer DO, PhD |
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Tools are emerging that allow radiologists and administrators to extract knowledge from the mountains of data produced by radiology with the click of a mouse. |
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Imaging Informatics |
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Establishing a PACS Test Bed, 101 |
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by R.L."Skip" Kennedy MSc |
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A PACS test bed is invaluable for helping implementers diagnose incompatibilities between a modality and a PACS in a low-stakes setting. |
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Imaging Cancer |
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When Worlds Collide |
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by Elizabeth Finch |
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A frustrated radiation oncologist, an experienced diagnostic radiologist, and several 20-something video game software engineers collaborated to create a system that facilitates greater confidence in treatment planning for IMRT. |
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