April 2006

Features

Cover Story

	Riverside Radiology: IT Grows the Practice
	by Rich Smith
	The strategic deployment of information technology has enabled Riverside Radiology Associates to market its subspecialty reads to a rapidly growing clientele

	Town Meeting: To Read or Not to Read for Referrers?
	by Kris Kyes
	Most radiology practices are faced with this difficult business decision as referrers acquire imaging technology in most markets in the United States


	Viewing Software: 8 Users Look Through the Glass
	by Tamara Greenleaf
	PACS viewing software is a study in motion, evolving to meet the changing needs of radiologists.


	CAD3: New Dimensions in Disease Detection Lung CAD:
	by Binsheng Zhao DSc, Lawrence Schwartz MD
	A recent pilot study showed that by utilizing thin-section MDCT and 3D computer software, changes in tumor volume could be determined as early as 3 weeks after novel lung therapies were started


	Night Disturbances: 5 Models for Handling Call
	by Stephen Krcmar
	Practices weigh in on the costs and benefits of five models for managing the rising tide of night reads


	CAD3: New Dimensions in Disease Detection - Colon CAD
	by Michael W. Vannier MD
	The steep learning curve and variable accuracy of the technique are being addressed by improvements in patient preparation, scanning technique, reading methods, and CAD.

Departments

	Lateral View
	Really Simple
	by Cheryl Proval
	In the increasingly electronic and high technology setting of radiology, simplicity is elusive.


	Guest Editorial
	Decreasing Alzheimer's Disease Through Functional Brain Imaging
	by Michael Devous, Sr, PhD
	The early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease would result in significant benefits to patients and society


	STAT Read
	by Morgan Saffari


	Imaging Informatics
	Monitor Minefield
	by John Weiser PhD, John Romlein
	The authors urge buyers to go beyond the published sell sheets to examine true operating brightness and cost of quality maintenance when selecting monitors.


	Imaging Informatics
	PACS and Nonradiologic Images: A Current Solution
	by Barton Branstetter IV MD
	Including visible light images in the PACS—why bother?


	Imaging Informatics
	The Painstaking Approach
	by Gary Wendt MD, MBA
	By adhering to standards in adding nonradiologic images to PACS, health care institutions are optimizing the patient care benefits of PACS.


	Imaging Business
	Should You Be an IDTF?
	by Tamara Greenleaf
	Although Medicare payments are the same to IDTFs and radiology physician office practices, Medicare tends to place more stringent conditions on IDTFs


	Technology Review