November 2006

Features

Cover Story

	Do the Right Thing
	by Leonard Berlin, MD
	Eight real-world ethical dilemmas challenge your colleagues to arrive at the correct response.

	Oncologic Imaging: Growth Forecast for a Cancer Management Fundamental
	by Christopher J. Farr
	Sg2 estimates that all imaging procedures for cancer will grow 126% in the next decade, compared to a population-based forecast of 19%.


	The Preemptive Strike: Devise a Radiology Revenue Protection Program
	by Christie James, MS; Ken Lamy; and Bert Nagtegaal
	How Massachusetts General Hospital's radiology department proactively implemented a program to protect revenue quarantined by payor P4P programs.


	Progress Report: MRI Contrast Agents and Atherosclerosis
	by Nishant Gupta, MBBS, and David A. Bluemke, MD, PhD
	Novel MRI methods are being put into service to image atherosclerosis.


	Leveraging PACS for Teleradiology
	by Anne Rawland Gabriel
	Five organizations deploy PACS to practice teleradiology.


	Chelator-Based Imaging Technology: New Molecular Imaging Agents Provide Answers
	by David J. Yang, PhD; Jerry L. Bryant, MS; and E. Edmund Kim, MD
	Commonly available microdosing imaging agents are showing promise in predicting and assessing treatment response and producing a differential diagnosis in cancer patients.

Sections

	PAYOR WATCH
	Moran Report determines that the DRA affects 87% of imaging procedures; tips to prepare for the May NPI deadline.


	THE DEPARTMENT
	Reducing contrast material injection in elderly patients; obesity effects on image quality; improving MRI safety in existing facilities; PET use doubles.


	PRACTICE DYNAMICS
	US radiologists exceed established mammography practice standards; improving workflow at an Arizona radiation oncology practice; projections and strategies for ultrasound in 2016; and how interventional radiology helped grow an Ohio practice.


	IMAGING INFORMATICS
	Three PACS administrators offer training tips; blink technology speeds anomaly detection.


	IMAGE ENHANCEMENT
	Zoom Imaging wins referrals with clever x-ray marketing campaign; PET/CT marketing strategies.

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