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Are You Ready for Intense
Price Competition?

IR and Diagnostic Headed for Divorce?

Taking the 'A' Out of PACS

2012 Annual Buyers' Guide

On the Case

MRI and Pacemakers

CT for Coronary Blockage Detection

MRI-Guided Catheterization

Worth Repeating

“Radiation safety and dose management is not just a technology; it is operational, it is marketing, it is all that. As it becomes more legislated across the country—and as more regulatory agencies jump on board and work to create a governance structure around this, including our friends at ACR who are creating a registry and other steps—it is clear that it is coming.”

— Shawn McKenzie, president of Ascendian Healthcare Consulting, speaking at the recent AHRA
annual meeting

The ability to use noninvasive tools to give patients an accurate prognosis is an important objective for molecular imaging. Can an imaging test predict disease recurrence in women with invasive ductal breast cancer? Korean researchers are looking at that question, as discussed in this month’s E-News Exclusive.

— Jim Knaub, editor

PET/CT of Lymph Nodes May Predict Breast Cancer Recurrence

F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging of a patient’s lymph nodes before treatment could help doctors predict disease recurrence in women with invasive ductal breast cancer (IDC), according to research published in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The data suggest that high maximum standard uptake value (SUVmax) of F-18 FDG in the lymph nodes prior to treatment could be an independent indicator of disease recurrence.

“Many studies have revealed that breast cancer patients with axillary lymph node metastasis have a significantly poorer prognosis than those without nodal metastases,” notes Sang-Woo Lee, MD, PhD, one of the authors of "F-18-FDG Uptake by Metastatic Axillary Lymph Nodes on Pretreatment PET/CT as a Prognostic Factor for Recurrence in Patients with Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer.”

“However, the prognostic value of F-18 FDG uptake in metastatic axillary lymph nodes with PET/CT has not been investigated in IDC patients,” he adds.

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Are You Ready for Intense Price Competition?
Brian Klepper, PhD, said in his AHRA keynote address that new, intense competition on price and margin is the future of radiology. Read more »

Headed for Divorce?
Some see a trend toward separate interventional and diagnostic practices in radiology's future. Read more »

Taking the 'A' Out of PACS
Vendor-neutral archiving shifts control of data from vendor to facility and from radiology to IT. Read more »

2012 Annual Buyers' Guide
Don't miss our annual directory of the latest imaging products and services. Read more »

On the Case
Check out our original case study department, edited by radiologist Rahul V. Pawar, MD. Read more »

Also, you can check out the entire issue in the Radiology Today digital edition.

MRI and Pacemakers
A small study in the American Journal of Cardiology adds to evidence that people with pacemakers can safely undergo MRI exams, according to this NBC news report.

CT for Coronary Blockage Detection
CNN reports on a CT perfusion study presented at the recent annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology.

MRI-Guided Catheterization
Forbes reports on a pilot study led by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute researchers that showed potential for utilizing MRI instead of X-rays to guide certain cardiac catheterization procedures.

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