Author Prof. Dr. Thomas Roeren Chefarzt Institut für Radiologie Kantonsspital Aarau AG Aarau, Switzerland [email protected] Professor Thomas Roeren is Chairman of the Department of Radiology at the Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland, and Professor of Radiology at the Medical School of...
READ MOREDear readers, In this issue of IMAGING Management, we cover the top three papers presented at 2008’s Management in Radiology (MIR) congress. Included is a focus on the explosion in the demand for ultrasound (US) exams, and the impact it is having on managers in imaging departments. Also, the selection includes a paper on the techniques used by...
READ MOREManagement In Radiology (MIR) IHE Connectathon Update The IHE-Europe Executive Board is pleased to announce that the Ninth Annual European Connectathon will be held in Vienna, Austria from April 20 - 24, 2009. Hosting the Connectathon will support the Austrian IHE initiative in further developing their...
READ MOREThe EU Member States still have their own systems of storing healthcare information; yet these systems often cannot communicate or exchange information between each other. According to the epSOS team, this situation should come to an end. The project is set to run for three years and in the end, anyone who falls ill in one country should have access...
READ MOREAuthor Jason Launders Jason Launders Analyst ECRI Institute Pennsylvania, US [email protected] The primary reason for the development of cardiac CT was the expectation that CT could replace diagnostic cardiac catheterisation procedures, an expensive study that, due to the need for arterial catheterisation,...
READ MOREAuthor Prof. Simone Maurea Dipartimento di Scienze Biomorfologiche e Funzionali (DSBMF) Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (UNINA) Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini (IBB) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Naples, Italy [email protected]...
READ MOREInterviewee: Dr. Christiane Nyhsen Consultant Radiologist Department of Radiology Sunderland Royal Hospital Sunderland, UK [email protected] Tell Us About Your Roles in the Sunderland Royal Hospital (SRH), and the Radiology Trainees Forum (RTF). I was appointed as consultant...
READ MOREAuthor: Prof. Jeffrey Braithwaite Director Centre for Clinical Governance Research Also, Professor School of Public Health and Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine University of New South Wales New South Wales, Australia To understand the Australian...
READ MOREInterviewee: Dr. Peter Scally Director of Medical Imaging Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Brisbane, Australia [email protected] What Led You to a Career in Medical Imaging? I chose medicine because it is ethical, innovative and one can help a lot of people. I started as a resident in neurosurgery...
READ MOREPromoting a Higher Standard of Practice Authors: Prof. Mark Khangure President The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) Sydney, Australia Don Swinbourne CEO The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) Sydney,...
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