Promoting Management and Leadership in Healthcare
Imaging
Editor-In-ChiefProf.LluísDonosoBach
Hospital Clinic – University Of Barcelona, Spain
Honorary Board Member
Prof.IainMccall
UK (Retired)
EditorialBoardMembers
Prof.StephenBaker
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, U.S.
Prof.HansBlickman
University Of Rochester Medical Center, U.S.
Prof.GeorgBongartz
University Of Basel, Switzerland
Prof.DavideCaramella
University Of Pisa, Italy
Prof.MichelClaudon
University Hospital Of Nancy, France
Prof.AlbertoCuocolo
University Of Naples Federico II, Italy
Prof.NevraElmas
Ege University, Turkey
Prof.GuyFrija,
Georges-Pompidou European Hospital, France
Assoc.Prof.FrederikL. Giesel
University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
Prof.JarlA. Jakobsen
Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway
Prof.CliveKay
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Prof.WolframKnapp
Hannover Medical School, Germany
Prof.DavidKoff
Hamilton Health Sciences; Mcmaster University,Canada
Prof.HeinzU.Lemke
IFCARS - International Foundation for Computer Assisted Radiology And Surgery; University Of Leipzig, Germany
Prof.LarsLönn
National Hospital, Denmark
Prof.MieczyslawPasowicz
John Paul II Hospital, Poland
Prof.ElisabethSchouman-Claeys
APHP Medical Organisation Directorate; University Of Paris 7, France
Prof.ValentinSinitsyn
Federal Center Of Medicine And Rehabilitation, Russia
Dr.NicolaH.Strickland
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
Prof.HenrikS.Thomsen
Copenhagen University Hospital; University Of Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof.VlastimilValek
Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Prof.BertholdWein
Group Practice, Aachen, Germany
Healthcare IT
Editor-In-ChiefChristianMarolt
European Association of Healthcare IT Managers, Cyprus
Editorial Board Members
Dr.MarcCuggia
Pontchaillou Hospital, France
Prof.GeorgesDeMoor
State University Of Ghent, Belgium
Prof. JacobHofdijk
European Federation for Medical Informatics, The Netherlands
Dr.PeterGocke
Amedes Medizinische Dienstleistungen, Germany
Prof.EricLepage
Hôpitaux De Paris, France
Dir.PeterLöbus
Salzlandkliniken, Germany
Prof.MiroslavMadjaric
University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia
Prof.JosepM.Picas
Adaptive HS, Spain
Prof. EricPoiseau
IHE Europe, France
Prof.KarlStroetmann
Empirica Communication & Technology Research, Germany
Prof.RudiVanDeVelde
University Hospital Brussels, Belgium
Ms. DianeWhitehouse
The Castlegate Consultancy, UK
Ing.MartinZeman
CESNET, Czech Republic
Prof.JanaZvárová
Euromise Center, Czech Republic
Correspondents
Prof.FrankBoudghene,Tenon Hospital, France
Dr. Mansoor Fatehi, Medical Imaging Informatics Research Center, Iran
Prof.ElmarKotter,University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
Dr. Sergej Nazarenko, Estonian Nuclear Medicine Society, Estonia
Ing.MariusStupu,Xerox, Romania
AntonVladzymyrskyy,Virtual Hospital M-Health,Russian Federation
IevaVitola,P.Stradina Clinical University Hospital, Latvia
JoanMarquesFaner, Son Dureta University Hospital, Spain
Cardiology
Editor-In-ChiefProf. Panos E. Vardas
Heraklion University Hospital, greece
Editorial Board Members
Prof. Gunter Breithardt
University of Munster, germany
Prof. Michele Brignole
Tigulio Hospital, Italy
Prof. Hugo Ector
University Hospital Leuven, Belgium
Prof. Michael Glikson
Leviev Heart Center, Israel
Prof. Peter Kearney
Cork University Hospital, Ireland
Prof. Alexandras Laucevicius
Vilnius University Hospital, Lithuania
Dr. Nik Maniadakis
National School of Public Health, Greece
Prof. Chu Pak Lau
University of Hong Kong, China
Prof. Fausto J. Pinto
Lisbon University, Portugal
Prof. Piotr Ponikowski
Clinical Military Hospital, Poland
Prof. Silvia G. Priori
University of Pavia, Italy
Prof. Amiran Revishvili
Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Russia
Prof. Massimo Santini
San Filippo Neri Hospital, Italy
Prof. Ernst R. Schwarz
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, USA
Prof. Dan Tzivoni
Israel Heart Society, Israel
Prof. Alex Vahanian
Bichat Hospital, France
Prof. Rob van der Oever
University Hospital Leuven, Belgium
Industry Advisers
Marc De Fré, Belgium
Prof. Mathias Goyen, UK
Ljubisav Matejevic, Germany
Gregory Roumeliotis, Greece
Dr. Eric Silfen, USA
Contributors
ECRI, UKPortable Ultrasound Imaging Systems p. 218
Regular Contributors
KLAS Research, USAFront-End Speech Systems: Which Vendors Provide Best Values? p. 226