• In Recognition of an Outstanding Career

    Prof. Iain McCall Awarded Gold Medal at ECR 2012 Adding to his 2010 award of Honorary Membership of the RSNA, Prof. Iain McCall, M.D., D.M.R.D., F.R.C.R., and Editor-in-Chief of IMAGING Management (2006 – 2012), was in March presented with the Gold Medal of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) for outstanding contributions in the field of...

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  • Annual MIR Congress Provides a Forum for Ideas Exchange

      Following the success of the recently-held Management in Radiology (MIR) inaugural workshop as part of the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) which took place in Vienna, Austria, the association are pleased to invite all those with an interest in management, health economics and medical business management, to join them for the forthcoming Annual...

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  • New Ways of Optimising Imaging Services

    Author: Prof . Bernd May Both managers in the medical imaging department (MID), as well as hospital managers, are seeking new ways to provide an optimised service within a climate of shrinking healthcare budgets, competition from private imaging centres, and increased demand for evidence- based medical provision. In this article, I will outline...

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  • Financial Management

    Dear readers, I am honoured to introduce myself as the new Editor-in-Chief for IMAGING Management, with the inspiring challenge ahead of continuing in the established footsteps of my predecessor, Prof. Iain McCall. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Prof. Iain McCall for his long commitment and hard work for IMAGING Management, and...

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  • Technology Horizons in Hybrid Imaging

    Hybrid imaging systems and their applications have gained widespread acceptance and continue to grow. Enthused by the success of PET-CT, medical imaging is witnessing the further development of hybrid solutions such as PET-MR and SPECT-CT through the collaboration of radiology and nuclear medicine. The emphasis lies in combining the strengths of functional...

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  • Cirse’s IR Safety Checklist

    While it may be true that to err is human, making mistakes is also a luxury that is not afforded to all humans alike. For people working in high-risk professions, such as in the civil aviation or medical industries, a simple mistake can have fatal consequences and must be avoided where possible. Numerous studies have been carried out examining...

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  • Intra-Arterial Delivery

    Catheter-directed delivery has revolutionised modern medicine, with applications for treating cancers, infections, stenotic disorders, clots – even diabetes. This is all made possible through the breakthrough of image-guidance, and this year CIRSE, home of interventional radiology, will be examining the latest advances and research in great detail....

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  • Innovation with Imaging Biomarkers

    Imaging modalities nowadays produce a wide range of information contained in high-quality digital medical images. This massive amount of data and technical developments in informatics have facilitated the use of computational image processing methods with the aim to aid in diagnosis and therapeutic decision-making. The combination of high-quality...

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  • Multidisciplinary Cancer Care

    Interventional radiology (IR) is already well established within the field of oncology and the contribution it makes to cancer care continues to grow. Minimally invasive image-guided interventions started out having an ancillary role in oncology: treating the complications of cancer (e.g. clearing occluded ducts and vessels) or managing the side-effects...

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  • Medical Imaging in Iran

    Please Tell us About Your Career in Medical Imaging. Prof. A. Sedaghat: I originally graduated in general radiology from Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) and then passed a postgraduate course on MRI at the University of Miami, Florida. My professional areas of special interest are diagnostic neuroradiology and musculoskeletal radiology....

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