• By Editor-in-Chief Prof. Iain McCall

    Dear Readers, Imaging departments are an essential component of the patient’s journey and may cross the patient’s path during many stages of their care. This interaction may be relatively straightforward, involving only limited resources or may be complex, requiring input from a number of members of the department and using a variety of equipment....

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  • MIR News

    The 11th edition of the annual Management in Radiology (MIR) congress, a professional meeting aimed at leaders, managers and administrators of radiology departments worldwide, was held in Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece from Wednesday 29 until Friday 31 October 2008.   This year’s edition, led by Chairman Dr. Nicola Strickland, kicked off...

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  • Latest Updates From Leading European Associations

    CIRSE News - Studies Highlight Superiority of Embolisation At the last CIRSE meeting in Rome, Italy, (Sept. 9 - 13) results from two randomised studies comparing hysterectomy and embolisation for treatment of uterine fibroids were presented. The Dutch study (EMMY trial, Prof Reekers, Amsterdam) and the Scottish study (REST trial, Dr Moss,...

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  • Investigating the EU Legal Context for Teleradiology

    Dervla Gleeson Managing Editor IMAGING Management   During a presentation at the Portoroz eHealth Meeting, Jean Bergevin (Head of DG Internal Market and Services) addressed a number of important questions regarding the legal context for the provisions laid out by the European Community eCommerce Directive which governs teleradiology. In...

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  • Impact of Globalisation on Healthcare

    Author Dr. Silvia Ondategui-Parra Associate Hospital Director Teknon Medical Center Barcelona, Spain Also, Adjunct Assistant Professor Boston University School of Medicine Boston, US [email protected]   Globalisation is characterised by the circulation...

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  • Digital Radiography Systems

    Contact ECRI Institute Europe, Weltech Centre Ridgeway, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL7 2AA, United Kingdom [email protected] www.ecri.org.uk   ECRI Institute, a non-profit organisation, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research in healthcare to uncover...

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  • The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Radiology: Industry Urged to Continue Support

    Interviewee Prof. Guy Frija Chairman Department of Radioogy Georges Pompidou European Hospital Paris, France . What is Your Opinion on the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Radiology? The answer is complex because three kinds of parameters have to be taken into account: on one hand,...

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  • Radiology Practice in the United States: Overview from the American College of Radiology

    Author Prof. Jonathan H. Sunshine Senior Director for Research American College of Radiology Also, Professor (Adjunct) Department of Diagnostic Radiology Yale University [email protected]   The US has approximately 30,000 post-training, professionally active...

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  • The American Society of Radiologic Technologists:

    Serving the Radiologic Science Profession in the United States Author Jake Buehler ASRT Director of Communications American Society of Radiologic Technologists Albuquerque, New Mexico [email protected]   As the world’s largest and oldest membership association for medical imaging technologists...

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  • Coverage of Corporate News and Updates

    Carestream Infrastructure For R-Bay Project The R-Bay project aims to address the uneven spread of radiologists across member states with the creation of an internal eMarketplace for eHealth services in Europe. Carestream are facilitating the remote reporting of images in Denmark, Finland and the Czech Republic by clinical providers in Estonia,...

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