The RSNA Board of Directors has announced the distinguished honorees and lecturers to whom the Society will pay tribute at the 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. They are:

Gold Medalists

Peggy J. Fritzsche, M.D.
Redlands, Calif.

Anthony V. Proto, M.D.
Richmond, Va.

Lee F. Rogers, M.D.
Tucson, Ariz.

Honorary Members

Jian-Ping Dai, M.D.
Beijing

Maximilian F. Reiser, M.D.
Munich, Germany

Gustav von Schulthess,
M.D., Ph.D.
Zurich, Switzerland

Annual Oration in
Diagnostic Radiology
CT Colonography: Achievements and Challenges

Elizabeth G. McFarland, M.D.
Chesterfield, Mo.

Annual Oration in Radiation Oncology
Alchemy, Early Detection, Precision Guidance and Radiotherapy

Minesh P. Mehta, M.D.
Madison, Wis.

Eugene P. Pendergrass New Horizons Lecture
Nanotechnology in the Future of Imaging: Prospects and Pitfalls

Michael J. Welch, Ph.D.
St. Louis

Detailed information about each of these honorees and presenters will be published in future editions of RSNA News.

RSNA/AAPM Modules to Focus on Science of Imaging

RSNA and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) are developing 50 Web-based instructional modules on the basic science underlying imaging. Radiology residents and practicing radiologists will be able to use these self-guided, interactive modules to educate themselves about the physics concepts identified as critical to modern radiology in an AAPM-developed, standardized curriculum that has been endorsed by the Association of Program Directors in Radiology. The modules will be produced in two phases, with clinical modules created first. Each module will be developed by a team of at least one physicist and one radiologist.

A request for proposals (RFP) to develop educational content for the modules will be released early this month, with a response deadline of July 15. The RFP will be available at RSNA.org/physics and through AAPM.

RSNA 2008 Associated Sciences Program

The Associated Sciences Consortium has announced the topics for its refresher course series at RSNA 2008. Ten refresher courses will be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

For more information about RSNA 2008, go to RSNA2008.RSNA.org and click Advance Registration. Course enrollment begins June 30.

Monday – December 1

• Radiation Dose: Are We at Crisis?
—Protecting Our Personnel

• Radiation Dose: Are We at Crisis?
—Protecting Our Patients

• Preventing Radiology Errors

• Fusion Imaging

Tuesday – December 2

• Why Imaging Network Deployments Are Behind Our Non-Healthcare IT Brethren

• Design That Makes a Difference: Solutions for Today's Radiology Environment

• Radiology's Role: When Disaster Strikes!

• Satisfying Our Diverse Patient Needs: Unique Like Everyone Else

Wednesday – December 3

• Imaging in the Operating Room

• Current Regulatory Impacts on Compliance

The Associated Sciences Consortium comprises the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA), American Institute of Architects–Academy on Architecture for Health (AIA-AAH), American Radiological Nurses Association (ARNA), American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT®), Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences, Inc. (AEIRS), Association of Vascular and Interventional Radiographers (AVIR), Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT), International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT), Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA), Section for Magnetic Resonance Technologists (SMRT-ISMRM) and the SNM—Technologists Section (SNM-TS).

RSNA Lends Expertise to Cancer Imaging Book

RSNA has been acknowledged for its contributions to the newly published Quantitative Imaging Tools for Lung Cancer Drug Assessment. RSNA helped provide peer review for clinically oriented articles. The book, authored by James L. Mulshine, M.D., and Thomas M. Baer, Ph.D., was released in April.