RSNA News - April 2005

Announcements

Radiology Articles Cited as "Classic"

A new book, Classic Papers in Modern Diagnostic Radiology (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005), highlights a selection of the most important articles in diagnostic radiology since a similar book was published in the 1960s.

Ten papers from Radiology are among the 61 papers listed. They include four papers on mammography, three papers on digital imaging, and one each on CT, PACS and angiography and interventional radiology.

"The editors have had a very difficult task in selecting the key discoveries and descriptions," wrote Willi A. Kalendar, Ph.D., in the forward of the book. "The radiological literature is very large. Medical imaging continues to develop rapidly and these papers are the foundations of our current practice."

Titles	Lead Author	Citation
Chapter 1: CT
Spiral volumetric CT with single-breath-hold technique, continuous transport, and continuous scanner rotation	Kalender, WA	Radiology 1990;176:181-183
Chapter 4: Digital Imaging
Computerized fluoroscopy in real time for noninvasive visualization of the cardiovascular system. Preliminary studies	Kruger, RA	Radiology 1979;130:49-57
Computed radiography utilizing scanning laser stimulated luminescence	Sonoda, M	Radiology 1983;148:833-838
Digital radiography of the chest: clinical experience with a prototype unit	Fraser, RG	Radiology 1983;148:1-5
Chapter 5: PACS
An all-digital nuclear medicine department	Parker, JA	Radiology 1983;147:237-240
Chapter 7: Angiography and Interventional Radiology
Selective coronary arteriography	Judkins, MP	Radiology 1967;89:815-824
Chapter 8: Mammography
Experience with mammography in tumor institution: evaluation of 1000 studies	Egan, RL	Radiology 1960;75:894-900
Mammographic microcalcifications: detection with xerography, screen- film, and digitized film display	Smathers, RL	Radiology 1986;159:673-677
Breast imaging: dual-energy projection radiography with digital radiography	Asaga, T	Radiology 1987;164:869-870
Stereotactic breast biopsy with a biopsy gun	Parker, SH	Radiology 1990;176:741-747

Ophthalmology Joins IHE

RSNA's Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative continues to grow and expand to include more medical specialties.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology has joined the effort to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information, and will host an IHE demonstration this fall. The ophthalmology domain is called "IHE Eyecare."

Since RSNA and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society launched IHE in 1998, the initiative has expanded from radiology and IT infrastructure to include nuclear medicine, radiation oncology, clinical laboratory and pathology, cardiology and now ophthalmology.

IHE is also a main participant in the dialog to create a national health information network. See the March issue of RSNA News for more details.

Draft Guidance on Medical Products to Treat Radiation Contamination

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is accepting comments until mid-April on its draft "Guidance for Industry: Internal Radioactive Contamination-Development of Decorporation Agents."

The guidance provides advice on what studies sponsors need to perform to evaluate new decorporation agents in the hopes of getting these products approved by the FDA. It also provides guidance to industry on the development of decorporation agents for which evidence is needed to demonstrate effectiveness but for which human efficacy studies are unethical or not feasible.

AAA Screening for Men

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has recommended one-time ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in men age 65 to 75 years who smoke or who have ever smoked.

The recommendation appears in the February 1 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, available at www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/3/198.

Complete information, including evidence tables and references, is also available on the USPSTF Web site at www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsaneu.htm.