RSNA News - August 2005

Announcements

Central American Federation of Radiology

The presidents of seven Central American radiology societies have agreed to form the Central American Federation of Radiology. The official launch will be in October.

The society presidents met in early June at the International Society of Radiology (ISR) executive committee meeting in Guatemala.

RSNA sent educational materials to the meeting for distribution to radiologists in Central America. The packets included CD-ROMs of educational programs and information describing RSNA’s mission and programs.



International Society of Radiology meeting in Guatemala.
(seated, from left) Norma Brooks, M.D. (Honduras), Josethy Solorzano, M.D. (El Salvador), Lilli Weng de Espino, M.D. (Panama), Francisco Arredondo, M.D. (Guatemala; ISR president ), Ines Carrasco, M.D. (Honduras), Cristina de Gomez, M.D. (El Salvador), Mirna Tellez , M.D. (Nicaragua) (standing, from left) Armando Zamora, M.D. (Guatemala), Miguel E. Stoopen, M.D. (Mexico; InterAmerican College of Radiology president), Faylan Esquivel, M.D. (Costa Rica), and Julio Diaz R., M.D. (Belize)

Radiology Receives High Mark for Diagnostic Accuracy

Several peer-reviewed journals were following strict standards for reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies prior to the 2003 release of the Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) guidelines.

A study published in the May issue of Radiology, by Nynke Smidt, Ph.D., VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, and colleagues evaluated the quality of reporting in English-language articles relating to diagnostic accuracy. These articles were published in 2000 in peer-reviewed journals with an impact factor of at least 4.0.

Out of 25 possible points, the five journals with the highest mean STARD scores were:

A special report on the STARD initiative was included in the January 2003 issue of Radiology. In the Public Information for Authors section of, Radiology authors are asked to follow the STARD guidelines, as well as other guidelines. Authors of diagnostic accuracy studies are sent, for their convenience, a copy of the STARD guidelines when revision 1 is requested for a manuscript accepted for publication in Radiology.

The Smidt study can be accessed online at radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/235/2/347#F1.

RSNA 2005 Abstracts by Specialty

A record 9,515 abstracts were submitted for consideration for presentation at RSNA 2005. That’s 243 more than were submitted for RSNA 2004.

This year’s abstracts include 6,218 scientific paper or poster abstracts, 3,026 education exhibit abstracts and 271 infoRAD abstracts.

Abstract Submissions by Specialty

Scientific Presentation (paper or poster)

Education Exhibit

Abstracts Accepted

The final selections for scientific presentations were made in mid-July. Notices have been sent to individuals about the status of their submitted abstracts for scientific papers and poster presentations; 1,623 scientific papers and 480 posters were accepted. Notices for education exhibits were sent in mid-June; 1,229 were accepted including five sets of 13 cases of the day. 160 infoRAD abstracts were accepted.

Medical Imaging Company News

Royal Philips Electronics will acquire Stentor, a leading provider of picture archiving and communication systems. Stentor will be incorporated into the Healthcare IT business of Philips Medical Systems.

Siemens Medical Solutions Ultrasound Division has signed an agreement to acquire Sensant Corp. of San Leandro, Calif. The acquisition will allow Siemens to develop advanced capacitive microfabricated ultrasound transducer (CMUT) technology, and commercialize next-generation transducers based on this technology.

Merge eFilm has changed its name to Merge Healthcare following its recent merger with Cedara Software Corp and its subsidiary eMed Technologies.