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- Medicare Terminates Part D Prescription Drug Contract with Fox Insurance of NY
  A New York health insurance company has been dropped from the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. The government says it determined the insurer wasn't meeting Medicare requirements for beneficiaries. It is reportedly the first time a company has been terminated from the Part D program since its inception.
- ACR Radiation Primer Chair and Former ACR President Elected to Serve on National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement
  Louis K. Wagner, PhD, and Milton J. Guiberteau, MD, were recently elected to serve a six-year term on the council of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP).
- RTOG Study: SBRT Eliminates Targeted Tumor with Promising Survival for Patients with Early-Stage Inoperable Lung Cancer
  Highly-focused stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) can eliminate the targeted tumor while avoiding treatment-related illness and may ultimately improve survival for patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer, according to early findings of a Radiation Therapy Oncology Group study published in the March 17 cancer-themed issue of the Journal of […]
- ACR, Radiology Associations Comment on Meaningful Use
  The American College of Radiology (ACR), American Board of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine, recently submitted joint comments to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) regarding proposed implementation of the Medicare/Medicaid program on meaningful use of certified electronic h […]
- Stereotactic Radiation Controls Early Stage Lung Cancer
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High-potency, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) may improve survival for patients with medically inoperable early stage lung cancer, results of a multicenter phase 2 trial suggest.
- U.S. Democrats Defend Health Strategy as Vote Nears
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday defended their plans to pass a broad healthcare overhaul without a direct vote as President Barack Obama's top domestic priority neared a make-or-break showdown.
- Focused Ultrasound Burns Away Uterine Fibroids Noninvasively
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a noninvasive treatment for uterine fibroids that delivers lasting symptom relief, researchers reported this week at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Florida.
- FDA Reports on Radiologic Technologists Falsifying Mammography Records
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently released an article, Radiologic Technologists: Falsification of Documentation, discussing several cases where mammography QC records and American Registry of Radiologic Technologist registration cards were falsified.
Radiology: Most-Cited Articles
- The meaning and use of the area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve
  JA Hanley, BJ McNeilApr 1, 1982; 143:29-36Articles
- A method of comparing the areas under receiver operating characteristic curves derived from the same cases
  JA Hanley, BJ McNeilSep 1, 1983; 148:839-843Articles
- An Improved MR Imaging Technique for the Visualization of Myocardial Infarction
  Orlando P. Simonetti, Raymond J. Kim, David S. Fieno, Hanns B. Hillenbrand, Edwin Wu, Jeffrey M. Bundy, J. Paul Finn, Robert M. JuddJan 1, 2001; 218:215-223Cardiac Imaging
- Diffusion tensor MR imaging of the human brain
  C Pierpaoli, P Jezzard, PJ Basser, A Barnett, G Di ChiroDec 1, 1996; 201:637-648Articles
- Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Treatment with Radio-frequency Ablation versus Ethanol Injection
  Tito Livraghi, S. Nahum Goldberg, Sergio Lazzaroni, Franca Meloni, Luigi Solbiati, G. Scott GazelleMar 1, 1999; 210:655-661Vascular and Interventional Radiology
- Hyperacute stroke: evaluation with combined multisection diffusion- weighted and hemodynamically weighted echo-planar MR imaging
  AG Sorensen, FS Buonanno, RG Gonzalez, LH Schwamm, MH Lev, FR Huang-Hellinger, TG Reese, RM Weisskoff, TL Davis, N Suwanwela, U Can, JA Moreira, WA Copen, RB Look, SP Finklestein, BR Rosen, WJ KoroshetzMay 1, 1996; 199:391-401Articles
- MR imaging of intravoxel incoherent motions: application to diffusion and perfusion in neurologic disorders
  D Le Bihan, E Breton, D Lallemand, P Grenier, E Cabanis, M Laval-JeantetNov 1, 1986; 161:401-407Articles
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Radio-frequency Ablation of Medium and Large Lesions
  Tito Livraghi, S. Nahum Goldberg, Sergio Lazzaroni, Franca Meloni, Tiziana Ierace, Luigi Solbiati, G. Scott GazelleMar 1, 2000; 214:761-768Vascular and Interventional Radiology
- Solid breast nodules: use of sonography to distinguish between benign and malignant lesions
  AT Stavros, D Thickman, CL Rapp, MA Dennis, SH Parker, GA SisneyJul 1, 1995; 196:123-134Articles
- Peripheral lung cancer: screening and detection with low-dose spiral CT versus radiography
  M Kaneko, K Eguchi, H Ohmatsu, R Kakinuma, T Naruke, K Suemasu, N MoriyamaDec 1, 1996; 201:798-802Articles
Radiology recent issues
- This Month in Radiology [This Month in Radiology]
- Multidetector CT Characterization of Microinfarction--Is It Ready for Clinical Use? [SCIENCE TO PRACTICE]
  Carlsson and associates performed comparative assessment in six swine and reported that 64-section multidetector CT can be used to detect heterogeneous microinfarcts and regional perfusion deficits resulting from microembolization with a degree of accuracy similar to that achieved with cardiac MR imaging.
- Babel 2.0 [EDITORIALS]
  Degenerative disk disease nomenclature remains fragmented.
- Are We Really Closer to Predicting the Development of Pancreatic Cancer? [EDITORIALS]
  In this issue of Radiology, Tanaka and co-workers present a study that appears to identify imaging findings that, when present, may predict the development of pancreatic cancer.
- In Vivo Morphologic Imaging Taken to a Higher Level [EDITORIALS]
  The numerous diseases referenced in these papers that are now diagnosed by using relatively "low-resolution" ex vivo light microscopy may be made in the future with "high- resolution" in vivo MR imaging.
- Interventional Molecular Imaging [OPINIONS]
  Interventional molecular imaging can serve as one of the important approaches for bringing molecular imaging from benches and small-animal laboratories to large-animal suites, and, ultimately, to certain clinical applications in humans.
- Identification, Biopsy, and Treatment of Poorly Understood Premalignant, in Situ, and Indolent Low-Grade Cancers: Are We Becoming Victims of Our Own Success? [PERSPECTIVES]
  Imagers are increasingly detecting and performing percutaneous biopsies on borderline, preinvasive, or low-grade cancers that were heretofore rarely identified and that may never progress to meaningful disease.
- Medical Response to a Major Radiologic Emergency: A Primer for Medical and Public Health Practitioners [REVIEWS]
  It is essential for radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine specialists, medical physicists, and emergency physicians to make a serious effort to be prepared to confront and manage the health care response to any nuclear or radiologic emergency that might occur.
- Cardiac PET and PET/CT Imaging [BOOK REVIEWS]
- Radiology Business Practice: How to Succeed [BOOK REVIEWS]