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New this issueFunding Opportunities2009 RSNA/AAPM Fellowship for Graduate Study in Medical Physics Application deadline: January 9, 2009 2009-2011 AAPM Support for Clinical Residency in Imaging Application deadline: February 3, 2009 2009 Research Seed Funding Initiative Application deadline: February 16, 2009 2009 Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program Application deadline: February 2, 2009 2009 Minority Undergraduate Summer Experience (MUSE) Program Application deadline: February 6, 2009 ASTRO/AAPM Offer Grants for Radiation Oncology Physics Residency Training Programs Application Deadline: June 15, 2009 ImagingSouth Carolina radiologist defies ‘Rad Scare’ ResearchCancer Risk From Cardiac CT Overstated Type of Breast Reconstruction Impacts Radiation TherapyOutcomes Ultrasound Waves Aid in Rapid Treatment of DVT Insight Into 'Dancing' Atoms: To Make Better MRI Images, Let the Atoms Spin Out of Control Radiation Before Surgery Improves Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes Some Cancers Detected by Mammography May Disappear Without Treatment TechnologyTechnology Gives 3-D View of Human Coronary Arteries New CT Technology Shows Anorexia Impairs Adolescent Bone Development Proton Therapy and Concurrent Chemotherapy May Reduce Bone Marrow Toxicity Diagnostic Performance of Coronary Angiography by 64-Row CT GeneralJMPLSC Chooses National Firm Pathway for Licensure Initiative It is time to Pledge to “Image Gently” Cleveland Clinic Discloses Doctors’ Industry Ties Proper Cancer Treatment Facility Design Helps Improve Patient Care Advances in PACS Technology May Provide More Unified Clinical Data Management Radiologists Fear Universal Healthcare May Negatively Affect Their Incomes, USA 1 victim of terrorist attacks in India was Chicago man traveling on business |
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ImagingSouth Carolina radiologist defies ‘Rad Scare’Radiologists should aggressively contest otherwise scientifically sound information on cardiac CT radiation risks that is taken out of context or blown out of proportion, fomenting unreasonable fears of medical imaging among patients... [see full article] ResearchCancer Risk From Cardiac CT OverstatedThe risk of cancer from exposure to radiation during computed tomography (CT) for cardiovascular disease has been overstated, according to Medical University of South Carolina Prof. U. Joseph Schoepf and his team... [see full article] Type of Breast Reconstruction Impacts Radiation Therapy OutcomesA recent study, led by radiation oncologist Dr. Jigna Jhaveri of the Advanced Radiation Centers of New York, found that autologous tissue reconstruction (ATR) reduces possible adverse outcomes associated with breast reconstruction following a mastectomy prior to radiation treatment compared to tissue expanders and implant reconstruction (TE/I)... [see full article] Ultrasound Waves Aid in Rapid Treatment of DVTCombining ultrasound waves with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) may improve outcomes for patients with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), according to a study led by Emory University Prof. Karthikeshwar Kasirajan... [see full article] Insight Into 'Dancing' Atoms: To Make Better MRI Images, Let the Atoms Spin Out of ControlResearchers led by Ohio State University Prof. Philip Grandinetti recently made a theoretical discovery that could significantly improve the quality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Their study, reported in the Journal of Chemical Physics, found that atoms in adiabatic nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments that appear to be controlled by scientists, are actually moving on random paths dictated by the quantum mechanical concept of super-adiabaticity... [see full article] Radiation Before Surgery Improves Pancreatic Cancer OutcomesThe use of neoadjuvant radiation may reduce the risk of death for pancreatic cancer patients by 45 percent compared to other treatment strategies, according to a team led by Dr. David Sherr, assistant professor of clinical radiation oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and a radiation oncologist at Weill Cornell Medical Center... [see full article] Some Cancers Detected by Mammography May Disappear Without TreatmentSome cancers detected by mammography may disappear without treatment, according to a new study conducted by Per-Henrik Zahl of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and his colleagues. For their research, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, Zahl and his team examined breast cancer rates among 119,472 women between the ages of 50 and 64 years who had three screening mammograms between 1996 and 2001... [see full article] TechnologyTechnology Gives 3-D View of Human Coronary ArteriesA new imaging technology, known as optical frequency-domain imaging (OFDI), simultaneously provides three-dimensional, microscopic views of 1,000 points of a patient's coronary artery, according to Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Gary Tearney and his team... [see full article] New CT Technology Shows Anorexia Impairs Adolescent Bone DevelopmentBy using high-resolution, flat-panel volume computed tomography (CT), Harvard Medical Prof. Miriam A. Bredella and her team were able to detect bone structure changes in patients with anorexia that were not identifiable using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DSA). Dr. Bredella and her colleagues performed DXA and CT on 10 adolescent girls, aged 13 to 18 years with mild anorexia, and 10 age-matched healthy controls... [see full article] Proton Therapy and Concurrent Chemotherapy May Reduce Bone Marrow ToxicityA new study, led by M. D. Anderson's Division of Radiation Oncology Prof. Ritsuko Komaki, MD, shows that chemotherapy and proton beam therapy may reduce bone marrow toxicity compared to the standard treatment of intensity-modulated radiation (IMRT) and concurrent chemotherapy... [see full article] Diagnostic Performance of Coronary Angiography by 64-Row CTA study of patients with suspected coronary artery disease suggests that multidetector computed tomographic (CT) angiography can accurately identify the presence and severity of obstructive coronary artery disease... [see full article] GeneralJMPLSC Chooses National Firm Pathway for Licensure InitiativeAfter the Joint Medical Physics Licensure Subcommittee’s (JMPLSC) meeting in October, some issues were raised that prompted AAPM headquarter staff to seek legal counsel. In the process of answering these issues, AAPM’s counsel, Bevan, Mosca, Giuditta & Zarillo (Bevan) noted that they had a robust government affairs arm in their firm and at that time expressed an interest in talking to the JMPLSC and AAPM staff regarding representing AAPM and ACMP in their licensure efforts... [see full article] Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) Encourages Registration of Unwanted and Disused SourcesThe CRCPD in July 2008 initiated a program called Source Collection and Threat Reduction – SCATR. It provides for the registration and collection of disused or unwanted sources stored in medical, academic and commercial locations throughout the United States. The registration of sources helps the CRCPD and their federal partners to identify these sources and look for alternatives for adoption or disposal. Each facility with such sources is encouraged to register the sources at http://osrp.lanl.gov. From this list, CRCPD staff identifies sources that can be transferred to licensed facilities that are in need of the sources. The adoptions that have been approved range from check sources, through strontium eye applicators from a medical institution to a veterinary clinic, to blood irradiators. Other opportunities include “round up” of sources from specific geographical locations that are economical and have a disposal option. CRCPD continues to look for ways to assist facilities with disposal or adoption options. For more information contact the CRCPD at 502-227-4543 or at www.crcpd.org see both Unwanted Material and SCATR. It is time to Pledge to “Image Gently”It is almost a year since the Image Gently campaign was launched (www.imagegently.org). In that time many medical physicists, radiologists, technologists and others have taken the “Image Gently” pledge. The Alliance goal is to change practice: to raise awareness of the opportunities to lower radiation dose in the imaging of children. The Alliance has chosen to focus first on computed tomography (CT) scans... [see full article] Cleveland Clinic Discloses Doctors’ Industry TiesThe Cleveland Clinic plans to announce this week it has begun publicly reporting the business relationships that any of its 1,800 staff doctors and scientists have with drug and device makers... [see full article] Proper Cancer Treatment Facility Design Helps Improve Patient CareHealth Forum and the American College of Healthcare Architects recently met to discuss some of the issues associated with cancer center design given that patients are required to continuously return to treatment facilities for care. Experts agreed that these cancer care facilities not only have to foster wellness and healing, but they also must promote a "home-like" atmosphere to provide patients and their families privacy... [see full article] Advances in PACS Technology May Provide More Unified Clinical Data ManagementA picture archive and communication system (PACS) offers practices and hospitals an effective method of consolidating critical clinical data. The convergence of PACS offers a number of possibilities far beyond simply archiving and viewing diagnostic images... [see full article] Radiologists Fear Universal Healthcare May Negatively Affect Their Incomes, USAFifty-two percent of radiologists believe universal healthcare could potentially have a negative impact on their practices' revenues, according to a recent survey conducted by physician-recruiting firm LocumTenens... [see full article] 1 victim of terrorist attacks in India was Chicago man traveling on businessCHICAGO - One of the victims of the terrorist attacks in India was a Chicago resident who worked for a company that provides radiation therapy for cancer patients. A spokeswoman for the company said Monday that Sandeep "Sam" Jeswani was traveling in Mumbai on business when he was killed... [see full article] Snapshots of RSNA 2008Check out images from RSNA 2008 showing the crowds and just a few of the many new technologies unveiled at the meeting... [see full article] Inside News Science ServiceFaster Diagnosis Helps Stroke Victims Breast augmentation & cancer treatment CT Colonography can screen for Osteoporosis Medical Imaging Shows Gymnasts Sustain More Types of Injuries than Previously Thought |
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