Teleradiology is rapidly growing in US and Europe, since 2000. In the very beginning, teleradiology served for reporting emergency cases of CT and MRI. There are both financial and functional difficulties in employing radiologists at night, which were minimized with teleradiology. This is called nighthawk service or nighthawking. Nowadays, many countries, including US, try to resolve this problem via offshore reporting. In early ages of teleradiology, it was primarily used for emergency cases, however, is now used for daily reporting. In US, there is an increase in Radiology workloads by 6% per year, while the number of radiologists is rising by 2% per year. In UK, avarage waiting period of MRI is more than 5 months. As we see, the time factor is very critical and outsourcing radiology can lead to reduced workload pressure on radiologists, faster turnaround time for patients, and cost savings.
Radiology in Turkey: What is happening?This is the headline of a report which appeared in December 2007 issue of AJR, written by our collegeaue Musturay Karcaaltincaba, who is an associate professor in University of Hacettepe, Department of Radiology. The report states the progress of radiology in Turkey.
Susceptibility-weighted MRI is valuable in neuroimaging of pediatric patients.Susceptibility-weighted MRI, which actually is 3D gradient-echo imaging with high spatial resolution, accentuate the paramagnetic properties of a region or pathology. It gives valuable information about vascular malformations, as well as hemorrhagic pathology. It is widely used in adult patients, however this report indicates the advantages of this type of imaging in pediatric patients.
Multislice CT symposium which will be held in May in Las Vegas, will have concentrated content. International Multidetector CT Symposium will be held May 13-16, 2007, in Las Vegas. The symposium is presented every year by Stanford University.
Perforated appendicitis is diagnosed by multislice CT with high accuracy.The article, appeared in January 2008 issue of Radiology , outlines that diagnosis of perforated appendicitis can be done with high accuracy, when focal non-enhanced region is seen within diffusely enhanced wall of appendix.
Screeening MR allowed detection of more cancers in high-risk women compared with screening US and/or screening mammography. The article in 2007 August issue of Radiology, about screening
MR in high risk population, has a conclusion of: "Screeening MR imaging had a higher biopsy rate but helped detect more cancers than either mammography or US. US had the highest false-negative rate compared with mammography and
MR, enabling detection of only one in six cancers in high-risk women".
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