May 27, 2010 - Radiologists are reading increasing volumes of image data. Tools that assist them in calling up images, scrolling through to key findings and using 3-D applications can be a tremendous help in efficiently interpreting and completing reports.

Ms. PACS: Has anyone seen him? The PACSman, I mean. I filed a missing person's report, posted his face on a milk carton, but still no sign of him. But of course, he must be moonlighting on some other blog.

May 27, 2010 - Researchers found radiologists have shown improvement in their ability to discriminate between cancerous and non-cancerous lesions over a nine-year period. Results of the study are published in the online edition of the journal Radiology.

May 25, 2010 - Radiologists expect disparate clinical information technology (IT) systems to be interoperable and allow them to exchange images and contextual data with referring physicians and other specialists. To enable interoperability, information management systems are building standards-based health level seven- (HL7) compliant interfaces.

May 25, 2010 - Upon the acquisition of Amicas, a radiology and cardiology information technology (IT) developer, Merge Healthcare will display Amicas products at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting June 3 - 5, 2010 in Minneapolis.

May 25, 2010 - May 25, 2010 - Radiologists using decision support helped decrease the percentage of low-yield exams from 5.4 percent of total number of requests to 1.9 percent of total requests, according to a study appearing in the June issue of Radiology.

May 24, 2010 - Utilizing the iso-osmolar agent Visipaque (iodixanol) could save hospitals $54,617 per 100 patients when compared to the low osmolar nonionic agent iopamidol. This was according to results from a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Scientific Sessions in Washington, D.C., held May 19-21.

May 24, 2010 - To help patients work with their physicians to better understand medical imaging, a new educational resource Web site, myimagingexam.com, tracks the number, frequency and type of diagnostic imaging exams for patients and physicians.