IMAGING HORIZONS

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IN THE NEWS

• HIMSS Survey, Obama Stimulus Package Highlight Electronic Medical Records Efforts
• Group Seeks to Create National Mammography Database
• Medicare Expands Coverage of PET Scans

TECH TRENDS

• Study: Too Many CT Scans May Lead to Cancer
• MRI Tool Detects "Early" Breast Cancer Missed by Mammography and Sonography

THE BIG PICTURE

• Leveraging the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Initiative: Using Profiles to Ease Systems Integration
• Can Imaging Technology Advances Drive Lower Inpatient Stays and Costs?

ISSUES IN IMAGING SERVICE

• A Roundtable Discussion...Experts Delve into Imaging Service, Technology Management Issues
• How to Make Your In-House Imaging Service Group Invaluable

TECHNOLOGY FOCUS

• Decoding the Digital X-Ray Environment: What's In It for Me?
• Demystifying Nuclear Medicine
• Sources, Condensers and Detectors: Their Evolution in Medical Imaging
• The Changing Face of Medical Imaging

IN MY OPINION

• Our Current State
• The Debate About Certification: The Few, The Proud, The Certified

Imaging Horizons is a special, one-time magazine focused exclusively on imaging-related issues. The latest in a series of special Horizons publications released by AAMI, it examines the advancement and challenges that imaging technology has brought to the medical technology professions.

Founded in 1967, AAMI is a unique alliance of more than 6,000 members united by the common goal of increasing the understanding and beneficial use of medical instrumentation.

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