T he American Board of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM) and the American Board of Radiology (ABR) have decided not to move forward with proposals in a joint statement sent to stakeholders in July 2015, which included replacing nuclear medicine and nuclear radiology training programs with a single training pathway leading to a new ABR certificate in nuclear medicine, with ultimate dissolution of the ABNM...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES To investigate whether there is a bias in the residency selection process that influences the proportion of females entering diagnostic radiology residencies. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 4117 applications to one diagnostic radiology residency program from 2008 to 2014 were analyzed. Invitations to interview were evaluated by each year, specifically looking at gen...

There has been widespread adoption of personal digital assistants (PDAs) within medicine in recent years. However, information on the prevalence and usage of these devices among radiologists is limited. A survey was designed and mailed to randomly selected members of the Radiological Society of North America to determine the percentage of PDA users, their use patterns, and the types of applicat...

This paper presents a novel approach to software structure design of a haptic-based medical examination simulator. The proposed software is implemented in a fully object-oriented structure that provides real-time interaction with a PHANToMhaptic device, as a diagnostic tool for medical experts. The software allows radiology experts to visualize, display and interact with the graphical model of ...

There is a manpower crisis in academic radiology departments. These departments cannot sustain their academic missions from clinical revenues alone. Salaries can' t be competitive with private practice, and the recruitment and retention of faculty members are compromised. The education of medical students, residents, and fellows and the clinical and basic research that sustains the specialty su...

The goal of this study was to provide unique tools for an educational program to improve the skills, namely consistency and accuracy, of radiology residents who interpret digital mammograms. The tele-educational tools, created at UNC, will be implemented locally and connected to the National Digital Mammography Archive (NDMA) through the Next Generation Internet (NGI). This application includes...