In the radiology workstation design, the race for adding more features is now morphing into an iterative user centric design with the focus on ergonomics and usability. The extent of the list of features for the radiology workstation used to be one of the most significant factors for a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) vendor’s ability to sell the radiology workstation. Not anym...

Introduction In my perspective article entitled An Opportunity for Radiology, published in the February 2006 issue of Radiology (Ref), I suggest that radiologists have three principal attributes (clinical acumen, mastery of technology, and dedication to safety and quality) that characterize the practice of their discipline, and that serve as a barrier to intrusion into the practice by other med...

PURPOSE Much of the information needed for radiology teaching and research is not in the picture archiving and communication system but distributed in hospital information systems throughout the medical enterprise. Our objective is to describe the design, methodology, and implementation of a data warehouse to integrate and make accessible the types of medical data pertinent to radiology researc...

A 35 year old female presents with haemoptysis, epistaxis and acute renal impairment. A chest radiograph is taken and a second radiograph is taken a week later. 1. Which of the following is the least likely diagnosis for these radiographic appearances? a) Pulmonary infarcts b) Systemic sclerosis c) Sarcoidosis d) Vasculitis e) Septic emboli 2. What is the most likely unifying diagnosis given th...

the literature dealing with X-rays. At the same time the difficulties which the beginner is likely to meet are everywhere carefully considered and the methods which the author prefers are lucidly explained. The first part of the book deals with the elements of electrical principles as applied to X-ray apparatus. This is the weakest part of the book, and we think that more space might with advan...

Computed tomography of the head has become an integral part of the emergency evaluation of a wide variety of conditions and chief complaints, including trauma, stroke, seizure, altered mental status, headache, and fever. In 2005, one in eight patients in one tertiary care Emergency Department underwent a head CT [1]. This review will detail important head CT findings, focusing on those which ar...

According to the reports presented at the second Asian Radiology Forum (ARF) 2016, organized by the Korean Society of Radiology (KSR) during the Korean Congress of Radiology (KCR) in September 2016 in Seoul, there is an increasing need for the Asian-Oceanian Society of Radiology (AOSR) and its member societies to promote radiology together in the Asian-Oceanian region. In ARF 2016, the national...