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TaBle of conTenTs April 2008 Volume 6, Number 4 DePARTMeNTS 04 on The weB › Healthimaging.com CoVeR SToRY 12 | Cracking Down: CT radiation Dose With an estimated 68 million Ct scans performed every year in the united states new concerns arise about radiation exposure. the issue has come to a head— from education and awareness to updated guidelines and equipment advances. By Beth Walsh 07 The enTeRpRise › reducing Dose 08 news updaTe › CMS maintains coverage of CCTA › Lawsuits continue to mount over gladolinium use › PeT promising for identifying cardiac mismatch 30 special secTion: sToRage sTRaTegies › information infrastructure Sponsored by an educational grant from EMC Corporation 47 ReadeR’s ResouRce › Advertisers index › Company index › Coming Soon SPeCIAL SeCTIoN: ADVANCeD VISUALIZATIoN 16 | 3D rendering: Options Galore By Lisa Fratt 20 | Thinking Thin-Client By Beth Walsh 48 sTaT sheeT › U.S. voters ready for health iT › Chronic pain alters brain activity › Living to 100 is in reach Multidetector CT Workflow: The Need for Speed The Reading Room: Doing it Your Way CR’s Portable Power Speech: The Next Level Remote Reading: The Options Planning for the EMR Implementing IT: Getting Physicians Onboard Digital Issue all of the features of a print magazine — online. HealthImaging.com feATUReS 24 | modaliTy Review 38 | people & Technology Information Infrastructure 3D Rendering: Options Galore Thinking Thin-Client Multidector CT Workﬂow: The Need for Speed By Beth Walsh remote reading Offers a final Solution However it’s Needed By Sarah Lamberti © Helen king/flirt Photography/veer 26 | eRgonomics & design Health Imaging & IT (ISSN 1546-0002) is published monthly by TriMed Media Group, Inc. Copyright © 2008 by TriMed Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form is forbidden without permission. Every precaution is taken to ensure accuracy of content; however, the information, opinions and statements expressed in the articles and advertisements herein are those of the writer and/or advertiser, and not necessarily those of the Publisher. Postage paid at Providence, RI, and at additional mailing offices. Subscriptions are available free of charge to qualified individuals. Publisher reserves the right to determine qualification for a free subscription. Postmaster: Please send address changes to: Health Imaging & IT, PO Box 28125, Providence RI 02908. 42 | Technology Review The Perfect reading room: Doing it Your Way By Amy Buttell Crane Prep Time: Planning for the eMr By Beth Walsh 44 | iT TRends 34 | imaging Tools Cr’s Portable Power By Sarah Lamberti implementing iT Solutions: Getting Physicians Onboard By Amy Buttell Crane 36 | Technology ouTlook Taking Speech to the Next Level By Beth Walsh Healthimaging.com april 2008 | Health Imaging & IT 3 http://Healthimaging.com http://HealthImaging.com http://Healthimaging.com

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Health Imaging & IT - April 2008 Contents On the Web The Enterprise News Update Cracking Down: CT Radiation Dose 3D Rendering: Options Galore Thinking Thin-Client Modality Review Ergonomics & Design Special Section: Storage Strategies Imaging Tools Technology Outlook People & Technology Technology Review IT Trends Reader's Resource Stat Sheet

Health Imaging & IT - April 2008

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