Dear AuntMinnie Member,
With RSNA 2014 just concluded, what were the top trends from the Chicago conference? Our editorial staff offers our picks for the top five trends we observed at the meeting.
Topping the list is the RSNA centennial celebration, which included special events and exhibits sprinkled throughout the halls of McCormick Place. RSNA 2014 attendees could tour an exhibit of imaging equipment from ages past, pose next to a giant "RSNA 100" sculpture, or take a selfie with Wilhelm Roentgen, the discoverer of x-rays.
The celebration created an upbeat tone for a meeting that has felt down in the dumps over the past several years. Indeed, RSNA reported 5% growth in overall attendance this year, offering the tantalizing prospect that the conference -- and by extension radiology -- could be moving out of the doldrums.
Check out our overview, and to review the rest of our RSNA 2014 coverage, visit our RADCast @ RSNA.
Docs like multimedia reports
One of the common themes at RSNA 2014 was the need for radiologists to improve upon their final product: the radiology report. Indeed, that was the subject of an RSNA presentation by Emory University researchers.
The researchers surveyed nearly 200 physicians from a variety of medical specialties, showing them two types of reports: a traditional text-based radiology report and an alternative multimedia report based on commercially available software that used image data and hyperlinks to regions of interest.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the physicians preferred the multimedia reports and said they would be more likely to refer patients to a radiology facility that used them. Learn more about the study by clicking here.
ACR on CT lung screening
Finally, the American College of Radiology (ACR) is urging the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to raise its proposed upper age range for CT lung cancer screening by five years. ACR joined two other groups in asking CMS to pay for scans in Medicare beneficiaries up to the age of 80. Find out why by clicking here, or visit our CT Community at ct.auntminnie.com.
