Minnies 2008 semifinal candidates

Sep 9, 2008

Below is a list of the candidates for the 2008 edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com's campaign to recognize the best and brightest in medical imaging. This year's campaign features 148 candidates in 13 categories.

Most Influential Radiology Researcher
Dr. Matthew Budoff, Harbor UCLA
Dr. Fiona Gilbert, University of Aberdeen, U.K.
Dr. C. Daniel Johnson, Mayo Clinic
Dr. David Kim, University of Wisconsin
Dr. David C. Levin, Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Elizabeth Rafferty, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Vijay Rao, Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Balázs Ruzsics, Medical University of South Carolina
Dr. Frank Rybicki, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dr. Jean-Louis Sablayrolles, Centre Cardiologique du Nord, France
Dr. Heinrich Schelbert, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Mitchell Schnall, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Roland Talanow, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Michael J. Welch, Ph.D., Washington University
Dr. Clark Wiginton, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Most Effective Radiology Educator
Dr. Norman Beauchamp, University of Washington
Dr. Tony DeFrance, CVCTA Education Center
Dr. David Dowe, Atlantic Medical Imaging
Dr. Carl Fuhrman, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Albert Hammerman, Washington University
Dr. Bruce Hillman, Journal of the American College of Radiology
Dr. Donna Magid, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Elizabeth Rafferty, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Maximilian Reiser, University Hospital Grosshadern, Germany
Dr. Geoffrey Rubin, Stanford University
Dr. Joseph Schoepf, Medical University of South Carolina
Dr. Edward M. Smith, University of Rochester
Dr. Thomas Stavros, Radiology Imaging Associates
Dr. Judy Yee, University of California, San Francisco

Most Effective Radiologic Technologist Educator
Nancy Adams, Itawamba Community College
Patricia Coughlin, Massachusetts General Hospital
Donna Lee Mason, Robert Morris University
James Lampka, Lawrence Memorial/Regis College
Martha Pickett, University of Arkansas
Kevin Powers, American Society of Radiologic Technologists
Robert Walker, Ph.D., Weber State University
Jonathan White, Northern Virginia Community College

Most Effective Radiology Administrator/Manager
Michael DelVecchio, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Terry A. Dowd, Banner Baywood Medical Center
James Haeffner, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
William Hubble, Saint Louis University
Janet Roe, University of Iowa
Worth Saunders, Mid-South Imaging and Therapeutics
Alicia Vasquez, Arcadia Radiology Medical Group

Best Radiologist Training Program
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Duke University, Durham, NC
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Best Radiologic Technologist Training Program
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Lawrence Memorial/Regis College, Medford, MA
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
Weber State University, Ogden, UT

Most Significant News Event in Radiology
Advent of breast tomosynthesis as an emerging technology
American Cancer Society adds virtual colonoscopy to colon cancer screening guidelines
American Society of Radiologic Technologists cancels annual conference
Canadian reactor shutdown imperils technetium supply
CMS withdraws threat to stop coronary CTA reimbursement
Congress passes Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act
Deficit Reduction Act's continued impact on radiology
Growing concern over CT radiation dose
Lantheus forms as Bristol-Myers Squibb divests imaging unit
Radiologist pays $7 million to settle federal fraud claims
UnitedHealthcare postpones MRI accreditation program
U.S. Food and Drug Administration black box warning on echo contrast agents

Biggest Threat to Radiology
Competition to local groups from teleradiology services providers
Decline in Medicare and third-party reimbursement rates
Increased scrutiny of imaging utilization by third-party payors
Increased use of medical imaging by physicians in other specialties (turf battles)
Increasing cost of healthcare technology
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis lawsuits against gadolinium contrast developers
Overreaction to concern about CT radiation dose
Potential shortage of medical isotopes
Softening job market for radiology professionals

Hottest Clinical Procedure
3D/4D ultrasound
Breast MRI
Coronary CT angiography
CT lung screening
Digital breast tomosynthesis
Hybrid PET/CT scanning
Radioimmunotherapy
Virtual colonoscopy

Scientific Paper of the Year
Comparison between estimated glomeruler filtration rate and serum creatinine as a screening tool prior to administration of iodinated contrast material for computed tomography. Choudhri A et al, RSNA 2007 meeting.

Diagnostic performance of 64-multidetector-row coronary computed tomographic angiography for evaluation of coronary artery stenosis in individuals without known coronary artery disease: Results from the prospective multicenter ACCURACY (Assessment by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography of Individuals Undergoing Invasive Coronary Angiography) trial. Budoff MJ et al, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, August 22, 2008.

Drastic dose reduction in cardiac CT with SnapShot Pulse mode on LightSpeed VCT XT. Sablayrolles JL et al, RSNA 2007 meeting.

Dual-energy CT of the heart for coronary CTA and myocardial blood pool analysis: Initial experience. Ruzsics B et al, ECR 2008 meeting.

Gadolinium-based contrast exposure, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, and gadolinium detection in tissue. Wiginton CD et al, American Journal of Roentgenology, April 2008.

Initial evaluation of coronary images from 320-detector row computed tomography. Rybicki FJ et al, International Journal of Cardiac Imaging, June 2008.

Preclinical study to investigate the development of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: A possible role for gadolinium-based contrast media. Sieber MA et al, Investigative Radiology, January 2008.

Preliminary results of National CT Colonography Trial (ACRIN 6664). Johnson CD et al, American College of Radiology Imaging Network fall 2007 meeting.

Recent changes in the utilization rates of noninvasive diagnostic imaging (NDI) among radiologists, cardiologists, and other specialties. Rao V et al, RSNA 2007 meeting.

Best New Radiology Device
Acuson S2000 ultrasound scanner, Siemens Healthcare
AquilionOne 320-detector-row CT scanner, Toshiba America Medical Systems
Brilliance iCT 256-slice CT scanner, Philips Healthcare
Coronis 6 MP medical display, Barco
CR30-LSP+ computed radiography system, Agfa HealthCare/Quantum Medical Imaging
CXDI-60G portable flat-panel DR detector, Canon Medical Systems
ECLOS16 16-slice CT scanner, Hitachi Medical Systems America
FCR Go computed radiography system, Fujifilm Medical Systems USA
ImagePilot CR computed radiography system, Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA
iMed-Stor 300 archive appliance, Candelis
Intego PET radiopharmaceutical infusion system, Medrad
Kodak Point-of-Care CR 360 computed radiography system, Carestream Health
LightSpeed CT750 multislice CT scanner, GE Healthcare
M-OB/GYN Office ultrasound scanner, SonoSite
Optistar Elite contrast injector, Covidien
ProSound 2 ultrasound scanner, Aloka Ultrasound
SDU-2200 Pro ultrasound scanner, Shimadzu Medical Systems North America
Selenia Dimensions digital breast tomosynthesis system, Hologic
SonoAce X6 ultrasound scanner, Medison

Best New Radiology Software
3surgery vascular imaging workstation, 3mensio Medical Imaging
Aquarius iNtuition version 4.3 advanced visualization software, TeraRecon
aycan workstation Osirix Pro, aycan Digitalsysteme
Blue Ocean dashboard software, Exogen
Breast Imaging Diagnostic Workstation, Fujifilm Medical Systems USA
CardioArena cardiac PACS software, TomTec Imaging Systems
Carestream Virtual 3D advanced visualization software, Carestream Health
DICOM Services Grid, Acuo Technologies
eFilm RIS/PACS software, Merge Healthcare
FiatLux Visualize, FiatLux Imaging
High Definition Volume Rendering (HDVR), Fovia Medical
Impax Enterprise Productivity Suite, Agfa HealthCare
nordicAktiva functional MRI software, NordicNeuroLab
OnGuard computer-aided detection software, Riverain Medical
syngo Webspace, Siemens Healthcare
Visage CS, Visage Imaging
Vital Enterprise advanced visualization software
Volumetrix Suite SPECT/CT software, GE Healthcare
Xcelera cardiology information management system, Philips Healthcare