Below is a list of finalists in each category for the 2008 edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com's annual competition to recognize excellence in radiology.
Winners in each category will be announced at the end of October. To see the full list of semifinalist candidates, click here.
Most Influential Radiology Researcher
Dr. C. Daniel Johnson, Mayo Clinic
Dr. Vijay Rao, Thomas Jefferson University
Most Effective Radiology Educator
Dr. Bruce Hillman, Journal of the American College of Radiology
Dr. Geoffrey Rubin, Stanford University
Most Effective Radiologic Technologist Educator
Patricia Coughlin, Massachusetts General Hospital
Kevin Powers, American Society of Radiologic Technologists
Most Effective Radiology Administrator/Manager
Terry A. Dowd, Banner Baywood Medical Center
Janet Roe, University of Iowa
Best Radiologist Training Program
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Best Radiologic Technologist Training Program
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Weber State University, Ogden, UT
Most Significant News Event in Radiology
Canadian reactor shutdown imperils technetium supply
Growing concern over CT radiation dose
Biggest Threat to Radiology
Decline in Medicare and third-party reimbursement rates
Increased use of medical imaging by physicians in other specialties (turf battles)
Hottest Clinical Procedure
Coronary CT angiography
Hybrid PET/CT scanning
Scientific Paper of the Year
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.
Preliminary results of National CT Colonography Trial (ACRIN 6664). Johnson CD et al, American College of Radiology Imaging Network fall 2007 meeting/New England Journal of Medicine, September 18, 2008.
Best New Radiology Device
AquilionOne 320-detector-row CT scanner, Toshiba America Medical Systems
LightSpeed CT750 multislice CT scanner, GE Healthcare
Best New Radiology Software
High Definition Volume Rendering (HDVR), Fovia Medical
syngo Webspace, Siemens Healthcare
Best New Radiology Vendor
Fovia
Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals
Click on the above links to learn more about each vendor.
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