Welcome to the first installment of this year's Road to RSNA preview
of the 2013 RSNA conference in Chicago. For the fifth year in a row,
we're providing a modality-by-modality overview of the most important
scientific sessions, poster presentations, educational exhibits, and
refresher courses to serve as your guide to events at McCormick Place.
As always, RSNA attendees will have a plethora of PACS educational
opportunities to select from, highlighted by a flurry of presentations
exploring the utility of mobile devices in medical imaging. A
multisession course on mobile computing devices returns to the schedule
for Monday, December 2 (8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., VSIN21, Room
S404CD), and attendees can expect a number of presentations assessing
the utility of mobile devices for communication, education, and
diagnostic review of images.
Other popular PACS content areas for RSNA 2013 feature archiving
issues and the cloud. Notably, a few presentations also encourage
radiologists, if they haven't already, to participate in the U.S.
government's meaningful use IT stimulus program.
Refresher courses
The schedule of PACS-related refresher/informatics courses kicks off
with a 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. session on Sunday, December 1, on
the often-neglected topic of ergonomics (ICII12, Room S501ABC).
Two refresher courses held in conjunction with the Society for
Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) are back for RSNA 2013 and on the
agenda for Monday, December 2. Part 1 of Practical Informatics for the
Practicing Radiologist will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon
(ICII21, Room S501ABC), while part 2 will run from 12:30 p.m. to 2
pm (ICII22, Room S501ABC). A course on meaningful use for radiology IT
vendors is slated for Monday afternoon from 4:30 p.m. to
6 p.m. (ICII24, Room S501ABC).
Those interested in display issues will want to take in a refresher
course on display technology scheduled on Tuesday, December 3, from
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. (ICIW32, Room S401AB). On Tuesday
afternoon from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., the RSNA will provide
attendees with a whirlwind tour of its various informatics projects
(ICII33, Room S501ABC). Another course held in conjunction with SIIM
will explore next-generation infrastructure for medical imaging in a
session running from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (RC426, Room
S404CD).
A course on managing radiology IT in the electronic health record
world (RC530, Room S404AB) will be held at 8:30 a.m. to
10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 4. Dr. David C. Levin has been a
prominent speaker on teleradiology outsourcing, and he'll be sharing
his perspective in a talk entitled, "Teleradiology versus Local
Radiologists: Issues and Perspectives," as part of a special course for
hospital administrators on Wednesday that runs from 1:30 p.m. to
5:30 p.m. (SPHA41H, Room S103B).
Interested in using the Radiation Dose Intelligent Analytics for CT
Examinations (RADIANCE) open-source software? You'll want to attend a
hands-on course for using the software for dose monitoring and quality
assurance (RC554, Room S401AB) on Wednesday, from 8:30 a.m. to
10 a.m., and also on Thursday, December 5, from 4:30 p.m. to
6 p.m. (RC754, Room S401AB).
Later on Wednesday afternoon, a course will explore Integrating the
Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) efficiency from image acquisition to the
report (ICII44, Room S501ABC). That session is slated to run from
4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Radiologists can get a primer on cloud computing at a Thursday
morning course (RC630, Room S403B) from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Breast imaging interoperability challenges, and their solutions, will be
the subject of the final Thursday morning PACS-related course (ICII51,
Room S501ABC) and will run from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
In
this scientific paper presentation, Chinese researchers will describe
how their RIS/PACS search engine has benefited radiologists in a number
of ways.
In
this session, French radiologist Dr. Rapha?Khayat will showcase
Diagnologic.com, a site intended to help radiologists with difficult
diagnostic challenges.
Researchers
from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will describe in
this Monday session how mobile devices can help radiologists consult
informally on interesting cases.
Display
technology expert Dr. David Hirschorn of Staten Island University
Hospital will give a primer on Monday on mobile device display issues,
such as calibration and quality assurance.
In
this scientific session, representatives of a community-based
outpatient radiology practice will describe how they achieved meaningful
use under the U.S. government's Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Incentive Program in 2012.
Singapore
researchers have found that a third-generation iPad could perform
comparably to a PACS workstation for spotting large pneumothoraces.
Small pneumothoraces were another matter, however.
Monday, December 2 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | LL-INS-MO5A | Lakeside Learning Center
In
this poster presentation, Dr. Eric Brandser from Radiology
Associates of Northern Kentucky will show that technologists can get
better results from performing computed radiography (CR) quality
assurance on grayscale monitors.
Monday, December 2 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | LL-INE3168-MOA | Lakeside Learning Center
In
this educational exhibit, Singapore researchers will discuss the
potential for a mobile messaging app to support image review, group
communication, and decision-making in patients with subarachnoid
hemorrhage and ischemic stroke.
Monday, December 2 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | LL-INE3208-MOA | Lakeside Learning Center
Thai
researchers have developed a concept for a large-scale, secure DICOM
image repository using open-source software and will detail their work
in this educational exhibit.
Monday, December 2 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | LL-INS-MO6A | Lakeside Learning Center
Radiologists
are in a good position to educate new mothers about the security risks
of posting their obstetric (OB) ultrasound images on public websites,
according to this poster presentation.
Monday, December 2 | 12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | LL-INS-MO6B | Lakeside Learning Center
Even
if they are not subject to penalties for noncompliance with the U.S.
government's meaningful use program, radiologists should still
participate, according to this poster presentation.
In
this scientific paper presentation, a University of California, Los
Angeles (UCLA) team will share how a software application can enable
radiologists and pathologists to communicate and integrate diagnostic
findings.
A
group from Georgia Regents University in Augusta will share its success
from using a custom Web-based application to bring clinical patient
information to the radiologist during image interpretation.
Knowledge
is power -- particularly if you wish to optimize subspecialized
radiology reading services across multiple hospitals, according to a
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/University Radiology Group research
team.
In
this session, representatives from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration will shed light on the issue of viewing angles when
looking at images on mobile devices.
In
this scientific session, researchers from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical
Center will present their Web-based multimodality case files platform
for mobile devices.
Teleradiology
consultation on a smartphone can lend a hand to on-call radiology
residents who need a second opinion on diagnosing acute appendicitis,
according to Korean researchers.
Tuesday, December 3 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | LL-INS-TU1A | Lakeside Learning Center
In
this scientific poster, Japanese researchers will showcase a method
using digital watermarks and steganography -- a method for hiding data
-- for ensuring the privacy and security of medical images.
In
this talk, Dr. Nogah Haramati of Montefiore Medical Center will
make the case that commoditization may facilitate a new era of radiology
information technology.
In
this presentation, researchers from the University of California, San
Francisco (UCSF) will share their 20-month experience as a pilot site
for the RSNA's Image Share Network.
In
this scientific session, Carol Joseph of Ascension Health will describe
how rules-based deletion policies can enable an image archive to be
managed with near-zero growth.
Canadian
researchers will report in this scientific session that the Integrating
the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) XDS-I.b integration profile can be
used, albeit with some challenges, to prefetch prior imaging studies
from other institutions.
Thursday, December 5 | 12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | LL-INE3232-THB | Lakeside Learning Center
There's
strength in numbers, and that old expression may also be true for
imaging interpretations, according to this exhibit from a team from John
Carroll University and the Cleveland Clinic.
Education Exhibit | LL-MKE1103 | Lakeside Learning Center
This
education exhibit will describe how a cloud-based PACS application that
generates multimedia reports may improve on how radiology is currently
taught in residency programs.
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