Dear Advanced Visualization Insider,
The use of Apple's iPad in radiology applications was among the hot topics at the 2010 RSNA meeting in Chicago. But while its display technology can probably handle primary interpretation tasks, the current iPad generation appears unlikely to secure such a role, according to researchers from the University of Maryland in Baltimore.
Find out why -- and what applications are best suited for the iPad -- in this month's Insider Exclusive article, which you can access before our other members by clicking here.
In other news in your Advanced Visualization Digital Community, learn how CT adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) technology can enhance the sensitivity of computer-aided detection (CAD) for locating pulmonary nodules. Also, researchers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor shared results from their work to develop a CAD system for diagnosing pulmonary embolism on CT pulmonary angiography.
In addition, breast MR CAD was shown recently to improve radiology performance in differentiating between malignant and benign lesions.
Researchers are also evaluating the benefits of CAD in digital x-ray screening exams. In China, a team from Beijing Friendship Hospital - Capital Medical University determined that CAD helped radiologists identify significantly more small lung nodules in screening radiographs for lung cancer. Contributing writer James Brice has our coverage, which you can find here.
And a Dutch group believes its CAD prototype could enable the use of chest digital radiography to screen for tuberculosis in areas with a high disease burden but without many skilled readers.
In 3D developments, find out what's expected to drive the global 3D imaging market in the next five years by clicking here.
Other featured articles this month include coverage of how ultrasound CAD can enhance the differentiation of focal liver lesions, second-reader CAD can improve virtual colonoscopy sensitivity, concurrent lung CAD is equivalent to second-read CAD, breast CAD can advance the assessment of amorphous calcifications, and CAD boosts new readers in diagnosing stenosis on coronary CT angiography.
