Dear Advanced Visualization Insider,
The evolution of the radiology image interpretation process has been rather dramatic since the advent of digital image management in the 1980s. No longer constrained by the static world of film, radiologists today can make full use of multiplanar and volumetric image navigation.
What's on the horizon? The University of Maryland's Dr. Eliot Siegel believes the next phase could involve radiologists being able to perform interactive reconstruction of raw CT projection data -- the sinogram. This would provide a number of benefits, including image optimization tailored to a particular area of interest during image review, according to Siegel.
Siegel and colleagues are working on the idea now, and he discussed the concept in detail during a talk at the recent International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in Washington, DC. You can read all about it in this edition's Insider Exclusive.
In other news in the Advanced Visualization Digital Community, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a new advanced MR analysis method that can provide speedy assessment of brain tumor therapy response. During testing, the method, called vessel architectural imaging, was able to uncover changes in the shape of blood vessels as early as the next day after treatment. For the details, click here.
In addition, an automated postprocessing software application is demonstrating potential for the preoperative assessment of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Find out more here.
We also have the second part of our coverage of tips from Duke University's Laura Pierce on how 3D labs can implement the varying requirements of their two different customer types. Part I covered the needs of radiologists, while part II addresses the needs of clinicians.
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