Soccer players who headed a ball above a threshold of 1,800 headings per year demonstrated poorer memory scores and those above thresholds of 885 to 1,550 hits, depending on location, suffered white matter abnormalities, researchers reported in a study published online June 11 in Radiology.

DALLAS—An enterprise decision support implementation often presents an uphill climb. Savvy adopters can learn from the experiences of pioneers such as New York Presbyterian Medical Center-Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. Keith Hentel, MD, vice chairman for clinical operations, detailed the organization’s trials and tribulations during an educational session at the annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).

DALLAS—Most clinical software projects are subject to two laws. The number of physicians who show up for demonstrations is inverse to the number in the post-deployment lynch mob. The physicians who make the time for informatics demos tend to be super-users and don’t represent the target audience for new technology.

Between June and October, 2013, healthcare providers at hospitals and medical centers across the US and Canada can experience GE Healthcare’s entire line of Centricity* Imaging technologies when the Centricity Imaging IT Tour visits locations in over 30 major markets.

Canvys®, a division of Richardson Electronics, will introduce two significant developments at SIIM 2013 (Booth 521-523) including the Image Systems 6MP Color LED Backlit wide-screen display and QC Vue™, a browser-based tool for assessing image quality on mobile devices and displays.

What does it take to optimize advanced visualization technology? The answer is comprised of many components. One of the most critical, and under-recognized, is structured reporting. A study published earlier this month in Journal of American College of Radiology detailed the value of clinician-centric reporting templates.

Ten states have passed breast density legislation, and another 19 and the federal government are considering bills. Thus, breast density measurement is becoming increasingly important in practice. Automated volumetric breast density tools may provide an objective way for practices to reliably measure density, according to a study published in the June issue of Clinical Radiology.

Including a structured impression to the reporting template for coronary CT angiography (CCTA) studies improved result interpretation with regard to the number of vessels with significant stenosis, according to a study published in the June issue of Journal of the American College of Radiology.