Iron Mountain and NetApp have teamed up to provide cloud data storage that can serve as an archive for medical data and provide disaster recovery services. The two companies shared a booth and showcased their partnership at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, Nov. 27 to Dec. 2.

CHICAGOIterative reconstruction can significantly decrease the time and number of manual adjustments needed for post-processing of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) compared with traditional filtered back projection (FBP), according to research presented Nov. 28 at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

CHICAGOWith the number and frequency of incidentalomas on the rise, researchers have sought to quantify the economic impact of the finding and reported that followup can potentially double the cost of the index study depending on the frequency of the finding and the type of followup, according to a presentation on Nov. 30 at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

CHICAGO--Image interpretation will need to include quantitative analysis in the future, according to a session on Nov. 30 at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

CHICAGOAfter trouncing human intelligence on the television game show Jeopardy last February, IBMs supercomputer Watson may make its way into radiology departments in the future, according to research presented by Nick van Terheyden, MD, chief medical information officer of Nuance Communications, based in Burlington, Mass., at a Nov. 29 presentation during the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

CHICAGOIn the era of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening, imaging has played a supporting role in combating prostate cancer, though that could be changing as the use of prostate MRI becomes more common, according to a presentation on Nov. 28 at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiology Society of North America (RSNA).

CHICAGOHaving a dedicated advanced visualization 3D lab provides numerous advantages to radiology departments, including financial incentives, workflow benefits and improved quality of images, according to a presentation on Nov. 27 at the annual scientific meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

CHICAGOThe iPad 2 (Apple) proved comparable to a standalone iMac workstation, although more time-consuming, in viewing CT colonoscopy (CTC) datasets, according to research conducted by Emanuele Neri, MD, assistant professor, diagnostic and interventional radiology at the University of Pisa in Italy, and colleagues, and presented Nov. 27 at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiology Society of North America (RSNA).