Sunday, Nov. 25, 2:00-3:30 p.m. | E451B | During this refresher course, speakers review new techniques for dose reduction in thoracic CT, examine emerging thoracic applications for dual-energy CT, share new developments in thoracic MRI and provide an update on digital radiography.

German radiologists at one facility classified 97 percent of pediatric MR exams as diagnostically relevant after clinicians implemented a motion-reduction technique and pediatric preparation program.

Toshiba America Medical Systems has introduced e-Watch, an environmental monitoring system.

Bethesda Hospital East, the flagship hospital of Bethesda Health in Boynton Beach, Fla., has installed the DX-D 100 DR system from Agfa HealthCare.

Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Mo., has selected Agfa HealthCare’s DX-G CR system for use with pediatric patients.

Recent studies have hinted at a potential role for functional MRI (fMRI) in the diagnosis of children and adolescents with autism. However, researchers may be putting the cart before the horse by focusing on imaging rather than biology, according to a Health Imaging interview with Nicholas Lange, PhD, a biostatistician at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Slow and steady wins the race. Two steps forward, one step back. These adages are maddening to anyone eying a breakthrough performance, but they certainly apply to women’s imaging applications. Take, for example, screening mammography, which has seen more than its fair share of obstacles during the last three decades. However, mammography is withstanding the test of time and prevailing over its critics. Some newer breast imaging modalities are following a similar, and perhaps smoother, path.

Stereoscopic digital mammography significantly improved specificity for breast cancer detection and reduced the recall rate, according to a study published online Nov. 13 in Radiology.