May 2002: Women's Health

Features

	Double Check: A Closer Look at CAD
	by Lisa Fratt
	Sponsored by an educational grant from R2 Technology. As much as 20 to 40 percent of breast cancer cases are not detected at the screening stage. Computer-aided detection (CAD) has helped fill the gap very well, making it an attractive option to enhance cancer treatment.


	Fusion Afoot: Oncology Imaging
	by Wayne Forrest
	Computed tomography has been the most widely used modality for oncology imaging, but the addition of positron emission tomography is raising the bar and making the fused technologies the gold standard for imaging cancer patients.

Departments

	To the Point
	Imaging Women


	Emerging Trends
	A Look at Market Drivers
	by Doug Orr


	Newswatch
	May 2002


	Technology
	Image Guidance Impacts, Surgical Procedures
	by Cheryl Hall Harris, R.N.


	Technology Now
	Sailing the Cs
	by Sydney Schuster


	Implementing Digital
	Planning for PACS
	by Sydney Schuster


	Product Showcase


	Advertisers Index
	May 2002

Special Section

	Technology: Mammography's Digital Future
	by Laura Gater
	Clinicians and scientists continue to debate the merits of and differences between film-screen and digital mammography. In many ways, both technologies serve their supporters well in the name of patient care.


	Technology Update: Ultrasound in Women's Health: The View in 2002
	by Judith Gunn Bronson
	Ultrasound is immediate, noninvasive, portable and still the workhorse in gynecological and obstetrical imaging — and making advances in imaging the breast too.


	Market Update: How Hip is Bone Densitometry?
	by Lin Muschlitz
	Bone densitometry still has work to do in garnering the attention of primary-care physicians and the at-risk population.