Access to top-quality imaging services has evolved to the point where, on any given day, at virtually any hour, a full range of modalities is available to providers and patients requiring the best that our diagnostics has to offer. Mobile imaging has grown into a tremendous opportunity for practice growth and, likewise, is a major benefit to those seeking the flexibility that this delivery system can provide.

Among the true “wins” for all stake-holders in the medical profession is this ability to package and move an imaging center, taking it to the front lines. Mobile imaging is just one more example of the incredible role that technology and those who manage it plays in delivering cost-effective health care throughout the system. It means access just the same as it means availability.

I never stop being impressed by this and other examples of the technologies that those of us in the imaging industry see applied each and every day. What is often even more impressive is the fact that this equipment is kept up and running and capable of high-volume usage by techs and engineers whose mission it is to assure optimum performance of the technology. These product heroes are among the important readers of this pub-lication who truly make a difference in the economics and capabilities of practices of every type.

Medical Imaging magazine continues to focus attention on the products and people making these technology advancements happen. As you read through this issue, featuring our annual Medical Imaging Readers’ Choice Top 20 Awards, note also the features covering important trends in mobile imaging, archiving media, and diagnostic radiology.

Each issue of this publication covers the news, issues, and trends in imaging as well as the technologies that support the profession. We’ll continue to bring you the best of the best—which is of importance for those of you to whom responsibility has been entrusted to ensure patient through-put by maximum equipment uptime, whether in a mobile or fixed site.

Curtis Pickelle
Publisher, Medical Imaging
President, MWC