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O CTOBER 2005 ■ V OLUME 15, NUMBER 10 RSNA 2005 Meeting Preview and Restaurant Guide Also Inside: ■ Nanoparticles Show Promise in Cancer Detection and Treatment ■ Radiologist Shortage Over? Survey Says Yes ■ Salaries Flat for Interventional Diagnostic Radiologists ■ RSNA 2005 Offers Digital Mammography Self-Assessment Workshop November 11 Final Advance Registration for RSNA 2005 O CTOBER 2005 EDITOR Susan D. Wall, M.D. DEPUTY EDITOR Bruce L. McClennan, M.D. CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Robert E. Campbell, M.D. 1 Announcements MANAGING EDITOR 2 People in the News Natalie Olinger Boden EDITORIAL ADVISORS Feature Articles Dave Fellers, C.A.E. 3 Nanoparticles Show Promise in Cancer Detection Executive Director and Treatment Roberta E. Arnold, M.A., M.H.P.E. 6 Radiologist Shortage Over? Survey Says Yes Assistant Executive Director 8 Salaries Flat for Interventional Diagnostic Publications and Communications Radiologists EDITORIAL BOARD 10 RSNA 2005 Offers Digital Mammography Susan D. Wall, M.D. Self-Assessment Workshop Chair Bruce L. McClennan, M.D. RSNA 2005 Preview Vice-Chair 12 RSNA 2005 Features Latest Research in fMRI, MDCT, Silvia D. Chang, M.D. PET/CT and Other Modalities Richard T. Hoppe, M.D. Jonathan B. Kruskal, M.D., Ph.D. 16 RSNA Services Stephen J. Swensen, M.D. 17 Gold Medalists William T.C. Yuh, M.D., M.S.E.E. 19 Honorary Members Hedvig Hricak, M.D., Ph.D. 21 Sessions/Exhibits/Special Information Board Liaison CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Funding Radiology’s Future Heather Babiar 35 R&E Foundation Donors Dennis Connaughton Amy Jenkins, M.S.C. 36 Program and Grant Announcements Mary Novak 37 Journal Highlights Marilyn Idelman Soglin 38 Radiology in Public Focus GRAPHIC DESIGNER 39 RSNA: Working for You Adam Indyk 40 Product News WEB DESIGNER 41 Meeting Watch Kathryn McElherne 44 Exhibitor News 2005 RSNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS R. Gilbert Jost, M.D. 45 RSNA.org Chairman 46 Chicago Restaurants Dish Up Something for Theresa C. McLoud, M.D. Everyone at RSNA 2005 Liaison for Education Gary J. Becker, M.D. Liaison for Science RSNA News Letters to the Editor Hedvig Hricak, M.D., Ph.D. October 2005 • Volume 15, Number 10 E-mail: [email protected] Liaison for Publications and Published monthly by the Radiological Society Fax: (1-630) 571-7837 of North America, Inc., at 820 Jorie Blvd., RSNA News Communications Oak Brook, IL 60523-2251. Printed in the USA. 820 Jorie Blvd. Burton P. Drayer, M.D. Oak Brook, IL 60523 POSTMASTER: Send address correction Liaison for Annual Meeting and Technology Subscriptions “changes” to: RSNA News, 820 Jorie Blvd., George S. Bisset III, M.D. Phone: (1-630) 571-7873 Oak Brook, IL 60523-2251. E-mail: [email protected] Liaison-designate for Education Nonmember subscription rate is $20 per year; Reprints and Permissions David H. Hussey, M.D. $10 of active members’ dues is allocated to a Phone: (1-630) 571-7829 President subscription of RSNA News. Fax: (1-630) 590-7724 Robert R. Hattery, M.D. Contents of RSNA News copyrighted ©2005 by E-mail: [email protected] President-elect the Radiological Society of North America, Inc. RSNA Membership: (1-877) RSNA-MEM ANNOUNCEMENTS Online RSNA Meeting Program Now Available REATE a customized schedule for RSNA C2005 by using the online RSNA Meeting Program. Go to rsna2005.rsna.org and ➊ ➋ click on Meeting Program in ➍ the left-hand column. You can also go directly to rsna2005. rsna.org/rsna2005/V2005/ ➌ conference/track.cvn. You have several options to search for courses and events in your areas of inter- est. You can use choose event type ➊ (plenary sessions, refresher search by date or presenter by clicking Once you find an item to add to courses, etc.) or subspecialty content ➋ on one of the search icons ➌ and then your schedule, click on Add to Brief- (cardiac radiology, genitourinary radiol- adding your search text to the search case. You must be logged in to add an ogy, etc.). You can do a comprehensive box. ➍ event to your virtual briefcase. First Recipient of New Grant Announced NCRP Releases Updated Guide to The first recipient of the RSNA/AUR/APDR/SCARD Mammography Radiology Educational Research Development Grant is The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measure- Kitt Shaffer, M.D., Ph.D., from the Department of Radi- ments (NCRP) has released “Report No. 149 – A Guide to ology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. Mammography and Other Breast Imag- The grant is designed to ing Procedures.” The new report super- encourage innovation and sedes NCRP Report No. 85, published improvement in health sciences in 1986. education by providing research “Mammography, in conjunction opportunities to individuals in with physical examination, is the pursuit of advancing the science method of choice for early detection of of radiology education. breast cancer. Other methods should Dr. Shaffer’s project is not be substituted for mammography in “Investigation of the Use of 3D diagnosis or screening, but may be use- Modeling Software to Enhance ful adjuncts in specific diagnostic situa- Teaching of Radiologic Kitt Shaffer, M.D., tions,” NCRP said in a statement. Anatomy.” Ph.D. For more information on the publication, go to www.ncrp A full list of 2005-2006 RSNA Research & Education publications.org/index.cfm?fm=Product.AddToCart&pid= Foundation grant recipients are on pages 32-34. 4367281879. Public Service Announcements RSNA distributes radio public service and ovarian cancer awareness. Pre- toms, detection and treatments for these announcements (PSAs) that tie into recorded PSAs and printed scripts were diseases and direct listeners to the pub- national health observance topics when distributed for breast cancer awareness lic information Web site, Radiology the topics are radiology related. month in October and lung cancer Info.org, for more information. In September, printed scripts were awareness month in November. offered on prostate cancer awareness The PSAs describe risks, symp- RSNANEWS. ORG RSNA NEWS 1 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Becker Moves West Sostman Heads to Gary J. Becker, M.D., branch chief of Houston image-guided intervention at the H. Dirk Sostman, M.D., is the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer new chief academic officer and Imaging Program, has accepted a posi- chief medical officer for The tion as professor of radiology at The Methodist Hospital System in University of Arizona (UA) School of Houston. Medicine. He will also be director of Dr. Sostman will continue as translational research and a member of executive vice-dean of Weill the board of directors for UA’s new Bio- Gary J. Becker, M.D. Cornell Medical College in New H. Dirk Sostman, M.D. medical Imaging Research Consortium. York and will spearhead a part- Dr. Becker is the RSNA Board nership between Weill Cornell, New York Presbyterian Liaison for Science. and The Methodist Hospital. New Office, New Executive Director for NASCI Molecular Insight Expands Executive The North American Society of Cardiac Imaging (NASCI) has a R&D Team new headquarters office in Salem, Mass. Robin Lynn Hoyle Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals has announced two J.D., a founder of the management company Administraré LLC, appointments to its research and development (R&D) has been hired as NASCI executive team. director. She previously represented John A. Barrett, Ph.D., has been named vice-presi- the Society for Vascular Medicine & dent of research. He has more than 20 years of experi- Biology and the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery. Hoyle ence in working to discover and develop agents in currently represents the American Venous Forum. oncology and angiogenesis-directed tumor imaging and therapy at various organizations, including Johnson & RITA Medical Systems Names New VP Johnson and DuPont Merck. of Operations James F. Kronauge, Ph.D., has been promoted to Mario Martinez has been named vice-president of operations vice-president of process chemistry. He has been an for RITA Medical Systems, Inc. Martinez previously worked for active researcher in radiology and nuclear medicine for EP Technologies and is a founder and former president of the past 20 years. Prior to joining Molecular Insight in Tecnix, LLC. 1999, Dr. Kronauge was an assistant professor of radiol- ogy at Harvard Medical School and associate director of radiopharmacy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Chalaoui Awarded CAR Gold Medal Jean Chalaoui, M.D., chief of cardio-thoracic imaging and clinical professor at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montréal (CHUM), received a gold medal from the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) during the CAR annual meeting in Alberta. Nathalie Duchesne, M.D., F.R.C.P.(c), a breast radiologist at the Ottawa Regional Women’s Breast Health Center and newly appointed director of the Ville Marie Radiology Center, received the CAR young investigator award for her outstanding contributions to the field of radiology. Jean Chalaoui, M.D. Nathalie Duchesne, M.D., F.R.C.P.(c) Send your submissions for People in the News to [email protected], (1-630) 571-7837 fax, or RSNA News, 820 Jorie Blvd., Oak Brook, IL 60523. Please include your full name and telephone number. You may also include a non-returnable color photo, 3x5 or larger, or electronic photo in high-resolution (300 dpi or higher) TIFF or JPEG format (not embedded in a document). RSNA News maintains the right to accept information for print based on membership status, newsworthiness and available print space. 2 RSNA NEWS O CTOBER 2005 FEATURE FRONTIERS Nanoparticles Show Promise in Cancer Detection and Treatment INY PARTICLES one millionth the size of Ta human hair may become one of the most significant new products in the biomedical field. University of Missouri researchers in radiology, physics, veterinary medi- cine and other fields are working together to explore the potential of nanoparticles to detect and treat cancer at the molecular level.