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OCTOBER 2004 ■ VO LU M E 14, NUMBER 10

RSNA 2004 Meeting Previewand Restaurant Guide

Also Inside:■ RSNA 2004 to Feature Focus Session on Medical Simulators■ Scientific Program Reflects RSNA 2004’s Role as a Global Forum■ Diagnostic Radiology Earns Highest Four-Year Pay Increase ■ Scientists Reach Important Milestone in Nanoscale MR Research■ HHS Launches “Decade of Health Information Technology”

Final Advance Registration for RSNA 2004

November 12

RSNA NewsOctober 2004 • Volume 14, Number 10

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OCTOBER 2004

1 People in the News2 Announcements3 Letter to the Editor3 Erratum

Feature Articles 5 RSNA 2004 to Feature Focus Session on Medical

Simulators7 HHS Launches “Decade of Health Information

Technology”9 Diagnostic Radiology Earns Highest Four-Year Pay

Increase 11 Scientists Reach Important Milestone in Nanoscale

MR Research

RSNA 2004 Preview13 Scientific Program Reflects RSNA 2004’s Role as a

Global Forum17 Gold Medalists19 Honorary Members21 Sessions/Exhibits/Special Information

Funding Radiology’s Future35 R&E Foundation Donors

36 Program and Grant Announcements37 Radiology in Public Focus38 Journal Highlights39 RSNA: Working for You40 Product News41 Meeting Watch44 Exhibitor News45 RSNA.org46 Chicago Restaurants Dish Up Something for Everyone

at RSNA 2004

E D I T O RSusan D. Wall, M.D.

D E P U T Y E D I T O RBruce L. McClennan, M.D.

C O N T R I B U T I N G E D I T O RRobert E. Campbell, M.D.

M A N A G I N G E D I T O RNatalie Olinger Boden

E X E C U T I V E E D I T O RJoseph Taylor

E D I T O R I A L A D V I S O R SDave Fellers, C.A.E.

Executive Director

Roberta E. Arnold, M.A., M.H.P.E.Assistant Executive DirectorPublications and Communications

E D I T O R I A L B O A R DSusan D. Wall, M.D.

Chair

Bruce L. McClennan, M.D.Vice-Chair

Lawrence W. Bassett, M.D.Richard H. Cohan, M.D.David S. Hartman, M.D.Richard T. Hoppe, M.D.William T.C. Yuh, M.D., M.S.E.E.Hedvig Hricak, M.D., Ph.D.

Board Liaison

C O N T R I B U T I N G W R I T E R SStephen BarlasBruce K. DixonJoan DrummondAmy Jenkins, M.S.C.Mary E. Novak

G R A P H I C D E S I G N E RAdam Indyk

W E B M A S T E R SJames GeorgiKen Schulze

2 0 0 4 R S N A B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R SRobert R. Hattery, M.D.

Chairman

R. Gilbert Jost, M.D.Liaison for Annual Meeting and Technology

Theresa C. McLoud, M.D.Liaison for Education

Gary J. Becker, M.D.Liaison for Science

Hedvig Hricak, M.D., Ph.D.Liaison for Publications and Communications

Burton P. Drayer, M.D.Liaison-designate for Annual Meeting andTechnology

Brian C. Lentle, M.D.President

David H. Hussey, M.D.President-elect

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Radiology Welcomes New Perspectives Editor

James H. Thrall, M.D., has been appointedPerspectives Editor for Radiology. Dr.

Thrall is the Juan M. Taveras Profes-sor of Radiology at Harvard MedicalSchool and radiologist-in-chief atMassachusetts General Hospital.Perspectives is a bimonthly com-mentary on the social, economic andpolitical changes affecting medicine.

Dr. Thrall replaces Richard M.Friedenberg, M.D., who is retiring from theposition after serving for more than 11 years.

In his final article as Perspective’s Editor, Dr. Friedenberg reviews some of his previous

articles, indicating whether his predic-tions and speculations have provedcorrect.

RSNA members and subscriberscan read Dr. Friedenberg’s valedictoryarticle in the August issue of Radiol-ogy at rsna.org/radiologyjnl. Click onSelect an Issue from the Archive, click

on August 2004 in the top center of the page,then click on Perspectives.

Send your submissions for People in the News to [email protected], (630) 571-7837 fax, or RSNA News, 820 Jorie Blvd., OakBrook, 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 toaccept information for print based on membership status, newsworthiness and available print space.

Gooding EarnsAOSR GoldMedalCharles A. Good-ing, M.D., a profes-sor of radiology andpediatrics at the Uni-versity of California,San Francisco, hasbeen awarded thegold medal of theAsian & Oceanian Society of Radiol-ogy (AOSR) for his contributions toglobal medical education.

Dr. Gooding is a past-president ofthe Society for Pediatric Radiology andis the founder and past-president of theRadiology Outreach Foundation, whichhas contributed $10 million in radiol-ogy education materials to developingcountries.

Hitoshi Katayama, M.D., of Tokyo,also received an AOSR gold medal.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

The American Society for TherapeuticRadiology and Oncology (ASTRO) willaward its 2004 gold medal to three distin-guished scientists during the ASTROannual meeting this month in Atlanta. Theyare Eli J. Glatstein, M.D., Luka Milas,M.D., Ph.D., and Paul Wallner, D.O.

“I’m very proud of our three outstand-ing gold medalists,” said ASTRO ChairJoel E. Tepper, M.D. “It is a testament to

the high caliber of physicians and scientistswho are members of our society.”

ASTRO has also elected three newofficers. They are: • K. Kian Ang, M.D., Ph.D. – President-

elect• Albert L. Blumberg, M.D. – Govern-

ment Relations Council Vice-Chair• Anthony L. Zietman, M.D. – Education

Council Vice-Chair

James H. Thrall, M.D.

Charles A. Gooding, M.D.Eli J. Glatstein, M.D. Luka Milas, M.D., Ph.D. Paul Wallner, D.O.

Berman Joins CompuMed BoardMedical informatics company Com-puMed, Inc., has appointed PhillipM. Berman, M.D., to its board ofdirectors.

Dr. Berman, from Coronado,Calif., founded three successful radi-ology practices, served as chairman of

three radiology departments andfounded two successful for-profitimaging centers.

“We are pleased to add Dr.Berman to CompuMed’s board,” saidRobert Stuckelman, the company’sfounder and chairman. “His business

and medical expertise will comple-ment the experience of our existingpersonnel, and open new opportuni-ties for CompuMed in the rapidlyexpanding medical imaging industry.”

ASTRO Names 2004 Gold Medalists

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

The Society of Nuclear Medi-cine’s (SNM) Image of the Yearreflects the theme of the 2004

SNM annual meeting—creating life-time images of health and disease.

The image is actually a series ofimages from a study performed byHamamatsu Medical Imaging Centerin Japan, the University of Washing-ton in Seattle and the University ofMichigan in Ann Arbor. The study istitled, “Brain FDG PET Imaging in aPopulation-Based Cohort of Asymp-tomatic Subjects: Initial Findings.”

SNM Past-President Henry N.Wagner Jr., M.D., tied the image tohis vision of healthcare for the futureduring the Highlights Lecture at theSNM annual meeting. “I envision anInternational Health ManifestationDatabase (IHMD) where everyone willhave a periodically updated portableelectronic record that contains lifetimemanifestations of his or her state ofhealth,” he said. “Rather than trying togive a name to a patient’s disease, put-ting him or her in a disease ‘box,’ theperson’s electronic health record will

reveal all the ‘manifestations’ of thepatient’s health and illness. The mani-festations on a patient’s ‘health chip’can be automatically compared to theIHMD to characterize illness, predictwhat is likely to happen and suggestpossible treatment.”

The images in the Image of theYear are composites of brain scans of31 Alzheimer’s disease patients and

551 normal patients. Because they arecomposites, the images reveal commonfunctional characteristics of the brain-wasting disease. They form anAlzheimer’s disease database that can be compared with an individualpatient’s brain scan to see if that person’s brain is exhibiting similarcharacteristics.

Image Demonstrates Future of Medicine

Mayr Joins Ohio State Nina A. Mayr, M.D., is the newchair of the Department of Radi-ation Oncology at Ohio StateUniversity in Columbus. Dr.Mayr previously was a professorand chief of the Section of Radi-ation Therapy and vice-chair-man of the Department of Radi-ological Sciences at the Univer-sity of Oklahoma HealthSciences Center.

CIR Announces New Boardof DirectorsThe InterAmerican College of Radiol-ogy (CIR) has named its 2004-2006Board of Directors. They are: • Miguel E. Stoopen, M.D.

– President, México City• Pablo R. Ros, M.D., M.P.H.

– President-elect, Boston• Francisco A. Quiroz, M.D.

– Secretary-General, Milwaukee• Ricardo D. García Mónaco, M.D.

– Treasurer, Buenos Aires

Miguel E. Stoopen, M.D.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

RSNA 2004 Logo Wins Design AwardThe logo for the 90th RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meetingis the winner of a 2004 American Graphic Design Award.

Of all the entries submitted, a national panel of judges choseonly 12 percent to receive specialrecognition.

The American GraphicDesign competition is sponsoredby Graphic Design USA, a monthly business-to-business magazine forprofessional graphic designers and related creative and production professionals.

RSNA 2004 DedicationsRSNA President BrianC. Lentle, M.D., hasannounced the followingdedications for the 90thRSNA Scientific Assem-bly and Annual Meeting:

The RSNA MeetingProgram will be dedi-cated to the memory ofSir Godfrey Hounsfield, D.Sc.,the father of computed tomogra-phy, who died in August at theage of 84.

The Annual Orationin Radiation Oncologywill be dedicated toHywel Madoc-Jones,M.D., Ph.D., a formerradiation oncologist-in-chief at Tufts-NewEngland Medical Cen-ter, who died in Janu-

ary from pancreatic cancer at theage of 65.

2004 Introduction to Research forInternational Young Academics The RSNA Board of Directors has approved 17participants for this year’s Introduction toResearch for International Young Academics pro-gram, administered by RSNA’s Committee onInternational Relations and Education (CIRE).The participants are:

The focus of the Introduction to Research forInternational Young Academics program is toencourage young radiologists from countries out-side of the United States and Canada to pursuecareers in academic radiology.

The program consists of a special seminarthat is held during the RSNA Scientific Assemblyand Annual Meeting. The participant receivescomplimentary annual meeting registration and a$1,000 grant is provided to the individual’sdepartment to help advance their academic career.

Deadline for nominations each year is April15. For more information, go to www.rsna.org/international/CIRE/iyaseminar.html or contactFiona Miller at (630) 590-7741 or [email protected].

International Young Academic Country

Diego A. Aguirre Matallana, M.D. Columbia

Cyrillo Araujo Jr., M.D. Brazil

Carmen Caballero, M.D. Mexico

Sorana Daniela Bolboaca, M.D. Romania

Maia Gagua, M.D. Republic ofGeorgia

Fabricio G. Goncalves, M.D. Brazil

Gurpreet Singh Gulati, M.D. India

Aki Kido, M.D. Japan

Chan Kyo Kim, M.D. South Korea

Eric T. Kimura Hayama, M.D. Mexico

C. George Koshy, M.D. India

Ana Carolina Motta, M.D. Brazil

Petri Sipola, M.D. Finland

Kushaljit Singh Sodhi, M.D. India

Aija Teibe, M.D. Latvia

Marina Ulla, M.D. Argentina

Winfried A. Willinek, M.D. GermanyNIH LaunchesAnnual StudentLoan RepaymentProgramThe National Institutesof Health (NIH) isaccepting applicationsuntil December 15 forits 2004 student loanrepayment program.

The program pro-vides up to $35,000 forrepayment of qualified educational debt from health profes-sionals pursuing careers in clinical, pediatric, contraceptionand infertility, or health disparities research. The program alsoprovides coverage for Federal and state tax liabilities.

Details and the online application are available atwww.lrp.nih.gov.

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ERRATUM

In the article, “RSNAExpands Interactive Edu-cation Opportunities,”featured in the July 2004issue of RSNA News, wewant to point out that inthe photo Dr. Jost isusing the Electronic Pre-sentation Online System™

(EPOS), which debutedat the 2003 EuropeanCongress of Radiology(ECR). See page 31 foran update on EPOS.

NIBIB Convenes Panel on IntramuralResearchThe National Institute of Biomedical Imaging andBioengineering (NIBIB) has established a Blue Rib-bon Panel on Intramural Research. The panel willmeet this fall to provide recommendations to theNational Advisory Council on Biomedical Imagingand Bioengineering and NIBIB Director Roderic I.Pettigrew, Ph.D., M.D., on the planning and devel-opment of an intramural research program withinNIBIB.

Specifically, the panel will provide recommenda-tions on scientific directions, unique research oppor-tunities and possibilities for collaboration. Co-chairsof the panel are John Linehan, Ph.D., P.E., vice-presi-dent for bioengineering for The Whitaker Foundation,and James Thrall, M.D., radiologist-in-chief in theDepartment of Radiology at Massachusetts GeneralHospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The NIBIB Blue Ribbon Panel on Intramural Research will meet this fallat the William H. Natcher Building—the gateway to the NIH campus.

RSNA Advance Coursein Grant WritingA dozen people participated inthe RSNA Advance Course inGrant Writing, held in Septem-ber at RSNA Headquarters inOakbrook, Ill. It was the firstof four sessions for the group.Janet S. Rasey, Ph.D. (left inphoto at right), a professor ofradiation oncology and directorof research funding at the Uni-versity of Washington in Seat-tle, was the course instructor.For more information on theprogram, go to www.rsna.org/research/grantwriting/.

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Picture this: Medical students standaround a patient in an emergencyroom setting. The patient com-

plains of severe abdominal pain. Fol-lowing a diagnosis of sigmoid volvu-lus, a student injects a bolus of 10 mgmorphine. The patient develops respira-tory arrest and nearly dies. The patientis reprogrammed for the next lesson.

The patient isn’t real. It is a high-fidelity medical simulator that talks,blinks, breathes and moves just like areal patient. Physiologic data, includingheartbeat, oxygenation and blood pres-sure are displayed on a real-time car-diac monitor, alongside customized lab-oratory results and imaging studies.This particular scenario is part of aneducational module created in the late1990s by Harvard anesthesiologistsJohn Pawlowski and Marty Gallagherat the Center for Medical Simulation inBoston.

Working with the Center, James A.Gordon, M.D., M.P.A., an emergencyphysician at Massachusetts GeneralHospital, now directs the new G.S.Bechwith Gilbert and Katharine S.Gilbert Medical Education Program inMedical Simulation at Harvard MedicalSchool.

“Simulation is to medical educationwhat the microscope was to science,”says Nancy Oriol, M.D., Harvard’sassociate dean for student affairs. Orig-inally costing up to $200,000, full-bodypatient simulators are now available forunder $50,000.

Gary J. Becker, M.D., RSNABoard Liaison for Science and branchchief of image-guided intervention forthe Cancer Imaging Program at theNational Cancer Institute, agrees thatmedical simulators represent thefuture of medical education. “Follow-

ing the exercise previously described,the students learned that they shouldhave applied book knowledge in theemergency room,” he says. “In theheat of battle, no one thought toreverse the effects of morphine sulfatewith IV Narcan. This example of atangible experience, with failure torecall and implement a life-savingtreatment, is arguably a much betterteaching method than a textbook.”

At RSNA 2004 a hot topic focussession will be held on Wednesday,December 1 to highlight the use of med-ical simulators to educate radiologists—especially interventional radiologists.The session will also demonstrate howto use medical simulators to problem-solve in various medical scenarios.

One of the presenters, Anthony G.Gallagher, Ph.D., from Emory Univer-sity, co-authored the first randomized,double-blinded study of virtual reality

simulation in the training of surgicalresidents. The 2002 study demonstratedthat residents trained on simulators toperform laparoscopic cholecystectomyperformed 30 percent faster and weresix times less likely to have intraopera-tive errors. Dr. Gallagher says a follow-up study with more complete data willbe presented this month at the AmericanCollege of Surgeons clinical congress.

“Minimally invasive procedures,especially image-guided interventions,are changing medicine,” says Dr. Gal-lagher. “What we’re seeing in carotidstenting is the convergence of interven-tional radiology, interventional cardiol-ogy, and vascular and neurovascularsurgery. The FDA says that in order toperform procedures such as carotidstenting, you have to demonstrate acertain level of proficiency. The way toincrease your proficiency is through

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Steven L. Dawson, M.D. (left), helps a student learn how to place a chest tube intoa simulated patient. The monitor shows a representation of the internal positionof the tube on an augmented display.

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medical simulation. This is a huge para-digm shift in medicine.”

Focus session moderator Steven L.Dawson, M.D., an associate professorof radiology at Harvard, says medicaleducation must be modernized. “Medi-cine is using the same teaching modelthat Egyptians used 4,000 years ago. IfI’m a doctor in a teaching hospital anda sick person comes in, I learn whiletreating that person. If I need to learnhow to treat a particular disease and noone with that disease shows up, I’m outof luck.”

He adds that the system may haveworked fine for many years, but timeshave changed. “We are in a crucial timein medical education where revolutionsin computing, mathematics, engineeringand education surround us,” Dr. Daw-son says. “Our challenge is to grab thebest of these revolutions and create anew way of medical learning. Prototyp-ing new procedures in silico gives awhole new meaning to the phrase, ‘thepractice of medicine.’”

Dr. Gordon will also participate inthe focus session. His educationalmodel of “full-body, immersive simula-tion” strives to replicate a full clinicalencounter between a physician and apatient. He and his colleagues workwith a robot-mannequin named “Stan,”short for standard patient.

“The purpose of full-body patientsimulation in my own work is to recre-ate a provider’s emotional reaction tothe care process,” explains Dr. Gordon,who is an inaugural member of theBoard of Overseers of the new Societyfor Medical Simulation. “In doing so,students using the simulator can inte-grate and remember material in a pow-

erfully instructive way. Imagine a grouptaking care of Stan, who is having aheart attack and complains, ‘Doctor, mychest hurts.’ In the midst of theencounter, you could show the studentsa coronary angiogram to demonstratethe blocked artery. Byjuxtaposing ‘real-time’diagnostic imagesalongside simulatedclinical encounters, Ithink students can moreeasily integrate relevantanatomy and radiologywith overall patientcare.”

The RSNA 2004focus session will famil-iarize attendees with thestate of the art of simu-lation and raise aware-ness of the concept’s full potential.

“As a trustee for the AmericanBoard of Radiology (ABR), I envisionthe possibility of assessing a physician’sability to do a procedure,” says Dr.Becker. “When a radiologist comes infor an oral exam, instead of showing animage and discussing how the patientwould be managed, we could have theradiologist actually care for the patient.”

Dr. Becker says medical simulationtraining also can help to counter theeffects of the 80-hour workweek limitsfor residents. “There’s a substantial andmeasurable decrease in the experiencethat residents are now getting,” says Dr.Becker, who cites information fromBoston Children’s Hospital that there’sbeen a 33 percent decline in the numberof procedures performed by otolaryn-gology residents since the new workrules took effect. “Medical simulatorscould play a role to help this situation.”

Dr. Becker proposes that radiologycreate a strategic approach to medicalsimulation with help from educators,RSNA staff and volunteers, academics,the simulation industry and ABR repre-sentatives. “Without a high level of

commitment and an over-arching approach, radiol-ogy is in danger of beingleft in the dust of othermedical specialties,” saysDr. Becker. “Emergencymedicine, anesthesia andsurgery embraced thetopic a long time ago.Interventional cardiologyis now on board as well.Although they are aheadof us, there is so muchstill to be done that wecan certainly catch up if

we seize the opportunity. But we willneed a significant investment of time,energy and resources, as well as athoughtful strategic approach that makessense for the entire discipline.”

RSNA’s belief that medical simula-tor technology will play an increasinglyimportant role in radiology educationhas resulted in a collaborative work-group involving RSNA and the Societyof Interventional Radiology.

A hands-on exhibit on medical sim-ulation will be featured at RSNA 2004in the infoRAD area. For more infor-mation about the exhibit or about thehot topic focus session, “Is MedicalSimulation a Part of Your Future? Edu-cation in the Era of Patient Safety,” goto rsna2004.rsna.org and click onMeeting Program in the left-hand col-umn. Also see page 45 for a mini-tuto-rial on how to use the online RSNAMeeting Program. ■■

In order to perform pro-

cedures such as carotid

stenting, you have to

demonstrate a certain

level of proficiency. The

way to increase your

proficiency is through

medical simulation.

Anthony G. Gallagher, Ph.D.

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• Medical student education• Aptitude testing for specialty

training• Specialty-specific clinical scenar-

ios in residency training (e.g.,response to life-threatening con-trast reactions in radiology)

• Procedure training—impartingessential skills, impacting thelearning curve, reducing errors

• Addition of advanced skills tobasic ones already acquired(e.g., learning new procedures,such as carotid stenting, on a

background of basic skills inangiography, angioplasty,stenting, etc.)

• Re-credentialing in hospitals• Assessment (e.g., board exam-

inations)

• Maintenance of skills (practicehours logged in, as on a flight)

• Practice improvement/qualityassurance

Dr. Becker says medical simulators can be beneficial in:

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Health and Human Services (HHS)Secretary Tommy Thompson dideverything but wear a train con-

ductor’s hat and toot a whistle when heunveiled the first outline of a 10-yearplan to transform the delivery ofhealthcare by building a new healthinformation infrastructure.

At a secretarial summit on healthinformation technology on July 21 inWashington, D.C., Thompson excitedlyannounced, “The train is leaving thestation!”

Thompson’s exhilaration seemed tostem from the fact that people arefinally listening to him. He noted thathe has been talking about digitalhealthcare records for the past threeyears—and few have seemed to listen.But on that morning, more than 1,400people attended the summit.

“America needs to move muchfaster to adopt information technologyin the healthcare system,” he said.“Electronic health information will pro-vide a quantum leap in patient power,doctor power and effective healthcare.”

With Thompson at the podium wasRobert Goldszer, M.D., M.B.A., associ-ate chief medical officer and director ofprimary care in the Department ofMedicine at Brigham and Women’sHospital (BWH) in Boston. Dr. Gold-szer had actually hopped aboard thetrain a decade ago. He says the 10 pri-mary care sites in his network havealready established electronic medicalrecords for every patient.

Dr. Goldszer says that in his net-work, physicians can order an imagingstudy through the radiology site on thehome portal page. The physician’s andpatient’s contact information and otherdata are automatically entered as partof the request, he says, adding that

improved accuracy saves money, asdoes the radiology department’s print-ing of imaging studies on CD asopposed to film. The availability ofdigitized imaging studies online, withthe exception of mammography, alsoallows primary care physicians to viewthose studies whenever and whereverthey want.

BWH is apparently the exception.The overwhelming majority of hospi-tals and physician practices have beenslow to accept computerization. Hospi-tal use of electronic health records(EHRs) in 2002 was reported at 13 per-cent, according to an HHS fact sheet.Adoption by physicians’ practices var-ied from 14 percent to a possible highof 28 percent, depending on the size ofthe practice.

Just as adoption of EHRs has beenslow, so will efforts to translate thestrategic vision presented at the sum-mit. David J. Brailer, M.D., Ph.D., thenew national coordinator for HealthInformation Technology (HIT) candidly

admitted as much. Dr. Brailer prepared the report,

“The Decade of Health InformationTechnology: Delivering Consumer-cen-tric and Information-Rich HealthCare,” that was released at the summit.The report says federal leadership canhelp hasten efforts to be carried out bythe private sector. The report identifiesfour major goals with strategic actionareas for each:• Goal 1 - Inform Clinical Practice: Bringing

information tools to the point of care,especially by investing in EHR sys-tems in physician offices and hospitals.

• Goal 2 - Interconnect Clinicians: Building aninteroperable health information infra-structure, so that records follow thepatient and clinicians have access tocritical healthcare information whentreatment decisions are being made.

• Goal 3 - Personalize Care: Using healthinformation technology to give con-sumers more access and involvementin health decisions.

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Tommy ThompsonHealth and Human Services Secretary

David J. Brailer, M.D., Ph.D.National Coordinator for HealthInformation Technology

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• Goal 4 - Improve Population Health:Expanding capacity for public healthmonitoring, quality of care measure-ment, and bringing research advancesmore quickly into medical practice.

The framework lists a number ofactions HHS will begin over the nextyear to accelerate medicine’s embraceof electronic records, but Dr. Braileremphasized: “This is a framework. It isnot a full-blown strategic plan. It isintended to stimulate dialogue.”

Cost of the InitiativeWhile cost didn’t come up during thesummit, cost implications were dis-cussed after the summit. “Dr. Brailer’splan relies on strategies that the Ameri-can College of Physicians (ACP) haspreviously identified as crucial for suc-cess, such as providing incentives forthe adoption of HIT and promulgatinginteroperable standards,” says JohnTooker, M.D., M.B.A., chief executiveofficer of ACP. “Approximately half ofthe practicing physicians in the UnitedStates work in practices with six orfewer physicians. The average cost foran EHR system is $30,000 per physi-

cian. This initial cost, combined withthe expense for transferring patientrecords and maintaining the system,often puts these systems out of thereach of small physician practices.”

Thompson has saidhe would appoint anHIT Leadership Panel,composed mostly ofindustry executives,who will report to himby the end of this fallon specific options forreaching general objec-tives of the strategicframework.

Thompson also says HHS isexploring ways to work with the pri-vate sector to develop product stan-dards for EHR functionality, interoper-ability and security.

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise InitiativeSix years ago, RSNA and the Health-care Information and ManagementSystems Society (HIMSS) launchedthe Integrating the Healthcare Enter-prise (IHE) initiative. Under IHE,RSNA and HIMSS are helping tech-

nology professionals and healthcareindustry leaders improve the way com-puter systems in healthcare share criti-cal information. This involves estab-lishing a common language so that

images and patient datacan be easily and effi-ciently communicatedacross the healthcareenterprise.

“IHE was a corner-stone of several propos-als that came out of thebreakout sessions at thesummit,” says David S.

Channin, M.D., a member of theRSNA Electronic CommunicationsCommittee. “RSNA can be very proudthat the IHE initiative is at the leadingedge in the development of EHR.”

HIMSS President H. StephenLieber, C.A.E., was also at the summit.“HIMSS will work closely with Dr.Brailer and his office to enhance theirunderstanding of IHE and to demon-strate how IHE meets their present andfuture interoperability goals,” he says,adding that RSNA and HIMSS willalso seek federal endorsement and

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RSNA can be very proud

that the IHE initiative is

at the leading edge in the

development of the

electronic health record.

David S. Channin, M.D.

Showcase Exhibit at RSNA 2004The infoRAD showcase exhibitat RSNA 2004 will highlightIHE stories from users whohave successfully implementedvarious aspects of IHE. Therewill also be a hands-on exhibitshowing an advanced filmlessenvironment based on IHEcapabilities.

For more information oninfoRAD at RSNA 2004, seepage 26.

The RSNA 2003 Showcase Exhibit was titled “Pathway to Progress.”

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Anew survey by the AmericanMedical Group Association(AMGA) shows diagnostic radi-

ologists in group practices remainamong the highest-paid specialists inthe United States. Not only did diag-nostic radiologists enjoy strong com-pensation increases in 2003, but also,over the past four years, they have seenlarger percentage and dollar increasesthan any of the other 27 medical spe-cialties studied.

In 2003 the median compensationfor a diagnostic interventional radiolo-gist was $410,250—the second highestin the survey. Cardiac/thoracic sur-geons took the top spot at $416,896. In2002, median income for a diagnosticinterventional radiologist was at$401,000, slightly higher than the$400,500 reported for cardiac/thoracicsurgeons.

Diagnostic non-interventional radi-ologists maintained fifth-ranked statusin median compensation in 2003 at$345,619, behind catheter lab cardiolo-gists ($368,938) and orthopedic sur-geons ($354,495).

Four-Year EvaluationEvaluation of radiology salaries overthe past four years demonstrates con-tinuing demand in the specialty. Since2000, diagnostic interventional radiolo-gists have seen a 34 percent increase inmedian salary; diagnostic non-inter-ventional radiologists saw an increaseof nearly 32 percent. That translates toa $104,250 jump in median compensa-tion for interventional radiologists andan $83,040 increase for non-interven-tional radiologists since 2000.

“The single biggest driver ofsalaries is the availability of specialiststhat medical groups are looking for.

There is still a shortage of availableradiologists and this is driving up theirmarket value,” says Donald W. Fisher,Ph.D., AMGA president and CEO.

The AMGA salary survey, releasedin July 2004, came from204 multispecialtygroups. But Dr. Fishersays the data are relevantfor single specialtygroups, who are, in mostcases, paid more.

“We think it’s appro-priate and valuable to dothis kind of benchmarking. It’s impor-tant for physicians to take a look attheir compensation strategy and to seewhat changes need to be made to beattractive to members of their profes-sion,” he says. “We also do productiv-ity measures. It allows our members tosee if they are working as hard as theirpeer group. We like to see how we’redoing.”

ProductivityDiagnostic radiologists also showedstrong results in gross charges—ameasure of a physician’s productivity.Non-interventional diagnostic radiolo-gists saw a 32 percent increase in

median gross charges from 2000 to2003, while interventional radiologistssaw an increase of nearly 11 percent.The top three specialties finishing thefour-year survey period with the high-

est percentage changesin gross charges arepathology (43 percent),urology (42 percent)and gastroenterology(38 percent).

AMGA says grosscharges are importantto measure, not just for

productivity data, but also because thenumbers are used in determiningphysician compensation.

Work RVUsA third category reviewed by AMGA iswork RVUs, or technical relative valueunits. The numbers are established byMedicare and are used in its fee for-mula, along with practice and malprac-tice expenses. The work RVU indicatesthe professional value of services pro-vided by a physician.

“RVUs take into account calcula-tions involving patients and proceduresperformed, along with the skill of the

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2003 Median Physician Compensation

Cardiac/thoracic surgeon $416,896

Diagnostic radiologist (interventional) $410,250

Catheter lab cardiologist $368,938

Orthopedic surgeon $354,495

Diagnostic radiologist (non-interventional) $345,619

Source: AMGA

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physician and the risk of the proce-dure,” says Brad Vaudrey, a managerwith RSM McGladrey, Inc., the firmAMGA hires to conduct the yearly sur-vey. “The Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services (CMS) provides thevalue for each procedure, and we’vefound that 40 percent of physicians ingroup practices use RVUs as a measurefor compensation decisions.”

In analyzing the RVU data,McGladrey found interventional radiol-ogists at the top of the list with amedian 8,726 work RVUs in 2003—down slightly from 2002. In secondplace were the cardiac/thoracic sur-geons with 8,107 work RVUs, followedby gastroenterologists (7,219), ophthal-mologists (7,200) and non-interven-tional radiologists with 7,183 workRVUs—an increase from 2002.

Catheter lab cardiologists saw thelargest single-year decline in medianwork RVU productivity at 12.39 per-cent.

Baby Boomer Impact?While demand for radiologists contin-ues to be strong, the changes in com-pensation figures demonstrate a slightshift in the recruiting landscapereflected in this year’s data from theMerritt, Hawkins and AssociatesReview of Physician Recruiting Incen-tives. In 2003, radiologists were themost highly recruited of the medicalspecialties. The 2004 study of incomeoffered to the top 15 recruited special-ties showed the strong demand fororthopedic surgeons just edged radiolo-gists into second place. Average incomeoffers to recruited radiologists rosefrom $317,000 in 2003 to $336,000 thisyear, reflecting a strong and steadydemand in the profession. The averageincome of newly recruited orthopedicsurgeons is slightly lower than radiolo-gists at $330,000, but the number ofsearches conducted in the specialty hasgrown from 140 in 2001, to 210 in2004. The number of searches MerrittHawkins conducted for radiologists fellfrom 230 last year to 202 this year.

“We attribute this to the natural

cycle of physician recruitment in whichefforts tend to focus on certain areas ofhigh demand which, over a period ofseveral years, are eventually addressedby many providers,” analysts for Mer-ritt Hawkins reported in their annualsurvey. The company also attributesstrong demand for radiologists andorthopedic surgeons to an aging popu-lation that wants to remain active.

“Older patients utilize x-rays andother imaging modalities at a rate threetimes higher than younger people,” saidthe Merritt report. “Demand (for ortho-pedic surgeons) is being driven by the‘active elderly’ and aging babyboomers who are seeking to maintainvibrant lifestyles and often requireorthopedic surgery to do so.”

This information should make radi-ologists feel positive about their futureearning power. “Based on these num-bers and our experience, radiology isstill going to be a high-demand spe-cialty and practitioners should expectabove-inflationary compensationincreases,” says Vaudrey. ■■

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support of the IHE initiative.“With many organizations now

vying for the available federal dollarsfor this new plan, RSNAand HIMSS will continueto work with Dr. Brailerto move his agenda for-ward,” Lieber says. “Thekey will be for the gov-ernment to provide ade-quate support to drive industry towardaccomplishment of Dr. Brailer’sagenda.”

Dr. Channin adds, “The very suc-cessful IHE process is being recognized

as one way to organize the monstroustask of developing an electronic healthrecord. IHE has solved some very com-plex technical problems as to how to

get heterogeneous informa-tion systems to interoperateto get the job done.Although IHE has its rootsin radiology, it is nowaddressing needs in intra-and inter-institutional situa-

tions. RSNA and HIMSS, as co-devel-opers of IHE, must now lead the wayin developing standardized content forthe radiology components of the EHR.”

Since IHE was established in 1998,

it has expanded from radiology and ITinfrastructure to cardiology and clinicallaboratory and pathology. The Ameri-can College of Cardiology recentlyagreed to sponsor the IHE work in car-diology. IHE has also grown interna-tionally with activities under way inAsia, Europe and North America. ■■

Notes: To view the HIT Report At-A-Glancefrom HHS, go to www.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20040721.html. To view the newsrelease from HHS on the summit, go towww.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20040721a.html.

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Using magnetic reso-nance technology 10million times more

sensitive than medical MRimaging devices, scientistscan detect the faint magneticsignal from a single electronburied inside a solid sample.This discovery is an impor-tant step in the quest toachieve three-dimensionalimaging of the atomic struc-ture of molecules.

The technique, devel-oped at IBM’s AlmadenResearch Center in SanJose, Calif., is called MRforce microscopy (MRFM).It shares some characteris-tics with MR imaging, butuses a very different type ofsensor.

“MR imaging is a verypowerful technique becauseit can look below surfacesand view three-dimensionalstructures,” says DanielRugar, Ph.D., manager of nanoscalestudies at IBM. “The one disadvantagewith MR imaging is that it takesaround a million trillion protons inorder to generate a detectable signal.Thus each pixel, or voxel, in an MRimage requires this very large numberof hydrogen atoms. Because so manyhydrogen atoms are required, spatialresolution is limited.”

Even the most specialized MRmicroscopes require at least a trillionprotons, he says, which limits the spa-tial resolution to about one micrometer.

Dr. Rugar’s team is trying to over-

come this sensitivity limitation. Theyeventually hope to be able to detect anindividual proton, which would openup the possibility that an MR imaging-like technique could someday be ableto display 3D images of the atomicstructure of molecules.

The detection of the magnetic sig-nal from an individual electron spin isan important intermediate milestone.“Spin” is a term physicists often use torefer to the fundamental magnetism ofindividual atomic particles, such asprotons or electrons. An electron spinis easier to detect than a proton spin

because the magnetism of an electronis about 650 times larger than the mag-netism of a proton.

The key to this detection is thedevelopment of a much more sensitivemethod to detect the weak magneticsignal. “Instead of using a coil todetect a voltage induced by the motionof the spin, we use detection based onmagnetic force,” says Dr. Rugar.

“Our apparatus uses a tiny,nanoscopic bar magnet—the magnetictip—mounted on a microscopic can-tilever. The cantilever is like a tiny

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silicon diving board and is responsiveto the very small magnetic force that isexerted by the electron on the magnetictip,” he explains. “To see the signal,we vibrate the tip and use a high fre-quency magnetic field, much like MRimaging, to manipulate the magneticorientation of the electron.”

As the electron flips back and forthin orientation, the magnetic force onthe cantilever flipsbetween attraction andrepulsion. The net resultis that the vibration fre-quency of the cantileverchanges slightly, aboutone part per million.

“To get to the dreamof 3D molecular imag-ing, we need to improvethe sensitivity of the technique so thatwe can see individual protons,” saysDr. Rugar. “To image the positions ofhydrogen atoms within a biomoleculewill require at least 650 times improve-ment in sensitivity.”

He says his team is also trying tofurther improve spatial resolution.“While our current 25 nm spatial reso-lution is 40 times better than the bestMR image, it is still a factor of 250from being able to resolve individualatoms in a molecule.”

Medical ImplicationsThomas R. McCauley, M.D., a privatepractitioner who is also an assistant

clinical professorof diagnostic radi-ology at the YaleSchool of Medi-cine, suggests theIBM breakthroughmay be a poten-tially importantadvance as aresearch technique

for analysis of the microscopic struc-ture of samples. “Possible changes inthe technique allowing application tohuman imaging are always possible,”he says, reflecting upon the fact thatMR analysis of samples occurred

decades before MR imaging ofhumans.

William G. Bradley Jr., M.D.,Ph.D., professor and chairman of theDepartment of Radiology at the Uni-versity of California-San Diego Med-ical Center, sees potential for the newtechnique. “Right now, I think it’sgoing to have applications in basicchemistry—showing the structure ofproteins,” he says. “This may revealcertain molecular structures in a waythat’s never been possible before andthat could conceivably help us indesign of new molecular therapies.”

More information on MRFM isavailable at www.research.ibm.com/resources/news/20040714_nanoscale.shtml. The new development is alsodetailed in the July 15 issue of thejournal Nature (Vol. 430 No. 6997 p. 300). ■■

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MRFM uses an ultrathin silicon cantilever(yellow) with a nanometer-size magnetic

tip (blue) to detect the magnetic signal from anindividual electron buried below the surface ofthe sample. Because the electron has a quantummechanical property called “spin,” it acts like atiny bar magnet and can either attract or repel themagnetic tip. The interaction between the spinand the tip is localized to the bowl-shaped regionin the sample called the “resonant slice,” whichmoves as the cantilever vibrates. With the aid of ahigh-frequency magnetic field generated by a coil(right, background), the orientation of the elec-tron (green arrow) flips as the resonant slicepasses through. The magnetic force between theelectron and magnetic tip alternates betweenattraction and repulsion every time the electronflips its orientation, causing the cantilever fre-quency to change slightly. A laser beam (left) isused to measure precisely the variations in can-tilever vibration frequency.

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RSNA 2004 Scientific Program

The RSNA 2004 scientific program pro-vides cutting-edge research in everyaspect of the art and science of medicalimaging and reflects research trends thatwill affect the future of radiology.

George S. Bisset III, M.D., RSNA Scien-tific Program Committee chairman andvice-chair of the Department of Radiologyat Duke University Medical Center inDurham, N.C., says the abstracts submit-ted for presentation this year show severalimportant trends:

• The use of functional MR imaging(fMRI) to evaluate areas of the bodyother than the brain, including the heartand abdomen.

• Expanded use of ablation techniquesoutside the liver, furthermoving radiology beyonda diagnostic tool to atreatment modality. “Inthe past, ablation wasused to treat primary livertumors and liver metas-tases, and now we see itused for tumors in thegenitourinary tract and forpatients with breast, lungand bone tumors,” saysDr. Bisset. “It used to bemostly radiofrequency(RF) ablation, but nowother ablation techniques are also beingemployed, including cryoablation andlaser thermal ablation.”

• Greater use of hybrid imaging withpositron emission tomography (PET)combined with CT or MR to provideboth functional and anatomic informa-tion for the diagnosis and evaluation oftumors.

• New research on angiogenesis imagingto evaluate tumor activity and identifyearly tumor growth.

The members of the RSNA Scientific Pro-gram Committee and its 16 subcommitteesreviewed more than 6,400 scientificabstracts submitted for presentation atRSNA 2004. Over the summer, committeemembers accepted for presentation about1,600 scientific papers and 500 scientificposters.

Subspecialty AbstractsNew this year is a subcommittee of theScientific Program Committee devoted toemergency radiology. “A lot of papersdealt with the use of multislice CT to

replace radiography inapplications where radi-ography has tradition-ally been used, such asto evaluate multipletrauma in the spine,lumbar and thoracicregion, chest andpelvis,” says Stuart E.Mirvis, M.D., subcom-mittee chairman.

“Multislice is faster andmore sensitive thanradiography, and it canbe reformatted to pro-

vide better image quality,” he adds.“Another trend is greater use of multisliceCT angiography in assessing acute traumain the aorta, cervical vessels, extremitiesand abdomen, thus eliminating the needfor angiography.”

Valerie P. Jackson, M.D., chair of thebreast imaging subcommittee, points to

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In the past, ablationwas used to treatprimary liver tumorsand liver metastases,and now we see it usedfor tumors in thegenitourinary tract andfor patients with breast,lung and bone tumors.— George S. Bisset III, M.D.

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a study of ultrasound-guided cryotherapyfor the treatment of breast cancer. Thestudy found that cryotherapy completelydestroyed tumors smaller than 15 mm indiameter. “Cryotherapy has potential fortreatment of breast lesions without theneed for surgery,” she notes.

Another study she finds noteworthy is onedescribing the use of ultrasound-guidedfine-needle aspiration to preoperativelystage the axilla in women diagnosed withbreast cancer. “Axillary staging for breastcancer patients has become less and lessinvasive over the years,” she says. “Ultra-sound-guided fine-needle aspiration maybe an accurate method for assessing axil-lary lymph nodes and could help deter-mine which patients need axillary nodesurgery.”

In the realm of cardiac imaging, sub-committee chair Melvin E. Clouse, M.D.,

notes an abstract describing MR planime-try to quantify aortic valve stenoses usingsteady-state free precession and gradient-echo fast low angle sequences. “This fastMR imaging technique for measuring theaortic valve area offers a fast, noninvasivetechnique to evaluate the degree of aorticstenosis, and it avoids the more invasivemethod of transesophageal echo,” Dr.Clouse says.

He also highlights an abstract looking atthe use of multidetector CT (MDCT) toassess the morphology of coronary arterylesions in patients who recently hadunstable angina or a myocardial infarc-tion. “MDCT was able to detect non-calci-fied plaque,” he explains. “This is anexciting advance in comparison with inva-sive intracoronary ultrasound. MDCT wasable to measure the length of the plaque,the remodeling index of the coronaryartery and the degree of stenosis at thesite of the obstructing plaque.”

The chair of the subcommittee on chestradiology, John Mayo, M.D., says oneimportant abstract in his area is on theuse of low-dose CT as a screening tool forlung cancer. The study, called the Interna-tional Early Lung Cancer Action Project,conducted at 33 institutions around theworld since 1993, concludes that withannual CT screening, a high percentage ofStage I lung cancers are discovered.

Dr. Mayo also identifies as important anabstract describing the use of percuta-neous RF ablation alone or in conjunctionwith chemotherapy and radiation therapyto treat primary or metastatic lung tumors.The researchers concluded that the tech-nique appears to be safe and technicallyfeasible.

In the subspecialty of gastrointestinalradiology, subcommittee chair Jay P.Heiken, M.D., identifies studies using RFablation to treat liver metastases. “Theselarge-scale studies demonstrate that RF

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ablation of liver metastases in patientswith colon cancer is an effective treat-ment. In patients with small solitarylesions, the results are equivalent to thosereported for surgical resection,” he says.

Dr. Heiken also notes a paper showingthat RF ablation of small hepatocellularcarcinomas may be as effective as surgicalresection in prolonging patient survival.He also highlights a paper demonstratingthe feasibility of performing CT colonogra-phy, or virtual colonoscopy, without bowelpreparation.

The chair of the subcommittee on geni-tourinary radiology, Philip J. Kenney,M.D., identifies as important a large study,funded by the National Institute of Diabetes& Digestive & Kidney Diseases, of the useof MR imaging to assess the progression ofpolycystic kidney disease. “This is the firstreal demonstration of volumetric measure-ments by MR imaging of diseased organs,”says Dr. Kenney. “It demonstrates the accu-racy and ability of MR imaging to tracksmall changes in the cyst size as a measureof disease progression.”

He also finds significant a study showingpercutaneous RF ablation of solid renaltumors to be a promising minimally inva-sive treatment for patients with high-riskmedical conditions. The study’s authorsconcluded that long-term follow-up of thetreated patients is necessary to confirmthe results of this therapy.

Kimberly Applegate, M.D., M.S., chair ofthe subcommittee on health services,policy and research, says a study of thecauses of malpractice suits in radiologyshould be of great interest to radiologists.Researchers examined the records of5,497 radiologists from 42 states andfound that 51 percent of the radiologistshad a history of at least one malpracticesuit and that the vast majority of the suitsinvolved a failure to diagnose.

Dr. Applegate also highlights a study onhow the obesity epidemic in the UnitedStates impacts the ability of radiologydepartments to provide diagnostic imag-ing. The authors of the study concludedthat changes in the American body habi-tus over 14 years have increasinglyaffected the ability of departments to pro-vide quality images and accurate imageinterpretations. “We are getting fatter andthat may limit access to imaging,” Dr.Applegate says.

George Y. El-Khoury, M.D., chair of thesubcommittee on musculoskeletal radi-ology, points out a study using MDCT toperform a virtual autopsy for cases ofunnatural deaths andto compare the resultswith subsequentautopsies. MDCT wasshown to have a highcorrelation withautopsy results andwas able to provideadditional informa-tion, such as the dis-tribution of gases fromsmall pneumotho-races, in free abdomi-nal air and after openskull trauma.

Dr. El-Khoury also notes a study demon-strating the practicality of using 3-Teslaisotropic 3D imaging to evaluate kneeinjuries. “Isotropic proton density 3Dimaging of the knee will likely change theway knee injuries are imaged in thefuture,” he says. “Images are acquired inone plane, but they can be viewed in anyarbitrary plane.”

Robert M. Quencer, M.D., chair of thesubcommittee on neuroradiology/headand neck imaging, finds noteworthy astudy of MR proton spectroscopy to evalu-ate the impact of highly active antiretrovi-ral therapy (HAART) on the character and

intensity of metabolic changes in thebrains of HIV-infected patients. “MRspectroscopy can document the effective-ness of HAART on returning brainmetabolites to more normal levels in HIV-positive patients who are not sympto-matic,” he says.

Another study Dr. Quencer highlights isone showing that fMRI can image varyingresponses to glucose loading in the hypo-thalamus of obese and lean humans.“Given the current obsession with obesityin this country, this paper should havenational recognition,” he says. “To myknowledge, this is the first paper toaddress functional imaging differences

between obese andnon-obese people.”

Jack A. Ziffer, M.D.,chair of the subcom-mittee on nuclearmedicine, says themost striking trend inhis area is the use ofPET/CT hybrid imag-ing. “Superb work isbeing done withPET/CT hybrid imag-ing in terms of diag-nosing and stagingcancers,” he says.

“The number and quality of papers sub-mitted are unbelievable.”

The importance of this trend is that“nuclear medicine is clearly changing,”says Dr. Ziffer. “Nuclear medicine per-formed in isolation, without the benefit ofcorrelative anatomic imaging, is some-thing of the past. PET scans reveal thephysiology of the cells being studied,whether normal or abnormal. CT tellswhether the cells are normal or abnormalin terms of size and sometimes density.Combining PET with CT gives incrediblesensitivity, particularly in detecting and

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localizing cancers, and may cut the imageacquisition time in half.”

In the field of radiation oncology andradiobiology, subcommittee chair ChulSoo Ha, M.D., says that a significant num-ber of abstracts deal with the use of inten-sity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)to treat prostate cancer. “IMRT provides avery localized treatment for prostate can-cer, and data have been accumulating onits effectiveness,” he says.

Dr. Ha also notes a study of the use ofradioimmunotherapy in the treatment oflymphoma. “More and more data are com-ing out on radiolabeled antibodies that areconjugated with radioactive iodine orradioactive yttrium,” he says. “They areinjected into patients and bind to thetumor cells to help kill them.”

Donald P. Frush, M.D., acting chair of thesubcommittee on pediatric radiology,points to a study using diffusion tensorimaging (DTI) to evaluate white matter inthe brains of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD). “We believe thisstudy is the first DTI study toreport localized hemisphericwhite matter bundle abnormali-ties in ADHD,” the studyauthors wrote.

Dr. Frush also notes a studycomparing the results ofPET/CT imaging for pediatric cancerswith those of contrast-enhanced CT. Theauthors concluded, “While longer termfollow-up of these patients is required todetermine the accuracy of the method, ourdata suggest that FDG PET/CT offers themost accurate methodology for assessmentof physiologically active pediatric malig-nancies.”

According to Maryellen Giger, Ph.D., chair

of the physics subcommittee, one note-worthy abstract reports a new integratedbreast-imaging system that allows simulta-neous acquisition of x-ray and ultrasoundimages during a singlebreast compression. “Thisstudy indicates that thenext generation of breastimaging is multimodality,”Dr. Giger says.

In addition, she highlightsa study showing the prom-ise of a computer-aideddiagnostic method usingultrasound images fromscanners made by two dif-ferent manufacturers todetect breast lesions. “This paper indi-cates the potential role of computer-aideddiagnosis in ultrasound imaging in thediagnostic workup for breast cancer,” sheexplains.

As for the subspecialty of radiologyinformatics, subcommittee chair H.Hugh Hawkins, M.D., identifies as impor-

tant an abstract describingcomputer software thatallows CT colonography tobe done without traditionalbowel-cleansing prepara-tion. The software enablesendoscopic views of thecolon after electroniccleansing of the bowel.

Dr. Hawkins also high-lights an abstract showing a role for CTand 3D modeling in analyzing art, specifi-cally the structure of a 5,300-year-oldEgyptian mummy mask to help stabilizeand restore the mask. “This is an exampleof applying radiologic technology to art,”he says.

Myron A. Pozniak, M.D., chair of the sub-committee on ultrasound, notes a num-ber of abstracts on elasticity imaging.

“Ultrasound elasticity imaging allows oneto look at differences in tissue strain todifferentiate an area of tumor from an areaof normal tissue,” he says. “The technol-

ogy is being applied tobreast tissue and thethyroid gland.”

Another area of interestreflected in theabstracts is in dynamiccontrast-enhancedultrasound imaging ofthe liver. “This is by farthe hottest topic inultrasound,” Dr. Poz-niak says. “The studiesare mostly from Europe

and Asia because the United States stilldoes not have FDA approval for this appli-cation of ultrasound contrast. This tech-nology can be used to differentiate benignfrom malignant lesions in the liver.”

Finally, in the area of vascular and inter-ventional radiology, subcommittee chairAnne C. Roberts, M.D., comments on theincrease in the number of abstracts devotedto the use of RF ablation to treat malignan-cies in the liver, kidneys, lungs and bones.“This is a new way of treating patients withcancer who have solitary lesions and maynot need full-blown chemotherapy or do nothave surgical options,” she says. “It lookslike a good way to prolong life with minimalmorbidity.”

A lot of studies in her area also focused onmultidetector CT vascular imaging.“MDCT is being used in particular toevaluate peripheral vascular disease,” shenotes. “It avoids the use of a catheter foran arteriogram to visualize the vascula-ture. There is also a lot of interest in doingthe same kind of imaging with MR, espe-cially in evaluating kidney function.”

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AlexanderGottschalk,M.D., is a pio-neer researcherand author whohas helpedshape modernmedical imag-ing. He workedwith the firstclinically useful prototype Anger scintilla-tion camera and performed the firstdynamic camera studies of the brain andheart using technetium-99m. Dr.Gottschalk also made the first dynamiccamera studies of the kidneys.

“Alex has made great contributions toradiology and nuclear medicine over along career during which he has consis-tently published textbooks in nuclearmedicine recognized for their great peda-gogical value,” said RSNA PresidentBrian C. Lentle, M.D. “He was alert andrecognized the coming impact of magneticresonance imaging in the early days ofthat technology. As one of the principalinvestigators in the prospective investiga-tion of pulmonary embolism diagnosis(PIOPED) study, Alex greatly helped inour understanding of the natural historyand diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.”

“It is awesome to become a Gold Medalistin this society, a group that contains manyof my own role models,” said Dr.Gottschalk, who is currently the chair ofthe nuclear medicine working group ofPIOPED II.

He began his career as a research associ-ate at Donner Laboratory at LawrenceRadiation Lab at the University of Califor-

nia, Berkeley. He then spent a decade atthe University of Chicago, where hehelped form the university’s first sectionof nuclear medicine.

As professor of diagnostic radiology, Dr.Gottschalk made the move to Yale Univer-sity School of Medicine in New Haven,Conn., where he worked with colleaguesfrom cardiology to establish a pioneeringcardiovascular nuclear medicine opera-tion. He was also director of the section ofnuclear medicine, vice-chairman of theDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, anddirector of the diagnostic radiology resi-dency program. Currently, he is professorof diagnostic radiology at Michigan StateUniversity in East Lansing.

For a decade Dr. Gottschalk was editor-in-chief of the Yearbook of Nuclear Medicine.He has served on committees for theNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,as well as national committees for the U.S.Food and Drug Administration, theNational Institute of General MedicineSciences, and the Accreditation Councilfor Graduate Medical Education.

An RSNA member since 1965, Dr.Gottschalk has been an RSNA secondvice-president and chairman of thenuclear medicine subcommittee of theRSNA Scientific Program Committee.

■ For an expanded version of Dr.Gottschalk’s biography, see the RSNAMeeting Program at rsna2004.rsna.org.Click on Meeting Program in the left-hand column.

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Three individuals willreceive a Gold Medal—

RSNA’s highest honor—atthe 90th Scientific Assembly

and Annual Meeting:Alexander Gottschalk, M.D.,

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Seymour H.Levitt, M.D., isa distinguishedradiation oncolo-gist andresearcher wholeads by examplewith unwaveringdedication.

“Seymour has always given great support toRSNA and to the role of radiation oncologyin the Society,” said RSNA President BrianC. Lentle, M.D. “He was quick to recognizeand seize upon the increasing importance ofimaging to define tumor volumes as radiationoncology became ever more precise in defin-ing cancers and the dose and dose fractiona-tion used to treat them.”

“This organization has been one of the mostimportant aspects of my professional career,”said Dr. Levitt, who has been an RSNAmember since 1965. “The opportunity toserve the Society as an officer and memberof the Board increased my involvement andmade me aware of RSNA’s outstanding char-acter, commitment, and dedication to the sci-ence and practice of radiology, and to thepatients it serves. I will truly treasure thisaward because of the outstanding nature ofthis society and the award’s significance.”

A Phi Beta Kappa, Dr. Levitt graduated cumlaude from the University of Colorado, wherehe was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha andearned his bachelor’s and medical degrees.He completed his internship at PhiladelphiaGeneral Hospital and his residencies ininternal medicine and radiology at the Uni-versity of California, San Francisco. He alsowas an American Cancer Society ClinicalFellow.

Dr. Levitt’s long and distinguished careerincludes positions at the University of Michi-gan in Ann Arbor, the University ofRochester Medical Center in New York, the

University of Oklahoma Medical Center, andthe Medical College of Virginia in Rich-mond. Since 1970, Dr. Levitt has been inMinneapolis, where he has served as headand clinical chief of the Department of Ther-apeutic Radiology-Radiation Oncology at theUniversity of Minnesota and as chief of thetherapeutic radiology service at the Univer-sity of Minnesota Hospitals. Currently, he isa professor of therapeutic radiology-radiationoncology at the University of Minnesota andis a foreign adjunct professor at KarolinskaInstitutet in Stockholm, Sweden.

Dr. Levitt has been very active in RSNA,serving on the RSNA Board of Directors andas 1999 RSNA president.

■ For an expanded version of Dr. Levitt’sbiography, see the RSNA Meeting Programat rsna2004.rsna.org. Click on MeetingProgram in the left-hand column.

John G.McAfee, M.D.,is an activeresearcher andscholar innuclear medicinewhose ground-breaking workhas led to signifi-cant medicaladvances, especially in blood cell labeling.

“John’s commitment to research and teach-ing has been monumental,” said RSNA Pres-ident Brian C. Lentle, M.D. “Working at theState University of New York with Dr. Subra-manian, John developed the first tech-netium-99m-labeled phosphate bone scan-ning agents and, while on sabbatical inGreat Britain, he found other radioactiveagents with Dr. Matthew Thakur, which irre-versibly labeled blood cells for imaging theirorgan distribution. These have becomeamong the most widely used procedures notonly in nuclear medicine, but also in radiol-ogy as a whole.”

“I am greatly honored to receive such a pres-tigious award from RSNA, an organizationthat I have always respected,” said Dr.McAfee. “I remember attending my firstRSNA meeting when I was a resident. Theprofessionalism of the meeting and of theSociety made a most favorable impression onme. I also remember the thrill of presentingmy first paper at RSNA. It is a privilege tobe recognized by such a prominent group.”

Born and raised in Canada, Dr. McAfeereceived his medical degree from the Uni-versity of Toronto and completed internshipsat Victoria Hospital and Westminster Hospi-tal, both in London, Ontario. He completedradiology residencies at Victoria Hospitaland The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti-more, where he also completed a fellowship.

Dr. McAfee remained at Johns Hopkins formore than a decade as a staff radiologist,becoming chief of diagnosis and later, incharge of nuclear medicine. He then spent25 years at the State University of New YorkHealth Science Center at Syracuse as chairand director of radiologic sciences. Duringthat time, Dr. McAfee and Henry N. WagnerJr., M.D., imaged the kidneys with radiomer-cury labeled chlormerodrin. This event, in1965, is listed by the Society of NuclearMedicine as an historic moment in nuclearmedicine.

An RSNA member since 1956, Dr. McAfeehas been a professor of radiology at theGeorge Washington University Medical Cen-ter, a consultant to the National Institutes ofHealth (NIH) Clinical Center in nuclearmedicine, and in 1993, became a full-timestaff member in nuclear medicine at the NIHClinical Center in charge of radiopharma-ceutical research.

■ For an expanded version of Dr. McAfee’sbiography, see the RSNA Meeting Programat rsna2004.rsna.org. Click on MeetingProgram in the left-hand column.

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Honorary Membership inRSNA is presented for

significant achievements inthe field of radiology. AtRSNA 2004, Honorary

Membership will be given toHelen Carty, M.B.B.Ch. from

Liverpool, U.K.; Guy Frija,M.D., from Paris, France;

George Klempfner, M.D., fromVictoria, Australia; and BrianS. Worthington, M.D., from

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An active educa-tor and leader inpediatric radiol-ogy in the UnitedKingdom, Helen Carty,M.B.B.Ch., hasbeen at the fore-front of the useof medical imag-ing to detect child abuse.

“Helen has always brought a down-to-earth approach to academic and clinicalradiology that also served her well in com-mittee work. Perhaps that is a lesson shelearned from her little patients,” saidRSNA President Brian C. Lentle, M.D.“Above all Helen lived the life she advo-cated—no one can be a good doctor orgood radiologist without also rememberingto be a good human being. She alwaysmade time to enrich her life through herIrish roots and family.”

“Honorary Membership in RSNA is anaward that, though I am pleased and hon-ored to receive, is something I neverdreamt of,” said Dr. Carty. “For me, it isnot just a personal honor, but it is also atreasured honor for the European Con-gress of Radiology (ECR). Both personallyand as chairman of ECR, I am proud to bethus honored. It enhances the increasinglydeveloping trans-Atlantic bonds in ourdiscipline, and wearing both my hats, Ithank all who have chosen me to receiveit.”

Dr. Carty graduated from University Col-lege in Dublin. She completed her post-graduate work at Mater Hospital in Dublinand St. Thomas’s Hospital in London.

For more than 25 years, Dr. Carty wasdirector of radiology services at Royal Liv-erpool Children’s National Health ServiceTrust, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. Sherecently retired from her position as pro-fessor of pediatric radiology, thesis super-visor, and examiner at the University ofLiverpool in England. She had beenactively involved with the National HealthService and was the ambassador for radi-ology in the Department of Health’s Inter-national Fellowship Recruitment Program.

Dr. Carty is a prolific writer and editor,and has taken part in numerous coursesdesigned to bring modern radiology to theemerging former eastern bloc countries.She has delivered similar sessions in Cen-tral America, China, India, and SouthAfrica. Dr. Carty has organized 10 post-graduate teaching courses and been aninvited visitor to all academic medicalinstitutions in the United Kingdom.

■ For an expanded version of Dr. Carty’sbiography, see the RSNA Meeting Pro-gram at rsna2004.rsna.org. Click onMeeting Program in the left-hand column.

Guy Frija,M.D., is a talentedresearcher, educator andadministratorwho has helpedtransform theFrench health-care system.

Dr. Frija has greatly contributed to thefields of MR contrast imaging, MR lym-phography and functional MR imaging ofsolid tumors and the liver. He has also

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focused attention on managing the digitalimaging department at Hôpital EuropéenGeorges Pompidou and participating inthe ongoing transformations of medicalpractice in France.

“Guy Frija pursued some of his educationin North America and has always been adevoted supporter of RSNA. After movingto France, he rose to leadership positionsin his own department as well as inFrench radiology,” said RSNA PresidentBrian C. Lentle, M.D. “He combinedthese activities with scientific work indeveloping his own subspecialty, whichgained him international recognition.”

Dr. Frija was born in Morocco. He com-pleted his radiology residency in Paris,but left the country to serve for 16 monthsin the military in Abidjan on the IvoryCoast. He also spent time as a resident atthe University of Montreal.

He was the chairman of the Department ofRadiology in Garches, France, beforebecoming the chairman of the Departmentof Radiology at Laënnec Hospital in Paris.Currently, he is director of the Laboratoryof Imaging Research and chairman of theDepartment of Radiology at the HôpitalEuropéen Georges Pompidou in Paris.

In addition to his academic career, Dr.Frija has held a variety of concurrentancillary positions. He is the president ofthe National Commission of MedicalDevices and consultant to the French Min-istry of Health. He served as associatedean of the Necker Faculty and as a con-sultant to the French National Institute forHealth and Medical Research, INSERM,both in Paris.

An RSNA member since 1989, Dr. Frija isthe current secretary general of the FrenchSociety of Radiology. He is also the presi-dent-elect of the International Society forStrategic Studies in Radiology.

Dr. Frija is a prolific author. His textbooksare considered to be the best in theFrench radiologic literature.

■ For an expanded version of Dr. Frija’sbiography, see the RSNA Meeting Pro-gram at rsna2004.rsna.org. Click onMeeting Program in the left-hand column.

GeorgeKlempfner,M.D., is a tire-less educatorand researcherdedicated toraising the stan-dards of radiol-ogy on an inter-national level.

Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Dr.Klempfner has spent his entire career pro-moting radiology education, especially indisadvantaged areas including the SouthPacific. Most recently he has dedicatedhis research efforts to radiation protection.His current research interest is radiationexposure from CT.

“George has always had a great devotionto the need for organized radiology tobecome both strong and international,”said RSNA President Brian C. Lentle,M.D. “He has served as president of theRoyal Australian and New Zealand Col-lege of Radiologists and went on to movethrough the executive ranks of the Interna-tional Society of Radiology (ISR) tobecome its president, completing a two-year term this year.”

Dr. Klempfner has been an RSNA mem-ber since 1983 and considers the award aspecial tribute. “The yearly RSNA scien-tific assembly is the premier internationalradiology meeting. It provides the mostup-to-date information on radiology edu-cation, technology, and research,” said Dr.Klempfner.

In 1968, he received his radiology qualifi-cation in Melbourne, Australia. After fin-ishing a fellowship in nuclear medicine atthe Hospital of the University of Pennsyl-vania, he returned to Australia with dualqualifications in radiology and nuclearmedicine. He rose through the medicalranks from junior medical resident tobecome the director of nuclear medicineat Queen Victoria Hospital in Melbourne.Currently, he is director of nuclear medi-cine and mammography at the St. FrancesXavier Cabrini Hospital in Melbourne.

Dr. Klempfner has lectured and publishedextensively. He has been an enthusiasticteacher and examiner. As secretary gen-eral for ISR, Dr. Klempfner helped estab-lish the South Pacific Liaison Committeeto improve radiologic practice in theregion and assisted in the recent estab-lishment of the Centre of RadiologicalExcellence in Fiji. As ISR president, hedeveloped the World Council of Radiology.This council, which has representationfrom all major continental radiology soci-eties, works toward the worldwide integra-tion of radiology education training andqualifications.

■ For an expanded version of Dr. Klemp-fner’s biography, see the RSNA MeetingProgram at rsna2004.rsna.org. Click onMeeting Program in the left-hand column.

A leader inBritish radiol-ogy, Brian S.Worthington,M.D., hasearned therespect of hispeers for hissignificant con-tributions to MRresearch.

“Brian pioneered many of the clinicalapplications of MR imaging in Nottingham

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University in England,” said RSNA Presi-dent Brian C. Lentle, M.D. “He developedproductive clinical collaborations withbasic scientists. His significance as aninvestigator was recognized when he wasnamed a fellow of the Royal Society(FRS), an honor rarely bestowed except onthe likes of Sir Isaac Newton and AlbertEinstein—and never before on a radiolo-gist. He became professor and head of hisdepartment and served among the leader-ship of British and European radiology aswell as regularly attending RSNA. Dr.Worthington is a renaissance man with apassionate interest in Icelandic literature.”

In addition to his early pioneering workwith MR, Dr. Worthington later con-tributed greatly to defining the role ofultra-high speed echoplanar imaging inclinical practice.

Dr. Worthington qualified for his M.B.B.S.in 1963 in London and completed a radi-ology residency at London Hospital,obtaining a Fellowship of the Royal Col-lege of Radiologists. After completing hiseducation, Dr. Worthington moved to Not-tingham, England, where he wasappointed to a newly created post in neu-roradiology. He served nearly two decadesas professor and head of the Departmentof Academic Radiology at the Queen’sMedical Centre at Nottingham University,where he has been professor emeritussince 1998.

Dr. Worthington is an inexhaustibleresearcher and lecturer, and has been avisiting professor in Ireland, Finland andCanada. He has been an RSNA membersince 1989.

■ For an expanded version of Dr. Wor-thington’s biography, see the RSNA Meet-ing Program at rsna2004.rsna.org. Clickon Meeting Program in the left-hand column.

Plenary Sessions are highlights of the RSNA AnnualMeeting and are open to all registrants.

Saturday

12:00–2:00 p.m.

AAPM/RSNA Physics Tutorial forResidents

• MR Imaging Physics

Organized under the direction of Mahadevappa Mahesh, Ph.D.

1:00–5:00 p.m.

NIH Grantsmanship Workshop

2:15–5:15 p.m.

AAPM/RSNA Tutorial on EquipmentSelection

• Computed Tomography

Organized under the direction of Dianna Cody, Ph.D.

Sunday

8:30–10:15 a.m.

President’s Address

• Radiology: Beyond Borders

Brian C. Lentle, M.D., RSNA President

• Dedication of RSNA Meeting Program toSir Godfrey Hounsfield, D.Sc.

• Special Presentation to William R. Eyler,M.D.

• Announcement of RSNA OutstandingResearcher and RSNA Outstanding Educator Awards

Opening Session

• Globalization of Radiology

Moderator: George S. Bisset III, M.D.Lecturer: James H. Thrall, M.D.

10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Jury Trial

Moderator: Leonard Berlin, M.D.

4:00–4:15 p.m.

Report of the RSNA Research & EducationFoundation

Jerry P. Petasnick, M.D., Chairman, RSNAR&E Foundation Board of Trustees

4:15–5:45 p.m.

Image Interpretation Session

Moderator: Burton P. Drayer, M.D.Panelists: George S. Bisset III, M.D.,Michael N. Brant-Zawadzki, M.D., Elliot K.Fishman, M.D., Nancy M. Major, M.D.,Georgeann McGuinness, M.D.

Monday

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Associated Sciences: Emergent Trends—Global Perspectives

• Fusion Imaging: Changes in the Way We See Things

Moderator: Michael F. Hartshorne, M.D.

1:30–2:45 p.m.

Eugene P. Pendergrass New HorizonsLecture

• Molecular Imaging: From Nanotechnologyto Patients

Michael E. Phelps, Ph.D.

Presentation of Honorary Memberships

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Plenary Sessions

• Helen Carty, M.B.B.Ch., Liverpool, United Kingdom

• Guy Frija, M.D., Paris, France

• George Klempfner, M.D., Toorak, Victoria, Australia

• Brian S. Worthington, M.D., Derbyshire, United Kingdom

(see pages 19-21 for honoree biographies)

1:30–2:45 p.m.

RSNA/AAPM Basic Physics Lecture for theRadiologic Technologist

• Practical Aspects of Digital RadiographicImaging

Speakers: S. Jeff, M.S., Charles E. Willis,Ph.D.

1:30–5:45 p.m.

Physics Symposium

• Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy—State of the Art

Course Co-Directors: Jatinder R. Palta,Ph.D., T. Rockwell Mackie, Ph.D.

4:30–6:00 p.m.

Special Focus Sessions

• An Approach to the Understanding andTreatment of Lower Extremity Venous Disease

• Financial Challenges for Radiologists: New Approaches to Reimbursement andMeasuring Value in Our Practice

• Securing Our Future by Appropriate Risk Management

• Pediatric Neuroradiology: Functional Neuroimaging of the Brain

• New Agents for Positron Emission Tomography

• A Paradigm Shift: ABR 10-Year Time Limited Certifications and the ABR Maintenance of Certification Program

• Pros and Cons of Expert Witness Review

• Image-Guided Cancer Therapy: The Present and Future Opportunity

• Image Perception: Should We Believe Our Eyes?

• ASTRO Invited Papers

Tuesday

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Associated Sciences: Emergent Trends—Global Perspectives

• Image Guided Therapeutics

Moderator: John Kovelski, R.T.(R)(MR)

1:30–2:45 p.m.

Annual Oration in Diagnostic Radiology

• The Future of Bone Imaging in Osteoporosis

Harry K. Genant, M.D.

Presentation of Gold Medals

• Alexander Gottschalk, M.D., East Lansing,Mich.

• Seymour H. Levitt, M.D., Minneapolis

• John G. McAfee, M.D., Chevy Chase, Md.

(see pages 17-18 for honoree biograhies)

Wednesday

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Associated Sciences: Emergent Trends—Global Perspectives

• Strategic Considerations in Global Teleradiology

Moderator: Kathryn J. Canny

1:30–2:45 p.m.

Annual Oration in Radiation Oncology

• Redefining Therapeutic Targets in theTreatment of Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Brian O’Sullivan, M.D.

• Dedication of lecture to Hywel Madoc-Jones, M.D., Ph.D.

4:30–6:00 p.m.

Oncodiagnosis Panel and Special FocusSessions

• 3D Imaging: Where are We Headed?

• Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Do We Wantto Keep It or Do We Want to Give it Away?

• MR Imaging Safety and Implants: Update 2004

• Healthcare Policy: Its Effect on the Practice of Radiology in 2004

• Cardiac Imaging in the 21st Century: Is Radiology Ready for Primetime?

• Breast MR Imaging: New Applications

• SNM Invited Papers

• Oncodiagnosis Panel: Lymphoma

• Physicians and the Ethics of Advertising

• Ischemia: From Head to Toe

• Is Medical Simulation a Part of YourFuture? Education in the Era of PatientSafety

Thursday

1:30–1:40 p.m.

Inauguration of the 2005 RSNA Board of Directors

1:40–1:50 p.m.

Introduction of 2005 AAPM Officers and Council Chairs

1:50–2:45 p.m.

RSNA/AAPM Symposium

• Routine Clinical Proton Spectroscopy: Are We There Yet?

Moderator: David R. Pickens III, Ph.D.

3:00–4:00 p.m.

Special Focus Sessions

• Role of Imaging in Development of Therapeutic Drugs

• The Radiologist’s Workload: How Efficientare We?

• Results of the NIH/NHLBI PIOPED IIStudy: Is Spiral CT the Best and Only Testfor Suspected Pulmonary Embolism?

• Integration of Imaging and Biomarkersinto Clinical Practice

• SIR Invited Papers

• ASNR Invited Papers

Friday

12:45–3:15 p.m.

Friday Imaging Symposium

• PET/CT: A Practical Approach

Moderator: Steven M. Larson, M.D.Panelists: Homer A. Macapinlac, M.D.,Dominque Delbeke, M.D., Richard L. Wahl,M.D., Steven M. Larson, M.D.

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Refresher CoursesRefresher Courses

RSNA 2004 offers 284 refresher courses coveringtraditional and cutting-edge topics in each subspecialty.

Refresher Courses Most PopularComponent of Annual Meeting

A 2003 survey of RSNA members showsrefresher courses are overwhelmingly themost important component of the RSNA Sci-entific Assembly and Annual Meeting.

When asked to rank a series of activitiesoffered at the meeting, 95.9 percent listedrefresher courses as “very important” or“important,” followed by the Essentials ofRadiology refresher course series (90.5 per-cent), plenary sessions (85.7 percent), cate-gorical courses—a series of eight refreshercourses on the state of the art in a particularsubspecialty—(82.2 percent), and scientificpaper sessions (68.4 percent).

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RSNA Annual Meeting ComponentsRanked as Very Important or Important

Refresher Courses 95.9%

Essentials of Radiology 90.5%

Plenary Sessions 85.7%

Categorical Courses 82.2%

Scientific Oral Sessions 68.4%

Interaction with Colleagues 59.7%

infoRAD Tutorials 59.6%

Focus Sessions 47.7%

Computer and Video Exhibits 39.8%

infoRAD Exhibits 39.8%

Source: 2003 RSNA Membership Needs AssessmentSurvey

Robert A. Novelline, M.D.Chairman, RSNA RefresherCourse Committee

Advanced registration is recommended for all refresher courses.If a particular course is full, attendees may check for the avail-ability of stand-by seating at the classroom location prior to thebeginning of the course. For more detailed information or to reg-ister for courses, go to rsna2004.rsna.org and click on Registra-tion, Housing, Courses in the left-hand column.

AMA PRA category 1 CME credits and Category A CE credits are available.

Case-based Review CoursesThree separate daylong case-based reviewcourses are offered again this year. Theseinteractive courses are designed for self-assessment and expansion of knowledge inneuroradiology, interventional radiologyand pediatric radiology.

NEW!RFIDThose registered for case-based reviewcourses will be asked to participate in apilot implementing radiofrequency identi-fication (RFID). Volunteers will be issueda special badge containing an RFID chip.Sensors in the meeting room doorway willrecord attendee entry and exit. RFIDresults will allow RSNA to compare theeffectiveness and accuracy of its currentvoucher system and critique forms usedfor recording CME credits.

RFID could have a wider application inthe future. Attendees may eventually havethe ability to instantaneously monitor theirCME activity, print their CME certificate,

gain access to information of companiesvisited, etc. As a result, RSNA will be ableto further improve the user-friendliness ofthe meeting.

Essentials of RadiologyThis refresher course series is offered in acompact, two-day format for general radi-ologists, residents and subspecialists whowant to review other areas of radiology.Sessions include brain MR, cardiac imag-ing, gynecologic pelvic imaging, pediatricimaging, uroradiology and imaging of thebreast, chest and knee.

Categorical Course in DiagnosticRadiologyEmergency Radiology

Categorical Course in DiagnosticRadiology PhysicsAdvances in Breast Imaging—Physics,Technology, and Clinical Applications

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Scientific SessionsScientific Sessions

Scientific Papers

RSNA 2004 will feature nearly 1,600 scientific papers in 16 subspecialties:

• Breast Imaging

• Cardiac

• Chest

• Emergency Radiology

• Gastrointestinal

• Genitourinary

• Health Services, Policy, and Research

• Musculoskeletal

• Neuroradiology/Head and Neck

• Nuclear Medicine

• Pediatrics

• Physics

• Radiation Oncology and Radiobiology

• Radiology Informatics

• Ultrasound

• Vascular and Interventional

Scientific paper sessions will be held dur-ing nine designated time slots during the

week. Seating is on a space-availablebasis. Those attending a scientific papersession will be able to evaluate the mostcurrent research, identify current andfuture scientific and technologic develop-ments, modify academic and clinical prac-tices, and identify and practice researchmethods.

AMA PRA category 1 CME creditsand Category A CE credits are avail-able.

Invited Papers from Specialty SocietiesScientific papers from four specialty soci-ety meetings will be presented at RSNA2004 in the special focus session format.Invited papers from the American Societyfor Therapeutic Radiology and Oncologywill be presented on Monday. Invitedpapers from the Society of Nuclear Medi-cine will be presented on Wednesday.Invited papers from the Society of Inter-ventional Radiology and the AmericanSociety of Neuroradiology will be pre-sented on Thursday.

Scientific Poster SessionsRSNA 2004 will feature 504 posters cover-ing 16 subspecialties. Posters allow atten-dees to evaluate the most current research,identify current and future scientific andtechnologic developments, modify aca-demic and clinical practices, and identifyand practice research methods.

NEW!Electronic PostersScientific posters in neuroradiology andchest radiology are in electronic format.Dedicated computers are available to viewthese posters. They also will be availablefor group viewing. See page 31 for moreinformation.

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Lakeside Center, Level 3, Hall D

Sunday 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Monday–Thursday 7:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.

Friday 7:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m.

George S. Bisset III, M.D.Chairman, RSNA ScientificProgram Committee

AMA PRA category 1 CME credit is available for some posters on Sunday from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., and Monday–Thursday from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. duringwhich time authors of the posters will be in attendance.

Posters in neuroradiology and chest radiology will be presented in the scientific poster theaters during the same hours.

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More than 1,100 education exhibits cover-ing 16 subspecialties will be on display atRSNA 2004.

As a result of studying education exhibits,attendees will be able to review the diag-nosis of a specific condition using either asingle-modality or multimodalityapproach, identify the state-of-art imagingand methods of treatment of variouspathologic conditions, and assess newresearch on applications of various imag-ing and therapeutic modalities.

NEW!Electronic ExhibitsEducation exhibits in neuroradiology andchest radiology are in electronic format.Dedicated computers are available to viewthese exhibits. They will also be availablefor group viewing. See page 31 for moreinformation.

Cases of the DayThirteen new Cases of the Day will be fea-tured daily in the Education Exhibits area.Attendees can submit a diagnosis elec-tronically via the computer terminals atMcCormick Place. 0.5 category 1 CMEcredit is available for each correct diagno-sis. Revealed cases remain on display forthe duration of the week for continuedself-study.

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Late Night Shuttle Bus

For the convenience of those who wish tostudy the posters in the evening, shuttle busservice between hotels in the RSNA hotelblock and the Lakeside Center shuttle gates isscheduled Monday–Thursday from 7:00 p.m.until 10:00 p.m. Limited food service is alsoavailable from area vending machines duringthe evening, Monday–Thursday.

Education Exhibit Hours

Lakeside Center, Level 3, Hall D

Sunday 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Monday–Thursday 7:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.

Friday 7:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m.

Kerry M. Link, M.D.Chairman, RSNA EducationExhibits Committee

More detailed information on RSNA 2004 is available at rsna2004.rsna.org.

AMA PRA category 1 CME credit is avail-able for some exhibits Monday–Thursdayfrom 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m., at whichtime an author of the exhibit will be inattendance. Some electronic exhibits inneuroradiology and chest radiologywill be presented in the educationexhibit theater at that same time.

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Technical Exhibits / infoRAD ExhibitsTechnical Exhibits / infoRAD Exhibits

A comprehensive, up-to-the-minute list ofthe exhibitors, their products and servicesis available at rsna2004.rsna.org.

A detailed floor plan of the exhibits areawill be available in the RSNA 2004 DailyBulletin.

Mobile Computing PavilionRSNA will again host a Mobile ComputingPavilion at RSNA 2004. The pavilion willfeature a theater area dedicated to educa-tional presentations on mobile computing,daily panel sessions led by industryexperts and leaders in the field, andexhibits of leading wireless technologies.

The pavilion will be located on the Techni-cal Exhibits Floor in Hall A, Booth 1337.

infoRAD ExhibitsinfoRAD is the area of the annual meetingdevoted to computer applications in radio-logic education and practice. It includes atechnical exhibition and demonstrationarea in which vendors display and demon-strate their products. Hands-on ComputerWorkshops will be held in the infoRADarea.

infoRAD education exhibits and featuresat RSNA 2004 include:

• Showcase Exhibit

• Informatics Classroom with IHE, MIRC,and additional courses NEW!

• Web Classroom

• NLM/Internet2 Demonstrations

• Hands-on Computer Workshops

• Image Manipulation/Analysis

• Literature Searches/RSNA JournalSearches

• PACS Classroom

• Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)

• Picture Archiving and CommunicationSystems (PACS)

• Practice Management/Workflow/IHE

• Decision Support/Computer-aided Diag-nosis

NEW!Informatics ClassroomMedical professionals and industry expertswill share their knowledge to help improveworkflow and information sharing in sup-port of optimal patient care. Coursesinvolving the Integrating the HealthcareEnterprise (IHE) initiative, the RSNAMedical Imaging Resource Center(MIRC), and RSNA manuscript prepara-tion will take place in an updated class-room.

infoRAD Showcase ExhibitinfoRAD will feature a showcase exhibithighlighting user success stories from sitesthat have implemented various aspects ofthe IHE initiative and a hands-on exhibitshowing an advanced filmless environmentbased on IHE capabilities.

AMA PRA category 1 CME credit isavailable for courses in the infoRADTutorial Classroom, the infoRADPACS Workstation Classroom, theinfoRAD Web Classroom, and theinfoRAD Classroom.

The Technical Exhibits at theRSNA Annual Meeting

comprise the world’s largestmedical exhibition. More than

650 leading manufacturers,suppliers, and developers of

medical information andtechnology showcase an

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Hands-on Computer Workshops: BasicTraining for RadiologistsRSNA gives attendees an opportunity togain valuable insight into the use of comput-ers in radiology from experts in the field.Commercial leaders have reserved class-room space near the infoRAD/IHE exhibitarea in the Lakeside Center to conductclasses on their respective proprietary com-puter systems.

The Hands-on Computer Workshops atRSNA 2004 are designed to give radiologyprofessionals first-hand experience in inte-grating computers into radiology practice.

This year, the participants are AGFAHealthcare, Fujifilm Medical Systems, GEHealthcare, Philips Medical Systems andSiemens Medical Solutions.

For a schedule of events, go to rsna2004.rsna.org/rsna2004/V2004/index.cvn?id=10035&p_navID=377.

CME credit is not offered for these work-shops.

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Exhibit Hours

Technical Exhibit HoursHalls A & BSouth and North Buildings

Sunday–Wednesday 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Thursday 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

Hands-on Computer WorkshopsHall D Lakeside Center

Sunday–Thursday 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Friday 8:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.

infoRAD Exhibit Hours

Sunday–Thursday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m.

More detailed information on RSNA 2004 is available at rsna2004.rsna.org.

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Associated Sciences Consortium

RSNA Education Center Stores

Associated Sciences Consortium / RSNA Education Center Stores

The lectures will be held from 10:30 a.m.until 12:00 p.m. Each is approved for 1.5AMA PRA category 1 CME credits.

Monday, November 29 • Fusion Imaging: Changes in

the Way We See Things

Presented by Michael F.Hartshorne, M.D.

Tuesday, November 30• Image Guided Therapeutics

Moderated by John Kovelski, R.T.(R)(MR)

Liver Tumor Ablation, State of the Artpresented by David S. Lu, M.D.

Endovascular Interventions – presentedby Wilfrido R. Castaneda-Zuniga, M.D.

Intraoperative MRI: Non-Imaging Issues presented by Stephen G. Hushek, Ph.D.

Wednesday, December 1 • Strategic Considerations in Global

Teleradiology

Moderated by Kathryn Canny, presenta-tions by Patricia Kroken, William G.Bradley Jr., M.D., Ph.D., and Sanjay S.Saini, M.D., M.B.A.

The Associated Sciences program alsoincludes a series of eight refreshercourses, primarily for managers and super-

visors of radiology departments andradiologists.

• Digital Imaging: Com-puted Radiology and DirectRadiography NEW!

• HIPAA: Ongoing Impactsand Re-Inventions in Radiology NEW!

• Will JCAHO’s National Patient SafetyGoals Make a Difference in the Way YouPractice? NEW!

• Advanced Radiographic Practice

• Your Practice Potential with Midlevels

• How to Effectively Manage the CapitalAsset Cycle: From Acquisition Planningto Maintenance and Replacement Strategies

• Workforce Crisis: Strategies for Management

• The Digital Department: Its Architectureand Design

The RSNA AssociatedSciences Consortium is

sponsoring three symposiaand eight refresher courses

during RSNA 2004. Thetheme for this year’s program

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The RSNA Education Center will have twostores at RSNA 2004 to make it easier forattendees to purchase course syllabi, theRSNA Meeting Program and other educa-tional materials.

The main store location will be in theLakeside Center Ballroom, Level 3. Asatellite location will be on the TechnicalExhibits floor in Hall A, Booth 1100.

Education Center Store

(Main Location)

Saturday 12:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

Sunday 7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m.

Friday 7:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

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RSNA and ACR Will Provide Job Services at RSNA 2004

RSNA and ACR Job Services / Chicago’s Welcome Program

RSNA Career ConnectionDemonstrations and one-on-one assistancewith RSNA’s online job center, Career Con-nection (rsna.org/career), will be availableat RSNA 2004. Career Connection allowsjob seekers to post resumes and search forpositions. It also allows companies to postjob opportunities and search for potentialcandidates.

The demonstrations will take place in theTechnical Exhibition area at booth 1402 inHall A of the South Building. Demonstra-tions will also be available at the Member-ship Booth in the Lakeside Center Ball-room, Level 3.

ACR Professional Bureau The American College of Radiology (ACR)Professional Bureau will offer its Web-basedonsite interview service at RSNA 2004 inRoom S102A of the South Building.

Job seekers and employers can go online(www.acr.org) to establish their personalaccounts and post their resumes or jobadvertisements. Each account has its ownpersonal schedule and e-mail system foreasy communication between candidateand interviewer.

ACR staff will be available to answer ques-tions. Computers will be available onsite,as well a curtained booth for interviews.

Chicago Welcomes Meeting Attendees

Through the Chicago’s “We’re Glad You’reHere” program, Mayor Richard M. Daleyand the Chicago Convention and TourismBureau (CCTB) plana citywide welcomefor attendees andexhibitors at theRSNA 90th ScientificAssembly and AnnualMeeting. The wel-come includes:

• ComplimentaryChicago Tribune newspapers deliveredto each attendee’s hotel room. Thepapers will have a customized wraphighlighting the RSNA schedule-at-a-glance and special offerings/discounts.

• Attractions in Advance calendar high-lighting special events and attractions inChicago during the meeting.

• RSNA and Chicago’s “We’re GladYou’re Here” banners posted in morethan 180 locations including O’HareInternational Airport and on streetsincluding S. Michigan Ave., Fort Dear-born Dr., Martin Luther King Dr.,Columbus Dr., North Water St. and Stet-son Dr.

• Welcome Centers available at O’Hareand Midway Airports for informationabout the City and RSNA.

• Ambassador Meet and Greet program atTerminals One and Three at O’Hare Air-port to direct attendees to Welcome Centers.

• Welcome signs displayed throughoutO’Hare, at retail outlets, restaurants, cultural attractions and on taxicabs andshuttle buses.

• A free cup of coffee for exhibitors from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in booth 5150 in Hall Aand booth 7972 in Hall B.

For more information on CCTB and the Cityof Chicago, go to www.meetinchicago.com.

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WiFi Areas Expanded at RSNA 2004WiFi Areas at RSNA 2004

The wireless access points use the802.11b protocol, known as WiFi. Thefour WiFi hotspots will be located in:

• Grand Concourse

• Lakeside Center, Grand Ballroom

• Lakeside Center, near Arie Crown Theater

• Lakeside Center, at the far end of theinfoRAD exhibit area (north end of Hall D2)

RSNA will also provide banks of computerterminals throughout McCormick Place sothat attendees have access to online meet-ing information. Most of this informationwill be available before, during at after themeeting at rsna2004.rsna.org.

Some of the features include:

Message Center

This is an e-mail facility for communicat-ing with colleagues, exhibitors and othersat McCormick Place. Attendees can log inusing their badge number. Users outsideMcCormick Place will be able to sendInternet e-mail to attendees by their badgenumber followed by @showmail.org.Attendees can assign themselves a pass-word to increase the privacy of messagessent through the Message Center.

Attendees who know the name of theirremote POP3 or IMAP mail service willbe able to add a temporary account forremote access to their e-mail.

Attendee Locator

This utility is a quick and easy way to findfriends and colleagues who are attendingRSNA 2004 and the hotels where they arestaying.

Virtual Briefcase

The Virtual Briefcase is a personal itiner-ary planner with which attendees canmaintain a list of technical exhibitors (MyExhibits), access a personalized floor plan(My Floor Plan) and create a schedule ofsessions selected from the RSNA MeetingProgram.

Certificate of Attendance

Attendees can use designated computerterminals at McCormick Place to print apersonalized certificate of attendance.

Onsite only

RSNA Press Releases

The Media section will include pressreleases about RSNA 2004 along withdaily attendance figures.

Meeting Announcements

A free electronic bulletin board is avail-able for non-profit associations and insti-tutions to post alumni events, course infor-mation and educational activities directlyrelated to radiology. Printed or handwrit-ten announcements will not be accepted.All submissions will be reviewed beforeposting.

More wireless access pointswill be available at

McCormick Place duringRSNA 2004. These areas

will be clearly marked withsigns, as well highlighted in

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Electronic Exhibits in Neuroradiology and Chest Radiology

Electronic Exhibits

The Electronic Presenta-tion Online System™

(EPOS), developed bythe European Congress ofRadiology (ECR), is nowa component of six Euro-pean radiology meetings.

EPOS debuted at ECR2003. It remains as apermanent online data-base of scientific andeducational presentations. EPOS is acces-sible to ECR members and first authors ofECR presentations.

In 2003, 891 presenta-tions were available. Todate 1,837 presentationsare available.

EPOS technology is nowalso part of the annualmeetings for:

• Cardiovascular andInterventional Radiol-ogy Society of Europe

• European Society for Magnetic Reso-nance in Medicine and Biology

• European Society of MusculoskeletalRadiology

• European Society of Gastrointestinaland Abdominal Radiology

• European Society of Head and NeckRadiology

Award-winning electronic exhibits fromECR 2003 were featured at RSNA 2003.

For more information, see RSNA News(rsnanews.org), October 2003, page 26;RSNA News, November 2003, page 4; andRSNA News, November 2003, page 6.

For more information on EPOS, go towww.ecr.org.

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Dedicated computer terminals will beavailable in the exhibit halls. Electronicexhibits may also be accessed via theInternet in the WiFi access areas ofMcCormick Place via rsna2004.rsna.org.Eight theaters will be available for groupsto view the electronic exhibits. Each the-ater has seating for up to 20 people.Group views may be scheduled onsite at aHelp Desk or through a docent that willbe in the area.

CME Sessions

Electronic education exhibits and elec-tronic posters will have scheduled ses-sions during which time the authors of theexhibits are in attendance and for whichAMA PRA continuing medical education

(CME) credit will be available.

Poster sessions will be held on Sundayfrom 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., and Mon-day–Thursday from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15p.m. Neuroradiology will be featured inTheater #1; chest radiology will be fea-tured in Theater #2.

Sessions for the education exhibits will beMonday–Thursday from 12:15 p.m. to1:15 p.m. Authors of some of the elec-tronic education exhibits will participatein these sessions. A schedule will beavailable in the education exhibit area atthe meeting.

During the annual meeting, reviewers forRadioGraphics evaluate the educationexhibits for possible publication in future

issues of RSNA’s peer-reviewed educationjournal. The electronic exhibits will beincluded in this process.

Some of the electronic exhibits will alsobe available for viewing after the meetingat rsna2004.rsna.org.

All posters and education exhibits in neuroradiology and chest radiology at RSNA 2004 will be in electronic format.

NEW!

EPOS™ Featured at Six European Radiology Meetings

Late Night Shuttle Bus

For the convenience of those who wish tostudy the posters in the evening, shuttle busservice between hotels in the RSNA hotelblock and the Lakeside Center shuttle gates isscheduled Monday–Thursday from 7:00 p.m.until 10:00 p.m. Limited food service is alsoavailable from area vending machines duringthe evening, Monday–Thursday.

One way the Foundation is acknowledgingthese contributions to “Funding Radiol-ogy’s Future” is with a Donor Wall atRSNA 2004. In addition, the Pavilion willfeature posters honoring Visionaries,members of the President’s Circle andExhibitor’s Circle, the Vanguard Compa-nies and the 2004 RSNA grant recipients.

NEW!As the Foundation celebrates its 20thanniversary, a videotaped program show-casing the Foundation’s history andaccomplishments will be played on televi-sion monitors at the Pavilion and at thespouse/guest lounge in the Palmer HouseHilton Hotel. Established in 1984, theRSNA Research & Education Foundationhas provided 524 grants totaling morethan $20 million.

The Foundation has several types of givingprograms:

Individual

• Visionaries—commitments to theFoundation through bequests

• President’s Circle—donations of atleast $1,500 per year

• Individual Donations—donations ofany amount

Corporate

• Vanguard Program—endowment of atleast $200,000

• Exhibitor’s Circle—donations of atleast $1,000 per year

A full list of corporatesponsors is availableonline at rsna.org/research/foundation/corporate.html.

R&E FoundationPavilionThe Foundation Pavilionwill be located in theLakeside Center Ballroom, Level 3.Throughout the annual meeting, the R&EFoundation staff will be available toanswer questions and provide informationon all of the Foundation’s grant and givingprograms. In addition to highlighting theFoundation programs, the R&E Founda-tion Pavilion will also have information on the RSNA Department of Research programs and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.

Donor LoungeThe Pavilion will also feature a DonorLounge where R&E Foundation donorscan relax, check e-mails, hang their coator converse with colleagues. Complimen-tary beverages will be available through-out the day and light refreshments will be available 7:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m., and 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. A white and golddonor ribbon acknowledging a donation tothe Foundation is required for entry to thelounge.

Contributions will be accepted onsite atthe Pavilion, Donor Lounge and Member-ship Booth.

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RSNA Research and Education Foundation

More than 2,650 individuals and 37 corporations donated more than $2,043,000 to theRSNA Research & Education Foundation from October 1, 2003, until September 30, 2004.

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Lakeside Center Ballroom–Level 3

Saturday 12:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

Sunday 7:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m.

Friday 7:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

R&E Foundation Donor Lounge

Lakeside Center Ballroom–Level 3

Sunday 7:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Refreshments 7:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m.2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.daily

Beverages Throughout the day

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Research Scholar GrantSmita Patel, M.B.B.S., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.R.University of Michigan Health System, Ann ArborGE Healthcare Technologies/RSNA ResearchScholar GrantECG-gated 16-slice CT Coronary Angiography:Comparison with Catheter Coronary AngiographyAlexander R. Gottschalk, M.D., Ph.D.University of California, San FranciscoEastman Kodak Company/RSNA ResearchScholar GrantThe Role of PTEN Mutations in the Pathogenesisof Prostate Cancer and Resistance to TherapyJoe Chang, M.D., Ph.D.University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, HoustonTyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt/RSNA ResearchScholar GrantRadiotherapy Sensitization by Apoptotic GeneTherapy and Molecular Imaging of Apoptosis ina Human Lung Cancer ModelJingfei Ma, Ph.D.University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Bracco Diagnostics/RSNA Research ScholarGrantDifferentiation between Benign and MalignantVertebral Compression Fractures with Quantita-tive Diffusion and Fat MR ImagingChristine B. Chung, M.D.University of California, San DiegoGE Healthcare-Medical Diagnostics/RSNAResearch Scholar GrantMR Imaging of Patellofemoral and FemorotibialArticular Cartilage: Qualitative and QuantitativeAssessment with Ultrashort TE (UTE) Imaging

Research Fellowship in BasicRadiologic Sciences Shahriar Yaghoubi, Ph.D.Department of Radiology and ImmunologyStanford University School of Medicine, CaliforniaAgfa Corporation/RSNA Research Fellowship inBasic Radiologic SciencesApplication of Positron Emission Tomography(PET) for Imaging Cell Trafficking in AdoptiveImmune Cell Gene Therapy of RheumatoidArthritis (RA)Michael Rosol, Ph.D.Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Universityof Southern California Keck School of MedicineFONAR Corporation/RSNA Research Fellow-ship in Basic Radiologic SciencesDynamic Tracking of Engraftment and Enhance-ment of Human Common Lymphoid ProgenitorCells in vivo Using Bioluminescent Imaging

Research Fellow Grant David E. Sosnovik, M.D.Massachusetts General Hospital, BostonAgfa Corporation/RSNA Research Fellow GrantImaging of Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis by MRIUsing Magnetic Nanosensors

Oleg E. Bronov, M.D.University of Pennsylvania Medical Center,PhiladelphiaSiemens Medical Solutions, Inc./RSNAResearch Fellow GrantAccuracy and Reliability of Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Sonography in Assessing Degree of Occlusion of Intracranial Aneurysms AfterEndovascular Coiling

Research Resident GrantJeffrey S. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.University of Utah, Salt Lake CityCesare Gianturco/RSNA Research ResidentGrant endowed by Cook Inc.Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Multiple SclerosisSean Collins, M.D., Ph.D.Georgetown University, Lombardi Cancer Center, Washington, D.C. RSNA President’s Circle ResearchAward/Research Resident GrantBRCA1 Regulation of Cellular Radiation Sensitivity via Modulation of the Ubiquitin/Proteasome SystemSrini Tridandapani, Ph.D., M.D.University of Michigan, Ann ArborSiemens Medical Solutions, Inc./RSNAResearch Resident GrantAchieving Optimal Gating for Cardiac ComputedTomographyPaolo Nucifora, M.D., Ph.D.University of Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaPhilips Medical Systems/RSNA Research Resident GrantImaging Cerebral Connectivity: A New Avenue in the Diagnosis of SchizophreniaBenjamin Tubb, M.D., Ph.D.Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, BaltimoreToshiba America Medical Systems, Inc./RSNAResearch Resident GrantTargeted MR Contrast Agents for QuantitativeAssessment of Pancreatic Beta Cell Mass

Research Seed GrantHeike E. Daldrup-Link, M.D.University of California, San Francisco Medical CenterBerlex Laboratories/RSNA Research Seed GrantVisualization of Stem Cell Differentiation andGene Expression Using a Galactosidase-sensitiveContrast Agent for Magnetic Resonance ImagingFengming Kong, M.D., Ph.D.University of Michigan, Ann ArborFUJIFILM Medical Systems/RSNA ResearchSeed GrantA Pilot Study to Evaluate the Impact of Func-tional Images on Predicting Local Tumor Controland Lung Toxicity in the Treatment of Non SmallCell Lung Cancer

Mannudeep Karanvir Singh Kalra,M.B.B.S., M.D., D.N.B.Massachusetts General Hospital, BostonHitachi Medical Systems/RSNA Research SeedGrantA Basic Research Study to Evaluate the Distribu-tion, Localization And Pharmacokinetics of aNew PET Radiopharmaceutical Agent 18-F Flu-orothymidine in Subjects with Pancreatic Cancer

Holman Pathway Research ResidentSeed GrantJohn D. MacKenzie, M.D.Brigham & Women’s Hospital, BostonPhilips Medical Systems/RSNA Holman Pathway Research Resident Seed GrantFusion of Magnetic Resonance and MolecularImaging to Quantify Inflammatory ArthritisDavid G. Kirsch, M.D., Ph.D.Massachusetts General Hospital, BostonPhilips Medical Systems/RSNA Holman Pathway Research Resident Seed GrantCombining Anti-angiogenesis Therapy withRadiation Therapy for the Treatment of LungCancer in MiceDong Wook Kim, M.D., Ph.D.Vanderbilt University Medical Center, NashvilleVarian Medical Systems/RSNA Holman PathwayResearch Resident Seed GrantMolecular Profiling of Head and Neck SquamousCell Cancer to Determine Predictive Markers ofResponse to Radiation and Receptor TyrosineKinase Inhibitor TherapyJohn P. Plastaras, M.D., Ph.D.University of Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaToshiba America Medical Systems, Inc./RSNAHolman Pathway Research Resident Seed GrantRole of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Signaling in Radiation-Induced ApoptosisDaniel Allan Hamstra, M.D., Ph.D.University of Michigan, Ann ArborPhilips Medical Systems/RSNA Holman Pathway Research Resident Seed GrantIn vivo Imaging of p53 Activation DuringChemoradiotherapy as a Tool to UnderstandingNormal Tissue Toxicities

Medical Student Departmental Program GrantDepartment of Radiological SciencesDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAChairman: Dieter R. Enzmann, M.D.Scientific Advisor: Theodore R. Hall, M.D.Student: Ahmed El-SheriefRSNA Medical Student Departmental Program GrantTeaching Radiology to Medical Students: Longi-tudinal Radiology Clerkship versus a Two-WeekCore Radiology Clerkship

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Department of Radiological SciencesDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAChairman: Dieter R. Enzmann, M.D.Scientific Advisor: Lawrence W. Bassett, M.D.Student: Dawn MichaelRSNA Medical Student Departmental Program GrantContributions of Diagnostic Imaging in the Evaluation of the Clinically Abnormal BreastDepartment of RadiologyUniversity of Southern California KeckSchool of Medicine, Los AngelesChairman and Scientific Advisor: Edward G.Grant, M.D.Student: Benjamin K. HomPhilips Medical Systems/RSNA Medical Student Departmental Program GrantEvaluation of the Use of Ultrasound ContrastAgent, Optison, in Liver, Pancreas or RenalTransplantationDepartment of RadiologyLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center – ShreveportChairman and Scientific Advisor: Horacio D’Agostino, M.D.Student: Martin PilatFUJIFILM Medical Systems/RSNA Medical Stu-dent Departmental Program GrantCentral Pancreatic Fluid Collection: Surgical orPercutaneous Drainage? Department of Radiation OncologyWashington University, St. LouisChairman: Carlos A. Perez, M.D.Scientific Advisor: Perry W. Grigsby, M.D.Student: Julie SchwarzPhilips Medical Systems/RSNA Medical Student Departmental Program GrantIdentification of Molecular Markers Associatedwith Poor Prognosis in Hypoxic Tumors of theUterine CervixDepartment of RadiologyMassachusetts General Hospital, BostonChairman: James H. Thrall, M.D.Scientific Advisor: Udo Hoffmann, M.D.Student: Ayaz Mohammad RahmanCanon U.S.A., Inc./RSNA Medical StudentDepartmental Program GrantProgression of Coronary Artery Calcium by MDCTDepartment of Radiology, Section of Radiation OncologyBaylor College of Medicine, HoustonChairman: Michel E. Mawad, M.D.Scientific Advisors: John E. McGary, Ph.D., andBin S. Teh, M.D.Student: Karen Shahar, M.S.E.Section Chief: E. Brian Butler, M.D.Philips Medical Systems/RSNA Medical StudentDepartmental Program GrantDose-Volume Assessment of Late Rectal Bleedingin Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with Defini-tive Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy(IMRT)

Department of Radiation OncologyUniversity of Texas Health Science Center – San AntonioChairman: Terence S. Herman, M.D.Scientific Advisor: Marin Fuss, M.D., Ph.D.Student: David HillerRSNA Medical Student Departmental Program GrantExecutive Control Function as a Measure of Cognitive Function Deficits in Patients ReceivingCranial IrradiationDepartment of RadiologyNorthwestern University Medical Center,ChicagoChairman: Eric J. Russell, M.D.Scientific Advisor: F. Scott Pereles, M.D.Student: James A. GehlRSNA Medical Student Departmental Program GrantComparison of MRI versus X-Ray Guided RenalAngioplasty in SwineUniversity of Vermont College of Medicine, BurlingtonSpecial thanks to Massachusetts General Hospi-tal department of radiology for research facilitiesand scientific guidance: Chairman: James H. Thrall, M.D. Scientific Advisor: Mannudeep K. Kalra,M.B.B.S., M.D., D.N.B.Student: Tejas Dalal RSNA Medical Student Departmental Program Grant Radiation Dose Optimization for CT ScanningMedical University of South Carolina,CharlestonChairman: Philip Costello, M.D.Scientific Advisor: Claudio J. Schonholz, M.D.Student: Josh HubbardRSNA Medical Student Departmental ProgramGrantThe Effect of Transjugular Intrahepatic Porto-Systemic Shunts on Serum Serotonin Levels, andthe Role of Serotonin as a Marker of Post-Proce-dure Complications

Educational Scholar Program GrantW. Robert Lee, M.D., M.S.Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C.Philips Medical Systems/RSNA EducationalScholar Program GrantDevelopment and Validation of a RadiationOncology Assessment System (ROAS)

World Wide Web-Based EducationalProgram GrantCharles Robert Russell Hayter, M.D.,F.R.C.P.Joyce Marion Nyhof-Young, Ph.D.Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer CentreGE Healthcare Technologies/RSNA World WideWeb-Based Educational Program GrantDevelopment of a Virtual Elective in RadiationOncology

Linda Lanier, M.D.Co-investigators: Chris Sistrom, M.D., andRichard Rathe, M.D.University of Florida College of Medicine,GainesvilleRSNA World Wide Web-based Educational Program GrantCurriculum in Radiology Reporting: An interac-tive Web-based Educational and Assessment Program in Communication Essentials

International Radiology EducationProgram Grant to “Teach the Teachers”from Emerging NationsMaurice M. Reeder, M.D.Uniformed services University of the Health Sci-ences, BethesdaRSNA International Radiology Education Program Grant to “Teach the Teachers” fromEmerging Nations“Teaching the Teachers” Initiative for TropicalImaging Training in AfricaBarry B. Goldberg, M.D.Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, PhiladelphiaRSNA International Radiology Education Program Grant to “Teach the Teachers” fromEmerging Nations“Teaching the Teachers” Initiative for UltrasoundTraining in Latin America (Caribbean, Centraland South America)

Institutional Clinical Fellowship inCardiovascular ImagingDepartment of RadiologyStanford University Medical Center, CaliforniaDepartment Chair: R. Brooke Jeffrey, M.D.Scientific Advisor: Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D. 2004-05 Fellow: Mark D Hiatt, M.D.RSNA Institutional Clinical Fellowship in Cardiovascular ImagingCardiovascular Imaging FellowshipDepartment of Radiology Cleveland Clinic FoundationChairman: Michael T. Modic, M.D.Scientific Advisor: Richard D. White, M.D.2004-05 Fellows: Brett B. Carmichael, M.D., National Naval Medical Center, BethesdaAli Islam, M.D., B.Sc., University of WesternOntario, LondonGE Healthcare-Medical Diagnostics/RSNAInstitutional Clinical Fellowship in Cardiovascu-lar ImagingCardiovascular Tomography Fellowship Program

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PLATINUM ($1,000 - $4,999)Mohamed W. Al-Azem, M.D.Susan & Stephen M. Smith, M.D.

GOLD ($500 - $999)William M. Angus, M.D., Ph.D.Shirley Baron, M.D. & Richard L.Baron, M.D.

Horacio D’Agostino M.D.Jane & Alexander Gottschalk, M.D.Karen & Donald R. Hawes, M.D.Laura C. Knight, M.D.

SILVER ($200 - $499)Vincentius B. Adisoejoso, M.D.Jacqueline & Jerry D. Allison, Ph.D.Adele R. Altman, M.D.Jeffrey R. Bessette, M.D.Michael R. Brand, M.D.Kate & Jeffrey M. Brody, M.D.Laurette & Donald M. Bryan, M.D.Joanne & William Chang, M.D.Sonya & Heratch O. Doumanian, M.D.David A. Dowe, M.D.Tam & Jeremy J. Erasmus, M.D.Judy & Marc C. Flemming, M.D.Stasia J. Frank, M.D.Ross H. Golding, M.D.Michael J. Gothelf, M.D.Alexa & Julius H. Grollman Jr., M.D.Amy & Douglas E. Hertford, M.D.Heather Jennings & Charles E. KahnJr., M.D.

Harold L. Kundel, M.D.Hariprasad P. Kurella, M.D.

Elizabeth Rider, M.D. & H. EsterbrookLongmaid III, M.D.

Hilarie & Robert C. McKinstry III, M.D., Ph.D.Janice & John M. McMurray M.D.William S. Morrow, M.D.Patricia & William W. Olmsted, M.D.Louise & Perry G. Pernicano, M.D.Gregory W. Petermann, M.D.Philip C. Pieters, M.D.Marvin Platt, M.D.Jack B. Rampton, M.D.Stanley B. Reich, M.D.Justo Rodriguez, M.D.Marilyn J. Siegel, M.D. & Barry A. Siegel, M.D.Troy R. Smith Jr., M.D.D. John Wester Jr., M.D.

BRONZE ($1 - $199)John C. Baxter, M.D.Joyce & James B. Beard, D.O.

Juanita & Harold A. Bjork M.D.Marjorie & Carl W. Boyer Jr., M.D.Shalom Buchbinder, M.D.Jacqueline & Laurence Chaise, M.D.Jenni & Kirk W. Davis, M.D.Colin P. Derdeyn, M.D.Charles H. Eid, M.D.Edward J. Farmlett, M.D.James B. Fitzgerald, M.D.Rose & Ezekiel Freed, M.D.Andreas Giger, M.D.Steven J. Goldstein, M.D.David S. Hartman, M.D.Francine & Jay P. Heiken, M.D.Herbert Illiasch M.D.Stephen Victor Klein M.D.Raymond J. Kyriakos, M.D.Barbara & Paul J. Leehey III, M.D.Howard I. Lopata, M.D.

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Jean & R. Nick Bryan, M.D., Ph.D.Diane & Robert R. Hattery, M.D.Poppy & H. Hugh Hawkins Jr., M.D.Leon E. Kinasiewicz, M.D.Jean & Brian C. Lentle, M.D.

Susan & Carlos A. Perez, M.D.Barbara & Jerry P. Petasnick, M.D.Sandra Fernbach, M.D. & Eric J. Russell, M.D.Katherine A. Shaffer, M.D. & William ShafferArlyne Taub Shockman, M.D.William P. Shuman, M.D.Judith & Peter M. Som, M.D.Dale W. Sponaugle, M.D.Karen & Michael A. Sullivan, M.D.Faith B. & Theodore A. Tristan, M.D.

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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the RSNA Research & Education Foundation and its recipientsof research and educational grant support gratefully acknowledge the contributions made to

the Foundation July 28 – August 30, 2004.For more information on Foundation activities, a quarterly newsletter, Foundation X-aminer, is

available online at www.rsna.org/research/foundation/newsletters/x-aminer/x-aminer.pdf.

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RESEARCH & EDUCATION OUR FUTURE

COMMEMORATIVE GIFTS

AnonymousIn honor of Robert J. Stanley, M.D. & Robert E. Koehler, M.D.

John H.M. Austin, M.D.In honor of Alexander Margulis, M.D.

Jacqueline A. Bello, M.D.In memory of William B. Seaman, M.D., and in honor ofEdward T. Bello, M.D.

Rosalind Dietrich, M.D. & William G. Bradley Jr., M.D., Ph.D.In memory of Dr. & Mrs. William G. Bradley Sr.

Octavio Choy, M.D.In memory of Robert Cleaver, M.D.

Harris L. Cohen, M.D.In memory of Jack O. Haller, M.D.

Jerry R. Croteau, M.D.In memory of Gene J. Triano, M.D.

Charles W. Emarine Jr., M.D.In memory of James Colburn, M.D.

Wolfram R. Forster, M.D.In memory of Benjamin Felson, M.D.

John S. Glente, M.D.In memory of Joachim Burhenne, M.D., and in honor ofAlexander R. Margulis, M.D.

Barbara & Thomas S. Harle, M.D.In memory of Betty Heitzman & Mary Jane McCort

Scott D. Mills, M.D.In honor of Marvin Daves, M.D.

Margaret E. Mones, M.D.In memory of A. Francis Summa, Ph.D.

Ray C. Otte, M.D.In memory of Martha Otte

John A. Patti, M.D.In memory of Alice Ettinger, M.D.

Albert C. Porter, M.D.In honor of Theodore A. Tristan, M.D.

Paul A. Riemenschneider, M.D.In memory of Betty Heitzman

Dale W. Sponaugle, M.D.In memory of George Alker, M.D. & Victor Panaro, M.D.

Adele SwensonIn memory of Mrs. E. Robert Heitzman

Julie Timins, M.D.In memory of Helen C. Redman, M.D.

Faith B. & Theodore A. Tristan, M.D.In honor of Adele Swenson

Anthony Vasilas, M.D.In memory of John A. Evans, M.D.

Ellen L. Wolf, M.D.In memory of Jack O. Haller, M.D., and in honor of Frieda Feldman, M.D.

Jamie & Thomas R. McCauley, M.D.Patricia J. Mergo, M.D.Terence D. O’Connor, M.D.Albert W. Quan, D.O.Elizabeth & Francisco A. Quiroz, M.D.Dolores & David L. RitterClark L. Searle, M.D.Leanne L. Seeger, M.D.William A. Shipley, M.D.Edith & Lloyd H. Smith, M.D.Mary & Edward V. Staab, M.D.Susan & Richard J. Sukov, M.D.Carol & Frank J. Szarko, M.D.Linda P. Thomas, M.D.Stanford B. Trachtenberg, M.D.Salvatore G. Viscomi, M.D.Cissy & William F. Weller, M.D.Gary J. Whitman, M.D.Beverly & Steven J. Zuckerman, D.O.

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Program and Grant Announcements

RSNA EDUCATION

Personal Financial Management Strategies SessionsRSNA is offering two personal financial management strategy sessionson Saturday, November 27, 2004, at McCormick Place in Chicago.These sessions are prior to RSNA 2004. These seminars do not qualifyfor AMA category 1 credit and there will be no sales pitch.

Protecting Assets From Creditor Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129

Effective Real Estate Investment Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $159

Both Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $269

Protecting Assets from Creditor Claims, Including Malpractice Claims10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Includes textbook written specifically for the course!Presented by Barry Rubenstein, B.S., J.D., L.L.M., this seminarincludes comprehensive illustrations to help physicians decidewhen and how to use asset protection techniques, as well as distin-guish the advantages, disadvantages, benefits and risks of numer-ous strategies.

Effective Real Estate Investment Strategies 1:00 p.m.– 5:00 p.m. Includes textbook written specifically for the course!Whether your interest is passive, low involvement investing orhands-on, fully involved investing, you will leave this course withthe confidence and skills needed to identify investment real estatethat meets your goals. The course, presented by J. Michael Moody,M.B.A., demonstrates that the opportunities and benefits of realestate far outweigh the effort and risk.

For more information or to register, go to rsna.org/education/shortcourses/index.html.

NEW!

BIROW 3 Registration Opens October 11

Registration begins October 11 for the third Biomedical Imaging Research Opportunities

Workshop (BIROW 3), whichwill be held March 11–12,2005, in Bethesda, Md.

The goal of the workshopis to identify and explore newopportunities for basic scienceresearch and engineeringdevelopment in biomedicalimaging, as well as related diagnosis and therapy.This year’s topics include:• Cell Trafficking• Informatics Solutions in Imaging• Guiding Therapy by Multimodality Imaging• Medical Imaging Technology: From Concept

to ClinicAMA PRA continuing medical education

(CME) credits and medical education physicscontinuing education credits (MPCEC) are avail-able. For program information or to register, go towww.birow.org.

BIROW 3 is sponsored by RSNA, Academyof Radiology Research, American Association ofPhysicists in Medicine, American Institute forMedical and Biological Engineering, and Biomed-ical Engineering Society.

RSNA R&E Foundation Grant Deadlines

■ Education Grants: January 10

■ Research Grants: January 15

For more information, go to www.rsna.org/research/foundation or contact Scott Walter at (630) 571-7816 or [email protected].

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RSNA JOURNALS

A press release has been sent to the medical news media for the following scientificarticle appearing in the October issue of Radiology (rsna.org/radiologyjnl):

Radiology in Public Focus

Intraoperative High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Implementation andExperience with the First 200 Patients

Intraoperative imaging with simultaneous neuronav-igational guidance can be successfully integrated inthe operating environment.

Christopher Nimsky, M.D., and colleagues fromthe University Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany incor-porated a 1.5 T MR scanner, equipped with a rotatingoperating table, in a radiofrequency-shielded operat-ing theater. A navigation microscope placed in the 5 G

zone in combination with aceiling mounted navigationsystem enabled integratedmicroscope-based neuron-avigation.

After studying 200patients undergoing brainsurgery, mainly forgliomas and pituitarytumors, the researchersfound that intraoperative

MR imaging provided valuable information about theextent of a resection, allowing an intraoperative modi-fication of the surgical strategy.

“Careful consideration of the indications for use ofthis complex and expensive technology, accurate cost-benefit analyses and investigations into the long-termeffects of intraoperative MR imaging, especially withrespect to tumor recurrence and, in gliomas, time toprogression, as well as life expectancy, will be essen-tial in the near future,” the researchers write.

They add that intraoperative high-field MR imag-ing could also become an important part of vascularsurgery, spinal surgery and robot-assisted surgery.

RSNA press releases are available at www.rsna.org/media.

Floor plan of operating theater shows two possible operating positions: at 0.5-mT line, with full use of the microscope-basednavigation system (A); and in high magnetic field, with use offully MR-compatible instruments only (B).

Panoramic photograph shows operating theater during glioma surgery with the microscope-based navigation system.(Radiology 2004;233:67-78) © 2004 RSNA. All rights reserved. Printed with permission.

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Müllerian Duct Anomalies: Imagingand Clinical Issues

Müllerian duct anomalies encompass a widespectrum of clinical and imaging findings.

While many of the anomalies will be diagnosedinitially at hysterosalpingography or 2D ultrasound,further imaging with MR and potentially 3D ultra-sound will often be requiredfor a definitive diagnosis.

In an article in the Stateof the Art section of the October issue of Radiology(rsna.org/radiologyjnl), Robert N. Troiano, M.D.,from Weill Medical College of Cornell University,and Shirley M. McCarthy, M.D., Ph.D., from YaleUniversity School of Medicine, explain why mül-lerian duct anomalies are clinically important, par-ticularly in women who present with infertility.They also discuss the importance of understandingthe differences between uterovaginal anomalies and report-ing certain anomalies, particularly those with features ofmore than one class.

“MR imaging currently is the study of choice because of its high accuracy and detailed elaboration of uterovaginaland ovarian anatomy,” they write. “Laparoscopy and hys-teroscopy are then reserved for women in whom interven-

tional therapy is being undertaken, thus reducing health careexpenditures and sparing women invasive diagnostic proce-dures.”

This article also includes “Essentials” or highlightedpoints to help busy readers recognize important informationat a glance.

Reconsideration of Pacemakers and MR Imaging

The technological evolution of thepacemaker is challenging the

dogma of prohibiting pacemakers inthe MR imaging envi-ronment.

In the September-October issue of RadioGraphics(rsna.org/radiographics), John Loewy,M.D., from the Department of MedicalImaging at Humber River RegionalHospital in Toronto, and colleaguesreview:• Changes in pacemaker technology• Case and anecdotal reports• Results of large prospective clinical

trials

The researchers write: “Prelimi-nary evidence from controlled trialssuggests that patients with a demand

pacemaker can bestudied under carefullycontrolled conditions,

especially in areas more distant fromthe chest such as the brain and theknee. Surely the time has come whenindividually tailored MR imagingexaminations may be considered forpacemaker patients. … Is it not timethat the radiology community engagedin a large multicenter trial to settle thismatter with scientific rigor?”(RadioGraphics 2004;1257-1267)

Journal Highlights

Septate uterus. ➊ HSG image shows wide divergence of opacifiedendometrial cavities simulating a bicornuate configuration. ➋ Corresponding coronal oblique fast spin-echo T2-weighted MR image(6000/120 [effective]) demonstrates insinuated leiomyoma (longarrow) within the septum, causing exaggerated separation of cavities.Note lateral wall myoma with cystic degeneration (short arrow) alsocausing distortion of left endometrial cavity.(Radiology 2004;232:19-34) © 2004 RSNA. All rights reserved. Printed with permission.

RSNA JOURNALS

The following are highlights from the current issues of RSNA’s twopeer-reviewed journals.

➋➊

Special October IssueEach year, Radio-Graphics releases aspecial monographissue on an imagingsubspecialty. Thisyear, the theme isgenitourinary imag-ing. The 2004monograph issuefeatures 15 articles, some of them on hottopics such as contrast media and CT urog-raphy. The issue also features thought-pro-voking editorials and commentary.

The issue is also available to RSNAmembers and RadioGraphics subscribers atrsna.org/radiographics.

I was hired when the new RSNAHeadquarters Building was stillunder construction. It was an invalu-able experience being able to see theinner workings of the building beforeoccupancy in October of that sameyear. I was able to learn fromthe many contractors work-ing on the facility about thenumerous aspects of my job.

SERVICE TO MEMBERS:Since the RSNA Headquarters Build-ing is a multi-tenant facility, myareas of responsibility include servic-ing building tenants, RSNA staff andRSNA members as they visit thefacility. My assistant and I take careof all maintenance activities, such asbuilding or workspace requests, andwrite specification sheets when thefacility needs work, includingremodeling, maintenance and repair.

I am the liaison with the Villageof Oak Brook, which means I takecare of all village requirementsincluding certifications for elevators,RPZ valves, construction, life safety,

etc. I am the building OSHA andEPA coordinator, which includeswriting, monitoring and training forthe life safety system, the emergencypower and lighting system, evacua-tion procedures, indoor air quality,

fire prevention, emergencyresponse, hazard commu-nication, etc. I also admin-ister the building’s auto-

mated external defibrillator program,which includes quarterly training ofall RSNA staff and tenant rescuers.

Building security also falls undermy domain. I administer and moni-tor the security system, whichincludes a key card system, buildingsecurity cameras and parking deckduress stations.

WORK PHILOSOPHY:I feel my main responsibility is tocreate a work environment that fos-ters productivity. People who do nothave to worry about their workspacebeing comfortable have more time tothink about their job, making themmore productive.

I am a person who is dedicatedto each individual. I know the impor-tance of immediate response tosomeone’s needs, and strive to thatend. I also know the importance ofsaving money for building tenants.That is why my assistant and I per-form as many jobs “in-house” aspossible, saving thousands of dollarsannually for RSNA and its tenants.

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Working For You

RSNA MEMBER BENEFITS

If you have a colleague who would like to become an RSNA member, you can download an application at rsna.org/about/membership/memberapps.html, or contact the RSNA Membership and Subscription Department at (877) RSNA-MEM [776-2636] (U.S. and Canada), (630) 571-7873 or [email protected].

NAME:MichaelZawaskiPOSITION:Facility ManagerWITH RSNA SINCE:June 1998

Exploring Your Future in RadiologyRSNA will again sponsor theExploring Your Future in Radi-ology career day program forChicago Public High Schoolstudents at the RSNA annualmeeting. The program providesstudents with the opportunity tolearn more about radiology and related career opportunities throughlectures, hands-on workshops, career presentations and tours of tech-nical exhibits. Students will also have the opportunity to compete forscholarships from RSNA.

About 40 Chicago Public High School students participate annu-ally. This year’s program will be held on Thursday, December 2.

Welcome New AttendeesFirst-time attendees of the annual meeting will receive a“Welcome New Attendees”kit. It contains a variety ofliterature designed to makeRSNA 2004 a more user-friendly experience, such asmaps of Chicago andMcCormick Place, a list offrequently asked questionsand answers, informationabout important educationalcomponents of the meeting, a Pocket Guide, anRSNA membership application, and other items.

Workingfor you

PROFILE

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FDA APPROVAL

Mammography Diagnostic WorkstationThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hasapproved Agfa’s IMPAX® Mammography DiagnosticWorkstation.

Designed to enhance the way mammographyimages are retrieved, displayed, archived and distrib-uted, IMPAX is a multi-modality workstation thatdelivers “one-stop” review and results distribution fordigital breast-imaging studies, while also gainingaccess to other general imaging exams.

IMPAX incorporates ultra-high resolution andhigh contrast monitors for softcopy diagnosis ofbreast images.

“The FDA clearance of Agfa’s IMPAX Mam-mography Diagnostic Workstation provides mam-mography departments a proven digital solution tostreamline workflow, maximize their return oninvestment and improve the delivery of patientcare,” said Carrie Handley, global manager forwomen’s care at Agfa. “For the more than 32 millionAmerican women who will receive a mammogramthis year, this could mean improved access, fasterresults and an improved patient care continuum.”

Product News

Information for Product News came from the manufacturers. Inclusion in this publication should not be construed as a productendorsement by RSNA. To submit product news, send your information and a non-returnable color photo to RSNA News, 820 Jorie

Blvd., Oak Brook, IL 60523 or by e-mail to [email protected]. Information may be edited for purposes of clarity and space.

NEW PRODUCT

New Flat PanelIlluminator forMammographyBroadwest’s new LumiVue™

flat panel illuminator utilizesthe latest and most effectivefeatures available in mam-mography viewing. Through aunique cold cathode fluores-cent lamp, LumiVue providesa brightness of 8,000 cd/m2 and a useful life that is several times longer than other fluorescent lamps.

LumiVue’s backlight technology employs the highestdaylight color temperature for improving contrast render-ing and providing a uniformity greater than 90 percent.

FDA APPROVAL

Full-Field Digital Mammography SystemThe FDA has also approved MAM-MOMAT® NovationDR, a full-fielddigital mammography system fromSiemens Medical Solutions. MAM-MOMAT NovationDR providesdigital screening, diagnosis andstereotactic biopsy capabilities—allin one system.

MAMMOMAT NovationDRfeatures an innovative flat paneldetector based on amorphous Selenium (aSe) detector technologythat enables a direct conversion of x-ray to digital information.With an image detector size of 25 x 29 cm, MAMMOMAT Nova-tionDR also enables imaging of a larger range of patient sizes andthe system features a new paddle designed for easier and morecomfortable patient positioning.

“The MAMMOMAT NovationDR offers a comprehensivesolution for modern mammography,” said Holger Schmidt, presi-dent of the Siemens Medical Solutions Special Systems Division.“Thanks to the combination of proprietary detector technology andour unique x-ray tube, both image quality and dose exposurereduction achieve an optimum level.”

RADIOLOGY PRODUCTS

NEW PRODUCTS

Ultra-Compact Cameras ReleasedPrinceton Instruments has unveiled its new PIXIS™ line of deepcooled spectroscopy and imaging CCD cameras. These ultra-compact cameras use cutting-edge technol-ogy to deliver -100°C cooling and readnoise as low as 2.5 electrons root meansquared (e-rms).

The cameras can be used for a varietyof low-light applications such as Ramanspectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopyand semi-conductor research.

“PIXIS is a milestone in high performance spectroscopyand imaging technology,” said Frank Mummolo, president ofPrinceton Instruments. “With compact single head design andUSB 2.0 interface, the ease of use of this camera is unmatchedin the industry.”

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News about RSNA 2004

MEETING WATCH RSNA 2004

Housing Deadline is November 8The deadline for housing reservations andchanges through RSNA is November 8,2004. After that date, you can contact thehotel directly. For more specific information,go to rsna2004.rsna.org and click on Regis-tration, Housing, Courses in the left-handnavigation bar.

Onsite Registration Those who registered in advance may weartheir badge and proceed into the exhibit andeducation areas. Those who need to registeronsite should proceed to the Lakeside Cen-ter, Level 2, Hall E.Saturday (Nov. 27)

12:00 p.m.– 6:00 p.m.

Sunday–Monday (Nov. 28–29)7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday–Thursday (Nov. 30–Dec. 2)7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Onsite registration on Friday, December 3will be in the Lakeside Center, Level 3,Ballroom Help Center from 7:30 a.m. to12:00 p.m.

Important Dates for RSNA 2004Nov. 8 Housing deadline

Nov. 12 Advance registration deadline

Nov. 28–Dec. 3 RSNA 90th Scientific Assemblyand Annual Meeting

Final Advance Registration for RSNA 2004 North American attendees who register by November 12, 2004, will receivetheir badge wallets in the mail prior to RSNA 2004. Badge wallets contain aname badge, course tickets and attendance vouchers.

Badge wallets will be sent to attendees from outside of North America iftheir registration forms are received by October 29, 2004. International reg-istration forms received October 30 – November 12 require badge walletpick-up at McCormick Place, Lakeside Center, Level 2, Hall E, Desk A.

To begin the registrationprocess, download the advanceregistration information fromwww.rsna.org. Click on theannual meeting logo, then onRegistration, Housing andCourses in the left-hand column,then on Brochure.

You can also have the infor-mation faxed to you: • Dial the fax-on-demand server

at (847) 940-2146 • Select a document:

a) Enter 1300 for the entirebrochureb) Enter 1350 for course list-ings onlyc) Enter 1375 for registrationforms only

• Enter your fax number (includ-ing 1 or 011 plus city and coun-try codes)

• Enter your telephone numberand extension

Once you have the registration infor-mation, there are four easy ways to com-plete the registration process:➊➊ InternetGo to www.rsna.org. Click on the annualmeeting logo. Click on Registration,Housing and Course Enrollment, andthen click on Internet Registration.

Use your member ID# from the RSNANews label or registration brochure sent toyou, or search by your last name and zipcode. If you have questions, send an e-mail to [email protected].➋➋ Fax (24 hours)(800) 521-6017(847) 940-2386➌➌ Telephone (Monday– Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. CT)(800) 650-7018(847) 940-2155➍➍ MailITS/RSNA 2004108 Wilmot Rd., Suite 400Deerfield, IL 60015-0825 USA

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Important Information for RSNA 2004

MEETING WATCH RSNA 2004

RSNA Meeting ProgramThe RSNA Meeting Programis a comprehensive guide-book offering abstracts andimportant information onplenary sessions, specialawards and honors, scientificpaper and poster presenta-tions, refresher courses, edu-cation exhibits and infoRADexhibits. A copy will bemailed to RSNA memberswho requested it in advanceof the meeting.

For members who didnot request an advance copy,a ticket stub will be includedin their badge wallet to pickup the RSNA Meeting Pro-gram at the RSNA Educa-

tion Center Store. Additionalcopies of the RSNA MeetingProgram will be available toRSNA members for $10each. New copies are avail-able for $45 each.

The online RSNA Meet-ing Program is available atrsna2004. rsna.org. Theonline version makes itquick and easy to search andcustomize your schedule atRSNA 2004. For a visualtutorial on how to use theonline program, see page 45.

Tours & EventsBrochureThe Tours & Events brochurehas been mailed to registeredspouses, to those participatingin tours and events in 2002and 2003, and by request. Thebrochure will also be avail-able at the Tours and Activi-ties Desk, located in the HelpCenter, Grand Concourse,Level 3. To download it, go torsna2004.rsna.org and clickon Tours & City Events in theleft-hand column. TheAdvance registration deadlineis November 12, 2004.

Daily BulletinThe Daily Bulletin is the offi-cial newspaper of the RSNAScientific Assembly. PublishedSunday through Thursday, thenewspaper is available at vari-ous areas of McCormick Place.

The center section of thepaper, Meeting Guide, includesfloor plans of the exhibit andmeeting areas, as well as analphabetical listing of exhi-bitors with their contact infor-mation and booth numbers.

Pocket GuideThe RSNA 2004 badge wal-let will include the PocketGuide. This pocket-sizebooklet provides “must-have” information to navi-gate in and aroundMcCormick Place such as:• Room numbers for scien-

tific sessions, refreshercourses and plenary sessions

• Floor plans for McCormickPlace

• Map of Chicago• Transportation information

Copies will also beavailable in the registrationarea and at the Help Centers.

ExpoCard™

Each registrant will receivean ExpoCard™ in their badgewallet. An attendee’s contactinformation is stored elec-tronically on the card. So inlieu of a business card, par-ticipants can request productinformation from technicalexhibitors by allowing themto swipe their ExpoCard.

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MEETING WATCH RSNA 2004

Important Information for RSNA 2004

Camp RSNA 2004Onsite childcare will be avail-able during RSNA 2004through ACCENT on Chil-dren’s Arrangements.(www.accentoca.com). CampRSNA 2004 will be open Sun-day–Friday for children agessix months to 12 years. Full-day and half-day rates areavailable. For more informa-tion, call (504) 524-0188 orsend an e-mail to [email protected].

Children under the age of16 are not permitted at theRSNA Scientific Assembly.Children are allowed only inthe designated childcare areasat McCormick Place. Childrenwill be allowed to use theRSNA shuttle bus service.

TransportationA free Metra Train Systempass will be included in thebadge wallet for use duringthe seven days of RSNA2004. RSNA shuttle busesare also available to trans-port attendees to and fromMcCormick Place. Fordetailed information aboutgetting to and throughChicago, as well as trans-portation schedules, go torsna2004.rsna.org and clickon Transportation in the left-hand column.

International AttendeesInterpreters are available atregistration and the HelpCenters to answer questionsfor international attendees.

One-Day Badge A one-day badge is availableto view the technicalexhibits area only. Thebadge can be purchased inadvance or onsite for $300 atthe Exhibitor RegistrationDesk. Attendance for morethan one day requires a fullconference purchase at Pro-fessional Registration, Lake-side Center, Hall E, Level 2.

Earn up to 80.5 category 1 CME credits at RSNA 2004

Registration FeesBY 11/12 ONSITE

$0 $100 RSNA Member, AAPM Member

$0 $0 Member Presenter

$0 $0 RSNA Member-in-Training, RSNA Student Member and Technical Student

$0 $0 Non-Member Refresher Course Instructor, Paper Presenter, Poster Presenter, Education or Electronic (infoRAD) Exhibitor

$110 $210 Non-Member Resident/Trainee

$110 $210 Radiology Support Personnel

$520 $620 Non-Member Radiologist, Physicist or Physician

$520 $620 Hospital Executive, Commercial Research and Development Personnel, Healthcare Consultant, Industry Personnel

$300 $300 One-day badge registration to view only the Technical Exhibits area

For more information about registration at RSNA 2004, visit rsna.org, e-mail [email protected], or call (800) 381-6660 x7862.

90th Scientific Assembly and Annual MeetingNovember 28 – December 3, 2004McCormick Place, Chicago

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■ For more information, contact RSNA Technical Exhibits at (800) 381-6660 x7851 or [email protected].

EXHIBITOR NEWS RSNA 2004

Important Exhibitor Dates for RSNA 2004October 13 Deadline for submission to Daily Bulletin New Products section

RSNAnet Early-Bird Deadline

October 15 Exhibitor-appointed Contractor request deadline

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Nov. 28–Dec. 3 RSNA 90th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting

RSNA 2004 Exhibitor News

Exhibit Space SummaryAs of September 24,2004, total exhibit spacesold was 448,250 squarefeet with 641 companiesregistered to exhibitincluding 110 first-timecompanies.

Exhibitor Guest VouchersEach exhibiting company will be issuedguest vouchers when their booth badgesare mailed in November. These voucherscannot be distributed to physicians ormedical physicists. It is the responsibil-ity of the exhibitor to distribute thesevouchers directly to their guests. Atthe Professional Registration Desk in theLakeside Center, Level 2, Hall E, guestsmay obtain a complimentary TechnicalExhibits one-day badge by turning intheir guest voucher plus a business cardand a completed professional registrationform (available onsite).

Final Exhibitor MailingThe primary contact at each exhibitingcompany will receive a package in earlyNovember that will include the PocketGuide, Exhibitor Information Guide,RSNA Meeting Program vouchers andpertinent updates on registration andexhibitor functions.

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437 RUSH437 N. Rush; (312) 222-0101Italian steakhouse, a block off Michi-gan Ave., offers steak, lobster andItalian fare in a classic room. ExpensiveAVEC615 W. Randolph St.; (312) 377-2002Popular enough to be able to enforcea no-reservation policy, Avec packsdiners into banquettes made of cedar.For those who wish to experimentwith the wine list, many interestingvintages are available by the glass orsmall carafe. Rustic cheeses and in-house made sausages are specialties.Big meat dishes like pork shoulderand fish stew share the menu withtapas-sized dishes like fried sardineswith ham and dates stuffed withchorizo and wrapped with bacon.Avec is loud, raucous and tasty.ExpensiveAVENUES108 E. Superior; (312) 573-6754This elegant, leather-accented restau-rant has a view of Chicago’s famousWater Tower. Avenues restaurant liftsseafood to new heights with offeringsof European fish served in the Frenchstyle. Some fish are boned tableside,adding an extra level of drama. Gameand red meat as well as dessert alsoreceive expert treatment. Very Expensive BECCO D’ORO160 E. Huron; (312) 787-1300Dim lighting, beautiful art and realItalian waiters add a touch of romanceto this Streeterville restaurant. Fivetypes of risotto are offered daily alongwith creative pastas, seafood presenta-tions and veal. The heaping seafoodsalad and the unique flaming dessertparfait are highly recommended.ExpensiveBEN PAO52 W. Illinois; (312) 222-1888The décor of this elegant Asianrestaurant is dramatic—artistically litblack slate and red accents are juxta-posed with cascading water and stillpools. Vegetarians will delight in the

menu, which also features seafood,duck, beef and chicken. In addition tothe classic Chinese dishes, the imagi-native Asian entrees should be givenequal consideration. Small starterdishes, including creative satays, arealso available for those who like totaste and share. ModerateBICE RESTAURANT158 E. Ontario St.; (312) 664-1474The Chicago sister of the well-knownManhattan Bice, home of the powerlunch, is also a see-and-be-seenrestaurant one block east of MichiganAve. The art deco rooms are paintedin warm Tuscan ochers, golds andoranges. Wonderful pastas competewith seafood and game in contempo-rary Italian presentations. Premiumwines can be found in the wine-by-the-glass list as well as on the regularwine list. ExpensiveBIGGS STEAKHOUSE,SEAFOOD & WINE CELLAR1150 N. Dearborn St.; (312) 787-0900Prime steaks with great side dishesare served in Bigg’s Victorian man-sion near Rush and Division. Thebuilding and interiors are interestingenough by themselves to recommendan evening at Biggs. The restaurantdelivers big wines and classic Frenchsauces with plump cuts of meat, fishand Maine lobster. A basement levelwine cellar offers a lighter menu anda selection of cheese and chocolate aswell as live entertainment. ExpensiveBIG BOWL6 E. Cedar; (312) 640-888860 E. Ohio; (312) 951-1888A casually elegant Asian restaurantwith good vibes. A large, square barfronts the dining room; an openkitchen occupies the back. ModerateBLACKBIRD 619 W. Randolph; (312) 715-0708Trendy hot spot serves contemporaryAmerican cuisine with seasonalemphasis. ExpensiveBOKA1729 N. Halsted St.; (312) 337-6070BOKA offers an American menu

under a unique fabric stretched ceilingthat is more art than interior decor.The theme here is seafood: start withthe seared Maine scallops with cauli-flower puree, or tartar of Atlanticsalmon, or if you are an oyster fan, theraw bar makes an excellent choice forappetizers. Main courses include tradi-tional steak, chicken and lamb, butback to the seafood: the pan-searedgrouper is outstanding. ExpensiveBRASSERIE JO 59 W. Hubbard St.; (312) 595-0800Authentic French in every way,Brasserie Jo serves patrons wonderfulFrench brasserie favorites such assteak frites, endive and blue cheesesalad, escargot, steak béarnaise andsix preparations of fish, all accompa-nied with wonderful wines. High ceil-ings and French music transport youto Chef Jean Joho’s Parisian vision,where a warm baguette greets dinersat their table. The staff is attentive andeducated and the food is phenomenal.ModerateBUTTERFIELD 8 713 N. Wells; (312) 327-0940Dramatic lighting and 21st centurydécor are juxtaposed by the classiccuisine served in this luxurious restau-rant with terrific service. The menuselections include veal schnitzel, steaktartar and shrimp de Jonghe. The baris trendy, and the people watching isfabulous. Butterfield 8 is a quick cabride from downtown hotels. ExpensiveCALITERRA633 N. St. Clair; (312) 274-4444California meets Italy in this lovelyrestaurant with views of both the openkitchen and the city. With no outsidesigns, Caliterra is a hidden treasure.Activity revolves around Caliterra’swoks, brick ovens and grills, wherethe chef combines Italian and Califor-nia ingredients and cooking styles.Guests are welcome to finish thenight with a visit to the piano bar.Located in the Wyndham ChicagoHotel, one block off MichiganAvenue, this versatile restaurant alsoserves breakfast. Expensive

CAPE COD ROOM 140 E. Walton; (312) 787-2200The venerable Drake Hotel’s CapeCod Room serves fresh seafood in acomfortable, cozy setting. The décoris reminiscent of a seaside saloon.ExpensiveCAPITAL GRILLE 633 N. St. Clair; (312) 337-9400One block from Michigan Avenue, theCapital Grille offers the best of steakhouse experiences. Ensconced in thedark wood and leather interior, com-plete with oil paintings, waitersdressed in white aprons offer robustwines, oversize steaks and side ordersas large as entrees. This is a restaurantfor a hearty appetite. ExpensiveCHICAGO CHOP HOUSE60 W. Ontario; (312) 787-7100The 1,400 photos displayed through-out the three-level restaurant featuremusicians, meat purveyors, cityfathers, gangsters and every Chicagomayor. The first level is available tocigar, pipe and cigarette smokers; thesecond floor main dining room is cig-arettes-only; the third-floor “Skybox,”is nonsmoking. A pianist performs inthe evening in the first-level room.ExpensiveCHILPANCINGO 358 W. Ontario; (312) 266-9525Filled with colorful Mexican art, thisrestaurant serves gourmet Mexicancuisine. ModerateCHINA GRILL 230 N. Michigan; (312) 345-1000A haven for trendy city-hoppers, thenew Hard Rock Hotel gave new lifeto the neglected Carbide and CarbonBuilding, which actually looks like itwas built out of carbon and carbide.Stop by for a drink at Hard Rock’sBase bar or dinner at the China Grill,an Asian-influenced restaurant sched-uled to open just in time for RSNA2004. ModerateCHOCOLATE BAR AT THEPENINSULA HOTEL108 E. Superior St.; (312) 337-2888Heaven on Earth for some and cer-

AFTER A full day of scientific presentations at RSNA 2004, meeting attendees and their families can get a taste of Chicago through its wide selection of restaurants. Additional information about Chicago and its many interesting tourist attractions is available from

the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau Web site at www.meetinchicago.com/rsna.An RSNA Tours & Events brochure is also available at rsna2004.rsna.org. Click on Tours and City Events in

the left-hand column. Information about dining and Chicago events is also available at the Tours and ActivitiesDesk, located in the Help Center, Lakeside Center Ballroom, Level 3, and at the Palmer House Hilton hotel.

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tainly not an experience to be dupli-cated; the Peninsula hotel offers amagnificent $20 chocolate buffet onFriday and Saturday evenings. From8:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m., the ChocolateBar offers a dozen chocolate choicesfrom strawberries (dipped in it) totruffles (made from it). Best of all, itis an all you can eat buffet; anabsolutely perfect way to end theevening after dinner downtown. Stepsfrom Michigan Avenue. ModerateCITÉ505 N. Lake Shore Dr.; (312) 644-4050For those who want to experience thesophisticated side of Chicago, Cité isa can’t-miss choice. Situated on therooftop of Lake Point Tower, Citéoffers French/Italian fare and is oneof the few Chicago establishments torequire jackets in both restaurant andbar. The waiters wear tuxedos, thefood is first-class and the elegantexperience is unforgettable. Very ExpensiveCOCO PAZZO 300 W. Hubbard; (312) 836-0900Tuscan cuisine served in fabric-draped studio, complete with a beau-tiful bar. ExpensiveCONNIE’S PIZZA151 E. Wacker; (312) 565-36612373 S. Archer Ave.; (312) 326-3443This Windy City favorite serves seri-ous pizza. InexpensiveD. KELLY 623 W. Randolph St.; (312) 628-0755A mostly American menu offers inter-national delights including salmongravlax, foie gras and beef carpaccio.Foodies agree that dessert is a must atD. Kelly. The décor consists of photo-graphs and art by local Chicagoartists, warming the exposed brickwalls and maple floors. ExpensiveD’VINE RESTAURANT & WINE BAR 1950 W. North; (773) 235-5700Sleek wine bar serves a fusion ofFrench, Asian and Mediterraneaninfluenced dishes. ExpensiveERAWAN 729 N. Clark; (312) 642-6888This new Gold Coast gem uses West-ern ingredients to artistically updateclassic Thai dishes. For instance,venison is featured instead of beef orchicken in an otherwise traditionalThai satay. The carefully selectedwine list allows for top-notch wineand food combinations. Try thedegustation menus with matchingwine selections. The glasses andchina are imported from Bangkok. Very ExpensiveEVEREST 440 S. LaSalle; (312) 663-8920Enjoy the Alsatian emphasis in theFrench cuisine served on the 40thfloor with a dramatic city view,unless the clouds are low. This ele-

gant restaurant competes with Ambriaand Charlie Trotter’s for sophisticateddining. Very ExpensiveFOGO DE CHÃO661 N. LaSalle St.; (312) 932-9330Fogo de Chão is a Brazilian “churras-caria”—all-you-can-eat meat carvedtableside. Waiters dressed as gauchoscarry long skewers of chicken, filetmignon, leg of lamb, pork loin, porkribs, rump steak and sausages fromtable to table. Brazilian beef has amuch grainier texture and more pro-nounced flavor than American beef.The fixed-price dinner also includes a30-item salad bar, which can beordered as a meal. Side dishes includeblack beans, cheese puffs, friedbananas, fried yucca, garlic mashedpotatoes, polenta and rice. ExpensiveFOLLIA953 W. Fulton Ave.; (312) 243-2888Food and fashion unite at this charm-ing Italian restaurant in the marketdistrict. Chef owner Bruno Abateserves unpretentious timeless Italianrisottos, pastas and entrees witheverything cooked to order. Follia’swindows are decorated with man-nequins wearing haute couturedesigned by local college students.The clothing and art are available forpurchase. ModerateFUSE71 E. Wacker Dr.; (312) 462-7071The critics love Fuse. One look insidetells you why; even the architectureof the stunning interior has receivedraves. Offerings lean toward the richand interesting. The signature dish ofFuse is seared foie gras served withbittersweet chocolate sauce. Whereelse can one find caramel cognacgelato or venison in coffee-peppersauce? For those who want to experi-ence a flashy, expensive and interest-ing city dining experience, Fuse is agreat choice. Very ExpensiveGENE & GEORGETTI500 N. Franklin; (312) 527-3718This classic steakhouse in the RiverNorth neighborhood is thoroughlylacking in pretension and offers thebest steaks available in the city.Ungarnished steaks are served bywaiters who appear to have worked atthe restaurant since its inception. Thisis authentic Chicago-expect to hearthick Chicago accents and perhapscatch sight of a local alderman.ExpensiveGINO’S EAST OF CHICAGO633 N. Wells; (312) 943-1124Considered one of the top 10 pizzeriasin the nation, Gino’s East provides themost authentic Chicago-pizza diningexperience available. The Chicagoschool of pizza-making places thesauce on top, with the ingredients andcheese underneath. Gino’s slicesweigh in at nearly 1/2 pound, so orderyour size carefully. Inexpensive

GIOCO 1312 S. Wabash Ave.; (312) 939-3870Gioco serves a big-portioned contem-porary Italian feast in a Prohibition-era speakeasy. The simple menu is inline with a trattoria, offering tortellini,beef and octopus carpaccios, pizza,veal scaloppini, rabbit, mussels, andseafood. Conveniently close toMcCormick Place and downtownhotels. ModerateGRILLROOM CHOPHOUSE AND WINE BAR 33 W. Monroe; (312) 960-0000Wet-aged Certified Angus Beef is thespecialty at this Loop/Theater Districtsteakhouse. A variety of non-beefselections including pasta, lamb andseafood are also available. The loca-tion and the flexibility of the servicemake this restaurant a good choicefor a pre-theater dinner or drink. TheGrillroom offers an amazing selectionof 40 wines by the glass. ExpensiveTHE GRILL ON THE ALLEY 909 N. Michigan; (312) 255-9009The Westin Hotel’s rendition of thefamous Beverly Hills Grill on theAlley serves large steaks, prime riband seafood in a clubby leather-boundatmosphere. Simple sauces and signa-ture salads are mainstays. Decoratedwith hundreds of pieces of art, theroom is old fashioned with high-backed booths and professional serv-ice. A pianist plays nightly in thelarge lounge. ExpensiveHACKNEY’S PRINTERS ROW733 S. Dearborn; (312) 461-1116This local pub is located in one of theoldest buildings in the south LoopPrinters Row neighborhood. Thelocation and neighborhood are asfamous and historic as the Hackney-burger. Try the popular deep-friedonion loaf with one of Hackney’smany imported tap beers, whichinclude Harp, Bass, Stiegl Pils andTucher Hefe Weiss. InexpensiveHEAT1507 N. Sedgwick; (312) 397-9818The ultimate in fresh sushi andsashimi cut to order sometimes fromlive fish swimming in the three salt-water tanks. ExpensiveHEAVEN ON SEVEN ON RUSH600 N. Michigan; (312) 280-7774Spicy Cajun and Creole dishes areserved in an equally stimulating roomsteps from Michigan Avenue, up asteep escalator. Not fancy, but the“feed me” fixed price menus, depend-ent on the whims of the chef, providean unforgettable experience. Sundayfeatures a New Orleans Jazz Brunch.ModerateHOUSE OF BLUES329 N. Dearborn St.; (312) 923-2000Folk art meets European theaterdesign in Chicago’s spectacularHouse of Blues. The House of Blues

is all about entertainment, includingthe House of Blues restaurant, whichhosts a blues stage seven nights aweek. However, the outsider art isentertainment in itself. The Cajunfood offers a great selection and is aperfect fit with the décor—hot andspicy. Make advance reservations forthe unforgettable Sunday GospelBrunch. ExpensiveJAPONAIS600 W. Chicago Ave.; (312) 822-9600One of Chicago’s hottest new restau-rants, Japonais combines industrialand chic in its huge, elegant darkwood/red brick interior in a convertedindustrial building. The interior is sostunning it was featured in InteriorDesign magazine. Japonais offers traditional Japanese sushi, Kobe beefcarpaccio, smoked duck, chestnut-encrusted chicken stuffed with shi-itake rice and, to finish, the TokyoTower—a huge helping of ice cream,sorbets and cookies. ExpensiveJOE’S SEAFOOD, PRIMESTEAK AND STONE CRAB60 E. Grand; (312) 379-5637This Miami offshoot serves Floridastone crab claws with mustard sauceand steaks in a dining room decoratedwith vintage black and white photo-graphs. ExpensiveKEVIN 9 W. Hubbard; (312) 595-0055Kevin delivers an excellent fusion ofAsian and French cuisine in a mar-velous interior space. Asian influ-ences distinguish the contemporarydining room. Shoji screens, brickwalls and hardwood floors blend asbeautifully as the cuisine. ExpensiveLE COLONIAL937 N. Rush; (312) 255-0088Located in the heart of Chicago’sRush Street nightlife district, thisFrench-Vietnamese masterpiece fea-tures a look back in time to colonialVietnam. Sugar cane wrapped shrimp,sea bass and filet mignon grace thissophisticated menu. ExpensiveLE LAN749 N. Clark St.; (312) 280-9100This restaurant invokes thoughts ofVietnam, when the French colonistsbrought their cuisine with them anddiscovered that French fare comple-ments the Asian flavors of Vietnamlike a hand in a glove. Le Lan offers a casual but well thought-out spacedecorated in the traditional colors ofVietnam—browns, greens and blackonyx. Vietnamese spring rolls, foiegras flan, smoked squab, crispy-skinned duck, Vietnamese sea bassand poached lobster are some of thedishes offered in this two-story, inti-mate building. ModerateLES NOMADES222 E. Ontario; (312) 649-9010Flawless French food served in a

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downtown mansion. This elegantrestaurant’s picturesque entrance is soentrancing that it is occasionally usedas the setting for movie scenes. Theinterior is cozy, warm and inviting.Very ExpensiveMARCHE 833 W. Randolph; (312) 226-8399Over-the-top décor makes this Frenchrestaurant a popular “see and be seen”spot. Be prepared for loud, technomusic. ExpensiveMCCORMICK & SCHMICK’S41 E. Chestnut; (312) 397-9500This West Coast import is all aboutfish. The menu offers what is proba-bly the entire day’s available catch inChicago, along with the requiredtoken red meat items. Oysters are thehouse specialty. The dining rooms areclubby with dark wood paneling anddim lighting. Request a booth. Thepopular bar serves lighter fare and alate-night menu. Located one blockoff Michigan Avenue, behind FourthPresbyterian Church and in the heartof Rush Street’s nightlife. Moderate/ExpensiveMORTON’S, THE STEAKHOUSE1050 N. State; (312) 266-4820The King of steakhouses is famousfor its steak and lobster. Located inthe center of Chicago’s nightlife area. ExpensiveMK, THE RESTAURANT868 N. Franklin; (312) 482-9179Creative contemporary dishessuperbly offset by this stylish restau-rant. Exposed bricks and beams reflectthe building’s past as a paint factory.ExpensiveMOLIVE’107 E. Delaware; (312) 573-6300Enjoy this comfortable setting for aCalifornia-Mediterranean influencedmenu one block away from Bloom-ingdale’s. ExpensiveMOTO945 W. Fulton Market Ave.; (312) 491-0058Absolutely unique. Chef HomaroCantu has created a restaurant with anoff-the-scale creativity quotient. A cus-tom-designed utensil holds aromaticherbs to add the perfect scent to beginthe first course of sashimi tuna, whichis only the first of many unexpectedtwists on traditional service and pres-entation. Tasting menus of seven or 10courses are offered. Each course isvery small, so it is best to opt for the10-course menu. Moto leans towardraw food, which, by chef Cantu’s defi-nition, is food that never sees tempera-tures above 108 degrees. Each courseis presented with some inventive twist,be it a frozen icee of fennel and celeryor bass cooked at the table at a verylow temperature in a box built byCantu himself. Very Expensive

NAHA 500 N. Clark; (312) 321-6242This bright, minimalist restaurant ismaking a hit with its Mediterranean-influenced American offerings. ExpensiveNICK’S FISHMARKET51 S. Clark St.; (312) 621-0200This Loop favorite has fruit reduc-tions and Asian accents to comple-ment the exceptional seafood and fish.The service is outstanding. ExpensiveNINE440 W. Randolph St.; (312) 575-9900Nine is a steak and seafood restaurantwith one of the most interesting andremarked-upon decors in Chicago.Prepare for a visual experience high-lighted by the free use of stainlesssteel, mirrors and expensive wood.No expense was spared; even thosethat require a champagne and caviarbar serving beluga by the ounce willfeel at home. The upstairs Ghost barserves a must-try specialty martini,the Ghostini and plays loud technomusic for those inclined to retire for atrendy nightcap after dinner. Nine is agood place to celebrity-watch, sight-ings of professional athletes are notuncommon. ExpensiveNOMI 800 N. Michigan; (312) 239-4030The most noteworthy design elementin this minimalist, French restaurant isthe phenomenal view of North Michi-gan Avenue and Lake Michigan. Very ExpensiveNORDSTROM CAFÉ520 N. Michigan; (312) 464-1515This stylish cafeteria has revivedmany an exhausted shopper. Lunchspots in the newly designated NorthBridge section of Michigan Avenueare limited; so don’t forget this oasiswhen visiting Nordstrom or the Shopsat Nordstrom. InexpensiveONE SIXTYBLUE160 N. Loomis; (312) 850-0303 Sophisticated contemporary cuisineserved to a sophisticated clientele in asetting to match. ExpensiveOPERA1301 S. Wabash Ave.; (312) 461-0161“Hip-hop Asian” with clean flavorsand dramatic presentations sum upOpera. This four-star restaurant is notsomething one can experience in aChinese carry out-box. Interestingsauces—spring onion, five-spice saltand sweet/sour chili sauce—andthoughtful presentations make Operaa unique experience. Draped silk,quilted chair backs, exotic light fix-tures and Chinese screens add anundertone of drama to dinner. Opera’sSouth Loop building formerly ware-housed film reels, which left small,romantic niches cleverly filled withtables. Expensive

THE PALM323 E. Wacker; (312) 616-1000Mammoth prime steaks, lobsters anddrinks grace the tables at this popularsteakhouse. House specialties includelobster, New York strip, porterhouseand filet. Hint: reserve your jumbolobster ahead of time to guaranteeavailability. The traditional seafoodappetizers are well worth sampling.The Palm’s personality comes fromhaving walls that are covered withportraits of patrons—the famous aswell as the unknown—and cartoons.ExpensivePARK GRILL11 N. Michigan Ave.; (312) 521-7275Chicago’s answer to New York’s Tav-ern on the Green, the Park Grill islocated in the heart of Chicago’s newand magnificent Millennium Park.Floor to ceiling windows allow dinersa great view of the ice skaters andMichigan Avenue. The menu is Amer-ican and unpretentious, featuring adouble-cut pork chop with port sauceand bone-in rib eye. The Park Grill isa pre-theater favorite, especiallyamong the symphony crowd. Its cen-tral location is unbeatable. ExpensivePETTERINO’S150 N. Dearborn; (312) 422-0150Located in the southeast corner of thenew Goodman Theatre building, Pet-terino’s specializes in quality pre-the-ater steaks, chops, pastas and salads.The room and the food are both sub-stantial. Dim lighting artisticallyblends the dark woods and red leatherinterior into a comfortable, recogniz-ably 1940s Loop-style restaurant. Tofurther celebrate the authentic Chicagostyle and atmosphere, order the shrimpde jonghe, an original Chicago dish.The restaurant takes its name fromArturo Petterino, the famous formerPump Room maitre d’. ExpensivePILI.PILI230 W. Kinzie St.; (312) 464-9988This combination bistro-style diningroom and casual café has FrenchProvencal flair with Mediterraneaninfluences from North Africa andMorocco. Named after the NorthAfrican chili pepper, Pili.Pili’s spe-cialties include charcuterie, rusticbreads, steak frites, steamed musselsand stuffed sea bass. This River Northrestaurant serves food all day in thecafé and lunch and dinner in the din-ing room. Wines are available by theglass, bottle or flight. The Pili.Pilipastis is included in the extensive listof French aperitifs. ModeratePIZZERIA UNO29 E. Ohio St.; (312) 321-1000PIZZERIA DUE619 N. Wabash Ave.; (312) 943-2400Sixty years of Chicago pizza experi-ence culminates in one great pizza tra-dition split between two downtownChicago mansions. Pizzeria Uno and

Due are across the street from eachother at the intersection of Ohio andWabash. Chicagoans and tourists alikeappear to believe the pizza is worththe wait. The basement level PizzeriaUno has a dark, bar-like environment,while Due’s rooms are lighter.Express lunch is available at bothrestaurants. InexpensivePLUTON873 N. Orleans St.; (312) 266-1440This highly acclaimed new restaurantoffers an interesting twist on prix fixedining. Typically prix fixe means thediner chooses the number of coursesand the chef determines the menu. AtPluton, if you decide on the tastingmenu, you may choose four, five, sixor 10 courses. A four or five courseselection offers the choice of individ-ual dishes. There is no limitation onyour choices. A typical meal may startwith Maine lobster salad with seaasparagus, pineapple-pear chutneyand grapefruit sorbet to be followedby plancha-seared foie gras withlemon curd, roasted beets and microgreens with a main course of bonemarrow-crusted beef tenderloin andporcini mashed with roasted shallots.Very ExpensivePRAIRIE RESTAURANT500 S. Dearborn; (312) 663-1143Prairie features everything that isgreat about the midwestern prairiefrom game and produce to PrairieSchool accents and Mission-style fur-niture. Interesting twists can be foundon classic midwestern comfort foodsas well as inspiring beef and gamedishes. ExpensiveRHAPSODY 65 E. Adams; (312) 786-9911This beautiful restaurant is conve-niently tucked inside Symphony Cen-ter with an outside entrance on AdamsStreet. The conservatory-style diningroom is accentuated with toweringplants and filled with lovers of food,wine and the arts. Amidst the hustleand bustle of the Loop, Rhapsody’sdining room opens onto a downtownrarity, a lovely, hidden garden. ExpensiveRL RESTAURANT RALPH LAUREN115 E. Chicago; (312) 475-1100 Ralph Lauren designed a restaurantthat is consistent with his American-style clothing and home accessories.The room is clubby, comfortable anddark. The front bar’s mahogany pan-eling is slightly upstaged by the book-cases and Ralph Lauren-style furni-ture. The menu is upscale Americanwith Italian accents. The beef is fromcattle carefully bred on the actualLauren ranch. Do not miss out on thememorable desserts. Expensive

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ROOM 2222 E. Hubbard St.; (312) 527-4900Serving a contemporary American cui-sine, the menu includes Prosciutto diParma with melon and golden babybeets with feta cheese, main coursechoices include short rib of beef andpotato pave with wild mushroom, andthe creative pepper crusted yellow fintuna with red pepper marmalade.Room 22 becomes a night club/loungelate night on Thursdays, Fridays andSaturdays with DJ entertainment. ExpensiveROSEBUD 1500 W. Taylor; (312) 942-1117A memorable Italian meal served in acomfortable, upscale setting. ModerateROSEBUD STEAKHOUSE 192 E. Walton; (312) 397-1000Rosebud’s bone-in filet has won thehearts of Chicago steak enthusiasts.Excellent Italian preparations ofchicken, lamb and seafood are alsoavailable. The clubby room with itsdark wood paneled walls and redleather booths and chairs is a favoritehaunt of Chicago’s Mayor Daley andother local politicos. The wine listoffers a selection of Italian and Amer-ican wines. Located behind the Drake,Rosebud is in a quiet pocket of theelegant north Streeterville neighbor-hood. ExpensiveROY’S 720 N. State; (312) 787-7599Hawaiian fusion cuisine, which com-bines French and Asian cooking tech-niques, includes hibachi-grilledsalmon, blackened tuna and barbe-cued baby back ribs. Expert wine andfood pairings are offered. The bar anda special section of the dining roomoffer a view of the exhibition kitchen.ExpensiveRUMBA351 W. Hubbard St.; (312) 222-1226This upscale Latin fusion restaurantoffers a taste of Cuba, Puerto Rico andSouth American cuisine. Rumba’sNuevo Latino fare is served in a roomreminiscent of the Tropicana night-club. Thursday thru Sunday late nightguests can tango to live Latin musicand occasionally see professionaldance performances. Tropical cock-tails are a favorite among the sophisti-cated lounge crowd. Try a “caipirin-has” or a “chocolatada.” ExpensiveRUSSIAN TEA TIME77 E. Adams; (312) 360-0000Not just a tea house as the name sug-gests, Russian Tea Time is a full-serv-ice restaurant run by natives of theformer Soviet Republic of Uzbek-istan. ExpensiveSAFFRON111 W. Hubbard St.; (312)-464-1100For those seeking a Latin flair, for-mer-Spiaggia chef Carlos Contereras

has created an international menucombining Latin, Moroccan and Asianinfluences. Cornmeal-crusted scal-lops, potato-crusted halibut andchorizo-potato casserole light up themenu. Saffron is dimly lit with awarm ambiance. Curtains separate thevery intimate tables. Steak eaters willfind comfort in the black-pepper ribeye, but the more adventurous willfind plenty of interesting flavors withwhich to experiment. ModerateSAIKO1307 S. Wabash Ave.; (312) 922-2222A taste of what Tokyo hipsters arelikely eating in a South Loop location.If you have a taste for sushi, a goodbet is the sushi tasting menu—thechef makes excellent choices. A seri-ous sake menu allows the chance toexperiment with subtle variations onthe Asian liquor. For those whoseappetites demand more than sushi, trythe shogun rib-eye steak or herb-crusted salmon. The interior is inter-esting and thoroughly unlike a typicalsushi restaurant mostly due to the lib-eral use of marble, a non-standardarchitectural touch for Japanese sushirestaurants. ExpensiveSEASONS RESTAURANT120 E. Delaware; (312) 649-2349The Four Seasons Hotel provides lux-ury hotel amenities in its well-respected Seasons Restaurant. Theroom is elegant, but most important,the large tables are positioned farenough apart to create a sense of inti-macy and space not usually found inthe city. Seven stories above NorthMichigan Ave., chandeliers and gor-geous, fresh-cut flowers grace the oakpaneled room. A variety of tastingmenus complete with wine selectionsaccompany the a la carte menu. Saveroom for dessert or cheese, both are anexcellent decision. Seasons is knownfor light, healthy fare. Very ExpensiveSHAW’S CRAB HOUSE21 E. Hubbard; (312) 527-2722Seasonal seafood is flown in dailyfrom the Atlantic, the Gulf and thePacific Coast to this popular RiverNorth spot. Many of the restaurant’sfish and seafood suppliers are picturedon the walls of the Blue Crab Lounge,a New Orleans-themed oyster bar withold blues and torch recordings on thesound system. ExpensiveSMITH & WOLLENSKY318 N. State; (312) 670-9900Sports and steaks are the perfect com-bination in Chicago. Scattered amongthe memorabilia and Americana artdecorating the walls is a fair assort-ment of sports-related collectables andaccents. This New York import servesextremely large steaks. The many win-dows and French doors provide dinerswith an excellent view of the ChicagoRiver, the Wacker Drive office towersand the State Street Bridge. Lobster

cocktail and crabcakes are among themost notable appetizers. Aside fromsteak, the must-be-mentioned entreesinclude a braised pork shank and alobster dusted with paprika andcayenne pepper. ExpensiveSPAGO 520 N. Dearborn; (312) 527-3700California-Asian inspired dishesserved in classy venue. Decor isbright, cheerful and arty. A cigarlounge with a small fireplace can befound on the second floor. ExpensiveSPIAGGIA 980 N. Michigan; (312) 280-2750Sophisticated Italian creations areappropriate for this breathtakingroom, filled with those desiring to seeand be seen. This is an extremelypopular destination with white table-cloths, large windows and first classservice. Very ExpensiveSTARFISH804 W. Randolph St.; (312) 997-2433The sushi and maki choices are asendless as the “oohs” and “aahs” thataccompany them. The vibrant greenwalls and red-orange ceiling are a per-fect contrast for the dark floors anddim lighting. The music is urban andmatches the crowd. ExpensiveSUSHISAMBA RIO504 N. Wells St.; (312) 595-2300A New York transplant, SushiSambaRio is trendy, hip and flashy. Themenu is a mix of Japanese sushi andSouth American flavors in a stunningroom where no architectural expensehas been spared. ExpensiveSWK710 N. Wells St.; (312) 274-9500Sophisticated, expensive and Ameri-can, SWK offers such interestingstarters as ostrich satay with peanutsauce, steak tartar, lobster carpaccioand short ribs in Roquefort sauce. Arich start, but it gets even better withmain course choices, including seabass and rib-eye steaks. Fireplaceswarm the room and compete for atten-tion with the live orchids that gracethe interior. The ultra-sophisticatedSWK is an impressive restaurant forbusiness dining. Very ExpensiveTASTE OF SIAM600 S. Dearborn; (312) 939-1179Located in a converted warehouse inthe Printers Row neighborhood, this isthe spot for Thai cuisine in the southLoop. The large windows and highceilings add a touch of airiness to thislong, narrow room. The menu isextensive and the food is exotic butnot too challenging. The crowd isyoung and urban. InexpensiveTOPOLOBAMPO 445 N. Clark; (312) 661-1434Complex Mexican flavors abound inthe upscale restaurant adjacent to itssister, Frontera Grill. Expensive

TRATTORIA NO. 1010 N. Dearborn; (312) 984-1718This subterranean fixture in the Loophas it all. The dark, quiet dining roomis divided into intimate spaces by pil-lars and Italian-style archways. Pinlights add drama to the colorful room.Chicagoans visit Trattoria No. 10 forthe amazing pastas, risottos and ravi-oli dishes. However, meat andseafood lovers will also be pleased.ExpensiveTRU 676 N. St. Clair; (312) 202-0001Flashy, contemporary dishes are jux-taposed against the stunning whitedining room. This exciting, trendyexperience is one block off MichiganAvenue. Very ExpensiveTUSCANY1014 W. Taylor; (312) 829-1990Fashionable Northern Italian restau-rant suitably situated on Taylor Street.ExpensiveVERMILION10 W. Hubbard St.; (312) 527-4060Veering far from the traditional path,Vermilion presents a Latin-Indianfusion menu that, however unusual incombination, surprisingly works wellin most cases. The Latin influence iseasily seen in the tapas-style menu,where patrons order many smalldishes to share, such as roasted babyeggplants or fried plantain dumplings,yucca fries and various curries. Beforewarned, small dishes means small,servings are not large. ExpensiveWAVE 644 N. Lake Shore Dr.; (312) 255-4460This Mediterranean restaurant special-izing in seafood is appropriately situ-ated on Lake Shore Drive. ChicagoMagazine recommends seafood bouil-labaisse. Sleek lines and vibrant col-ors contribute to Wave’s ultimatechicness. Practically flowing into theultra-trendy W Chicago-LakeshoreHotel’s popular lobby bar, Wave fea-tures a communal table ringed bysmaller four- and six-seat tables.ExpensiveVIVO838 W. Randolph; (312) 733-3379This chic restaurant offers creativeItalian fare. ExpensiveZEALOUS 419 W. Superior; (312) 475-9112This warm eggplant and olive roomhas 18-foot ceilings, texturized wallsand a two story glassed-in wine towerthat can hold 6,000 wine bottles.Zealous’ kitchen brilliantly combinesdifferent foods, textures and flavors.The multiple-course degustationmenus are highly recommended.Expensive

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Medical Meetings November – April 2004

NOVEMBER 2–5British Society of Interventional Radiology, BSIR Annual Meeting, Harrogate International Convention Centre, NorthYorkshire, U.K. • www.bsir.org

NOVEMBER 9–10Cancer Imaging Program at the National Cancer Institute, High-throughput Technologies for in vivo Imaging Agents,Watergate Hotel, Washington, D.C. • https://cms.palladianpartners.com/cms/1087848422/

NOVEMBER 27RSNA, Personal Financial Management Strategies Sessions,McCormick Place, Chicago • www.rsna.org/education/shortcourses/index.html

NOVEMBER 28–DECEMBER 3RSNA 2004, 90th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting,McCormick Place, Chicago • www.rsna.org

DECEMBER 4–7American Medical Association, AMA Interim Meeting, HyattRegency, Atlanta • www.ama-assn.org

JANUARY 20–23Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, RTOG Meeting, SheratonWild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, Phoenix • www.rtog.org

FEBRUARY 2–6Mexican Society of Radiology (SMRI), Annual Meeting, Mexico City • www.smri.org.mx

FEBRUARY 27–MARCH 4Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists (SGR) and Society ofUroradiology (SUR), Abdominal Radiology Course 2005, HyattRegency Hill Country Resort, San Antonio • www.sgr.org

MARCH 4–8European Congress of Radiology, ECR 2005, Austria CenterVienna, Austria • www.ecr.org

MARCH 11–12Biomedical Imaging Research Opportunities Workshop 3(BIROW 3), Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Md. • www.birow.org

MARCH 21–25Society of Computed Body Tomography & Magnetic Reso-nance (SCBT/MR), 28th Annual Meeting, Loews Miami BeachHotel, South Beach, Fla. • www.scbtmr.org

MARCH 31–APRIL 5Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), 30th Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans • www.sirweb.org

APRIL 9–14American College of Radiology (ACR), Annual Meeting andChapter Leader Conference, Hilton Washington, Washington,D.C. • www.acr.org

APRIL 19–2210th International Conference on Occupational Respiratory Diseases (10th ICORD), Occupational Respiratory Hazards inthe 21st Century: Best Practices for Prevention and Control,Beijing, China • www.ICORD2005.com

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