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American Board of Radiology
ABR Mission
Statement: The mission of The American Board of
Radiology is to serve the public and the medical
profession by certifying that its diplomats have
acquired, demonstrated, and maintained a requisite
standard of knowledge, skill and understanding essential
to the practice of radiology, radiation oncology and
radiologic physics.
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American College of Radiation Oncology
The College is managed
by a volunteer
Board of Chancellors elected by the membership
and guided by By-laws. The Board consists of 15 elected
members, and four
officers: the Chairman, the President, the
Vice-President, and the Secretary Treasurer. In
addition, the Board includes one appointed
representative from
ASTRO (American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and
Oncology) and one appointed representative from
ARRO (Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology).
Elections are held annually prior to the College's
Annual Meeting. Each chancellor serves a 3-year term
with the possibility of not more than two consecutive
terms. The chief executive officer of the College is the
President of the Board of Chancellors, who then ascends
to the position of Chairman. All programming is by committees whose members are appointed by the
Board of Chancellors. The Board of Chancellors adheres
to guidelines of tenure for committee personnel to
ensure periodic rotation. The Board of Chancellors,
through a contract with
RSNA, employs an
Executive Secretary and an Assistant Executive Secretary
who, through staff, are responsible for functions
related to administrative services, publishing services, meeting services, financial
management, continuing medical education, and research
promotion. The strength of the College lies in the
careful appointment of committee persons for the varied
assignments and in the broad participation of members in
the educational activities.
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American College of Radiology
The 30,000 members of
the American College of Radiology include radiologists,
radiation oncologists, medical physicists,
interventional radiologists and nuclear medicine
physicians. For over three quarters of a century, the ACR has devoted its resources to making imaging safe,
effective and accessible to those who need it.
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European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics
The
European Federation of Organizations in Medical Physics
(EFOMP) was founded in 1980. The current membership
covers 35 national organizations which together
represent more than 5000 physicists and engineers in the
field of Medical Physics.
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World Federation of Neuroradiological Societies
The
World Federation of Neuroradiological Societies (WFNRS),
established in 1993, is an umbrella organization
composed of eighteen national and regional
neuroradiological societies. It fosters international
scientific and educational programs in neuroradiology
and promotes cooperative projects between its member
organizations and those in allied disciplines. WFNRS is
the sponsoring organization of the International
Symposium Neuroradiologicum,a scientific assembly
instituted in 1939 and held quadrennially since that
time. The most recent Symposium was held in Philadelphia
in May of 1998. Symposium XVII will be held in Paris in
2002 with Prof. Luc Picard serving as President, and
Prof. Michael Sage will preside over Symposium XVIII to
be held in Sydney in 2006.
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Radiology Info - Current and accurate
patient information about diagnostic radiology
procedures, interventional radiology and radiation
therapy.
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PET Imaging Group, University of Aberdeen
This
research group is working on the applications of
Positron Emission Tomography (PET), with respect to
clinical image analysis and investigation of imaging
techniques Background The Aberdeen cyclotron (CTI RDS
111) is used to produce positron-emitting radioactive
materials which, because of their short half-life,
cannot be obtained from commercial sources. Of
particular interest are the radioactive forms of
biologically important elements such as oxygen,
nitrogen, carbon and fluorine, which can be used to
label a wide range of biochemicals. When the new
radioactive biochemical is administered to a patient,
the radiation emitted can be detected by a positron
emission tomographic (PET) imager (CTI/Siemens ECAT
EXACT 31) to produce a 3-D image of the distribution of
the biochemical in the body.
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Positron Emission Tomography Center, Children's Hospital of
Michigan
Since
January 1994, the PET Center at Children's Hospital of
Michigan has provided a variety of scans, both clinical
and research, to patients of all ages from Michigan and
abroad. Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State
University, and other members of the Detroit Medical
Center share this substantial resource with the
community to detect seizure epileptic foci, to determine
serotonin synthesis capacity in autism and tuberous
sclerosis, to evaluate heart disorders and cardiac
viability, and to identify malignant diseases or tumors
and to monitor their therapy.
Children's Hospital of
Michigan (CHM), the only freestanding children's
hospital in the state, is a private, nonprofit, 245-bed
hospital that has been treating children since 1886.
Specialists in all areas of Pediatric Medicine, Surgery,
and Nursing provide care for children from birth to
adolescence, and from infancy to adulthood at the PET
Center. The staff at CHM addresses patients' needs as
caregivers, educators, researchers and advocates. CHM
is a member of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC), which
is the academic health center for Wayne State
University.
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Positron Emission Tomography Center, University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center
The
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) positron
emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance (MR)
imaging research facilities
were established to conduct state of the art research
imaging studies at the University of Pittsburgh. The PET
and MR imaging facilities are Research Divisions of the
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University
of Pittsburgh. The PET facility became operational in
1992 and is located on the ninth floor of the B-wing of
Presbyterian University Hospital; the MR center became
operational in 1994 and is located on the 8th floor,
B-wing of Presbyterian University Hospital. The PET
facility is co-directed by Drs.
Chester Mathis (neuroscience program) and Norbert Avril (oncology program).
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Turkey PET Center
Turku
PET Centre is a Finnish National Research Institute to
promote the use of PET in the medical research. The
Centre was founded in 1974 by the University of Turku,
Åbo Akademi University and the Turku University
Hospital. The Centre integrates top scientific expertise
with excellent facilities and equipments located
centrally in the university campus and university
hospital. Fruitful interaction and collaboration between
basic scientists
and clinical investigators is a long-standing
tradition. We are working on the development of new
tracers,
with experimental, preclinical and clinical studies with
new compounds and drugs, as well as with clinical
investigations. The location of the Centre in the
University Hospital allows us to study seriously ill
patients.
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Digital Anatomist Program, University of Washington
The Digital Anatomist Project
is motivated by the belief that anatomy is the basis of
all the biomedical sciences (including clinical
medicine). Manifestations of health and disease can be
regarded as attributes of anatomical structures ranging
in size from molecules to body parts. Therefore our goal
is to represent anatomy in a comprehensive and
consistent way, which should meet the needs of all
biomedical applications that require anatomical
knowledge. Moreover, a logical and consistent
representation of anatomy should facilitate the modeling
of all biomedical information, including the patient
record. We have pursued two parallel tracks for
representing anatomical information: 1. The generation
of graphical models derived from cadaver and clinical
imaging data; and 2. Symbolic modeling of the structures
and relationships that constitute the human body. Our
initial work with graphical representations of anatomy
provided the impetus and motivation for the National
Library of Medicine to establish the Visible Human
Project, and our symbolic modeling has enhanced NLM's
Unified Medical Language System in order to represent
deep anatomical knowledge. In collaboration with the
knowledge systems group at Stanford, we have now created
a very large knowledge base which provides the
foundation for the machine-based intelligence needed to
remotely interact with biomedical image data. Our group
is unique in that we are pursuing graphical and symbolic
representations of anatomy in parallel and then
integrate graphical and symbolic models. We believe that
such an 'intelligent' anatomical model is a requirement
for next-generation applications in biomedical research
and clinical medicine. Our results to date give credence
to an ambitious and long term vision which we are
committed to realizing.
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Marching Through the Visible Man, NLM, U.S. via General
Electric Research and Development
The National Library of
Medicine is creating a digital atlas of the human body.
This project, called the
Visible Human, has already produced computed
tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and physical
cross-sections of a human male cadaver. This paper
describes a methodology and results for extracting
surfaces from the Visible Male's CT data. We use surface
connectivity and isosurface extraction techniques to
create polygonal models of the skin, bone, muscle and
bowels. Early experiments with the physical
cross-sections are also reported. There is a
companion paper on the Visible Woman.
- Radiology Business Management Association
(RBMA) a not-for-profit
association of radiology business management
professionals. For over 35 years, RBMA has provided
resources to keep radiology professionals on the leading
edge. RBMA offers members exceptional educational
programs and continuing education sources, direct
networking with industry professionals, invaluable
products for running a successful business and much
more. RBMA is a not-for profit association of radiology
business management professionals. RBMA provides to keep
radiology professionals on the leading edge. RBMA offers
members exceptional educational programs and continuing
sources, with industry professionals, invaluable
products for running a successful business and much
more!
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