Distinguished Honorees and Lecturers
The RSNA Board of Directors has announced the distinguished honorees and lecturers to whom the Society will pay tribute at the 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. They are:
RSNA/AAPM Modules to Focus on Science of Imaging
RSNA and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) are developing 50 Web-based instructional modules on the basic science underlying imaging. Radiology residents and practicing radiologists will be able to use these self-guided, interactive modules to educate themselves about the physics concepts identified as critical to modern radiology in an AAPM-developed, standardized curriculum that has been endorsed by the Association of Program Directors in Radiology. The modules will be produced in two phases, with clinical modules created first. Each module will be developed by a team of at least one physicist and one radiologist.
A request for proposals (RFP) to develop educational content for the modules will be released early this month, with a response deadline of July 15. The RFP will be available at RSNA.org/physics and through AAPM.
RSNA 2008 Associated Sciences Program
The Associated Sciences Consortium has announced the topics for its refresher course series at RSNA 2008. Ten refresher courses will be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
For more information about RSNA 2008, go to RSNA2008.RSNA.org and click Advance Registration. Course enrollment begins June 30.
Monday – December 1
• Radiation Dose: Are We at Crisis?
—Protecting Our Personnel
• Radiation Dose: Are We at Crisis?
—Protecting Our Patients
• Preventing Radiology Errors
• Fusion Imaging
Tuesday – December 2
• Why Imaging Network Deployments Are Behind Our Non-Healthcare IT Brethren
• Design That Makes a Difference: Solutions for Today's Radiology Environment
• Radiology's Role: When Disaster Strikes!
• Satisfying Our Diverse Patient Needs: Unique Like Everyone Else
Wednesday – December 3
• Imaging in the Operating Room
• Current Regulatory Impacts on Compliance
The Associated Sciences Consortium comprises the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA), American Institute of Architects–Academy on Architecture for Health (AIA-AAH), American Radiological Nurses Association (ARNA), American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT®), Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences, Inc. (AEIRS), Association of Vascular and Interventional Radiographers (AVIR), Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT), International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT), Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA), Section for Magnetic Resonance Technologists (SMRT-ISMRM) and the SNM—Technologists Section (SNM-TS).
RSNA Lends Expertise to Cancer Imaging Book
RSNA has been acknowledged for its contributions to the newly published Quantitative Imaging Tools for Lung Cancer Drug Assessment. RSNA helped provide peer review for clinically oriented articles. The book, authored by James L. Mulshine, M.D., and Thomas M. Baer, Ph.D., was released in April.
