Working Group 1

Future Needs For Medical Imaging In Health Care

• Copyright Information
  
• Preface
  
• Executive Summary
  
  • Introduction
  • The Impact of Demographic Changes
  • The Impact of Changes in Medicine on Medical Imaging
  • The Impact of Changes in Technology on Medical Imaging
  • Conclusion
• Part 1: Introduction
  
  • Scope of the WG1
  • Membership of WG1
  • Background: The Radiological Sciences (Diagnostic Imaging)
  • Outline
• Part 2: The Impact of Demographic Changes on Medical Imaging
  
  • World Population Demographics
  • Trends in World Population Demographics
  • Leading Causes of Death
  • The Impact on Procedures Used in Screening For, or Treating, Common Causes of Death and Disease
  • Technological and Medical Changes as They Impact Screening For, or Treating, the Leading Causes of Death and Disease
• Part 3: The Impact of Changes in Medicine on Medical Imaging
  
  • Health Care Reform
  • Human Resources
  • Medicine and Molecular Biology
  • The Evidence-Based Medicine Movement
• Part 4: The Impact of Changes in Technology on Medical Imaging
  
  • The Status Quo
  • Changes in Technology
    • Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
    • Ultrasound
    • CT
    • Radiography: Plain X-Ray Imaging
    • Computed Radiography/Digital Radiography
    • Information Display, Analysis, Transmission and Storage
    • Computer-aided Diagnosis
    • Nuclear Medicine
    • Optical Methods and Photonics
    • Image-Guided Minimally Invasive Diagnosis, Intervention, and Therapy
    • New Signals
    • Multi-Modality Systems
• Part 5: Conclusions and Recommendations
  
• References

• The Working Group 1 Report in PDF Format (PDF, 136 KB, 34 pages)

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