Below is a list of the candidates for the 2006
edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com's campaign to recognize
the best and brightest in medical imaging. This year's
campaign features 211 candidates in 13 categories.
Most Influential Radiology Researcher
Dr. Beryl
Benacerraf, Harvard University
Dr. Kevin Berbaum,
University of Iowa
Dr. David Bluemke, Johns Hopkins
University
Dr. William Boonn, University of
Pennsylvania
Dr. Matthew Budoff, Harbor-UCLA Medical
Center
Dr. Marcelo Di Carli, Brigham and Women's
Hospital
Dr. Damian Dupuy, Brown University
Flemming
Forsberg, Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Sanjiv Sam
Gambhir, Stanford University
Dr. Claudia Henschke, Cornell
University
Dr. C. Daniel Johnson, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
MN
Willi Kalendar, Ph.D., University of Erlangen,
Germany
Dr. Gabriel Krestin, Erasmus Medical Center, the
Netherlands
Dr. Kieran Murphy, Johns Hopkins
University
Dr. Konstantin Nikolaou, Ludwig-Maximilians
University, Germany
Dr. Mathias Prokop, University of
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Dr. Bruce Rosen, Massachusetts
General Hospital
Dr. Noriko Salamon, University of
California, Los Angeles
Dr. Mitchell Schnall, University of
Pennsylvania
Dr. Joseph Schoepf, Medical University of
South Carolina
Dr. John Ulmer, Froedtert & Medical
College of Wisconsin
Most Effective Radiology Educator
Dr. Gerald
Abbott, Brown University
Dr. Douglas Beall, University of
Oklahoma
Stewart Bushong, Ph.D., Baylor University
Dr.
Guillermo Carrera, Froedtert & Medical College of
Wisconsin
Dr. Christine Chung, University of California,
San Diego
Dr. David Dowe, Atlantic Medical Imaging
Dr.
Georges El-Khoury, University of Iowa
Dr. Stan Garber,
Campbell River Hospital, Canada
Dr. Barry Goldberg, Thomas
Jefferson University
Dr. Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis,
University of Crete, Greece
Dr. Albert Hammerman,
Washington University
Dr. Clyde Helms, Duke University
Medical Center
Dr. Laura Liberman, Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center
Dr. Bruce McClennan, Yale University
Dr.
Theresa McLoud, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Wallace
Miller Jr., University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Matthias Prokop,
University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands
Dr. Ravi
Ramakantan, King Edward Memorial Hospital, India
Dr. Donald
Resnick, University of California, San Diego
Dr. Geoffrey
Rubin, Stanford University
Dr. Stephen Schabel, Medical
University of South Carolina
Dr. Raju Sharma, All India
Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Dr. Marilyn Siegel,
Washington University in St. Louis/Mallinckrodt Institute of
Radiology
Dr. Evan Siegelman, University of
Pennsylvania
Dr. Jorge Soto, Boston University Medical
Center
Dr. Thomas Stavros, Sally Jobe Comprehensive Breast
Centre
Dr. Furqan Tejani, Long Island College Hospital
Most Effective Radiologic Technologist
Educator
Troy Albrecht, Theda Clark Medical
Center
Marilyn Baird, Monash University,
Australia
Melissa Brown, Madigan Army Medical
Center
Rick Carlton, Grand Valley State
University
Richard Fries, Shore Memorial Hospital
Joanne
Greathouse, Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic
Technology
Michael Latimer, U.S. Naval Hospital,
Cuba
Kathy Martensen, University of Iowa
Diane Mayo, St.
Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital
Connie Mitchell,
University of Nebraska
Joanne Niewood, University of
Pennsylvania
Scott Oaks, West Hills Community
College
Kevin Powers, American Society of Radiologic
Technologists
Joy Renner, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
Judy Rose, Merced College
Susan Sanson,
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
Carole
South-Winter, Southeast Technical Institute
Jane Van
Valkenburg, Ph.D., Weber State University
Sharon Wu, Henry
Ford Community College
Most Effective Radiology
Administrator/Manager
Gordon Ah Tye, Kaweah Delta
Health Care District
Andrea Dietz, Quantum Imaging and
Therapeutic Associates
Shannon Doyle, Penrad
Imaging
Patrick Epting, Radiology Associates of West
Pasco
David Gorman, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center
Karen Hall, The Alfred Hospital
Gregory Kusiak,
The Hill Medical
Penny Olivi, University of
Maryland
Laura Pierce, Stanford University
Vivian
Prinster, Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Donovan Spamer,
Lenox Hill Radiology
Greg Thon, Summit Medical
Center
Alicia Vasquez, Arcadia Radiology Medical
Group
Cindy Vest, University of Iowa
Best Radiologist Training Program
Boston Medical
Center, Boston, MA
Brown University, Providence, RI
Duke
University, Durham, NC
Indiana University, Indianapolis,
IN
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
King Edward
Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
Madigan Army Medical
Center, Tacoma, WA
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St.
Louis, MO
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,
MA
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Stanford University,
Stanford, CA
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia,
PA
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles,
CA
University of California, San Diego, San Diego,
CA
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco,
CA
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA
University of Washington,
Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Best Radiologic Technologist Training
Program
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, WI
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls,
TX
Pima Medical Institute, Tucson, AZ
RMIT University,
Melbourne, Australia
South Plains College, Lubbock,
TX
Theda Clark School of Radiologic Technology, Neenah,
WI
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia,
PA
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
Weber State University, Ogden, UT
Most Significant News Event in Radiology
FDA
clearance of first computed radiography digital mammography
system
Growth of cardiac CT angiography
Impact of the
Internet on radiology
Increased scrutiny of physician
self-referral abuse
Introduction of first dual-source CT
scanner
Introduction of new CPT codes for 3D
studies
Media coverage of harmful effects of
radiation
New reimbursement level for rubidium-82-based PET
exams
Passage of the Deficit Reduction Act of
2005
Pending sale of Eastman Kodak Health
Group
Softening job market for radiology
professionals
United States Pharmacopeia report on errors
in radiology
Biggest Threat to Radiology
Decline in Medicare
and third-party reimbursement rates
Fee-splitting with
cardiologists
Increased scrutiny of imaging utilization by
third-party payors
Increased use of medical imaging by
physicians in other specialties (turf battles)
Increasing
cost of technology acquisition
Increasing radiation dose
from new imaging technology
Lack of innovation in
radiology
Limited-licensure programs for radiologic
technologists
Malpractice insurance crisis
Offshore
radiologists reading U.S. studies
Reduced competition due
to consolidation of imaging vendors
Softening job market
for radiology professionals
Unnecessary radiation dose to
patients
Hottest Clinical Procedure
3D/4D
ultrasound
Breast MRI
Cardiac CT angiography
CT lung
screening
Hybrid PET/CT scanning
MR
angiography
MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound
therapy
SPECT/CT
Thermal ablation of tumors
Virtual
colonoscopy
Whole-body CT screening
Scientific Paper of the Year
Assessment of
cardiovascular risk status at CT colonography. Davila JA et
al. Radiology. 2006 Jul;240(1):110-115.
Computer-aided detection as evidence in the courtroom:
Potential implications of an appellate court's ruling. Brenner
et al. AJR. 2006 Jan;186(1):48-51.
Computer-aided detection in screening CT for pulmonary
nodules. Yuan et al. AJR. 2006 May;186(5):1280-1287.
Cost-effectiveness analysis of weekday and weeknight or
weekend shifts for assessment of appendicitis. Doria A et al.
Pediatric Radiology. 2005 Dec;35(12):1186-1195.
Deaths attributed to x-ray contrast media on U.S. death
certificates. Wysowski D et al. AJR, 2006
Mar;186(3):613-615.
Effectiveness of noninvasive diagnostic tests for breast
abnormalities. Bruening W et al. Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality. 2006 Feb.
Flying blind: Using a digital dashboard to navigate a
complex PACS environment. Morgan MB. SCAR 2006.
"Flying through" and "flying around" a PET/CT scan: Pilot
study and development of 3D integrated 18F-FDG
PET/CT for virtual bronchoscopy and colonoscopy. Quon et al.
SNM 2006.
Global and regional left ventricular function: A comparison
between gated SPECT, 2D echocardiography and multi-slice
computed tomography. Henneman et al. European Journal of
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2006 Jul 25 epub.
Improving the efficiency of gynecologic sonography with
3-dimensional volumes: A pilot study. Benacerraf et al. JUM.
2006 Feb;25(12):165-171.
Multidetector computed tomography for acute pulmonary
embolism. Stein et al. N Engl J Med. 2006 Jun
1;354(22):2383-2385.
Orthopedic hardware complications diagnosed with
multi-detector row CT. Ohashi et al. Radiology. 2005
Nov;237(2):570-577.
Prenatal exposure to ultrasound waves impacts neuronal
migration in mice. Ang et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2006 Aug
10 epub.
Prevalence of noncalcified coronary plaques by 64-slice
computed tomography in patients with an intermediate risk for
significant coronary artery disease. Hausleiter et al. J Am
Coll Cardiol. 2006 Jul 18;48(2):312-318.
Radiologist use of and perceived needs for patient data
access in the interpretation process. Boonn W. SCAR 2006.
Women's susceptibility to tobacco carcinogens and survival
after diagnosis of lung cancer. Henschke et al. JAMA. 2006 Jul
12;296(2):180-184.
Best New Radiology Device
Accusorb MRI RF
shielding material, Millimeter Wave Technology
CardiArc
cardiac SPECT system, CardiArc
Cardius-3M mobile
triple-head gamma camera, Digirad
CO²Efficient endoscopic
insufflator, E-Z-EM
CXDI-50C digital radiography panel,
Canon Medical Systems
D-SPECT cardiac SPECT system,
Spectrum Dynamics
Discovery DEXA system, Hologic
DryStar
5503 dry-process mammography printer, Agfa
HealthCare
FCRm computed radiography mammography
system, Fujifilm Medical Systems USA
Gemini TF PET/CT
system, Philips Medical Systems
Infinix CF-i/SP cardiac
cath lab, Toshiba Medical Systems
Kodak Point-of-Care
CR-ITX 560 computed radiography system, Eastman Kodak Health
Group
Regius 370 CR computed radiography system, Konica
Minolta Medical Imaging
SceptreC cardiac PET camera,
Hitachi Medical Systems America
Signa HDx 1.5-tesla MRI
scanner, GE Healthcare
Somatom Definition dual-source CT
scanner, Siemens Medical Solutions
SomoVu breast ultrasound
system, U-Systems
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