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Menu: Radiology and Medical Imaging Organisations Institutes and Departments Information for Patients and the Public Information for Health Professionals Virtual Colonoscopy Organisations (8 links) American College of Radiology American Roentgen Ray Society ARRS is a radiology society, founded in 1900 to promote the advancement of medicine through the science of radiology and its allied sciences. Biomedical Imaging Program - National Cancer Institute (USA) The web site includes details of the BIP initiatives, grants, workshops, trials, contact information, newsletter and links to imaging societies. British Institute of Radiology (UK) Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (UK) International Breast Ultrasound School IBUS was formed in 1991 by a group of breast specialists to improve the standards of breast ultrasound. It is affiliated with the Senologic International Society. The site includes details of programmes and ultrasound guidelines. Radiological Society of North America A professional society founded in 1915. The Web site includes details of membership, meetings, education resources, practice resources, research, publications and medstudent resources Royal College of Radiologists (UK) see Faculty of Clinical Oncology. See also Radiotherapy Institutes and Departments (5 links) Brigham and Women's Hospital - Department of Radiology (Harvard) Cleveland University Hospital - Department of Radiology (USA) Division of Diagnostic Imaging - MD Anderson Cancer Center (Texas, USA) News and details of the division, multimedia learning resources including case reports, and links to related resources. Mallinckrodt Institute Of Radiology Royal Marsden Hospital - Department of Physics (UK) Information for Patients and the Public (5 links) A CT scan (Royal Marsden Hospital, UK) An on-line patient booklet. An MR scan (MRI) (leaflet) (Royal Marsden Hospital, UK) An on-line patient booklet. An ultrasound scan (Royal Marsden Hospital, UK) An on-line patient booklet. PET Imaging in Oncology (PET Imaging Center, University of Texas Medical Shool at Houston) Thermography: Breast Health in Australia (Medical Monitoring Systems, Australia) the site includes information about DITI thermal imaging for screening for breast cancer, recent articles, guidelines, news and information. Information for Health Professionals (29 links) A selection of Radiology Web Servers (The University of British Columbia - Radiology Server) Cancer Imaging Research - British Columbia Cancer Research Centre (Vancouver, Canada) The Cancer Imaging Department site includes information about current research into early detection for breast, lung, ceverical, and skin cancer and photo-dynamic therapy, tissue optics, architecture, and modelling research. Case study: Wilms' Tumor (University of Iowa, Virtual Hospital, Radiology Resident Case of the Week, March 1996) A case of a 3 year old female with an enlarging abdominal is presented, along with radiological immages. Chondrosarcoma (Radiology Museum, Central Middlesex Hospital, UK) text and radiology images Diagnosis: Osteosarcoma MRI Teaching Files - an 11 year-old boy with a one month history of right knee pain. Case Author(s): Thomas H. Vreeland , 4/7/94 Digital Mammography Home Page (Brandeis University, USA) Ewing's sarcoma (Radiology Museum, Central Middlesex Hospital, UK) text and radiology images IDL software for Medical Imaging and Volume Visualisation (Floating Point Systems UK Ltd) Imaging, Oncology, Science An international congress held in Birmingham, UK Meta Index of Radiology and Imaging Lists (Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources) NetCME: Oncology Imaging and Diagnosis (University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA) using a collaborative international network of image servers. The service is available in several languages and those with paid registration can gain AMA CME Credits. Neuroblastoma - Radiological Images (Radiology Museum, Central Middlesex Hospital, UK) text and radiology images Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of Ascending Colons - Radiology Images (Japan) Osteosarcoma (Radiology Museum, Central Middlesex Hospital, UK) text and radiology images Pagets Disease (Radiology Museum, Central Middlesex Hospital, UK) text and radiology images. Pagets disease is a benign condition, but does have the potential for malignant transformation Pathology Museum - South Bank Hospital (UK) This is the pathology index page, the site contains a database of radiology images and text. Pediatric Tumors - 3-D Visualization and Volumetric Measurements (Division of Physiologic Imaging, University of Iowa) by Susanne Shamsolkottabi, Simon Kao, M.D. and Eric Hoffman, Ph.D. Penn State University: x-Ray Teaching Files PET Imaging in Oncology (PET Imaging Center, University of Texas Medical Shool at Houston) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Interest Group This is a Special Interest Group of the National Institutes of Health. It is a forum for investigators developing new PET methods and using PET in research. The Web site includes details of membership, meetings and seminars, and Email archives. Radiology Teaching Files on the Web List of Web resources (USA) RadWorking.com - Radiology Employment Network for Radiologists and Rad Techs. (USA) a free employment resource for radiologists and radiotherapists with an online database of radiology jobs, including radiation oncology, and equipment. Second Opinion in Radiology (Pilot Scheme) (via Telescan) Images can be sent by Email for a second opinion. The service is provided by the Dept of Radiology, Virckow-Kinikum, Berlin. StackRay Medical Radiolography Homepage a gateway site maintained by maintained by Richard Terrass, RT(R). Thermography: Breast Health in Australia (Medical Monitoring Systems, Australia) the site includes information about DITI thermal imaging for screening for breast cancer, recent articles, guidelines, news and information. Tumor Atlas (Frontiers in Bioscience, virtual library) Atlas by David Atherton, Bob Falcone, Siamak Tabibzadeh. Radiological images etc., English language text. UMDS Radiology Teaching File Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, UK University Hospitals of Cleveland - Department of Radiology WEB Server University of British Columbia - Radiology Server (Canada) Virtual Colonoscopy "Virtual colonoscopy" (VC) is a new technique that uses computed tomography and advanced imaging techniques to produce three dimensional views of the colonic mucosa similar to those of a "real" colonoscopy. As this non-invasive technique develops research is being undertaken to test how sensitive it is in detecting polyps and early colon cancer. Selected references Fenlon HM, et al. A Comparison of Virtual and Conventional Colonoscopy for the Detection of Colorectal Polyps N Engl J Med 1999; 341:1496-503    Related articles Halligan S, Fenlon HM Virtual colonoscopy. [Editorial] BMJ 1999; 319(7219):1249-1252    Related articles Sonnenberg A, et al. Is virtual colonoscopy a cost-effective option to screen for colorectal cancer? Am J Gastroenterol. 1999; 94(8):2268-74    Related articles (PubMed) Medline Search: virtual colonoscopy AND colorectal cancer (PubMed)   Limit search to: [Last Year]  Limit search to: [Last 2 Years]   Limit search to: [Reviews] Related topics See also Colorectal Cancer See also Screening and Prevention of Colorectal cancer Topic last revised: 11/11/1999