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Elias Zerhouni's tenure as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was notable for launch of the "NIH Roadmap," designed to address knowledge gaps and barriers to translation. He established the ambitious Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program to better equip investigators to bridge the "valley of death," where most translational projects fail to meet the challenge of moving advances from bench to bedside. In December 2011, Congress passed a proposal of the current NIH Director, Francis Collins, to create a new NIH institute called the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). NCATS is home to the now-60 CTSA grants.
Read more in the May Rad Report.
Tagging Medical Data Streams with Patient Photographs to Decrease Patient Misidentification Errors
Principal Investigators: Srini Tridandapani, PhD, MD
Co- Investigators: James Provenzale, MD, Kimberly Applegate, MD, MS, P. Bhatti, PhD
Funding Organization: Emory/Georgia Tech Healthcare Innovation Program (HIP) and the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI)
Significance: The objective of the proposed work is to implement and test a novel technique of incorporating point-of-care digital photography with medical imaging studies to decrease patient misidentification errors and improve radiologists' efficiency. Misidentification errors in medical imaging can lead to serious consequences. Despite use of the Joint Commission's dual identifier method before delivery of any healthcare, misidentification errors persist; these errors are particularly troublesome in patients, such as unconscious trauma victims, who cannot communicate identification information.
Tom Dixon, PhD
Associate Professor
Radiology and Imaging Sciences
2012 SIR Dotter Lecture and Gold Medal
Dr. Dixon was awarded the 2013 ISMRM Gold Medal. This award honors Dr. Dixon's major research contributions to the field of magnetic resonance in biomedical sciences.
The ISMRM is a multidisciplinary nonprofit association that promotes the innovation, development and application of magnetic resonance techniques in medicine and biology throughout the world; which include methods, commonly known as 'Dixon' methods, for observing water signals and fat signals separately and arterial spin labeling, which allows needle and drug free angiography.
Harrison CE, Barron BJ. MIBG Superscan of Metastatic Paraganglioma Occurring With Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. June 2013. 38(6):459-462.
Investing in the Advances of Residency
Dr. Richard Colvin, Emeritus Professor of Radiology, recently made a generous gift establishing the Radiology Residency Education Endowment Fund. This endowment will provide financial support to ensure that Emory residents continue to have access to advancements and education within the discipline of Radiology.
Read more in the May issue of the Rad Report
The Emory Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences serves the community through advanced innovation, translational research and clinical application of imaging sciences. The department is committed to excellence in scholarship and to the training of the next generation of radiologists, technologists, and imaging scientists. The department's goal is to provide the highest quality patient care with predictive, diagnostic and therapeutic imaging-based approaches.
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