WG2 Final Report - Contents

WG 2 - Final Working Group Report

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Preface

Executive Summary

Introduction

Radiography and Fluoroscopy

FLAT-PANEL DETECTORS  Specific Active Matrix Covering up to 17" by 17"  Low-noise Readout Integrated Circuits  High-density Connections  Hermetically-sealed Cesium Iodide Scintillators and Relevant Processing Technologies

SYSTEMS  Large-area Deposited Direct Convertors  High-speed Digital Data Connections  High-speed Digital Imaging Processing  Characterization Tools, Phantoms, Software  High-resolution Monitors and Flat-panel Displays  High-resolution Printers

SOFTWARE  X-ray Generator Interface  Integration of Flat-panel Detectors to Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Computed Tomography

Cardiac-gated Helical CT  Flat-panel CT

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

HARDWARE  Gradient Coils with Higher Maximum Gradient Levels and Faster Slew Rates  Specialized Radio Frequency Coils  New MRI System for Specific Uses  New Permanent Open-magnet MRI Systems for Specific Use in Neurosurgery  Very High-field MRI Units (3 tesla or higher)

SOFTWARE  Functional MRI  In vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy  Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography  MRI Image Viewing Anywhere

CLINICAL  Diffusion and perfusion MRI

Image-Guided Surgey

Software Packages  Magnets Specialized for Surgical Procedures  Operating Room Suites Designed for Intraoperative MRI

Nuclear Imaging

Software  Hardware  Clinical Radiopharmaceutical Agents

Electroencephalography & Magnetoencephalography

Ultrasound

Contrast Agents  Scanners  Scanner/Sonographer Interface

Appendices

A: Medical Imaging Technology Roadmap Steering Committee  B: Working Group 2 Membership List  C: Critical Technology Template