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At RSNA-2010 "China Presents" session, Chinese radiologists will give annual meeting attendees a glimpse of the specialty at work in their country, where an increasing number of industry-academic partnerships.

During the "China Presents" session at RSNA-2010 , Chinese radiologists will give annual meeting attendees a glimpse of the specialty at work in their country, where an increasing number of industry-academic partnerships—fueled by a growing economy and backed by a strong tradition of organized radiology — are rapidly translating advances from the laboratory into clinical practice.

"We expect China Presents to be one of the highlights of the annual meeting and are delighted to give our attendees a chance to learn more about Chinese radiology," said 2010 RSNA President Hedvig Hricak, M.D., Ph.D., Dr. h.c. "China's unprecedented economic development has spurred many social and healthcare changes and radiology is no exception. Combining traditional Chinese medicine and the latest developments in biomedical sciences and technology, biomedical research in China is leading to new discoveries and proofs of ancient principles."

Scientific presentations scheduled for the China Presents session will address the latest applications of MR, including functional MR imaging of the prostate, MR cellular imaging in cell transplantation, peripheral nerve imaging using 3D high-resolution MR, and MRI to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture treatment. Among other topics to be presented are advances in the field of neuro-intervention, such as Wingspan stenting of severe intracranial stenosis (see sidebar for date/times and full list of presentations).

In addition to the China Presents session, other research from China will be presented as part of regular scientific sessions. Presentations from China at RSNA 2009 totaled more than 100 and showed a country in sync with the latest trends in the specialty. Among cutting-edge studies were those that looked at tracing transplanted bone marrow stem cells in vivo with MR imaging and the correlation between CT density decrease and alterations of CT perfusion parameters by deconvolution and nondeconvolution methods in acute ischemic stroke. Also coming from China were studies on informatics—for example, on using the electronic image record to communicate and apply large-volume image data in enterprise PACS .

Source: RSNA