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There’s still time to register and enroll for courses at RSNA 2009. Registration is FREE for medical students and RSNA members in training. Witness the world’s latest scientific and technological breakthroughs and enjoy unparalleled resident- and fellow-friendly networking opportunities. To ensure you get the courses of your choice, register now.

Learn Fluoroscopy Basics in the AAPM/RSNA Physics Tutorial for Residents
This presentation, sponsored by RSNA and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, demonstrates the physics of flat-panel fluoroscopy systems—essential knowledge for emerging practitioners. Find course PS10 and enroll.

Interview for Radiology Fellowships at RSNA 2009
To save radiology fellowship candidates the time and cost of traveling cross-country for multiple interviews, RSNA and the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments (SCARD) have invited institutions to conduct fellowship interviews in a convenient location near the RSNA 2009 Residents Lounge. Learn more and sign up here.

BOOST Your Radiation Oncology Knowledge
Four days of Bolstering Oncoradiologic and Oncoradiotherapeutic Skills for Tomorrow (BOOST) courses are taught by leaders in radiation oncology, diagnostic radiology, biology and physics. Each day focuses on particular diseases and includes a refresher course on anatomy and contouring; scientific papers and case-based reviews. Breast, head and neck, gynecology, gastrointestinal and central nervous system and prostate are featured at RSNA 2009. Learn more.

Opportunities for Research Funding: An RSNA Membership Benefit
Last year, the RSNA R&E Foundation provided residents and fellows with $440,000 in grants for research and education projects. The application system opens in October for 2010 grants. Membership is required and applicants who are non-paying members must identify a dues-paying scientific advisor or co-investigator. Find out more about grant programs.

Submit your images to the RadiologyInfo Outstanding Image Contest for a chance to illustrate existing pages of RadiologyInfo.org, the RSNA/American College of Radiology online patient resource. Last quarter’s winners are Daniel T. Ginat, M.D., M.S., of the University of Rochester, N.Y., for a 3D time-of-flight MR image demonstrating normal blood vessels within the head; Bishoy Zakhary, M.D., of New York University Medical Center, N.Y., for a CT image of closed-loop small bowel obstruction; and Venu Vadlamudi, M.D., of Michigan State University and the Flint Area Medical Education Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program, Flint, Mich., for a normal hysterosalpingogram demonstrating contrast material in the uterus and fallopian tubes. See a list of contributors and their images, and enter yours.

Send Out the Noise, Bring In the Speech Recognition
Zwemer and colleagues investigate the direct effect that sound masking has on computerized speech recognition accuracy in the digital reading room while eliminating the “Lombard effect.”

See How It’s Done at Radiology Online
Radiology’s “How I Do It” videos provide visual demonstrations of techniques performed by veterans in the field. Current videos demonstrate multidetector CT evaluation of tracheobronchomalacia in children and CO2 Double-Contrast Barium Enteroclysis. Watch.

AFIP Archives: Pigmented Lesions of the Central Nervous System
Learn how to identify pigmented central nervous system lesions, an uncommon and diverse group of entities that can be well-circumscribed or diffuse, benign or malignant. RadioGraphics shows you.

Render Renders Searches More Relevant
Render, a free text radiology report and image search application, allows users to find pertinent cases for a variety of purposes. From the retrieved results, users can save images, bookmark examinations and navigate to an external search engine such as Google. Read more on Render.