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How did plasma physics research turn into a successful radiology career? It is an easy question to answer for University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Chief Medical Physicist and Senior Staff Scientist Dave Jordan, MS, Ph.D., DABR, DABMP, DABSNM, MRSE (MRSC), FACR, FAAPM. He is also a professor of radiology at Case Western Reserve University.

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine study that creates cross-sectional tomographic (3D) images of the metabolic activity in the patient’s tissues. Cancers can cause abnormalities of blood flow or metabolism before structural changes are visible, and for this reason PET can often detect cancer at an earlier stage than CT or MRI.

Are you overwhelmed with multiple tasks and feeling like there is not enough time in the day? This was my experience, which prompted me to consider ways to automate certain aspects of my operation. One area where we were falling short was onboarding new employees. I felt I made employees question their employment choice based on how erratic and terrible this process was. 

Only two things are certain, death and taxes. This article is written with a heavy heart. My brother called me to let me know my 42-year-old niece was told she may not make it through the weekend. I jumped on a plane and flew to their home.

Anna Meiners, MBA, RT(R)(CT), is the radiology manager at the UC Health Drake Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. This month’s rising star is a Cincinnati native pleased to be able to give back to her hometown community. ICE recently learned more about Meiners in a question-and-answer session.