Radiological Society of North America
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The Radiological Society of North America, Inc. (RSNA) is a professional membership society committed to excellence in patient care through education and research. More than 47,000 medical imaging
Medical imaging
Medical imaging is the technique and process used to create images of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science...

 professionals are members of RSNA, including radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and allied scientists.

RSNA hosts the world’s largest annual medical meeting, which starts the last Sunday of November in Chicago. The society also publishes two highly respected peer-reviewed journals: the medical research journal Radiology and the freely accessible medical education journal RadioGraphics.

The presidency of the RSNA is held as a one-year term. The 2010 president is Hedvig Hricak
Hedvig Hricak
Hedvig Hricak has been Chairman of the Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center since November 1999. She holds a senior position within the Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program at the Sloan-Kettering Institute and is Professor of Radiology at the Weill Medical...

 and the 2010 president-elect is Burton Drayer
Burton Drayer
Burton Drayer, M.D., is an American radiologist and nationally recognized authority on the use of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosing neurological disorders. He is currently the Dr. Charles M...

, M.D.

Based in Oak Brook, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

, RSNA was established in 1915.

The RSNA Research & Education Foundation provides research and education grants to young investigators.

RadiologyInfo.org

RadiologyInfo.org is the public information Web site developed and funded by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the American College of Radiology
American College of Radiology
The American College of Radiology , founded in 1923, is a non-profit professional medical association composed of diagnostic radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists. It is based in Reston, Virginia, with offices in...

 (ACR). It was established to inform and educate the general public about what radiology
Radiology
Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases...

 is and what radiologists do. Approximately half a million people visit RadiologyInfo each month. The web site is available in English and Spanish.

RadiologyInfo is designed to answer patients’ questions related to the many radiologic procedures and therapies available. By visiting the site, patients and their families may gain a better understanding of the role of radiology in disease diagnosis and the many minimally invasive treatments available to them.

The Web site provides consumers with information regarding most common radiologic procedures including x-rays, standard and digital mammography
Digital mammography
Digital mammography is a specialized form of mammography that uses digital receptors and computers instead of x-ray film to help examine breast tissue for breast cancer. The electrical signals can be read on computer screens, permitting more manipulation of images to theoretically allow...

, magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , or magnetic resonance tomography is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structures...

 (MRI), computed tomography
Computed tomography
X-ray computed tomography or Computer tomography , is a medical imaging method employing tomography created by computer processing...

 (CT) and radiation oncology. The site features detailed descriptions of more than 100 radiologic exams and treatments, along with a glossary of medical terms, still images, video and downloadable handouts.

In addition to explaining how each procedure is performed, RadiologyInfo addresses what patients may experience and how to prepare for the exams. The Web site describes many, but not all, radiologic procedures and therapies, and is updated frequently with new features added on a regular basis. The site also contains a section on radiation safety.

Each section of the site has been created with the guidance of a physician with expertise in the topic presented. All materials featured on the site have been reviewed, written and/or approved by a panel of radiology experts who are affiliated with ACR and RSNA, as well as other professional medical and radiology organizations. The site is free and does not accept advertising.

RSNA Career Connection

RSNA Career Connection is a Web site for job seekers and employers. This job board has postings in all areas and sub-specialties of radiology. Currently, all classified ads posted on the Career Connection site are also published in the RSNA journal, Radiology. Job seekers can post their resume for free, and employers may access the resume database once they have posted an ad.

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