Informative Industry Links

AAPM
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is an educational nonprofit organization devoted to the discipline of physics in medicine.

AHRA
The American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) is a resource and catalyst for development of professional leadership in imaging sciences.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
The AAOS provides education and practice management services for orthopedic surgeons and allied health professionals. It is an advocate for improved patient care and informs the public about orthopedics, and the web site has a surgeon finder, patient fact sheets, brochures and booklet on neck and spine care.

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
AOSSM a world leader in sports medicine education, research, communication, and fellowship. Founded in 1972, AOSSM is a national organization of orthopaedic surgeons dedicated to sports medicine.

Aunt Minnie
AuntMinnie.com provides the first comprehensive community Internet site for radiologists and related professionals in the medical imaging industry.

Dimag.com
Dimag.com provides a comprehensive daily update to the news in radiology. This website is an adjunct to the published monthly magazine that covers all topics in radiology practice. It also has links to special features including PACS, tele-radiology, and MRI, among others. Access to webcasts (broadcasts) from RSNA as well as to past forums is available. This website provides a vast source of new information as well as archives of useful data.

Radcentral.com
Radiology Central is a resource for radiologists run by a radiologist—Gary Radner, Director of Neuroimaging, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of Southern California. This site provides links for medical news in both radiology and general medicine, cases of the week/month websites, organizations, and departments, as well as specialty and educational resources. This is a good website to start with if one also wants information about medicine in general.

Radinfonet.com
Radiology Info Net is a website with such resources for radiologists as online CME, cases, protocols, news, practice management information, and other information pertinent to the practicing radiologist. There are useful links to a conference calendar, expert opinions on subspecialty areas, and a forum for discussion with other radiologists.

Radiology.com/pacs
Radiology.com has secured the most coveted URL of all the portals. It was founded in 1989 and later acquired in 1997 by iWeb Corporation for corporate development. Radiologist.com servces as an application service provider (ASP) with services that enable digitized medical images to be stored, retrieved, and transmitted online through a central, web-based image repository called ImageBank™.

Radiologyweb.com
Radiologyweb.com is a comprehensive site for radiologists, both practicing and in-training, with fact- and information-filled sections from “Insights and Impressions” to cases of the month. A CME, meeting finder, and job listings are included. The structure of this website is interesting in that it is commercially backed by an unrestricted grant from Bracco Diagnostics, has a team running the website, and is supported with educational material from an impressive list of individuals from Yale to Hong Kong. Registration is required to use most of the information available.

RSNA
The mission of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is to promote and develop the highest standards of radiology and related sciences through education and research.