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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The most important physician you'll never meet -- The rise of medical imaging -- Imaging's leap to curative medicine -- The risks of medical imaging examinations -- Economic consequences of successful innovation : the imaging boom -- Digital pioneers : globalization and corporatization -- Red in tooth and claw : moral hazard and the struggle for control of medical imaging services -- Imaging to screen for life-threatening diseases : its promise and its problems -- The future of medical imaging -- Making the best use of imaging's expansive toolbox.