In the last edition of Outpatient Care Technology, I explained why the magazine’s revamped Web site is becoming more of a content extension of the print version of OPCT. The bottom line: We’ve got so much stuff to show and tell you that we can’t shoehorn enough of it in these pages. That’s why you’ll notice “Continued Online” boxes bookending some stories to let you know you can read the “editor’s cut” on the Web (even though, technically, the editor had to cut the story to fit it in print). But enough about semantic technicalities.

Flat panel displays (FDP) encompass a wide variety of technologies that enable display monitors to be much more slender and lighter than the more prevalent cathode ray tubes (CRT). The most popular forms of the FPD are the liquid crystal display (LCD) and plasma display panel (PDP). This market has been growing at a significant rate over the last few years.

In the war against breast cancer, the patient’s initial – and arguably most important – offensive weapon is imaging equipment. That includes access to it and making effective use of it, whether the equipment is the most advanced available or the basic bread-and-butter variety on the verge of obsolescence.