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The Power of Imaging through the Eyes of a CASE
Editorial
The Power of Imaging through the Eyes of a CASE Karen G. Zimmerman, BS, ACS, RDCS, RVT, FASE, and L. Leonardo Rodriquez, MD, FACC, FASE, CASE Editors-in-Chief, Traverse City, Michigan; and Cleveland, Ohio We are proud to introduce the new journal from the American Society of Echocardiography. CASE: Cardiovascular Imaging Case Reports is an online, bimonthly journal with the mission of publishing interesting and educational cases in which echocardiography plays a crucial role in diagnosis and management. Although CASE is focused on echocardiography, it also reflects current practice with multiple, complementary imaging modalities facilitating more accurate diagnosis and thereby improving care. CASE emphasizes case-based problem solving through critical analysis, insightful solutions, and innovative imaging. An important advantage of a digital journal is that it allows for the introduction of the latest technology for image exploration. We will offer tools that will allow readers to scroll through DICOM images and view these in 3D and other rendering modes, and to zoom and pan high-resolution images. CASE is developed for the global community. The editorial board represents echo experts from a wide variety of countries, and featured cases will introduce interesting images found across the world.
We envision that this open-access journal will spread echo knowledge far and wide. How will this work? The answer is in Editor-inChief Zimmerman’s recent experience:
After participating in an intense, comprehensive echo review course, I met a physician from Argentina in the elevator. It was about 10:00 p.m., and I was tired and glad to be done. I asked him if he felt the same way. He smiled and said, ‘‘No English.’’ ‘‘No English!’’ I exclaimed. ‘‘How did you understand?’’ As he stepped off the elevator, he turned back, smiled, and said, ‘‘Pictures.’’ The power of images to inform is universal. We are excited to invite you to join us in CASE, our global forum for cardiovascular imaging.
From Munson Healthcare, Traverse City, Michigan (K.G.Z.); and Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (L.L.R.). Copyright 2017 by the American Society of Echocardiography. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) 2468-6441 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.case.2017.01.010
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The Power of Imaging through the Eyes of a CASE Karen G. Zimmerman, BS, ACS, RDCS, RVT, FASE, and L. Leonardo Rodriquez, MD, FACC, FASE, CASE Editors-in-Chief, Traverse City, Michigan; and Cleveland, Ohio We are proud to introduce the new journal from the American Society of Echocardiography. CASE: Cardiovascular Imaging Case Reports is an online, bimonthly journal with the mission of publishing interesting and educational cases in which echocardiography plays a crucial role in diagnosis and management. Although CASE is focused on echocardiography, it also reflects current practice with multiple, complementary imaging modalities facilitating more accurate diagnosis and thereby improving care. CASE emphasizes case-based problem solving through critical analysis, insightful solutions, and innovative imaging. An important advantage of a digital journal is that it allows for the introduction of the latest technology for image exploration. We will offer tools that will allow readers to scroll through DICOM images and view these in 3D and other rendering modes, and to zoom and pan high-resolution images. CASE is developed for the global community. The editorial board represents echo experts from a wide variety of countries, and featured cases will introduce interesting images found across the world.
We envision that this open-access journal will spread echo knowledge far and wide. How will this work? The answer is in Editor-inChief Zimmerman’s recent experience:
After participating in an intense, comprehensive echo review course, I met a physician from Argentina in the elevator. It was about 10:00 p.m., and I was tired and glad to be done. I asked him if he felt the same way. He smiled and said, ‘‘No English.’’ ‘‘No English!’’ I exclaimed. ‘‘How did you understand?’’ As he stepped off the elevator, he turned back, smiled, and said, ‘‘Pictures.’’ The power of images to inform is universal. We are excited to invite you to join us in CASE, our global forum for cardiovascular imaging.
From Munson Healthcare, Traverse City, Michigan (K.G.Z.); and Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (L.L.R.). Copyright 2017 by the American Society of Echocardiography. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) 2468-6441 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.case.2017.01.010
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