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ECR: 3 tips for developing a successful cardiac imaging practice

AuntMinnie

Gutberlet described how he came to cardiac imaging early in his medical career. At the time, there was little training for, say, cardiac MRI. Imaging was so important [for cardiac indications], that I decided to become a radiologist," he said. years of follow-up compared with CT imaging (2.1% But he persevered.

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A brief history of radiology

Radiology Cafe

Tomography originates from the Greek words ‘tomos’, meaning ‘slice’ or ‘section’, and ‘graphia’, meaning ‘description of’. In the 1960s computers were increasingly available and more powerful and in 1971, the first computed tomography (CT) scan was performed on a patient. 9) This image nearly took him 5 hours to acquire.

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Emergency Guide to Stroke Neuroimaging

Northwestern EM

3] To identify a causative vascular lesion, which may or may not be amenable or contraindicatory to thrombolysis Non-Contrast Head CT NCCT is usually the first imaging modality obtained in the acute evaluation for stroke. 2,3] In addition, door to needle time of less than one hour is an established benchmark and quality measure.[3]