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Pediatric PET radiotracer doses drop by a third over two decades

AuntMinnie

To quantify these developments, the group analyzed administered doses in 243 children and adolescents who underwent 466 clinical F-18 FDG-PET/CT or PET/MRI scans of the body at their hospital between January 2000 and May 2021. The full study is available here.

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Deep learning helps distinguish benign vertebral fractures on CT

AuntMinnie

The group conducted a study that investigated the reliability of CT-based deep learning and included 532 patients with benign or malignant vertebral fractures imaged between June 2005 and December 2022. This study has] the potential to substantially improve fracture assessment and treatment in clinical routine," Booz and D'Angelo concluded.

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Radiology leadership changes to begin in the new year

AuntMinnie

Reeder has been faculty at UW-Madison since 2005 and previously served as director of the clinical magnetic resonance imaging fellowship, chief of MRI, chief of sectional cardiovascular imaging, and senior vice chair of research. Reeder's term becomes effective in early 2024, according to UW.

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Radiology leadership changes to begin in the new year

AuntMinnie

Reeder has been faculty at UW-Madison since 2005 and previously served as director of the clinical magnetic resonance imaging fellowship, chief of MRI, chief of sectional cardiovascular imaging, and senior vice chair of research. Reeder's term becomes effective in early 2024, according to UW.

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Extramedullary focal fat - fluid level, a specific sign of osteomyelitis

Dr Balaji Anvekar FRCR

Findings were discussed with the referring physician before finalizing the report, who added that there is elevation of inflammatory markers in lab reports and the suspicion of osteomyelitis clinically as well, with a feedback of significant improvement clinically after IV antibiotics. 2005 Oct;15(10):2194-9. Eur Radiol.

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Can sustainability research span from ‘bedside to biosphere’?

AuntMinnie

Omary , who also writes a blog on sustainability in health care, served as Vanderbilt’s chair of radiology from 2012 to 2023; Grist served as chair of radiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health from 2005 to 2023.

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RSNA publishes C-RADS update

AuntMinnie

The RSNA has published an update to the CT Colonography Reporting and Data System (C-RADS) in Radiology , the first since the measure's implementation in 2005.

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