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Tributes pour in for CT pioneer Willi Kalender

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He is the father of contemporary CT imaging -- and thus of clinical radiology as we know it today," Christiane Kuhl, MD, PhD, told AuntMinnie.com on November 4. Willi was the one to invent helical CT, the type of CT which is used today for all whole-body applications of clinical radiology," she said. Willi Kalender, PhD.

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Pediatric PET radiotracer doses drop by a third over two decades

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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

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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

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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

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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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Can sustainability research span from ‘bedside to biosphere’?

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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

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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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