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AuntMinnie 2005: Cardiology leader slams ACR's imaging initiatives

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In 2005, our top article reported on the fierce turf war in the U.S. The ACR released a statement Wednesday supporting MedPAC's recommendations to set quality and safety standards for medical imaging. New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024.

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LLMs outperform medical student in solving imaging cases

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Large language models (LLMs) outperformed a medical student but fell short of junior faculty and an in-training radiologist when solving imaging cases in a quiz, suggest findings published December 10 in Radiology. LLM use is on the rise in radiology, with models beginning to understand both textual content and visual images.

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In Memoriam: Former ITN Editor Cristen Bolan

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Cristen worked on the brands from 2005-2010, before moving on to other industry related ventures. mtaschetta-millane Wed, 06/19/2024 - 12:40 It is with great sadness that the ITN/DAIC team learned of the sudden passing of former Editor Cristen Bolan on June 17. Our team extends its sincere sympathy to her family and friends.

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Deep learning helps distinguish benign vertebral fractures on CT

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A deep-learning algorithm used with CT imaging can differentiate between benign and malignant vertebral fractures, researchers have found. 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.

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Wide Bore Comparison: Siemens Espree Vs. Aera MRI

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Back in 2005, the performance of Siemens wide-bore magnets took the industry by storm. In fact, when 70 cm and closed-bore magnets were compared, the Siemens Espree was hands-down the winning option.

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PET links tau pathology to speech changes in unimpaired patients

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Tau PET imaging detects one such biomarker – neurofibrillary tau tangles – which begin to develop early on in the course of the disease, they added. Audio recordings of all FHS neuropsychological assessments began in 2005, while a subset of patients in the study underwent structural MRI, amyloid PET, and tau PET imaging.

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Pediatric PET radiotracer doses drop by a third over two decades

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Over the past 20 years, children have benefited from a massive reduction in PET imaging radiotracer doses without any compromise in image quality, according to a study published October 19 in European Radiology. In PET/MRI, all of the radiation exposure derives from injected F-18 FDG.

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