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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. Epub 2006 Sep 19. Skeletal Radiol.

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The radiologist in 22 years time

Radiology Cafe

If this is where we are at already, it is not unreasonable to imagine that in 23 years AI will be capable of reporting imaging studies (CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)) with a higher accuracy than humans and that these reports will no longer be routinely reported by human radiologists out of hours.

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, June 2023

AJNR

0000000000001232 Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is one of the most common clinical conditions that a neuroimager will encounter. CSVD is associated with an increased risk of clinical ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, silent infarcts, and cognitive decline and dementia. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2023;29(2):501-518. doi:10.1212/CON.0000000000001232

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