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Olympic imaging squad gets set for summer games

AuntMinnie

A team of 32 radiologists and 36 radiographers are limbering up to work at the summer Olympics, which begins July 25. The imaging department at the polyclinic will be equipped with two mobile MRI scanners (Ingenia, from Philips), three ultrasound machines (Aplio i800, from Canon), and one x-ray system (from Primax International).

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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

REBEL EM

MRI is key to diagnosis, obtain this imaging in all patients who raise clinical suspicion Patients with hemodynamic instability and neurologic compromise warrant empiric antibiotics. Imaging Gadolinium enhanced MRI – modality of choice, highly sensitive and specific ( Mylona 2009 ). Med Clin North Am, 2006 May;90(3):505-23.

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Why understanding breast density matters

The British Institute of Radiology

In these women, screening tests, such as ultrasound or MRI, when added to mammography, substantially increase the detection of early-stage breast cancer. A growing number of medical organisations link to the DenseBreast-info.org website, including the EFRS (European Federation of Radiographer Societies) and the Society of Radiographers.

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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. 2011, Radiographics, pp.

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, June 2023

AJNR

It has well-defined radiographic features and various clinical presentations. They described six radiographic phenotypes of CSVD: (1) recent small subcortical infarct, (2) white matter hyperintensity, (3) lacune of presumed vascular origin, (4) widened perivascular spaces, (5) cerebral microbleed, and (6) brain atrophy.

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