2007 - Diagnostic Imaging Brief

Steadily declining mammography screening rates have hit a historic low, new data show

Radiology Business

APRIL 5, 2024

The proportion of women undergoing breast cancer imaging has dropped significantly from the historic peak seen between 2007 and 2010.

Imaging

Few ‘surprise’ patient bills are from radiologists, study finds

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 22, 2024

Out-of-network billing by radiologists – often referred to as “surprise billing” – dropped significantly beginning in 2007 and imaging claims are now almost completely in network, according to a recent study. in 2007 to 1.1% in 2007 to 1.1% in 2007 to 1.0% in 2007 to 1.0% in 2007 to 0.8% in 2021 to 0.8%

Radiologist

Radiologist Insurance Imaging Modalities Nuclear Medicine

Only 1% of Radiologist Claims were Out of Network in 2021

Imaging Technology

JANUARY 24, 2024

This Journal of the American College of Radiology study was based on 80 million commercial radiology claims (2007-2021) for individuals covered by a large commercial payer. “The The overall radiology OON rate decreased from one in eight claims in 2007 to only one in ninety claims. and for claims associated with ED visits—3.9%

Radiologist

Radiologist Insurance Inpatient Imaging Modalities

Radiologists were already nearly 99% in-network before the No Surprises Act took effect

Radiology Business

JANUARY 19, 2024

The specialty has approved upon its out-of-network rate since 2007, falling from nearly 13% down to 1% as of 2021, experts wrote in JACR.

Radiologist

Radiologist IT

Contemporary Management of Blunt Liver Trauma: An Analysis of the Trauma Quality Improvement Program Registry (2007-19)

JVIR

APRIL 28, 2023

To evaluate the effectiveness of management strategies for blunt liver injuries in adult patients.

CTPA rates increase among pregnant women

AuntMinnie

MARCH 18, 2024

underwent lung scintigraphy between 2007 and 2016. advanced imaging studies per year (p An average increase of 0.08 (p A decrease of 0.004 (p = 0.009) in advanced imaging positive for PE, from 3% in 2007 to 0% in 2016. Of these, 92.5% underwent CTPA and 7.5% The group also found the following: An average increase of 5.2

Radiation

Radiation Diagnose Imaging IT

ACR names recipient of Thorwarth award for radiology leadership

AuntMinnie

APRIL 17, 2024

Donovan began his ACR service with the RVS Update Committee (RUC) in 2007. He also serves as a clinical reviewer for the college's MRI accreditation program. He is a past chair of the ACR Neuroradiology, Reimbursement, and College Nominating committees.

Radiology

Radiology MRI Clinic IT

MITA members find new home for imaging equipment advocacy efforts

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Effective January 1, 2024, t he firms will be leaving the National Electrical Manufacturing Association (NEMA), which has housed MITA since 2007.

Imaging

Imaging Medical Imaging Radiopharmaceuticals Medical

Dr. William Donovan Receives Thorwarth Award for Radiology Leadership

Imaging Technology

APRIL 18, 2024

Donovan began his career with the RUC in 2007 and in 2011 joined the AMA/RUC panel, first as the Alternate Radiology Member and then as Radiology Member from 2021 to 2024. Donovan’s commitment to the RUC has been recognized by many, including the American Medical Association.

Radiology

Radiology Healthcare Healthcare Medical

Clinical Conundrums: How Long Should We Monitor After Giving IM Epinephrine for Anaphylaxis?

REBEL EM

DECEMBER 5, 2023

up to 23% ( Lieberman 2005 , Rohacek 2014 , Tole 2007 , Grunau 2014 ). While the evidence is not strong, those who have been undertreated, experienced delays in treatment, or required multiple injections of epinephrine are more prone to experience a recurrence of symptoms ( Ellis 2007 , Liu 2020 ).

Clinic

Clinic Education

Consideration needed in breast cancer screening for young women

AuntMinnie

MAY 21, 2024

The retrospective study included data collected between 2007 and 2019 from 4,150 women in this age range who underwent 4,448 screening mammograms. She and colleagues sought to determine the rates and characteristics of screening-detected and interval breast cancers in women between the ages of 30 and 39.

Ultrasound

Ultrasound Mammogram MRI Hospital

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

Dr Balaji Anvekar FRCR

JULY 11, 2022

2007 Jun;36 Suppl 1:S101-4. Take home note is during MSK MRI interpretation, a bone marrow signal abnormality with an associated focal periosteal extra medullary fat – fluid level, osteomyelitis should be in the list of your differential diagnosis. References: 1. Extra-osseous fat fluid level: a specific sign for osteomyelitis.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI Clinic Diagnostic

REBEL Core Cast 117.0 – Infections of Pregnancy

REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Mulik (2007). Sheridan (2003). “Complications of second and third trimester pregnancies.” ” Emerg Med Clin North Am 21 (3): 695-710, vii. PMID: 12962354 Apantaku, O. “Maternal intra-partum fever.” ” J Obstet Gynaecol 27 (1): 12-15. PMID: 17365450 Desai, S. Labor and Delivery and Their Complications.

X-ray

X-ray Hospital Ultrasound Clinic

Calcifications on mammo could identify women at risk of CVD

AuntMinnie

MARCH 15, 2024

The researchers collected data from 215 women aged 18 or older who underwent mammography and CCTA within a two-year period between 2007 and 2017. It also estimated 10-year atherosclerotic CVD risk via associations to breast and coronary arterial calcifications.

Mammogram

Mammogram Disease Clinic Radiation

Angela Graber, Vice President Operations, Diagnostic Imaging Solutions

TTG Imaging Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In 2007 Digirad acquired Ultrascan and she has held various leadership positions in operations with Digirad since that time. She has had her BSN since 2000 and began her nursing career in Labor and Delivery. Angela has been in the Medical Imaging field since 2004 when she started as a cardiac nurse for Ultrascan.

Diagnostic Imaging

Diagnostic Imaging Diagnostic Nursing Imaging

DCE-MRI determines women at high recurrence risk of breast cancer

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 24, 2024

The team included data collected between 2007 and 2012 from 187 women with breast cancer. Arefan and co-authors investigated whether quantitative BPE measurements in one or both breasts could be used to predict recurrence risk in breast cancer patients. They used the Oncotype DX recurrence score as the reference standard.

MRI

MRI Clinic Imaging Radiology

Lung Abnormality Progression Linked to Acute Respiratory Disease in Smokers

Imaging Technology

MAY 24, 2024

The study included individuals with a 10-pack-year or greater smoking history recruited from multiple centers between November 2007 and July 2017. Choi’s team performed a secondary analysis of the CT scans of 3,972 participants (mean age 60.7; QIA was measured with machine learning-based tools as a percentage of lung volume on a CT scan.

Disease

Disease Emergency Room Hospital Radiology

Interstitial lung abnormalities linked to respiratory disease risk

AuntMinnie

APRIL 30, 2024

To this end, they conducted a study that included 3,972 participants with a 10-pack-year or greater smoking history who underwent a baseline chest CT exam and a follow-up exam five years later between November 2007 and July 2017 (patient data was part of the COPDGene study).

Disease

Disease Emergency Room Clinic Hospital

AI boosts CTPA's ability to predict lung disease survival

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The work included a total of 521 adult patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension or pulmonary hypertension associated with lung disease who underwent incidental CT imaging between February 2007 and January 2019; of these, 275 made up a training set and 246 a test set.

Disease

Disease Radiology Clinic Diagnose

Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy Provides Long-term Benefits to Patients with Locally Advanced Lung Cancer

Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

However, it is less precise than IMRT, which sculpts and molds radiation beams to tumor targets, reducing radiation exposure to certain organs. The NRG Oncology-RTOG 0617 study enrolled 482 NSCLC patients from 2007 to 2011 and compared a high dose of radiation (74 Gy) to a standard dose (60 Gy).

Radiation

Radiation Radiation Oncology Clinic Healthcare

Is semiannual mammo after breast conserving surgery necessary?

AuntMinnie

MARCH 8, 2024

It collected data from 139 women who received breast-conserving surgery following neoadjuvant therapy between 2007 and 2020 for treating invasive breast cancer. Wang and colleagues analyzed whether semiannual mammography in these women is effective.

Medicare

Medicare Imaging Radiologist Diagnostic

Managing the Patient with Alcohol Intoxication

REBEL EM

MARCH 9, 2023

Wernicke’s Encephalopathy (WE) : WE is present in over 12% of patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) (Donnino 2007) and is misdiagnosed in up to 80% of patients (Sechi 2007), and carries a mortality rate of 10-17%. 2007 Dec;50(6):715-21. Epub 2007 Aug 3. 2007 May;6(5):442-55. Work up appropriately.

Hospital

Hospital Clinic Emergency Room Public Health

REBEL Core Cast 119.0 – Sleep Hygiene

REBEL EM

MARCH 6, 2024

2007 Nov;30(11):1445-59. Morgenthaler TI et al; Standards of Practice Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Practice parameters for the clinical evaluation and treatment of circadian rhythm sleep disorders. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine report. doi: 10.1093/sleep/30.11.1445. Erratum in: Sleep.

Hospital

Hospital IT Clinic

Deep learning predicts breast cancer risk in multinational study

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

They included data from 318,101 consecutive bilateral 2D full-field digital screening mammograms obtained from 129,498 cancer-free women between 2007 and 2016. These include four U.S. institutions, two European centers, and one South American center. and 5,888 exams from South America.

Mammogram

Mammogram Clinic Imaging IT

SNMMI Elects Jean-Luc C. Urbain, MD, PhD, FASNC, as President-Elect at 2024 Annual Meeting

Imaging Technology

JUNE 10, 2024

He received the Homi Jehangir Bhabba Award Honorary Degree in 2007 from the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India, and the GE Radiant Fund from the Canadian Association of Nuclear Medicine in 2006. Urbain has published about 100 journal articles and 15 book chapters and has given more than a thousand invited speaker presentations.

Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals Hospital Health Science

SNMMI Announces Julie Dawn Bolin, MS, CNMT, as President-Elect of the Technologist Section During 2023 Annual Meeting

Imaging Technology

JUNE 25, 2023

Bolin has also held multiple academic posts in the Nuclear Medicine Technology program at Gateway Community College since 2007 and is currently director of the program. An active member of SNMMI-TS and the Pacific Southwest SNMMI-TS Chapter, Bolin serves as cochair of the Educators Committee.

Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear Medicine Education Diagnostic Imaging Patient Care

Podcast: Leading the way to tuition-free medical school opportunities

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When Grossman was named dean of the NYU School of Medicine and chief executive officer of NYU Langone Health in 2007, his colleagues at the American Journal of Neuroradiology said few realized the important national and societal awards Grossman has been given and the national committees on which he has served.

Medical

Medical Education Hospital Radiologist

REBEL Core Cast 116.0 – Achilles Tendon Rupture

REBEL EM

JANUARY 24, 2024

2007; 31:279-284. Br J Sports Med. 2005; 39(11): 838-42. PMID: 16244194 Margetic P et al. Comparison of ultrasonographic and intraoperative findings in Achilles tendon rupture. Coll Antropol. PMID: 17598414 Garras DN et al. MRI is Unnecessary for Diagnosing Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures: Clinical Diagnostic Criteria.

X-ray

X-ray Ultrasound MRI Imaging Modalities

Pigtail Catheter vs Large Bore Chest Tube for Pneumothorax

REBEL EM

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Regardless of the cause, a thoracostomy is often required for treatment (Currie 2007 ). 2007 Nov;83(985):722]. Traditionally, all pneumothoraces were treated with large bore chest tubes (LBCT) defined as any tube > 14 F. World J Surg. 2018;42(1):107-113. doi:10.1007/s00268-017-4168-3 PMID: 28795207. Postgrad Med J. 2007.056978.

Hospital

Hospital Clinic Disease Patient Care

Philips Recalls BrightView Imaging Systems Due to the Detector Unexpectedly Falling

Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

553 Date Initiated by Firm: December 15, 2023 Device Use The Philips Brightview system is a Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography ( SPECT ) machine used to take images showing biological activity in the human body, for medical personnel to review.

Computed Tomography

Computed Tomography Imaging Medical Device Radiopharmaceuticals

Porencephaly

Global Radiology CME

JULY 26, 2021

Textbook of Fetal Abnormalities, Elsevier, 2007, pp. Obstetric Imaging: Fetal Diagnosis and Care, Elsevier, 2018, pp. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-44548-1.00040-1. Russell, Sarah A., Cranial Abnormalities.” doi: 10.1016/B978-0-443-07416-5.50011-3. Encephalomalacia, Porencephaly.” Diagnostic Imaging: Obstetrics, Elsevier, 2016, pp.

Communication

Communication Education Global Radiology Radiology

4 Estrategias para Reducir Errores en la Elaboración de Informes en Radiología

Everything Rad

JUNE 12, 2023

American Journal of Roentgenology AJR (2007);188:1173-1178 2 Bruno MA, Walker EA, Abujudeh HH. Contáctanos Referencias 1 Berlin L. Understanding and confronting our mistakes: the epidemiology of error in radiology and strategies for error reduction. Radiographics (2015);35:1668-1676.

Radiograph

Radiograph Radiographer Radiographer Radiology

Quatro Estratégias para Reduzir os Erros Cometidos na Geração de Relatórios na Radiologia

Everything Rad

JUNE 12, 2023

American Journal of Roentgenology AJR (2007); 188:1173-1178 2 Bruno MA, Walker EA, Abujudeh HH. Fale conosco. Referências 1 Berlin L. Understanding and confronting our mistakes: the epidemiology of error in radiology and strategies for error reduction. Radiographics (2015); 35:1668-1676.

Radiograph

Radiograph Radiographer Radiographer Radiology

REBEL Core Cast 118.0 – IM vs PO NSAIDs

REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A 2007 review of the literature concluded that there was no difference in analgesia between IM ketorolac and PO ibuprofen ( Arora 2007 ). Can J Emerg Med 2007; 9(1): 30-2. This allows us to look at studies with the different NSAIDs and compare them to each other. Acad Emerg Med 2021; 28(11): 1228-35.

Nursing

Nursing Clinic IT Hospital

4 Estrategias Para Reducir Errores en la Elaboración de Informes en Radiología

Everything Rad

JUNE 18, 2023

American Journal of Roentgenology AJR (2007);188:1173-1178 2 Bruno MA, Walker EA, Abujudeh HH. Referencias 1 Berlin L. Understanding and confronting our mistakes: the epidemiology of error in radiology and strategies for error reduction. Radiographics (2015);35:1668-1676.

Radiograph

Radiograph Radiographer Radiographer Radiology

Quatro Estratégias para Reduzir os Erros Cometidos na Geração de Relatórios na Radiologia

Everything Rad

JUNE 19, 2023

American Journal of Roentgenology AJR (2007); 188:1173-1178 2 Bruno MA, Walker EA, Abujudeh HH. Fale Conosco. Referências 1 Berlin L. Understanding and confronting our mistakes: the epidemiology of error in radiology and strategies for error reduction. Radiographics (2015); 35:1668-1676.

Radiograph

Radiograph Radiographer Radiographer Radiology

Clinical Conundrum: Does IM Ketorolac Provide Superior Pain Relief to PO Ibuprofen?

REBEL EM

AUGUST 28, 2023

A 2007 review of the literature concluded that there was no difference in analgesia between IM ketorolac and PO ibuprofen ( Arora 2007 ). Can J Emerg Med 2007; 9(1): 30-2. This allows us to look at studies with the different NSAIDs and compare them to each other. Acad Emerg Med 2021; 28(11): 1228-35.

Clinic

Clinic Nursing IT Hospital

Non-Parasitic Splenic Cysts in Children: Outcomes Following Sclerotherapy or Surgical Resection as Initial Management

JVIR

JUNE 13, 2023

A retrospective review of pediatric patients treated for nonparasitic splenic cysts between 2007-2021 was performed at a single institution. This study examines the safety and preliminary effectiveness of sclerotherapy for splenic cysts in children compared to surgical treatment.

RaySearch Expands Collaboration with P-Cure

Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Founded in 2007, P-Cure has developed a comprehensive patient centric proton therapy solution with clinical benefits and financial advantages. P-Cure Ltd. develops and supplies a compact proton therapy solution for the targeted treatment of cancer with radiation.

Radiation

Radiation Clinic Medical IT

Clinical Conundrums: Should You Give the First Dose of Antibiotics IV Before Discharging Home on Oral Antibiotics?

REBEL EM

JANUARY 9, 2024

Thorax 2007; 62(12): 1102-6. Comparison of oral amoxicillin and intravenous benzyl penicillin for community acquired pneumonia in children (PIVOT trial): a multicentre pragmatic randomised controlled equivalence trial. PMID: 17567657 Rae N et al. Pneumonia 2017.

Clinic

Clinic Inpatient Hospital Disease

Hemiplegic Migraine-yet another stroke mimic!!!

Cloudex Radiology

APRIL 19, 2023

2007 Nov;245(2):600-3. Arterial spin labelling (ASL) in neuro-diagnostic dilemmas ECR 2020 EPOS. 2020 [cited 2022Jul12]. Available from: [link] 4. Politi M, Papanagiotou P, Grunwald IQ, Reith W. Case 125: hemiplegic migraine. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2452041596. 2452041596. PMID: 17940312.

MRI

MRI Diagnostic Imaging Clinic

The Best Gift: The Gift of Education

Mammography Educators

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Israel 2007 Ghana 2010 Oman 2023 One of the goals of Mammography Educators is to provide practical and applicable, quality education. Perhaps it is the scarcity of resources that makes them even seem more valuable? We have hundreds of free resources on our website.

Education

Education IT Imaging Radiology

4 Strategies to Reduce Reporting Errors in Radiology

Everything Rad

MAY 10, 2023

American Journal of Roentgenology AJR (2007);188:1173-1178 2 Bruno MA, Walker EA, Abujudeh HH. References 1 Berlin L. Understanding and confronting our mistakes: the epidemiology of error in radiology and strategies for error reduction. Radiographics (2015);35:1668-1676.

Radiology

Radiology Radiologist Communication Radiograph

Prehospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

REBEL EM

MARCH 13, 2023

2007, 13: 691-6. Multicenter Canadian study of prehospital trauma care. 2003 Feb;237(2):153-60. PMID: 12560770 Liberman M, Roudsari BS: Prehospital trauma care: what do we really know? Curr Opin Crit Care. 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3282f1e77e. 0b013e3282f1e77e. PMID: 17975392 Lockey D, Crewdson K, Davies G. Ann Emerg Med. 2006;48(3):240–4.

Basic Life Support

Basic Life Support Hospital IT Healthcare

Steadily declining mammography screening rates have hit a historic low, new data show

Few ‘surprise’ patient bills are from radiologists, study finds

Only 1% of Radiologist Claims were Out of Network in 2021

Radiologists were already nearly 99% in-network before the No Surprises Act took effect

Contemporary Management of Blunt Liver Trauma: An Analysis of the Trauma Quality Improvement Program Registry (2007-19)

CTPA rates increase among pregnant women

ACR names recipient of Thorwarth award for radiology leadership

MITA members find new home for imaging equipment advocacy efforts

Dr. William Donovan Receives Thorwarth Award for Radiology Leadership

Clinical Conundrums: How Long Should We Monitor After Giving IM Epinephrine for Anaphylaxis?

Consideration needed in breast cancer screening for young women

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

REBEL Core Cast 117.0 – Infections of Pregnancy

Calcifications on mammo could identify women at risk of CVD

Angela Graber, Vice President Operations, Diagnostic Imaging Solutions

DCE-MRI determines women at high recurrence risk of breast cancer

Lung Abnormality Progression Linked to Acute Respiratory Disease in Smokers

Interstitial lung abnormalities linked to respiratory disease risk

AI boosts CTPA's ability to predict lung disease survival

Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy Provides Long-term Benefits to Patients with Locally Advanced Lung Cancer

Is semiannual mammo after breast conserving surgery necessary?

Managing the Patient with Alcohol Intoxication

REBEL Core Cast 119.0 – Sleep Hygiene

Deep learning predicts breast cancer risk in multinational study

SNMMI Elects Jean-Luc C. Urbain, MD, PhD, FASNC, as President-Elect at 2024 Annual Meeting

SNMMI Announces Julie Dawn Bolin, MS, CNMT, as President-Elect of the Technologist Section During 2023 Annual Meeting

Podcast: Leading the way to tuition-free medical school opportunities

REBEL Core Cast 116.0 – Achilles Tendon Rupture

Pigtail Catheter vs Large Bore Chest Tube for Pneumothorax

Philips Recalls BrightView Imaging Systems Due to the Detector Unexpectedly Falling

Porencephaly

4 Estrategias para Reducir Errores en la Elaboración de Informes en Radiología

Quatro Estratégias para Reduzir os Erros Cometidos na Geração de Relatórios na Radiologia

REBEL Core Cast 118.0 – IM vs PO NSAIDs

4 Estrategias Para Reducir Errores en la Elaboración de Informes en Radiología

Quatro Estratégias para Reduzir os Erros Cometidos na Geração de Relatórios na Radiologia

Clinical Conundrum: Does IM Ketorolac Provide Superior Pain Relief to PO Ibuprofen?

Non-Parasitic Splenic Cysts in Children: Outcomes Following Sclerotherapy or Surgical Resection as Initial Management

RaySearch Expands Collaboration with P-Cure

Clinical Conundrums: Should You Give the First Dose of Antibiotics IV Before Discharging Home on Oral Antibiotics?

Hemiplegic Migraine-yet another stroke mimic!!!

The Best Gift: The Gift of Education

4 Strategies to Reduce Reporting Errors in Radiology

Prehospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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