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Ablation underused to treat pain in cancer patients

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Less than 1% of hospitalized cancer patients undergo percutaneous ablation to relieve pain associated with bone or soft tissue tumors, according to a study by researchers at Emory University. They analyzed data from a national healthcare claims database among 19,793 patients between 2009 and 2022. percentage points; p = 0.019).

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What can we do to increase global access to imaging?

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The First Read Initiative donated 7 Butterfly iQ+ ultrasound devices to the Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine. Josh Sokol, MD, has worked as a teleradiologist for vRad since 2009. How can I help from my office in Denver, Colorado? These were two questions I often asked myself. All photos courtesy of Josh Sokol, MD.

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AuntMinnie 2009: California technologist faces testimony in CT overdose case

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In 2009, our top article reported on an incident involving a child receiving over 150 CT scans in an hour. It was replaced a month after the incident, but hospital officials said the replacement had been planned long before and was unrelated. New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024.

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Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

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A dedicated teacher and radiologic technologist since 2009, Stewart currently serves as associate professor of diagnostic imaging, and program director of radiologic sciences at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. We're more than 20 hospitals now," Beyder said. "I Louis, MO Dmitry Beyder. from Ukraine.

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Ultrasound use shifts among radiologists, nonphysician practitioners

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Neiman Health Policy Institute in Reston, VA, found that office ultrasound services have been mostly performed by radiologists while hospital outpatient and inpatient services have been performed more by cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. from 2009 to 2021. in 2009 to 34.2% Researchers led by Casey Pelzl from the Harvey L.

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CT-based AI algorithm comparable to rads for identifying renal masses

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They developed the algorithm using data from one hospital between 2009 and 2021, dividing patients into training and internal test sets with a ratio of eight to two. They assessed the algorithm's performance using the area under the receiver operating curve (AUC), comparing it to seven radiologist readers.

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Hold off on the Egg McMuffins before GES tests, experts say

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Yet according to a recent review, GES meal protocols in hospitals across the U.S. Several reasons may be involved in why laboratories do not comply with the GES meal guideline, which was published by the Society Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) in 2009.