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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. SACRAMENTO, CA - A California radiologic technologist accused of delivering a major radiation overdose to a 23-month-old boy faced testimony this week on her role in the incident. Is this safe?"

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AuntMinnie 2010: Settlement reached in Mad River pediatric CT radiation case

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Our top article in 2010 was a follow-up of our most highly viewed article in 2009. SACRAMENTO, CA - A California radiologic technologist accused of delivering a major radiation overdose to a 23-month-old boy faced testimony this week on her role in the incident. Over the next 68 minutes, the toddler was exposed to 151 scans.

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AART Honors Three in I Am The Gold Standard Program

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R)(N)(ARRT) About the Honorees Arianna Apodaca is a radiation therapist at Austin Cyberknife , a cancer treatment center in Austin, Texas. While managing to complete both her degree in radiation therapy and undergo successful treatment, she began speaking publicly about early detection. (R)(MR)(ARRT) • Patrick Wojtylak, M.H.S.A.,

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

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Louis School of Medicine and completed his residency and a neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She currently serves as chair of the department of medical imaging and radiation sciences in the College of Health Professions at TJU and directs the radiography and invasive cardiovascular technology programs.

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Dr. Stavropoulos Chooses Omega as the Centerpiece of the Endoscopy Program at Archbold

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He leads the new Program in Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Endoscopic Surgery at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, GA. He was one of the first practitioners in the US of ESD in 2005, the first practitioner of POEM in 2009, and the first practitioner of EFTR and STER in 2012. The Omega E-View.AI

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CMS proposes coverage of CT colonography screening

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The CMS has included coverage of CTC in its proposed 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) and 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rules, which were published on July 10. Food and Drug Administration also support coverage, but the CMS denied it in 2009 and had continued to do so until now.

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Susanna I. Lee, MD, PhD, Named Editor of New RSNA Open Access Journal

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Specializing in abdominal radiology, Dr. Lee is chief of women’s imaging and officer of mentored research in the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital ( MGH ) and associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston. “I The journal will be published in partnership with Oxford University Press.