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ISMRM: Technologist inexperience leads to MRI accidents

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A group led by Miho Uemura, PhD, of Sapporo Medical University Hospital in Japan found that half of reports describing MRI accidents were submitted by technologists with less than a year of MR imaging experience. "In

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Helping Our Ultrasound Client Find Success Alongside Larger-scale Hospitals & Imaging Centers

Direct Radiology

When Direct Radiology was founded in 2012, its mission was clear: provide all customers with high quality 24/7/365 teleradiology services and support by focusing on relationship building and mutual trust.

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Evidence grows for use of amyloid PET in China

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In patients treated at a memory clinic at Huashan Hospital in Shanghai, amyloid PET scans detected brain pathology associated with the disease and led to changes in treatment plans in 36.5% of patients, noted lead author Ke-Liang Chen, MD, a neurologist at Fudan University.

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

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What Grossman shares is timely as many hospital leaders today face financial crisis and confront modern healthcare dilemmas. "In He continued, "I had an opportunity on Long Island to do a full asset merger with what was then called Winthrop Hospital. Thomas’ Hospitals. Listen now.

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Responding to a Ransomware Attack in Radiology

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Reading Time: 8 minutes read By Dr. Niall Sheehy, MB, MRCP, FFR RCSI, St James’s Hospital -Trinity College Dublin. In May 2021, St James’s Hospital in Dublin was one of 54 public hospitals affected when the Health Service Executive (HSE) was the victim of a Cyber Attack by Conti, a sophisticated, financially-motivated criminal gang.

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PET/CT predicts adverse cardiac events in men with prostate cancer

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To elucidate this, the researchers identified 354 men with prostate cancer who underwent PET/CT at their institution from 2012 to 2017. Among the patients, there were 98 MACE events in 74 patients (21%).

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Olympic imaging squad gets set for summer games

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Renoux has accompanied the French team to the Olympics since London 2012, and since 2006, he has also been part of the radiology team covering the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros. If they need more acute care, they will be referred to the local hospital,” he explained.

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