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AuntMinnie 2013: NY hospital to shutter radiology residency program

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In 2013, our top article covered a decision by a New York City hospital to close its radiology residency program. A New York City hospital on Monday moved to terminate its radiology residency program, leaving 11 residents without a program or funding to continue beyond the current program year ending June 30.

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Targeted alpha therapy’s ‘elite 8’ radionuclides

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Lead on the research, Vani Vijayakumar, MD, chief of nuclear medicine at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, noted that radium-223 opened the door for TAT, with the approval in 2013 of radium-223 dichloride (Ra-223, Xofigo) for patients with advanced prostate cancer.

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Radiologists are reading more cardiac CT exams, but not cardiac MRI

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Al-Ogaili's research used data from cardiac CT CPT codes culled from the Part B Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File (POSPUF) database between 2013 and 2020. The team tracked volumes by provider type (cardiologists, radiologists, and "other") and practice setting (hospital and nonhospital). Hospital setting Radiologists 52% 58.3%

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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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Deep learning combines breast imaging data to predict cancer prognosis

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A team led by Junqi Han, MD, from the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University in China found that its model combining data from mammography images, ultrasound images, and other characteristics performed well in predicting disease-free survival of breast cancer. They collected imaging data to establish deep-learning models using ResNet50.

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Consideration needed in breast cancer screening for young women

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Additionally, all exams performed from 2013 to 2019 included digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT). Consideration is needed for breast cancer screening in women younger than 40 years, according to research presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting.

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Use caution when billing for remote radiology reading

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Medicare regulations Medicare first issued its Place of Service (POS) reporting regulations with an effective date of April 1, 2013. An exception to this rule is for inpatients of a hospital or other facility that might be transported to an imaging center for an exam. The POS code is to be entered in Box 24 of claim forms.

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