Remove 2013 Remove Radiation Remove Radiograph
article thumbnail

ECR: Implementing imaging referral guidelines shows positive impact

AuntMinnie

In an open forum for radiographers at ECR 2024, Yi Xiang Tay, of Singapore University Hospital's radiography and diagnostic imaging department, shared his team's systematic review of the impact of imaging referral guidelines on patients and radiology services.

Imaging 107
article thumbnail

Surgeons Weigh In: Top Indications for WBCT: Part 3

CurveBeam AI

Whenever bilateral standing radiographs would have been needed, a WBCT was performed instead. The reality is that if insurance was not an issue, I would not perform conventional radiographic imaging anymore. WBCT imaging allows superior and more complete 3-dimensional assessment of the foot and ankle, with low radiation dose.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Surgeons Weigh In: Top Indications for WBCT

CurveBeam AI

Alessio Bernasconi, MD, PhD, FEBOT Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II of Naples Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Naples, Italy I think that every condition for which one would traditionally request a bilateral standing radiographic imaging of both feet is a good indication for WBCT. Even soft tissue issues (i.e.

article thumbnail

REBEL Core Cast 94.0 – SBO

REBEL EM

Acad Emerg Med 2013; 20(6): 528-44. Late findings Fever Abdominal distension (+) LR: 5.64 – 16.8 (-) LR: 0.34 – 0.43 Absent bowel sounds Peritoneal signs (i.e. rebound and guarding) Diagnostics Laboratory Tests Commonly ordered lab tests (i.e. 3.6 – 55.6) (-) LR: 0.13 (0.08 – 0.20) ED US (+) LR: 9.5 (2.1

X-ray 52
article thumbnail

Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, October 2022

AJNR

The institution’s prospective Gamma Knife (GK) SRS registry was queried to identify patients treated with GKRS for ≥ 25 cumulative BMs between June 2013 and April 2020. Of the patients with radiographically proven adverse radiation effects (AREs; 15%), 4 were symptomatic.

MRI 40
article thumbnail

4 Strategies to Reduce Reporting Errors in Radiology

Everything Rad

Brady was previously Chair of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) Quality, Safety & Standards (QSS) Committee, with responsibilities covering areas of patient safety, radiation protection, audit, standards, eHealth & informatics, clinical decision support and other areas. Radiographics (2015);35:1668-1676.