Remove 2014 Remove Hospital Remove Ultrasound
article thumbnail

Thermal ablation effective long term in patients with thyroid cancer

AuntMinnie

The emerging procedure has a relatively short history, with long-term findings now supporting its use over more invasive surgery, noted lead author Lin Yan, MD, of the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing. Studies have shown favorable results of the procedures, yet to date, long-term outcomes have not been reported, the authors noted.

article thumbnail

AuntMinnie 2014: Health information exchange lowers repeat emergency imaging

AuntMinnie

Our top article in 2014 reported on the financial benefits of health information exchanges. The researchers retrospectively analyzed repeat imaging rates for CT, chest x-ray, and ultrasound in 37 emergency departments in California and Florida that have initiated HIE. of ultrasound cases), and 29,073 repeat chest x-rays (19.5%

X-ray 147
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

Ultrasound-based model performs well in predicting breast tumor status

AuntMinnie

An ultrasound-based deep learning radiomics nomogram (DLRN) model performed well in a study about predicting tumor status and lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients post chemotherapy. They added to the literature, exploring the feasibility of an ultrasound-based fusion model combining the aforementioned features.

article thumbnail

Deep-learning algorithm improves liver fibrosis diagnosis

AuntMinnie

An algorithm combining the Fibrosis-4 Index (FIB-4) and an ultrasound deep-learning model could improve diagnostic accuracy and referral management for all-cause advanced liver fibrosis, a study published April 23 in Radiology found. Chen and colleagues constructed sequential clinical algorithms that include an ultrasound deep-learning model.

article thumbnail

Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

AuntMinnie

Louis School of Medicine and completed his residency and a neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Elliot Fishman, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine The second finalist is Elliot Fishman, MD, a category for which he took the trophy in 2001, 2007, 2014, and 2017. Deng is lauded internationally as an educator.

article thumbnail

Serial PoCUS for ED Patients with Acute Dyspnea: Is More Actually Better?

REBEL EM

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is a valuable clinical tool in the assessment of acute dyspnea. Impact of serial cardiopulmonary point-of-care ultrasound exams in patients with acute dyspnoea: a randomized, controlled trial. PoCUS evaluations included lung ultrasound (LUS) and focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS).

article thumbnail

Acute Infective Vasitis

Global Radiology CME

Ultrasound of acute vasitis shows a heterogenous and thickened vas deferens. Color Doppler ultrasound of the same section as Figure 4. With ultrasound, acute vasitis shows a heterogenous, hypoechoic and thickened vas deferens with hyperemia on color Doppler (3-6)(Figs. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. J Ultrasound Med.