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Lisfranc Fracture Dislocation

Global Radiology CME

A computed tomography scan will better assist with diagnosis and help with planning if surgery is necessary [3]. Magnetic resonance imaging will help to evaluate ligamentous injury and provides a 94% predictive value for diagnosing Lisfranc injury [5]. J Foot Ankle Res. 2023;16(1):9. Published 2023 Mar 1.

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A brief history of radiology

Radiology Cafe

Tomography originates from the Greek words ‘tomos’, meaning ‘slice’ or ‘section’, and ‘graphia’, meaning ‘description of’. In the 1960s computers were increasingly available and more powerful and in 1971, the first computed tomography (CT) scan was performed on a patient. Tumor detection by nuclear magnetic resonance.

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The radiologist in 22 years time

Radiology Cafe

A trial, which involved analysing a computerised tomography (CT) scan of a patient’s lungs against three expert human radiologists, found that Enlitic’s system was 50% better at classifying malignant tumours and had a false-negative rate of zero, compared with 7% for the humans (3).

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, June 2023

AJNR

0000000000001232 Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is one of the most common clinical conditions that a neuroimager will encounter. CSVD is associated with an increased risk of clinical ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, silent infarcts, and cognitive decline and dementia. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2023;29(2):501-518. doi:10.1212/CON.0000000000001232

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Emergency Guide to Stroke Neuroimaging

Northwestern EM

5,16] Algorithms translate detected changes in MTT, CBV, and CBF into images that can be used in clinical decision-making. As these two time-windows overlap, the most practical approach is increasingly to obtain multi-modality imaging up-front / as rapidly as possible in the ED. 2015 Jul;138(Pt 7):1919-31. Mancall EL.