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Lisfranc Fracture Dislocation

Global Radiology CME

A) AP radiograph of Lisfranc Fracture Dislocation demonstrates the circled “fleck sign” or Lisfranc ligament avulsion fracture fragment. (B) C) The lateral radiograph notes with a circle, the dorsal sub dislocation of the metatarsal base. Radiographs should be repeated after two weeks to ensure surgery is unnecessary.

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Type 3 Cuboid Fracture

Global Radiology CME

A) Dorsoplantar radiograph of the foot demonstrating an isolated fracture of the cuboid with possible extension into the tarsometatarsal joint. (B) B) Medial oblique radiograph of the foot demonstrating an isolated fracture of the cuboid. Radiographic evidence can support the diagnosis. Trauma in a 8 year old female.

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Informing patients about diagnostic imaging: can we do better?

Radiology Cafe

Radiologists and radiographers undertaking the imaging have most likely never seen the patient before. Healthcare provider and patient perspectives of diagnostic imaging investigations. RadioGraphics. The only information they receive are a few sentences (if they are lucky) on an electronic request form. Carlsson, S.

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A brief history of radiology

Radiology Cafe

after seeing the image. (2) Photoprint from radiograph by W.K. 3) In the early twentieth century, it was a common goal for investigators to try to find a way to separate the superimposed shadows that were recorded when a complex structure was shown on a radiograph. (3) Tumor detection by nuclear magnetic resonance.

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The radiologist in 22 years time

Radiology Cafe

If this is where we are at already, it is not unreasonable to imagine that in 23 years AI will be capable of reporting imaging studies (CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)) with a higher accuracy than humans and that these reports will no longer be routinely reported by human radiologists out of hours. Hough, Andrew.

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, June 2023

AJNR

It has well-defined radiographic features and various clinical presentations. They described six radiographic phenotypes of CSVD: (1) recent small subcortical infarct, (2) white matter hyperintensity, (3) lacune of presumed vascular origin, (4) widened perivascular spaces, (5) cerebral microbleed, and (6) brain atrophy.

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Emergency Guide to Stroke Neuroimaging

Northwestern EM

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. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in emergency assessment of patients with suspected acute stroke: a prospective comparison. Radiographics.