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AuntMinnie 2016: A proposal would let nurses take on imaging duties

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Our top article in 2016 reported on a proposal to enable advanced-level nurses in the VA health system to order, perform, supervise, and interpret some imaging studies. New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. The controversial proposal was scaled back later in the year.

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CT, MRI enterography show promise for assessing Crohn's disease

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Both CT and MRI enterography show promise for assessing the severity of Crohn's disease, researchers have reported. Fibrostenotic strictures increase the risk of disease complications and surgery in patients with Crohn's disease. Maximal associated small bowel dilation 0.74 Maximal stricture wall thickness 0.58

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Mount Sinai Launches Clinic to Help Breast Cancer Patients in Need of Legal Services

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milla1cf Thu, 08/03/2023 - 20:56 August 3, 2023 — The Mount Sinai Medical Legal Partnership ( MSMLP ), which provides legal aid to Mount Sinai Health System patients in need, has launched a clinic to help breast cancer patients navigate legal issues that arise due to their diagnoses.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

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Most Influential Radiology Researcher Erik Middlebrooks, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Erik Middlebrooks, MD. One of this year's nominations for Most Influential Radiology Researcher is Erik Middlebrooks, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. But we're still just scratching the surface." Perry Pickhardt, MD.

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PI-RADS optimizes MRI-based diagnostics for prostate cancer detection

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It's better to take Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) upgrading rules into account when it comes to deciding whether a patient with clinically significant prostate cancer needs a biopsy, researchers have reported. "[Our] The study results were published February 14 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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AI Outperformed Standard Risk Model for Predicting Breast Cancer

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milla1cf Fri, 06/09/2023 - 08:12 June 9, 2023 — In a large study of thousands of mammograms, artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms outperformed the standard clinical risk model for predicting the five-year risk for breast cancer. The risk scores were then compared to each other and to the BCSC clinical risk score. “All

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CAC measurements on nongated chest CT improve surgery risk assessment

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Estimating the prevalence and severity of coronary artery calcium (CAC) using data gleaned from nongated chest CT imaging improves risk assessment of postsurgical major clinical events before a patient undergoes noncardiac surgery, according to research published in the October 10 issue of Circulation. compared with 2.9%. 1 to 2 3.7%

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