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

AuntMinnie

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. Primary care doctors already defer to radiologists for image interpretation," Moran notes. The controversial proposal was scaled back later in the year.

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Is Radiology Still a Viable Career?

Ben White

Radiology & AI: It’s Complicated Back in 2016, Geoffrey Hinton, a deep learning pioneer and Turing Award winner, famously said : “People should stop training radiologists now–it’s just completely obvious within 5 years deep learning is going to do better than radiologists.

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Pixyl receives FDA clearance for AI-powered brain MRI software Pixyl.Neuro

Imaging Technology

With disease modifying treatments for MS and now Alzheimer's Disease, it is more important than ever to highlight activity and monitor disease evolution.” One where medical professionals using the latest AI solutions can rapidly access the information needed to diagnose and manage diseases earlier.

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AI Outperformed Standard Risk Model for Predicting Breast Cancer

Imaging Technology

A woman’s risk of breast cancer is typically calculated using clinical models such as the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) risk model, which uses self-reported and other information on the patient—including age, family history of the disease, whether she has given birth, and whether she has dense breasts—to calculate a risk score.

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The radiologist in 22 years time

Radiology Cafe

I believe that the first main difference seen in the radiologists role in 2040 will be the change that artificial intelligence (AI) will have made on the diagnostic role that radiologists currently perform. There are several protective factors, the first being that radiologists do much more than just report scans.

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3D Mammography Almost Halves the Incidence of Breast Cancer Between Two Screening Tests

Imaging Technology

For obvious reasons, it is a very reliable indicator of the effectiveness of early detection programs for this disease: if the number of cancers that appear after a screening is high, it is a sign that the program is not working. Many radiologists are already being trained in this technique.

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PET/MRI may help diagnose fevers of unknown origin

AuntMinnie

Both FUO and IUO can be caused by a wide range of pathological processes, from malignancies, infections, and granulomatous and inflammatory diseases, to miscellaneous causes. Inflammation of unknown origin (IUO) is defined as prolonged and perplexing inflammation with temperatures below 38.3 °C.

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