AuntMinnie

AUGUST 23, 2024

In this case, the whistleblower filed a complaint in late 2018, which triggered the investigation. Meadows of the Office of Inspector General. The civil settlement resolves claims brought under the whistleblower provisions of the Federal False Claims Act. The whistleblower will receive 19% of the recovery or about $1.7

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 10, 2024

We need to have women, radiologists, and clinicians recognize these trends are not favorable and we have to reverse them if were going to save womens lives. Our research is showing that we are missing opportunities to diagnose disease early, Monticciolo told AuntMinnie.com. Were missing them, and we really need to get women in to be screened.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Unless mitigating measures are taken, the current supply of radiologists in the U.S. A future radiologist shortage has been a point of concern for a number of years, the investigators noted. The radiologist supply study used data from the U.S. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) researchers have warned. higher than in 2023.

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

A nurse punctured the 68-year-old patient's lung with a feeding tube in 2018, and radiologist Louis Jacobs, MD, subsequently failed to spot the injury on X-ray.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Using an AI tool with brain MRI in children finds 64% of focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) -- abnormalities linked to epilepsy -- that radiologists miss, researchers have reported. The data came from the Multicenter Epilepsy Lesion Detection project (MELD, conducted between 2018 and 2022), and half of the participants were children.

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Radiology Business

JULY 11, 2023

Among Medicare beneficiaries, there was a marked drop in the delivery of percutaneous renal artery angioplasty, used to treat a narrowed artery, between 2010 to 2018

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 8, 2025

A team led by Su Min Ha, MD, PhD, from Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea reported that AI by itself achieved a higher performance than radiologists with no AI help when it came to detecting contralateral breast cancer in women treated with unilateral mastectomy. The radiologists had 10 and 17 years of experience, respectively.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has published a document called Sedation, analgesia and anaesthesia in radiology. This edition replaces the previous version published in 2018 and is aimed toward radiology team members who use sedation in their line of work.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Key features of iQMR include scan acceleration (40% faster MRI scans, the company said), AI-enabled image enhancement, which reduces noise and improves contrast, and customized Image enhancement that allows radiologists to fine-tune image reconstructions to their preferences, Medica Vision said. iQMR received U.S.

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The original ScreenTrustCAD trial (2021–2022), published in The Lancet Digital Health , was the first prospective interventional study to demonstrate that AI could match or even surpass traditional two-radiologist systems. Key findings include: 11% Decrease in Recall Rates: Recall rates dropped from 2.8% traditional double reading) to 5.5

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 18, 2024

Their study included 180 consecutive PDAC staging CT reports from patients referred to Toronto's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre from January to December 2018. Two radiologists reviewed the PDAC reports and set a reference standard for 14 key features and for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) resectability category.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In Europe, breast cancer screening involves double reading, where two interpreting radiologists review mammography images. However, radiologist pairing in this setting is done randomly, and screening performance varies among radiologists. In total, the team included data from 3,592,414 mammography exams. per 1,000 exams 54.1

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 30, 2024

Radiologists can help reduce unnecessary follow-up work in patients with suspected oropharynx cancer by analyzing certain metrics on PET/CT scans, according to a team of head and neck surgeons at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. The study was published August 29 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 8, 2024

While double reading in breast cancer screening is used in Europe, radiologist shortages and capacity issues could hinder the feasibility of this method. The team included data from 257,671 screening mammograms performed between 2014 and 2018. They also compared the results with those of first reading and combined reading.

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Mammogram Radiologist Hospital Imaging 319

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The authors of a practical guide designed to help radiologists avoid malpractice claims have received one of 17 magna cum laude awards handed out by the RSNA 2023 judges. The majority of radiologists will face litigation in their careers," noted Luke Michael Wojdyla, a second-year radiology resident, and radiologist James Y.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The research team performed a retrospective analysis of mammography audit data and screening cancers detected at four sites during two time periods with nine breast radiologists. The first time period spanned from 2018 to 2020, before the radiologists had access to AI.

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Radiologist Hospital Imaging 189

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Radiologists routinely compare the current and previous chest radiographs during interpretation to enhance the sensitivity for change detection and provide information for differential diagnosis. million chest x-rays acquired from 329,036 patients at their hospital between 2011 and 2018 to train and validate the model.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 21, 2024

Organized reports Thanks to an approach the company calls “speech organization”, radiologists can dictate the report in whatever order they want to while looking at the images. Merge was subsequently bought by IBM later that year and Reicher stayed on as chief medical officer at IBM Watson Imaging until 2018.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

AI and deep learning continue to be explored by radiologists for their potential to improve breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis. The researchers included data from 1,242 patients recruited between 2013 and 2018 and divided them into training (n = 1,014) and testing groups (n = 228).

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 11, 2024

They randomly selected 1,000 radiology reports for abdominal CT exams taken from the EMR, all of which were performed in 2018. From there, an additional radiologist with 10 years of experience resolved discrepancies.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A recent Australian study criticizing narratives surrounding breast density notification has drawn mixed reactions from radiologists and advocates of breast cancer screening. Radiologists have studied and continue to research how breast density plays into breast cancer risk. The law goes into effect September 10, 2024.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 24, 2024

Of the thyroid nodules scanned between 2014 and 2018, the team included 669 that fit the TI-RADS category criteria. and 0.93, respectively, for senior and junior radiologists. They based their nomogram on combined imaging features of gray-scale ultrasound, elastography, and CEUS to distinguish malignant from benign lesions.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The company said this support will allow radiologists to practice from almost anywhere in the world. Since 2018, Sirona has raised nearly $100 million to rebuild radiology IT for the cloud. Sirona Medical, a developer of cloud-native radiology workflow software, is highlighting its support for SpaceX's Starlink platform.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 9, 2024

Radiologists have been trying to determine the best courses of action to mitigate false-positive cases, which may cause unnecessary anxiety and costs for women. The final analysis included data collected between 2018 and 2021 from 526 women. Of the total women, 264 were assigned to CEM while 262 were placed into the control branch.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 6, 2024

Diagnosis of acute PE tends to be made with a PE-protocol CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA); preliminary findings from this exam are reported by a radiologist via a free-text report. The study included data from 12,183 individuals who underwent a PE-protocol CTPA in the emergency department between June 2018 and December 2020.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

History of CT image recon algorithms For added historical perspective, radiologists at Stanford University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands early last year compiled a simple history of CT image reconstruction algorithms.

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 19, 2024

We're excited to introduce advanced workstation features for our flagship solution, ProFound Detection, aimed at further improving and facilitating radiologists' interpretation of mammograms within their workstation,” said Dana Brown , President and CEO of iCAD. Detection in 2018, and V3.0 in 2016, followed by 3D V2.0

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Mammogram Radiologist Clinic Diagnose 104

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 30, 2024

While many radiologists will not have any score for Cost, those who perform a significant amount of Evaluation and Management (E/M) services could trigger scoring in this category. Practices that feel they have been negatively impacted by the Cost category or any other aspect of the MIPS scoring process may request a Targeted Review.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Reporting a positive experience with ultrasound elastography and having higher case throughputs did not result in the radiologist having better ultrasound elastography outcomes,” the Mehanna team wrote. Image courtesy of the RSNA.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 4, 2024

She and colleagues assessed the performance of this type of protocol in women at high risk for breast cancer via a study that included 236 shortened breast MRI exams performed between 2018 and 2021. Two radiologists reviewed the cases. The short protocol showed 80% specificity for identifying pure DCIS, according to Basdogan. "[We

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Imaging Technology

MAY 6, 2024

More research findings A 2018 study by Nottingham University Hospitals in England concluded: “Conventional mammography technique requires the mammographer to move into awkward and strenuous positions with the patients standing throughout the procedure. Click here for a link to download the Siemens report.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 4, 2024

The study included 220 advanced-stage (FIGO III/IV) ovarian cancer patients ages 65 to 67 who were scheduled for primary (n = 27) or interval (n = 193) debulking between 2018 and 2023. We as radiologists have a problem in depicting disease on CT, peritoneal disease. But in the Netherlands, it's almost futile surgery."

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

AI Central was created in 2018. It links radiologists and other users with manufacturers in an effort to provide up-to-date AI product information for better AI purchases, the ACR DSI said. The American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute (DSI) has updated its AI Central program. Therapixel Aidoc AIRS Medical Coretechs.ai

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AuntMinnie

JULY 23, 2024

Instead, the radiologist-generated reports provided a descriptive report and final impression, histologic and molecular characteristics as part of the medical report, treatment history, and current clinical status, according to co-lead authors Kai Laukamp, MD, and Robert Terzis, MD, of the University of Cologne in Germany, and colleagues.

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Ben White

MARCH 2, 2025

On top of its purpose of facilitating internal moonlighting, LnQ is also building a network of independent contractor radiologists on the app platform so that LnQ can also be used to directly connect individual rads and groups together without a teleradiology company or locums middleman adding friction and heavy costs.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 8, 2024

A 2018 survey of radiologists in American College of Radiology (ACR)-accredited mammography facilities found that 73% of facilities performed diagnostic mammographic evaluation every six months for a variable time prior to returning to routine screening mammography.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 26, 2024

Theranostics provides doctors a framework for true "precision medicine," said Penny Vroman, MD, a dual board-certified nuclear radiologist and an associate professor at University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center in San Antonio, where Vroman played a key role in establishing the growing theranostics center.

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