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What can global radiology learn from Singapore?

AuntMinnie

The number of inappropriate requests for lumbar spine MRI exams has dropped by 50% due to local guidelines on Appropriateness Criteria for Use of Imaging Technology (ACUITy) formulated in 2019-2021, and chest x-ray guidelines have helped to eradicate pre-enrolment x-rays for asymptomatic young people entering local universities.

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Chalk Stick Fracture in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Global Radiology CME

2 Ossification of vertebral ligaments present as the dagger sign on X-ray, while ossification of the outer fibers of the annulus fibrosus presents as a bamboo spine. Rice, MD is the president of Global Radiology CME and is a radiologist with Cape Radiology Group. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2011;13(5):409-415.