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Clinical value of some knee and hip MRIs questioned

AuntMinnie

While MRI-detected biomarkers may serve a beneficial role for people with hip and knee pain, the modality's clinical utility may be limited in patients over the age of 45 in patients with advanced osteoarthritis, according to an article published in the American Journal of Roentgenology ( AJR ). Erin Alaia, MD.

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Diagnosing Pediatric Crohn Disease With Radiomic and Clinical Data

Imaging Technology

Noting that ileal-wall radiomic features were strongly predictive of CD—and that model performance improved when ensembled with clinical data—“a radiomic machine learning model predicted CD diagnosis with better performance than two of three expert radiologists,” wrote corresponding author and AJR Pediatric Imaging Section Editor Jonathan R.

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Dr. Kevin Rice: Semifinalist for 2021 AuntMinnie.com's Most Effective Radiology Educator

Global Radiology CME

We are pleased to announce Global Radiology CME's Kevin Rice, MD is a semifinalist for 2021 ,AuntMinnie.com 's Most Effective Radiology Educator. The mentoring program was so successful Dr. Rice will be working with 12 medical students for the 2021 academic year.

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Clinical Conundrum: Should a Troponin Routinely be Ordered in Patients with SVT?

REBEL EM

Clinical Scenario: A 44-year-old man presents with palpitations that started 45 minutes ago. In clinical practice, a troponin is used to determine whether a patient has had myocardial damage resulting due to coronary atherosclerosis or an acute coronary occlusion (ACO). He has no medical problems and denies any prior similar symptoms.

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Clinical Conundrums: Do We Need to Order a CT for Every Patient with Renal Colic?

REBEL EM

Clinical Scenario: A 35-year-old man with no PMH presents with left flank pain, hematuria and history of kidney stones. Chang 2021 ) This systematic review was used as the basis for a 9 member panel to develop consensus guidelines on CT imaging for patients with suspected renal colic in 29 scenarios. 2021 Sep;47:70-73.

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WBCT and its Evolving Role in OA Research and Clinical Practice

CurveBeam AI

In clinic, WBCT could expedite diagnosis and treatment of knee OA by identifying which patients are most likely to benefit from bracing surgery, and other biomechanical therapies. The post WBCT and its Evolving Role in OA Research and Clinical Practice appeared first on CurveBeam AI. Segal et al.

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RayCare in Clinical Use with CyberKnife at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) in Switzerland

Imaging Technology

In 2021, the relationship with the clinic was extended as CHUV ordered additional RayStation functionality for automated treatment planning and segmentation using artificial intelligence machine learning techniques, as well as support for CyberKnife planning. Lausanne University Hosptial (CHUV) has been a RaySearch customer since 2017.