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SalaryScan: Radiologists and RTs enjoyed higher salaries in 2023

AuntMinnie

For another year running, radiologic technologists (RTs) and radiologists enjoyed higher salaries in the past year, according to AuntMinnie.com 's 2024 SalaryScan survey. Radiologists participating in our annual compensation and benefits survey reported an average base salary of $473,000 in 2023, up from $439,944 the year before.

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Could yoga help radiologists deal with burnout?

AuntMinnie

Yoga could be one way to alleviate burnout symptoms in radiologists, a study published January 31 in JAMA Network Open suggests. Radiologists and radiation oncologists have reported experiencing burnout, which affects their well-being as well as their personal lives and patient care quality.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

AuntMinnie

Theranostics pairs diagnostic biomarkers that can be visualized on nuclear medicine imaging with therapeutic agents that share a specific target in diseased cells or tissues. After binding to the receptor, the drug works by entering the cell allowing radiation to cause damage to the tumor cells.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 2 -- Moving into communities

AuntMinnie

Even if some private urology, radiation oncology practices, or radiologist groups are building the ability to perform theranostics, experts are cautious about patient management, radiation safety, and the risk of unnecessary imaging. However, few freestanding theranostics centers exist today. Hope added.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

AuntMinnie

Theranostics pairs diagnostic biomarkers that can be visualized on nuclear medicine imaging with therapeutic agents that share a specific target in diseased cells or tissues. After binding to the receptor, the drug works by entering the cell allowing radiation to cause damage to the tumor cells.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 3 -- What is a theranostics center?

AuntMinnie

Eliot Siegel, MD; Stanislav Spiridonov, MD; Nathan Gee, MD; and Anthony Chang, PhD, are among a niche gathering of early adopters, entrepreneurial physicians, medical physicists, and investors with a sweet spot for nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and radiation oncology.

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ACR to Offer Update and Imaging Educational Course at AAPM 2023

Imaging Technology

Details of the session, as reported by program planners, are summarized here with information from Reston, VA-based ACR, which represents approximately 40,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists. Jason Starfford, PhD, FAAPM , UT MD Anderson Cancer Center.