AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Women’s imaging has a lot going for it at RSNA 2023 in Chicago. Supplemental screening takes center stage at the meeting as researchers highlight the roles of imaging modalities such as MRI, ultrasound, and molecular breast imaging in confirming suspicious findings on screening mammography. 11:10 a.m. | 3:20 p.m. | 9:50 a.m. |

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Ultrasound's performance will also be compared with CT and MRI in detecting pathologies, as well as for how ultrasonic measures validate treatment strategies such as radiotherapy in cancer treatment and surgery for musculoskeletal pathologies. 9:50 a.m. | 11:30 a.m. | 1:20 p.m. | 1:40 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. |

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Still, PET imaging in breast cancer may be among this year’s hottest topics, with studies suggesting FDG-PET/MRI may be reliable in newly diagnosed patients and another revealing which potential tracer is more effective in women with metastatic lesions, namely F-18 fluciclovine or Ga-68 PSMA. 9:30 a.m. | Monday, November 27 | 8:30 a.m.-8:40

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Welcome to the first installment of this year’s Road to RSNA preview of the RSNA 2023 meeting. AI’s capability and potential to enhance the practice of radiology will take center stage at RSNA 2023. For more information on those presentations and other abstracts, check out the RSNA 2023 meeting program. 9:40 a.m. | 10:00 a.m. |

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 12, 2025

"Standard clinical practice has shifted from conducting systematic prostate biopsies without MRI guidance to using MRI-guided biopsies," the team wrote. To assess the algorithms potential impact, the team prospectively enrolled 205 men at an average age of 68, from December 2022 to July 2023 at two Seoul hospitals.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Connecticut-based company Hyperfine has secured CE marking under the European Medical Device Regulation for its Swoop portable brain MRI system. The company in 2023 secured initial CE certification for the Swoop system. Hyperfine said this latest approval will help position the company to launch the system broadly across Europe.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2023

And 2023 is no exception. Workforce shortages were deemed by our Expert Panel to be the biggest threat in 2023. Congratulations to all the winners of the 2023 Minnies awards, and also to the runners-up and the hundreds of candidates who made the semifinalist list across 15 categories.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 22, 2024

Abbreviated MRI may be suitable for screening women with dense breasts, a study published May 22 in the American Journal of Roentgenology found. Radiologists and ordering clinicians, alike, may use these results as evidence of the value of abbreviated MRI beyond the first round of screening in this population," Edmonds told AuntMinnie.com.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

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. In 2023, RTs had an average base salary of $92,000, up from 2022's $85,238. from May to July 2023.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

CHICAGO -- Quantitative MRI reveals how muscles in the neck are involved in primary headaches, according to research presented November 29 at the 2023 RSNA annual meeting. The researchers wanted to study how the trapezius muscles are involved in primary headache disorders, using quantitative MRI.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Morphological markers culled from diffusion tensor MRI (DT-MRI) brain scans using an AI algorithm can help diagnose autism in young children with an accuracy rate of 98.5%, according to research to be presented at the upcoming RSNA meeting. This approach could reduce the psychologists' workload by up to 30%."

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

CHICAGO – Having stronger thigh muscles may lower the odds of total knee replacement (TKR) surgery in patients with osteoarthritis, according to a study presented November 27 at RSNA 2023 in Chicago. MRI images of a knee joint of a patient showing (left) severe cartilage defects compared to a patient with an intact knee joint.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 1, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market its new uMR Jupiter 5-tesla (5T) whole-body MRI system. The uMR Jupiter 5T system was first unveiled at ECR 2023 in Vienna.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Deep learning-accelerated brain MRI improves the detection of acute ischemic lesions compared to conventional MRI because it offers better image quality and significantly decreased exam times, researchers have reported in a study published in Radiology. Arrows indicate the acute infarction.

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Radiology Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Images from the world's largest radiology conference include new technologies and the latest advances in MRI, CT, nuclear medicine, X-ray, artificial intelligence, and PACS/enterprise imaging.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The use of both cardiac CT and cardiac MRI increased in the Medicare population over the past seven years, according to research presented November 29 at the RSNA meeting. As for cardiac MRI, the number of exams increased annually between 2013 and 2019, and cardiologists read the majority of them, Beizavi reported. Cardiologists 58.5%

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 11, 2023

How can MRI staff reduce the impact of radiofrequency-induced heating? What are the special risks in 7-tesla MRI? A prize-winning RSNA 2023 exhibit addressed these and other questions. System-wide vulnerabilities need to be addressed and coherent MRI safety strategies must be implemented, they added.

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Diagnostic Imaging

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Catch up on the most well-read magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) articles from 2023.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While ChatGPT landed two spots in the top 10 most popular articles in 2023, what grabbed the attention of the radiology community the most varied along five other theme lines. We’ve since learned that looking ahead into 2024, 72% of CT sites anticipate that their 2024 CT procedures will increase compared to 2023.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The gun of a Los Angeles police department (LAPD) officer was pulled against an MRI machine during a cannabis raid that did not in fact discover any live plants, SF Gate has reported. One officer entered an MRI room with a rifle in his right hand -- despite a sign that warned against bringing metal into the suite.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 15, 2025

"In [our] study, we demonstrated the feasibility of simulating contrast-enhanced images from noncontrast prostate MRI sequences," the group noted. Multiparametric MRI -- including contrast-enhanced sequences -- is recommended for evaluating suspected prostate cancer, the group explained. Axial prostate MRI scans.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 7, 2024

To do so, Piantino and colleagues conducted a study that included five patients who underwent neurosurgery between 2020 and 2023.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Medic Vision Imaging Solutions will showcase its iQMR (intelligent Quick Magnetic Resonance) technology at RSNA 2023. The Israeli imaging software developer said iQMR uses AI to enhance MRI image quality and significantly improves efficiency and productivity by enabling faster scans. iQMR received U.S.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

CHICAGO -- Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI-MRI) reveals declines in the brain microstructure and function caused by soccer heading, where a player hits the ball with their head, a study presented November 28 at the RSNA annual meeting found. Charney and colleagues included data from 148 soccer players with an average age of 26.7

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In 2023, the overall average rating of the priority for implementing or expanding a predictive maintenance program for imaging equipment service is 4.9/7, 7, according to the recently published IMV 2023 Diagnostic Imaging Equipment Service Outlook Report. Davin Korstjens. 7, while rural sites have the lowest at 4.3/7,

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 4, 2024

Abbreviated breast MRI is not only effective for screening among high-risk women but also useful for evaluating "pure" ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), according to two presentations delivered March 2 at ECR 2024. Abbreviated breast MRI offers a cost-effective way to use the modality without compromising diagnostic accuracy, Suaris explained.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 25, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its MICSI-RMT AI image enhancement software for brain MRI. Example of task-based functional MRI performed on 1.5-tesla for functional MRI (fMRI), MICSI said, adding that dMRI enhancement achieved notable improvement parameter precision. "As tesla scanner.

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Radiology Business

MAY 8, 2024

Comparing only imaging centers that operated both quarters, MRI volumes increased 10% compared to Q1 of 2023 while PET/CT was up more than 15%.

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The imaging industry giant developed the mobile unit for outpatient radiology and oncology services provider Akumin Inc.

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Health Imaging

JUNE 27, 2023

New research, presented at SNMMI 2023, details how the brains of obese individuals differ from those who maintain a healthy weight.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 1, 2023

CHICAGO -- GE HealthCare (GEHC) brought new CT and MRI scanners and a range of AI software applications to McCormick Place for RSNA 2023. MRI GEHC unveiled Signa Champion, a 1.5-tesla, Interventional In image-guided surgery activities, GEHC showcased two new AI applications previously presented at ECR 2023.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 29, 2024

A team led by study senior author William Palmer, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston found that radiologists who had access to information on patients' symptoms when they interpreted MRI spine exams achieved "a near statistically perfect agreement with spine specialists." The results were published October 29 in Radiology.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The private equity-backed provider first launched SimonOne nationwide in summer 2023, capitalizing on increased interest from startup firms and celebrities.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM)-guided biopsy by itself is not a good substitute for MRI-guided biopsy of suspicious breast MRI findings, according to a study published September 18 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. MRI-guided breast biopsy is effective for the workup of suspicious MRI findings.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 12, 2024

Women travel nearly three times as far for supplemental breast MRI or ultrasound screening than for mammography, according to research published August 12 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. They used 2023 ZIP code data from the U.S. Patients seeking supplemental MRI would have to travel an average distance of 23.2

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Time-dependent diffusion MRI-based microstructural mapping helps predict breast cancer molecular subtypes and treatment response in women with the disease, researchers have reported. The research included 408 women with breast cancer who underwent a time-dependent diffusion MRI exam between February 2021 and May 2023.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In 2023, the top two overall priorities for MR departments are to increase patient satisfaction with their MR imaging experience and improve MRI department workflow and productivity, according to IMV's recently published 2023 MR Market Outlook Report. Looking at procedure volumes, in 2023, overall there was an estimated 2.9%

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