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Body composition analysis, MRI safety topped 2024's most read articles

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While COVID and radiology salaries hit the top of AuntMinnie.com's Top 10 most-read posts in 2023, they rounded out the bottom of this year's list. MRI safety also remains a hot-button issue. The study findings added to current research regarding Ozempic's efficacy, primarily in relation to frailty and mortality risk. The baby died.

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Road to RSNA 2023: Ultrasound

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Ultrasound's utility will be on full display at this year's RSNA annual meeting, showing its merit in a wide variety of clinical applications. Studies will also evaluate ways to further improve the modality's capabilities by reassessing the physics side of ultrasound, such as attenuation and echogenicity, as well as the use of interferometry.

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Ultrasound-guided fluoro for kidney stones cuts radiation to kids

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Fluoroscopy-assisted ultrasound guidance for mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL) procedures in children is a safer and more effective approach than fluoroscopy alone, researchers have found. Using ultrasound for mini-PCNL offers a promising alternative to fluoroscopy alone, according to the authors. Hospital stay (days) 2.8

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GE HealthCare features new ultrasound, MRI offerings at ECR 2024

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VIENNA – GE HealthCare (GEHC) is highlighting a revamped ultrasound product line, the European launch of its Signa Champion 1.5-tesla tesla MRI scanner, and its Care Pathways program in its exhibit area at ECR 2024. MRI In MRI, GEHC is presenting its Signa Champion 1.5-tesla tesla MRI scanner.

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Women travel greater distances for breast MRI, ultrasound

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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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CT, MRI, ultrasound are the top modalities for predictive maintenance services

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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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Road to RSNA 2023: Women's Imaging Preview

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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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