AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

RadiologyInfo.org , a source of medical imaging information for the general public, has introduced a new series of articles and videos to help patients understand their radiology exam reports. In the videos, radiologists share some common findings while displaying sample imaging exams.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Radiology has listed its top cited articles for 2023, the first four of which all addressed the topic of ChatGPT.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 5, 2024

Researchers at the University of Zurich in Switzerland say they have produced the first cinematically rendered image from a patient based on a standard clinical F-18 FDG-PET/MRI scan. The article was published on July 1 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and featured as the journal's Image of the Month.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A multinational team of researchers has developed standardized image processing techniques that show promise for significantly improving the reproducibility of AI-based radiomics analysis. Before an AI algorithm can analyze a medical image, several processing steps need to be performed by software.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 4, 2025

F-18 fluoroestradiol (FES) PET may improve staging of grade 1 or 2 estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer compared with F-18 FDG-PET, according to an article published March 4 in Radiology. Nuclear medicine physicians analyzed both sets of images and determined disease stages, with final stages verified via biopsy. (B)

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AuntMinnie

MAY 17, 2024

The world’s top nuclear medicine societies have issued international guidelines on the role of PET/CT in patients with invasive ductal carcinoma breast cancer, with the document released May 14 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. The full article is available here.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Most published articles testing ChatGPT in radiology show that the technology offers impressive performance, although there continue to be opportunities to improve it, according to a team in Cleveland. Twenty-three articles were original research, while the rest included reviews and perspectives or brief communications.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Music can be calming for patients undergoing medical imaging, an article published February 7 in Radiography suggests. This includes imaging procedures such as MRI, mammography, and PET among others. Previous research has explored ways to comfort patients during imaging procedures, one being musical intervention.

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Atlantis Worldwide

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Keeping up with the latest technology, issues, and changes in medical imaging can be challenging. At Atlantis Worldwide, we decided to simplify things for you.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The group, led by Linjun Yang, PhD, of Mayo’s Orthopedic Surgery AI Laboratory, developed an efficient, accurate, and reliable AI algorithm to automatically identify key imaging features on patient shoulder x-rays. When classifying the imaging projection, the algorithm achieved F1 scores of 99.2% on aTSA, and 100% on RSA x-rays.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The clip, published on Vimeo and made available in a September 15 article in Cureus , illustrates how AI-powered multimedia technologies present a transformative opportunity in radiology, according to its creators. Navid Mostaghni, a medical student at California University of Science and Medicine, in Colton, CA, is co-author of the article.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Kesner recently wrote an article about software applications in the field that was published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Now you have many, many thousands, tens of thousands, potentially hundreds of thousands of patients who are amenable to that therapy. and Europe, with more in development.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. As the initial COVID-19 vaccines became available in the second year of the pandemic, reports emerged of imaging findings associated with vaccination. Our most highly read article in 2021 reported on two of these studies. Best practice?

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

An AI algorithm designed for brain PET imaging found a glioblastoma in a patient that had gone undetected by physicians, according to a case reported February 15 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The group previously described developing the AI model in an article published last year.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The use of cross-sectional imaging and 3D printing may enhance the teaching of spinal anatomy in undergraduate medical education, according to a field study published November 2 in Academic Radiology. The full article is available here. The study was conducted during the university’s second semester between February and July 2022.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

"As healthcare professionals, we can protect our patients by responding to the health effects of climate change and other environmental exposures and signal the importance of an urgent transition to environmentally sustainable imaging practice," the group noted.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

Deep learning-based image reconstruction (DLR) has been a hot topic in CT over the past five years, as researchers and vendors have continuously demonstrated the technology's potential to improve on legacy and filtered back-projection (FBP) reconstruction methods. Accordingly, commercial and research activity has accelerated.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 15, 2024

The document was published jointly March 11 in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology , Clinical Infectious Diseases , the Heart Rhythm Journal , and JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. In the article, experts provide evidence-based consensus on specific clinical scenarios where PET/CT and SPECT/CT add value for patient care.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 12, 2025

CTC images contain inherent information that may be unlocked by newer segmentation and postprocessing methods, leading to opportunistic screening for a variety of conditions," it noted. In any case, increased uptake of CTC for colorectal cancer screening will improve patient outcomes, according to the group.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Photon-counting CT (PCCT) has much to offer when it comes to pediatric imaging, according to a review article published October 25 by American researchers in the British Journal of Radiology. PCCT has generated much excitement as a CT innovation, with benefits such as reduced radiation dose and high-resolution images.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 11, 2024

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of José Roberto Leonel Ferreira, MD, a full member of the CBR,” the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging (CBR) said in a short tribute. “He He opened the Dr. Leonel Ferreira Imaging Center in 1994 in Cascavel, about 930 km (578 miles) west of São Paulo.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 31, 2025

He also founded and led radiology educational organizations such as Educational Symposia and Imaging Consultants. He wrote more than 80 articles and presented more than 1,150 lectures during his career, and "especially enjoyed leading sessions with residents and other early-career radiologists," according to the obituary.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 29, 2024

A significant percentage of imaging exams ordered in emergency departments (EDs) may be inappropriate, according to new research published April 26 in Emergency Radiology. They used the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria to classify imaging orders as either appropriate or inappropriate. of ultrasounds, 29.1%

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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. Two stories about brain imaging: One regarding the effects of cannabis use and the other suggesting possible mechanisms behind long COVID.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The use of somatostatin receptor PET imaging and therapy in meningiomas is on the rise, and new guidelines on their use can help pave the way to improved outcomes for patients, experts noted in a recent article. The article was published October 10 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The full article is available here.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 29, 2024

newspaper coverage, news articles over the past 25 years have discussed AI’s advantages more than potential risks. However, radiologists were “infrequently” interviewed or quoted in these articles. The findings were published July 20 in Clinical Imaging. “It Of the total articles included, 154 had radiology as the primary focus.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 23, 2024

Radiology departments can take proactive steps to promote environmental sustainability, according to an article published April 23 in Radiology. These include forming sustainability teams, opting for low-energy imaging tests when possible, and working with imaging vendors, among others. The full article can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

We hope you enjoy our article as well as the opportunity to hear directly from the recipients. Given the extensive array of sequences and techniques employed in clinical imaging, we must address the inherent challenges associated with each," he noted. Avoiding certain sequences due to difficulties at 7T is not always practical.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 19, 2024

Color Health’s copilot uses the same technology that drives OpenAI’s latest GPT-4o application and integrates with electronic health records (EHRs) and core hospital systems, according to the article. Using the copilot, it takes on average five minutes (versus up to weeks) for clinicians to analyze patient records and identify gaps.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 28, 2024

New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. MRI safety articles have always been popular with our members, so it’s not surprising that our top article in 2019 reported on a safety incident in Sweden. There will be an investigation, conducted by the Swedish police.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 22, 2024

New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. In 2005, our top article reported on the fierce turf war in the U.S. The ACR released a statement Wednesday supporting MedPAC's recommendations to set quality and safety standards for medical imaging.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Image courtesy of Medical Hypotheses. In a previous study , Guedj and colleagues identified a pattern of hypometabolism on patient FDG-PET brain images associated with long COVID. In this article, they evaluated empirical evidence on cellular mechanisms potentially responsible for the pattern.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 2, 2024

Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) have developed and validated an abdominal organ segmentation model and made it available as an open-source application for further research and potential clinical deployment in pediatrics, according to an article published in the American Journal of Roentgenology on May 1.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2024

Physicians, health care providers, and medical staff caring for patients who use cannabis should be familiar with the effects of the drug on gut motility and thus nuclear medicine imaging, a recent report advises. The full article is available here. The Effects of Cannabis on Bowel Motility and Beyond.”

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 21, 2024

and European experts have proposed a joint practice guideline for use in nuclear medicine on diagnostics and therapy (theranostics) of meningiomas, as published June 20 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. The full article is available here. the group wrote.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Augmented reality (AR) systems may enhance image-guided tumor ablations by improving the accuracy of needle placements, according to a study published January 29 in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences. The full article is available here.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 25, 2025

Radiation dose and image quality performance measures for CT imaging accepted by the U.S. The new quality measure was adopted by the CMSin an effort to discourage excessive radiation dose while preserving image quality. Mahadevappa Mahesh, PhD,warns of potential "unintended consequences" of the CT measure.

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