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AAPM: CMS measure for reporting CT radiation dose riddled with 'ambiguities'

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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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Is ChatGPT too ‘smart’ for its own good?

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ChatGPT shows promise in answering questions by radiology patients, yet the complexity of its responses may complicate its use as a patient education tool, according to a group at the University of Pennsylvania. None of the responses reached the eighth-grade readability recommended for patient-facing materials,” the group wrote.

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Researchers offer age-specific dose estimator for fluoroscopy exams

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The dose catalog is based on all diagnostic fluoroscopy exams and interventional radiology (IR) procedures performed over nine years at Boston Children’s and is hoped to ensure consistency of practice and ensure patient safety, noted lead author Andy LaBella, MD, a medical physicist, and colleagues.

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What are the top uses for ChatGPT in radiology?

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Current and future applications of ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) in radiology hold immense promise for improving patient care and outcomes, according to an article published October 5 in Academic Radiology. The full article can be found here.

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Can LLMs help improve oncologic imaging interpretation?

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Radiologists highly prefer patient clinical histories generated by large language models (LLMs) for oncologic imaging requisitions to those typically produced by referring physicians,according to research published February 4 in Radiology.

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Minnies winners for 2023 highlight AI, innovation in radiology

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We hope you enjoy our article as well as the opportunity to hear directly from the recipients. Using understandable AI, OSCAR will connect imaging studies from 10 or more years ago to downstream events, Pickhardt explained. His work on abdominal imaging has led to over 500 scientific publications.

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Duke Health’s HiRise Weight Bearing CT Sets the Standard in Orthopedic Care

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Duke Health celebrates success in patient care after adding a HiRise weight bearing CT (WBCT) system to its imaging services. Read more from the featured article on Duke Health’s website. WBCT Scans offer a more accurate and comprehensive approach to diagnosing lower extremity conditions.