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. Address global disparities. Create and distribute a "toolkit." Conduct research.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 17, 2024

Detecting rib fractures in pediatric x-rays is challenging, as they can be obliquely oriented to the imaging detector or obscured by other structures, the authors explained. Even expert, specialized radiologists performing their first reads on x-rays can miss up to two-thirds of all rib fractures, they added.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 24, 2024

The case of a radiologist who crashed into multiple cars, a road sign, and a tree while almost three times the blood-alcohol limit has focused attention on the grave risks of addiction. on March 27, 2023, according to the article. He returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.145 – just below a high-range reading, the article pointed out.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2024

As a new year begins, we asked radiologists to weigh in on what has impressed them most and what might be next for GPT. Bera was the lead author of an October 2023 article published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology that assessed literature on ChatGPT in radiology published between January 26 and August 14, 2023.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 12, 2025

radiologists must increase their interest and involvement in CTC. 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. They vary somewhat between the U.S. and the U.K., according to the group.

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2023

They provided a step-by-step description of how to use it in an article published October 24 in the British Journal of Radiology. For the novice, beginning interpretation of cross-sectional imaging can be a daunting task,” he noted. In total, the data sets included 513 normal images and 154 with small lung nodules.

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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

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

JANUARY 11, 2024

Their performance was compared to reads by 17 radiologists and radiology residents with varying experience. Corresponding lateral images and CT scans (when available) for these patients are presented in Figure S2 (supplementary data). Image and caption courtesy of Radiology. The full article is available here.

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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

JULY 29, 2024

news media, though radiologists may not be included in such coverage, researchers have reported. 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.

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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

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. Radiologist faces $6.1M

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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

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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Imaging Ultrasound MRI Education 250

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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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

AUGUST 12, 2024

New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. In 2008, our top article shared the story of a $7 million settlement for allegations of fraudulent Medicare billing. A Florida radiologist has paid the U.S. government $7 million to settle allegations of healthcare fraud.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 8, 2024

A study conducted in a primary care clinic in Spain highlights the need for improvement of AI algorithms for interpreting chest x-rays, despite being commercially approved by European regulators, according to an article published March 3 in Scientific Reports. Image courtesy of Scientific Reports. The full article is available here.

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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

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

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

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

OCTOBER 25, 2024

On July 9, 2024, AuntMinnieEurope.com posted an article about the extensive damage caused to Ukraine's largest pediatric hospital. Radiologist Josh Sokol, MD, a founder of the FRI who works with teleradiology company vRad, read AuntMinnieEurope.com 's July 9 article and recognized the urgent need for ultrasound capabilities at the Ohmatdyt.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 13, 2024

An AI algorithm can help identify rare tumors on upper arm bones in patients undergoing chest x-rays – findings not typically identified in daily reading practice, according to an article published March 6 in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence. Image and caption courtesy of Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 18, 2024

The study results are good news for both clinicians and patients, as the AI tool could improve surgical decision-making, noted a team led by Rajesh Bhayana, MD, of the University of Toronto in Canada in an article published June 18 in Radiology. "[We

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 23, 2024

They outlined their action plan in a Radiology in Focus article, published today in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ). vice chair of research and associate professor at the University of Toronto and deputy lead of sustainability at the Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto General Hospital.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Radiologists routinely compare the current and previous chest radiographs during interpretation to enhance the sensitivity for change detection and provide information for differential diagnosis. Moreover, most AI models developed to interpret chest x-rays so far are restricted to an image at a single time point. in the ICU images.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 11, 2024

The RSNA and the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Society have published a special report on how best to deploy AI tools into clinical radiology practice. AI tools can play a key role in radiology, but radiologists must be able to trust in the systems’ design and receive adequate training.

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Radiology Medical Imaging Radiologist Clinic 162

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Researchers led by Emile Gordon, MD, tested ChatGPT in answering common imaging-related questions and further examined the effect of asking the chatbot to simplify its responses. However, its role in addressing patient imaging-related questions remains unexplored, they added. The full article is available here.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 1, 2024

Schreiber was one of the first radiology residents at the University of Texas Medical Branch and held leadership positions on campus, according to an article published in the Galveston County-based The Daily News. The full article can be found here. He also became the first Markle Foundation Scholar from the university in 1963.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 30, 2024

Radiologists can help reduce unnecessary follow-up work in patients with suspected oropharynx cancer by analyzing certain metrics on PET/CT scans, according to a team of head and neck surgeons at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. The full article is available here. Maximum standardized uptake values (SUV max ) were 8.7

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 30, 2024

New articles will be published each Monday up until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. Our article announcing the winners of our annual Minnies award is always highly popular among our members. Enrico Perez, Columbia Presbyterian-Cornell University Hospitals BEST RADIOLOGIST TRAINING PROGRAM 1. Hybrid CT/PET scanning 2.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

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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Image Interpretation Imaging Communication Radiologist 138

AuntMinnie

JUNE 24, 2024

New articles will be published each Monday up until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. Our top article from 2001 reported on the role radiologists played in responding to the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and was published on October 31, 2001. The most common injuries they treated were smoke inhalation and broken bones.

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