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Top 25 articles from AuntMinnie.com’s RSNA 2024 RADcast

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To celebrate AuntMinnie's 25th anniversary, were sharing the top 25 most highly viewed articles from the conference in Chicago. At RSNA 2024, readers were especially interested in the role of MRI in estimating a patients risk of Alzheimers and in predicting cognitive decline. It anticipates meeting or exceeding 40,000 registrants.

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Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

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The voters also zeroed in on the ongoing shortage of radiologists as the Biggest Threat to Radiology. We hope you enjoy our article as well as the opportunity to hear directly from the recipients. This year's Minnies winner for the category Most Influential Radiology Researcher is Erik H. But these barriers aren't deal-breakers.

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AuntMinnie 2019: Details emerge on MRI accident in Sweden

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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. Following the incident, metal detector gates were installed, he said.

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Radiologists can take steps toward environmental sustainability

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Radiology departments can take proactive steps to promote environmental sustainability, according to an article published April 23 in Radiology. Hanneman said that overall greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by up to 33% for MRI and between 40% and 80% for CT. The full article can be found here.

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Swiss team produces 1st 3D PET/MRI image

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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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PET/MRI may help diagnose fevers of unknown origin

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PET/MRI imaging shows promise in diagnosing fevers or inflammation of unknown origin and may have advantages over PET/CT, according to a study published January 3 in the European Journal of Radiology. They evaluated the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the PET/MRI findings in relation to the final diagnosis.

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Will new CPT codes spark utilization of quantitative MRI?

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Efforts to bring quantitative MRI analysis into clinical practice received a boost with the availability of two new Category III Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for brain MRI. Effective January 1, 2024, the new codes, 0865T and 0866T, support the use of software to analyze brain MRI exams with comparison to prior studies.

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