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Workplace violence ‘extremely high’ in radiologic sciences

AuntMinnie

More than 60% of diagnostic radiology and radiation therapy staff experience workplace violence, according to a study published January 9 in Radiography. To address this knowledge gap, the authors reviewed medical literature to identify articles on the issue over the last 10 years. The full article is available here.

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Is human-AI ‘symbiosis’ the path forward in chest x-ray?

AuntMinnie

AuntMinnie.com recently spoke with Warren Gefter, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania, lead author of a recent article in Radiology proposing that human-AI symbiosis – rather than totally autonomous AI – should be the current goal for AI in chest radiography.

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AI-Based Analysis of Dynamic Digital Radiography Data Gives Researchers Greater Insight into Lung Function and Pulmonary Disorders

Imaging Technology

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ("Icahn Mount Sinai") used Dynamic Digital Radiography (DDR) data, an X-ray imaging technology developed by Konica Minolta, to create their AI-powered technique that analyzes lung function. Chest radiography is typically acquired in the evaluation of pulmonary disorders.

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Dark-field chest x-ray takes step forward

AuntMinnie

The article was published March 7 in IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. However, the general concepts behind the corrections presented here are applicable for all grating-based radiography systems, including even the recently presented clinical dark-field CT system,” the researchers concluded.

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Few ‘surprise’ patient bills are from radiologists, study finds

AuntMinnie

In addition, they computed the out-of-network rate by imaging modality, with claims categorized as CT, MR, nuclear medicine (NM), ultrasound, radiography or fluoroscopy (XR), and interventional procedures. The full article can be found here. In total, they identified 80.4 million imaging claims for 19.5

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Dealing with an ABR Core Exam Failure

Ben White

Before we get further, I published a series of articles grouped here as a “ Guide to the Core Exam ” that lays out a lot of helpful information. And, of course, the question of how to pass the Core Exam after a failure is mostly the same as asking how to pass it in the first place.

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Music calms patients undergoing imaging procedures

AuntMinnie

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.

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