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How Is Medical Imaging Used to Diagnose Broken Bones?

Midstate Radiology Associates

Bones become more fragile and porous with age, so less force is needed to break their structure. Medical imaging is used to help diagnose these injuries, so doctors can propose appropriate treatment plans. While X-rays are typically utilized, an MRI or CT scan may be recommended. What Are Broken Bones?

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Good Radiologists Are Like Car Salespeople- Make Them An Offer They Can’t Refuse!

RadsResident

As I was on the phone with a colleague trying to convince the referrer of why I think a patient has Paget’s disease instead of metastases, I described the cortical thickening of the iliopectineal line and the lack of activity on the bone scan at the site and elsewhere throughout the body.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): A Leading Imaging Modality Because of its Diagnostic Versatility

Associates in Medical Imaging

Hospitals and medical practices of all sizes, no matter their target demographic or geographical location, often struggle to ensure their patients have access to all of the essential imaging modalities necessary to diagnose a wide variety of medical conditions. The answer to many of these questions could be just one—MRI.

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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

REBEL EM

MRI is key to diagnosis, obtain this imaging in all patients who raise clinical suspicion Patients with hemodynamic instability and neurologic compromise warrant empiric antibiotics. Imaging Gadolinium enhanced MRI – modality of choice, highly sensitive and specific ( Mylona 2009 ).

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Deep Learning-assisted Lesion Segmentation in PET/CT Imaging: A Feasibility Study for Salvage Radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer

Imaging Technology

Prostate cancer persists as the most frequently diagnosed malignancy in men beyond skin cancer. In this new editorial, researchers Richard L.J. Qiu, Chih-Wei Chang, and Xiaofeng Yang from Emory University discuss prostate cancer. To design the salvage radiation therapy, imaging is required to detect and locate the recurrence disease regime.”

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AuntMinnie 2007: Gadolinium: A 'necessary factor' in the development of NSF?

AuntMinnie

Imagine going in for a diagnostic MRI scan and coming out with a progressive, irreversible, and potentially fatal disease. Last week, attorneys for a Cleveland man announced they had filed suit against a gadolinium manufacturer, claiming that he developed NSF from an injection of gadolinium MRI contrast. 356: 9234, pp.

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Types of Nuclear Medicine

Independent Imaging

Nuclear medicine is a form of specialty medicine that uses radioactive tracers to evaluate bodily functions and to diagnose and treat a wide range of health conditions. Nuclear scans produce images of the body’s anatomy that cannot be obtained as clearly or fully with other imaging techniques.