AuntMinnie

APRIL 11, 2025

Researchers led by EvieNguyen from the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ found that gathering patient feedback after MRI appointments is feasible, and using this feedback to make practice adjustments improves patient experience scores. of surveys, long wait time in 6.3%, and poor communication in 6.1%. The full study can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2025

Interventional radiologists who excel in communication, positive outcomes, and cultural competence receive high patient ratings, according to a study presented at the recent RSNA meeting.

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Health Imaging

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

By expediting communication between radiologists and referring providers when suspicious findings are identified, the system has great potential to improve clinical outcomes in real-world scenarios, authors of a new study in JACR suggest.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

September 10, 2024, is when federal breast density notification laws go into effect, and breast imaging facilities are doing their part in preparing to integrate these into clinical practice. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for communicating with patients regarding their breast density.

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Ben White

APRIL 10, 2025

In the real world, I would argue a quality radiology report is one that is accurate in its interpretation and clear in its communication. Even assessing whether they are clear or helpful in just their written communication requires either a human reviewer or AI to grade language and organization by some sort of mutually agreed-on rubric.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 30, 2025

tim.hodson Thu, 01/30/2025 - 12:18 Yunu, a provider of clinical trial imaging workflow and data management solutions, has partnered with WCG, a global leader in clinical trial solutions, in support of WCGs imaging services. Collaborate Freely: Communicate with all trial stakeholders through a common platform.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 27, 2024

Researchers led by Nelly Tan, MD, from the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ, also found that after implementing institutional policies to comply with the act’s information-blocking provisions, more patients accessed their reports before the ordering provider did.

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Aidoc

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In working with more than 1,200 health systems on clinical AI integration, here are a few consistent themes from AI-ready health systems: Fostering Continuous Learning : Ongoing training and professional development related to AI technologies for relevant staff is highly encouraged. In short: a clear AI governance structure is essential.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2024

ChatGPT-4 consistently produces clinical vignettes that stereotype certain races, ethnicities, and genders, according to a study published in the January issue of The Lancet: Digital Health. It is crucial that LLM-based systems undergo rigorous fairness evaluations for each intended clinical use case,” the group concluded.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 26, 2025

A-delta and C nerve fibers are two types that conduct pain perception, with A-delta fibers communicating sharp, localized pain and C fibers communicating dull, burning, and longer-lasting pain.) The complete study can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 14, 2024

The investigators conducted a study that included clinical, behavioral, and task-based fMRI and EEG data from 353 adults. "The results of our study, which used neuroimaging and electrophysiological techniques, indicate that cognitive motor dissociation is more common than previously realized," the group noted.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 9, 2025

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has a diagnostic accuracy comparable to digital mammography for women referred for breast imaging, a study published January 10 in Cancer Treatment and Research Communications found. The retrospective study included data collected from 10,742 total exams from the two modalities. compared to 0.90

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

As of January 2023, hybrid iterative reconstruction (HIR) -- a blend of FBP and MBIR -- was the state-of-the-art image reconstruction technique, according to Lennart Koetzier; Martin Willemink, PhD; and colleagues, who wrote about the technical principles and clinical prospects for the RSNA journal Radiology. Tim Leiner, MD, PhD.

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Aidoc

JANUARY 23, 2025

AI technologies , particularly those that help automate administrative and clinical tasks, can have a transformative impact on key metrics like patient throughput, length of stay (LoS) and communication between medical teams. LoS in the ED is often affected by delays in receiving test results or coordinating care with other teams.

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Aidoc

MAY 2, 2024

For the clinical staff who deliver patient care, expectations from their organization and clientele similarly center around providing excellent care as well as excellent service. This predictable occurrence is a seemingly inevitable reality. Many systems are turning to next generation digital solutions to overcome these challenges.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 29, 2024

Developing and testing a new class of “super phantoms” is needed to optimize new medical imaging techniques before they are used in human studies, according to an article published May 24 in Communications Engineering. Image courtesy of Communications Engineering. An international group from the U.S.,

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Suitable for clinics as well as large hospitals, Aplio me is a compact (55 x 73 x 130~177 cm) and lightweight system that can be customized to meet the operator’s clinical needs, Canon said. What’s more, Aplio me supports Canon’s ApliGate image viewing software and Tricefy cloud-based communication and management software.

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Health Imaging

APRIL 16, 2025

New research highlights the potential of GPT-4 to enhance radiologists communication of findings in clinical environments across the pond.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 25, 2024

Researchers led by Seyed Tabatabaei, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, in their clinical perspective outlined these pitfalls and made suggestions on AI model training and validation, as well as using diverse datasets. Tabatabaei and co-authors outlined these pitfalls and how they lead to AI errors.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The technology figured prominently in five Minnies categories, including Hottest Clinical Procedure. Pickhardt believes using additional clinical data on CT imaging could save healthcare costs, especially when AI tools are used in parallel, suggesting it is a cost-effective or even cost-saving strategy for personalized or precision medicine.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 8, 2024

ChatGPT may overprescribe medical imaging in the emergency department, suggest findings published October 8 in Nature Communications. Before large language models can be integrated within the clinical environment, it is important to fully understand both their capabilities and limitations,” Williams and colleagues wrote.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 1, 2024

Implementing imaging referral guidelines not only supports value-based radiology but makes it easier to communicate with patients about low-value services, according to findings presented February 29 at ECR 2024. In addition, clinical decision support systems were the most evaluated mode of intervention, either integrated or standalone.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 25, 2024

Previous reports have documented healthcare access disparities and lack of inclusion in clinical research regarding historically underserved populations. Having an infrastructure where communications and collaboration between the academic medical centers and affiliated community hospitals as routine and seamless is paramount,” they wrote.

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Aidoc

MAY 2, 2024

For the clinical staff who deliver patient care, expectations from their organization and clientele similarly center around providing excellent care as well as excellent service. This predictable occurrence is a seemingly inevitable reality. Many systems are turning to next generation digital solutions to overcome these challenges.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 5, 2024

These include interpretation and communication skills, critical thinking, real-time clinical judgment, and professionalism. “In Pfiffner and colleagues wrote that the new oral exams would see candidates show competencies that the multiple-choice exam does not assess.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 8, 2024

ChatGPT may overprescribe medical imaging in the emergency department, suggest findings published October 8 in Nature Communications. Before large language models can be integrated within the clinical environment, it is important to fully understand both their capabilities and limitations,” Williams and colleagues wrote.

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Cloudex Radiology

APRIL 21, 2021

The multiple one-to-one communication between pulmonologist and teleradiologist benefited both caregivers. The communication between the pulmonologist and endoscopy surgeon at the tertiary center resulted in the successful removal of the impacted whistle and smooth recovery of the patient. But the lodged whistle did not remain silent.

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Aidoc

MARCH 2, 2025

The Power of Education and Communication in AI Success One of the biggest misconceptions about AI in radiology is that it replaces physicians. From the outset, securing buy-in from administrators and frontline staff requires transparent communication. They feel empowered by these expanded roles.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 5, 2024

ask for an early stop to the examination, and 36% are dissatisfied with the communication between them and imaging staff, she noted. Further experience research needs sociodemographic diversity, clinical process and workflow data, and patient [feedback] to identify and target resources to improve the experience of care," she concluded.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 25, 2025

Key discussions will include urging industry and academia to implement AI clinical translation, and the value of federal investment in medical imaging research and development, according to the academy.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

cardiac CT or MRI, nuclear cardiology, or echocardiology) for myocardial ischemia and the more invasive coronary CT angiography (CTA) for patients exhibiting symptoms of the disease and for whom obstructive CAD can't be excluded by clinical assessment alone. Communicate," he said. years of follow-up compared with CT imaging (2.1%

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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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AuntMinnie

APRIL 1, 2025

Repeated trauma seems to weaken the brains internal communication," stated Diociasi for the RSNA, noting that across very different populations, the same pattern emerges: mild but repetitive trauma can have lasting effects. "Our We also aim to quantify the burden of microdamage and explore how it correlates with clinical outcomes."

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Patients prefer structure and thorough details on radiology reports, according to research published October 21 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. The team also suggested that patient-facing artificial intelligence (AI) tools could also help improve patient access and understanding without interrupting radiologist workflows.

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Aidoc

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Sahani, Chair of Radiology at University of Washington Medicine, explains how clinical teams leverage Aidoc AI to both flag suspected positive cases of PE and communicate them, once confirmed by a radiologist, to the entire PE response team to drive better collaboration and reduce time to treatment.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 17, 2024

Several validated quantitative tools have been developed in recent years to accurately measure burnout among clinical staff, including radiologists and technologists. The 2023 Medscape Physician Burnout and Depression Report indicated that radiologists have a high burnout prevalence of 54%.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Case scenarios address nonroutine communication, reporting missed findings on comparison imaging, addressing technical limitations, and admitting mistakes, among others. Autoimmune encephalitis: When your immune system attacks your brain and MRI is your detective, by Fernando Diego Choque Chavez, MD, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain.

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