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Standardized reporting categorizes breast cancer detection methods

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A standardized detection reporting system can help radiologists accurately categorize how breast cancer is identified -- either through screening or symptomatic presentation -- when performing image-guided breast biopsies, researchers have found. These included the following: symptomatic presentations, imaging modalities, and other.

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New guidance issued on PET/CT imaging in breast cancer

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F-18 FDG-PET/CT is useful to detect the site and extent of recurrence when conventional imaging methods are equivocal and when there is clinical and/or laboratorial suspicion of relapse. This guideline provides practical recommendations to be applied in clinical practice,” the group wrote.

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ECR: 3 tips for developing a successful cardiac imaging practice

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VIENNA -- It's definitely possible to develop a successful cardiac imaging practice, according to a professional development presentation delivered February 28 at the ECR in Vienna. years of follow-up compared with CT imaging (2.1% years of follow-up compared with CT imaging (2.1%

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Decoding Radiology Reads: Exploring Distinctions Between Preliminary and Final Interpretations (Kerala, Ernakulam, Kannur, Kollam, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Idukki, Kasaragod, Kottayam, Malappuram, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur)

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Limited Clinical Context: Working with Available Information: Discuss the limited clinical context in preliminary interpretations. Explore how radiologists work with the information available at the time of the initial read, often without the full clinical history.

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Are ‘super phantoms’ key to advancing medical imaging?

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In the face of rapidly emerging imaging technology, however, standard phantoms have not kept pace, as they rarely capture the complex properties of human tissue, the authors wrote. Image courtesy of Communications Engineering. Examples of test objects that the authors classify as super phantoms.

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ISMRM: What's next for MRI applications for MSK trauma?

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Both images appear similar, with an identical representation of the fracture, illustrating the potential of UTE to create CT-like images and suggesting that both imaging modalities could be interchangeable in clinical practice. All images and captions courtesy of Prof. Benjamin Fritz, MD.

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United Imaging, Kicking off a Birthday Celebration of Five Years in the U.S. Market, Will Debut Three New Scanners at AHRA

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United Imaging teased these three new products in February; the company also just showed a fourth recently cleared product at SNMMI in Chicago this past week and announced a fifth that is now 510k pending. United Imaging today manufactures scanners in four imaging modalities for the United States.

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